# Post ts_109604947856237360

- Post ID: `ts_109604947856237360`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-30T22:19:39.544Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109604947856237360
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109604947856237360/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109604947856237360.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Many of these newspapers are going out of business because they only know how to report Fake News. Hopefully the Amazon Washington Post and the Failing New York Times will soon be among the group! Nobody will continue to sustain such losses, especially for a product undeserving of our once great Nation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/27/newspapers-disappearing-democracy-media/

## Engagement

- Likes: 20,676
- Reposts: 5,387
- Replies: 1,330
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.425Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:19:40.971Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109604947856237360

### Context
Trump shares a Washington Post opinion piece about newspapers disappearing, using it as ammunition to attack WaPo and NYT — two of his most frequent media targets. This occurs during a period when his tax returns were just released by Congress, providing clear motivation to attack the media ecosystem.

### Authorship
Posted at 5:19 PM ET (Trump at Mar-a-Lago for holidays). Business hours, polished grammar, complete sentences, proper formatting. However, the emotional content ("Fake News," "Failing New York Times," "Amazon Washington Post") are signature Trump epithets. Likely Trump-directed content, possibly lightly edited by staff.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post channels schadenfreude at newspapers' decline while the trigger is clearly the tax return release. Rather than addressing the tax story directly, Trump attacks the credibility and viability of the institutions reporting on it. This is classic displacement — redirecting hostility from the actual threat (tax exposure) to a safer, familiar target (media).

The phrase "undeserving of our once great Nation" reveals contamination narrative: America was great, now degraded, and these institutions are unworthy of that former greatness.

### Rhetorical Analysis
The post uses established branded epithets ("Amazon Washington Post," "Failing New York Times," "Fake News") that function as thought-terminating clichés. The economic framing ("going out of business," "sustain such losses") attempts to delegitimize media through market logic rather than engaging with content.

### Pattern Note
This is one of several posts on this date sharing negative articles — a classic supply-maintenance and displacement pattern during a period of narcissistic injury (tax return release).

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Many newspapers are going out of business" | **Mostly True** | US newspaper industry has seen significant contraction — over 2,500 newspapers closed since 2005. The linked WaPo article itself discusses this trend. |
| "Washington Post and New York Times will soon go out of business" | **False** | Both papers had substantial subscriber bases and revenue streams in 2022. NYT had 9.3M subscribers by end of 2022. WaPo was privately funded by Jeff Bezos. |

Overall Veracity: 40%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 60%)

### Indicators

- Signature epithets (Fake News, Failing NYT, Amazon WaPo)
- Business hours posting (5:19 PM ET)
- Clean grammar and complete sentences
- Polished but emotionally charged

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Congressional release of tax returns)

Sentiment: -0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 40%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- displacement (neurotic)
- devaluation (immature)
- denial (pathological)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Shared grievance against media
- In-group validation through 'our once great Nation'

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Blanket 'Fake News' label dismisses all unfavorable reporting as fabricated

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._

> Many newspapers are going out of business

**MOSTLY TRUE**

US newspaper industry has seen significant contraction — over 2,500 newspapers closed since 2005. The linked WaPo article itself discusses this trend.

Sources: Washington Post opinion piece linked

> Washington Post and New York Times will soon go out of business

**FALSE**

Both papers had substantial subscriber bases and revenue streams in 2022. NYT had 9.3M subscribers by end of 2022. WaPo was privately funded by Jeff Bezos.

Overall Veracity: 40%

## Tags

- media-attack (90%)
- displacement (70%)
- tax-returns (60%)
- delegitimization (80%)

## That day

_From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._

**Brief Afternoon Volley Channels Tax Return Anger Into Controlled Retaliation Narrative**

A quiet day with just six posts fired off in a tight 18-minute window during the late afternoon from Mar-a-Lago. The dominant theme was a controlled response to Congress releasing his tax returns, mostly through shared articles framing it as a weapon that would boomerang on Democrats. The session ended with his sharpest post of the day -- an original attack wishing the Washington Post and New York Times would go out of business. Overall mood was steady and strategic, not explosive.

Full digest for 2022-12-30: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-30/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 30). Many of these newspapers are going out of... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109604947856237360
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Many of these newspapers are going out of business because..." Truth Social, 30 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109604947856237360. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Many of these newspapers are going out of business because...," Truth Social, December 30, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109604947856237360.

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