# Post ts_109882341185621234

- Post ID: `ts_109882341185621234`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-02-17T22:04:25.844Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109882341185621234
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109882341185621234/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109882341185621234.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Has anyone noticed that INFLATION is getting worse? Just askin’!!!

## Engagement

- Likes: 29,398
- Reposts: 6,798
- Replies: 2,672
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.420Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T02:59:30.093Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "Has anyone noticed that INFLATION is getting worse? Just askin'!!!"

### Overview
A brief, rhetorically casual post using a folksy interrogative format to highlight inflation. The colloquial "Just askin'!!!" with triple exclamation marks is characteristic of Trump's informal social media voice—performatively innocent while making an implicit political attack on the Biden administration.

### Authorship
Posted at 5:04 PM EST (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago or Doral given earlier post about "just left Doral"). Business hours but the informal style, contracted "askin'," and triple exclamation marks are consistent with authentic Trump posting. The brevity and rhetorical question format match his personal style.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a low-intensity maintenance post. The rhetorical question format ("Has anyone noticed...") is a classic supply-seeking move—inviting agreement and engagement. "Just askin'!!!" adds performative innocence, a mild passive-aggressive framing that implies the answer is obvious while feigning casual inquiry.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- **Rhetorical question**: Presupposes the answer (yes, inflation is worse)
- **False naïveté**: "Just askin'" masks an accusation as innocent curiosity
- **ALL CAPS** on "INFLATION" for emphasis
- **Appeal to shared experience**: Invites audience identification

### Context
Inflation was a genuine public concern in early 2023, though CPI was actually trending downward from its June 2022 peak. The claim that it was "getting worse" was misleading by February 2023.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Inflation is getting worse" | **Mostly False** | CPI peaked at 9.1% in June 2022 and had been declining for months by February 2023, reaching about 6.4% in January 2023. The trend was clearly downward, not worsening. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 75%)

### Indicators

- Colloquial contraction 'askin'
- Triple exclamation marks
- Brief rhetorical question format
- ALL CAPS emphasis
- Business hours but informal style

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- passive aggression (immature)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- rhetorical question inviting audience agreement
- folksy inclusive tone

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Inflation is getting worse

**MOSTLY FALSE**

CPI peaked at 9.1% in June 2022 and had been declining for months by February 2023, reaching about 6.4% in January 2023. The trend was clearly downward, not worsening.

Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI data

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- inflation (100%)
- supply-seeking (70%)
- rhetorical-question (80%)

## That day

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

**Low-Key Day of Link Dumps and Legal Grievance, Punctuated by Grandiose Golf Course Promotion**

Trump spent a quiet morning sharing political articles through what appeared to be staff-curated link dumps, covering border security, the Fulton County grand jury, and favorable polling. The afternoon turned personal when he posted a boastful tribute to his Doral golf course, then pivoted sharply into legal grievance mode — attacking the DOJ as weaponized, labeling investigations as "Witch Hunts," and casting himself as a persecuted figure whose growing popularity explains the prosecutions. The day's only real heat came in that late-afternoon window, where brief flashes of anger over the Manhattan DA and Fulton County probes broke through an otherwise low-energy day.

Full digest for 2023-02-17: https://trump.fm/date/2023-02-17/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, February 17). Has anyone noticed that INFLATION is getting... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109882341185621234
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Has anyone noticed that INFLATION is getting worse? Just..." Truth Social, 17 Feb. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109882341185621234. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Has anyone noticed that INFLATION is getting worse? Just...," Truth Social, February 17, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109882341185621234.

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