# Post ts_109610152818907838

- Post ID: `ts_109610152818907838`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-31T20:23:20.974Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109610152818907838
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109610152818907838/analysis

## Post text

> https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2022/12/31/trump-was-right-joe-biden-destroyed-the-stock-market-n1657546

## Engagement

- Likes: 21,038
- Reposts: 5,532
- Replies: 1,119
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.425Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:20:19.564Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Link Share — "Trump Was Right" Economic Vindication

## Overview
A URL-only post sharing a PJ Media article asserting Trump was correct that Biden would destroy the stock market. This is one of several rapid-fire link shares on New Year's Eve 2022, all from right-aligned media sources. The post contains no original commentary.

## Authorship
Posted at 3:23 PM ET on NYE from likely Mar-a-Lago. The URL-only format and business-hours timing lean toward aide curation, though the pattern of multiple shares could reflect Trump browsing sympathetic media. Low-intensity, routine content.

## Psychological Function
This is straightforward narcissistic supply maintenance. The headline "Trump Was Right" is the payload—external validation of predictive superiority. The economic framing positions Trump as the prescient leader whose warnings went unheeded, a recurring narrative identity element (prophet/Cassandra variant of the savior archetype).

## Personality Indicators
- **Level 1**: Low agreeableness (implicit blame), moderate extraversion (public validation seeking)
- **Level 2**: Agency motive dominant—status maintenance through "I told you so" framing
- **Level 3**: Protagonist as vindicated prophet; Biden as contrasting other/destroyer

## Context
2022 was indeed a poor year for stock markets (S&P 500 down ~19%). The article cherry-picks this to validate Trump's narrative while ignoring that markets had recovered significantly from COVID lows during Biden's first year.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Biden destroyed the stock market" | **Half True** | S&P 500 fell ~19% in 2022, the worst year since 2008. However, markets had risen significantly in 2021 under Biden, and 2022 declines were driven by Fed rate hikes to combat inflation, not solely presidential policy. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 30%)

### Indicators

- URL-only post with no personal commentary
- Business hours (3:23 PM ET, Mar-a-Lago)
- Clean formatting
- Part of rapid-fire link sharing pattern

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (PJ Media article validating his economic predictions)

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 0%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- third-party validation
- implied superiority

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Biden destroyed the stock market

**HALF TRUE**

S&P 500 fell ~19% in 2022, the worst year since 2008. However, markets had risen significantly in 2021 under Biden, and 2022 declines were driven by Fed rate hikes to combat inflation, not solely presidential policy.

Sources: S&P 500 historical data

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- vindication-seeking (80%)
- economic-narrative (60%)
- link-share (100%)

## That day

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

**New Year's Eve Consumed by Media Attacks and Grievance While Tax Return Release Goes Unmentioned**

Trump spent New Year's Eve posting from Mar-a-Lago in a restless, combative mood that stretched from late night into the early morning hours. The day's most striking feature was what he didn't say -- despite Congress releasing his tax returns just days earlier, he never acknowledged them, instead lashing out at the New York Times as "Enemy of the People" and attacking every major cable network including Fox News. The afternoon brought a rapid-fire dump of curated articles painting Biden's America as failing. Overall, the day felt like a grievance inventory disguised as year-end reflection, with late-night posting hinting at disrupted sleep.

Full digest for 2022-12-31: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-31/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 31). https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margoli... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109610152818907838
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2022/12/..." Truth Social, 31 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109610152818907838. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2022/12/...," Truth Social, December 31, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109610152818907838.

## For agents

- Site overview: https://trump.fm/llms.txt
- API specification: https://trump.fm/openapi.json
- MCP server: https://trump.fm/mcp (search and fetch tools, no auth)
- This post as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/posts/ts_109610152818907838
- Analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/ts_109610152818907838
- All citation formats: https://trump.fm/api/cite/ts_109610152818907838
- Same day: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-31
- The record alone, without the analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109610152818907838.md?analysis=false

_Markdown view of a trump.fm page. Post, analysis, date, feed, contradictions, search and about pages answer in markdown at their URL with `.md` appended (`/index.md` for the home page), or when sent `Accept: text/markdown`._