# Post ts_109797450912122796

- Post ID: `ts_109797450912122796`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-02-02T22:15:43.068Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109797450912122796
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109797450912122796/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109797450912122796.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> “MAINSTREAM MEDIA TANKS WITHOUT TRUMP” https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/mainstream-media-tanks-without-trump/

## Engagement

- Likes: 10,173
- Reposts: 2,323
- Replies: 177
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.421Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T02:05:27.941Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: "MAINSTREAM MEDIA TANKS WITHOUT TRUMP"

## Overview
A low-intensity supply-seeking post sharing a right-wing media article asserting that mainstream media ratings have declined without Trump coverage. This is one of several posts on Feb 2, 2023, all curating favorable coverage or attacking rivals.

## Personality Framework

**Level 1 (Traits):** Low agreeableness (gloating at others' misfortune), moderate extraversion (attention-seeking via media dominance narrative).

**Level 2 (Motives):** Pure agency/status motive—asserting indispensability. Schema: "The world revolves around me; without me, institutions crumble."

**Level 3 (Narrative):** Protagonist as irreplaceable central figure. The media is cast as the contrasting other—both enemy and dependent. Redemption arc implied: they rejected him, now they suffer.

## Archetypal Pattern
King archetype—asserting that the realm cannot function without the sovereign. Mild Trickster element in the schadenfreude.

## Context
This post fits a day of aggressive curation: endorsement from Schmitt, attack on Haley, promotion of Don Jr.'s podcast, and claims of 80M viewers. Together they construct a narrative of unstoppable momentum during early 2024 campaign positioning, likely responding to the backdrop of the Manhattan grand jury investigation by flooding the zone with positive framing.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Mainstream media ratings declined without Trump" | **Half True** | Cable news ratings did decline post-2020, but due to multiple factors including post-election cycle normalization, cord-cutting trends, and pandemic viewership returning to baseline—not solely Trump's absence. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (5:15 PM ET)
- Simple link share with quoted headline
- No typos or emotional outbursts
- Professional formatting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking

Sentiment: +0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 20%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance against mainstream media
- positioning as central figure

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Mainstream media ratings declined without Trump

**HALF TRUE**

Cable news ratings did decline post-2020, but due to multiple factors including post-election cycle normalization, cord-cutting trends, and pandemic viewership returning to baseline—not solely Trump's absence.

Sources: Nielsen ratings data 2021-2023

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- supply-seeking (80%)
- media-criticism (70%)
- grandiosity (60%)

## That day

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

**Campaign Machine on Autopilot: A Grandiose Link-Dump Day With Eliminationist Undertones**

Trump spent the day in full campaign mode, mostly sharing flattering articles and attacking media outlets. The morning was quiet after a late-evening burst the night before, but the afternoon saw a rapid-fire dump of over two dozen posts in about two hours — nearly all shared links with little original commentary. Brief flashes of anger surfaced over the Manhattan DA investigation, Fox News polling choices, and the Whitmer kidnapping sentencing, but none spiraled. The most notable posts promoted a book calling for purging government "gangsters" and reframed convicted domestic terrorism plotters as victims of federal overreach.

Full digest for 2023-02-02: https://trump.fm/date/2023-02-02/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, February 2). “MAINSTREAM MEDIA TANKS WITHOUT TRUMP”... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109797450912122796
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "“MAINSTREAM MEDIA TANKS WITHOUT TRUMP”..." Truth Social, 2 Feb. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109797450912122796. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "“MAINSTREAM MEDIA TANKS WITHOUT TRUMP”...," Truth Social, February 2, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109797450912122796.

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