Analysis: RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/washtimes/statuses/1098362...

3y ago Feb 9, 2023 at 8:06 PM

RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/washtimes/statuses/109836263332668026 Their Stock took a BIG PLUNGE without US!

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-24. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

None

Narcissistic State

Grandiose

Authorship

Uncertain

Intensity

28%

Authorship Analysis

Uncertain

Indicators:

Malformed URL — 'Their' concatenated directly to the URL without space or line break, a classic impulsive copy-paste error consistent with authentic Trump posting
ALL CAPS emphasis ('BIG PLUNGE') matching Trump's habitual capitalization pattern
Terse, reactive clause appended as commentary rather than a polished standalone statement
Time 20:06 UTC = ~3:06 PM EST (Mar-a-Lago or NY) — business hours favor aide, but formatting error undermines that inference
Adjacent RTs on the same day show similar pattern of brief reactive commentary, suggesting Trump himself browsing and retruthing in an afternoon session

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Grandiose State

Trigger: Supply Seeking (Mainstream media viewership and stock narrative)

Sentiment

+0.35

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

65%

Antisocial

15%

Paranoid

10%

Sadism

Defense Mechanisms:

rationalizationdistortion

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

18%

Parasocial Techniques:

Inclusive 'US' pronoun fuses Trump's identity with his audience, implying the audience shares in the power that made media stocks risePositions followers as co-agents of market consequences, reinforcing parasocial bond

Fact Checks (3)

"Biden's SOTU Speech was the Lowest Rated such Speech in history at 27,000,000 viewers"

Mostly False

The 2023 SOTU drew approximately 27-29M viewers across networks, which is on the lower end historically but not the all-time lowest. Direct comparisons across eras are complicated by cord-cutting and streaming fragmentation.

"Trump's SOTU addresses drew close to 50,000,000 viewers"

Mostly False

Trump's best-rated address to Congress (2020 SOTU) drew approximately 37.2 million viewers — well below 50 million. His 2017 joint address to Congress drew approximately 47.7M but was not a formal SOTU. The '50 million' figure materially overstates his typical audience.

"Mainstream media stock took a BIG PLUNGE without Trump/Truth Social"

Unverifiable

Media company stocks did face headwinds in 2022-23 (ad market contraction, streaming competition), but attributing this to Trump's migration to Truth Social is an unsupported causal claim with no data cited.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Analysis: Truth Social RT — "Their Stock took a BIG PLUNGE without US!" (2023-02-09)

Authorship Attribution

Verdict: Likely authentic Trump (medium confidence). The decisive indicator is the structurally malformed URL — the word "Their" is concatenated directly onto the URL string (...109836263332668026Their), consistent with Trump impulsively appending commentary without a line break while copy-pasting. Aide-crafted posts do not produce broken URLs. The afternoon posting time (≈3:06 PM EST, likely Mar-a-Lago or New York) introduces modest doubt, as business-hours posts skew toward staff-written, but the formatting artifact overrides that heuristic here. The adjacent same-day RTs show a similar pattern of terse, reactive commentary.

Psychological State

This is a routine grandiose maintenance post with a supply-seeking trigger. The dominant dynamic is Trump's core narcissistic schema: my presence generates economic value; my absence causes losses. The word "US" performs double duty — it asserts personal indispensability while flattering the audience by enrolling them as co-causers of media's decline. No narcissistic injury is apparent; this is not a rage post. The grandiose state is stable and moderate.

The post fits the broader same-day cluster: all February 9 posts reinforce a single narrative arc — Biden is failing (low SOTU ratings, "RIGGED" election), Trump's poll numbers are rising (62%), Trump's platform is superior ("TRUTH IS THE BEST, BY FAR!"), and mainstream media suffers without Trump's attention economy.

Defense Mechanisms

Rationalization (neurotic): Frames a market metric as proof of personal indispensability via a logical-sounding but unverified causal claim.
Distortion (pathological): The adjacent SOTU post inflates Trump's viewing figures ("close to 50,000,000") beyond documented figures (~37M for his 2020 SOTU) to maintain a superiority narrative.

Narrative Identity (Level 3)

Trump casts himself as an indispensable value-creator whose withdrawal from mainstream media constitutes economic punishment for those who rejected him. The narrative sequence is mildly contamination-flavored: media once thrived (implicitly when Trump was on it), and now declines in his absence. The contrasting other is unnamed mainstream media — symbolically positioned as dependent on Trump for survival.

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"Biden's SOTU Speech was the Lowest Rated such Speech in history at 27,000,000 viewers"	Mostly False	The 2023 SOTU drew approximately 27-29M viewers across networks, which is on the lower end historically but not the all-time lowest. Direct comparisons across eras are complicated by cord-cutting and streaming fragmentation.
"Trump's SOTU addresses drew close to 50,000,000 viewers"	Mostly False	Trump's best-rated address to Congress (2020 SOTU) drew approximately 37.2 million viewers — well below 50 million. His 2017 joint address to Congress drew approximately 47.7M but was not a formal SOTU. The '50 million' figure materially overstates his typical audience.
"Mainstream media stock took a BIG PLUNGE without Trump/Truth Social"	Unverifiable	Media company stocks did face headwinds in 2022-23 (ad market contraction, streaming competition), but attributing this to Trump's migration to Truth Social is an unsupported causal claim with no data cited.

Overall Veracity: 30%

Archetypal Frame

The post embodies the Trickster-King hybrid: Trump has walked away from the establishment media order and declares that order now suffering for his absence. The appeal to his base is gratification at legacy media's perceived punishment.

Danger Assessment

None. No eliminationist language, no dehumanization, no mobilization signal, no stochastic terrorism indicators.

Cognitive Status

No markers of concern. Brevity is characteristic. The URL formatting error is consistent with impulsive composition rather than language production deficit.