# Post ts_109713010583724156

- Post ID: `ts_109713010583724156`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-01-19T00:21:25.908Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109713010583724156
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109713010583724156/analysis

## Post text

> https://justthenews.com/nation/economy/federal-revenue-continues-soar-trump-tax-cuts-cbo-report-shows

## Engagement

- Likes: 13,433
- Reposts: 3,291
- Replies: 148
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.423Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:47:14.457Z (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-Only Post on Federal Revenue and Trump Tax Cuts

### Overview
This post consists solely of a shared URL from Just The News (a right-leaning outlet founded by John Solomon) with a headline claiming federal revenue "continues to soar" under Trump tax cuts per a CBO report. No original commentary is provided.

### Authorship
Posted at 7:21 PM ET (assuming Mar-a-Lago), this falls within business hours / early evening — consistent with either Trump or an aide. The lack of any commentary, emotional language, or editorial framing leans toward aide-curated content sharing, though Trump does occasionally share bare links. The polished, agenda-driven nature of link curation without personal reaction suggests aide involvement.

### Psychological Function
This post serves a **supply-seeking / legacy maintenance** function. By sharing an article validating his signature legislative achievement (the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act), the post reinforces the narrative of Trump as an economically successful president. It requires no emotional processing — it's strategic self-promotion through third-party validation.

### Context
This appears amid a cluster of link-sharing posts (CNN headquarters closing, "Without Trump" article, "Golden Age" article), all reinforcing the same meta-narrative: things were better under Trump, things are declining without him. This is a coherent content strategy rather than impulsive posting.

### Rhetorical Function
The headline itself does the rhetorical work — appeal to authority (CBO), implicit credit-claiming. Trump/aide need only share it.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Federal revenue continues to soar after Trump tax cuts per CBO report" | **Half True** | Federal revenues did increase in nominal terms after the 2017 TCJA, but revenues as a percentage of GDP declined from 17.2% (2017) to 16.3% (2018-2019). Nominal revenue growth largely tracked inflation and economic growth that preceded the tax cuts. CBO projected revenues would have been higher without the cuts. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- URL-only post with no personal commentary
- Evening posting time (7:21 PM ET)
- Part of coordinated batch of link shares
- Strategic rather than impulsive content

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking

Sentiment: +0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- third-party validation
- implicit credit-claiming

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Federal revenue continues to soar after Trump tax cuts per CBO report

**HALF TRUE**

Federal revenues did increase in nominal terms after the 2017 TCJA, but revenues as a percentage of GDP declined from 17.2% (2017) to 16.3% (2018-2019). Nominal revenue growth largely tracked inflation and economic growth that preceded the tax cuts. CBO projected revenues would have been higher without the cuts.

Sources: CBO Budget and Economic Outlook reports; Treasury Department revenue data

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- economic legacy (90%)
- tax cuts (80%)
- link share (100%)
- supply seeking (60%)

## That day

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

**Legal Siege Mentality Dominates as Manhattan DA Obsession Yields to Calls for Journalist Imprisonment**

Trump spent most of the day consumed by the Manhattan DA investigation, posting lengthy multi-page attacks on prosecutor Mark Pomerantz and DA Alvin Bragg that wove together Clinton, the DNC, the DOJ, and the media into a single conspiracy theory. The morning was an anxious legal-defense marathon, broken only by a brief shift into campaign mode ahead of a speech at Trump Doral in Miami. The afternoon brought a sharper turn when the Supreme Court announced it couldn't identify the Dobbs leak source -- Trump responded by explicitly calling for the arrest of reporters, publishers, and editors. Scattered among the original posts were staff-curated link dumps pushing favorable poll numbers, Biden classified document comparisons, and nostalgia for the "Trump golden age."

Full digest for 2023-01-19: https://trump.fm/date/2023-01-19/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, January 19). https://justthenews.com/nation/economy/federal-rev... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109713010583724156
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://justthenews.com/nation/economy/federal-revenue-conti..." Truth Social, 19 Jan. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109713010583724156. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://justthenews.com/nation/economy/federal-revenue-conti...," Truth Social, January 19, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109713010583724156.

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