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Analysis: Link-Only Share of Supportive Op-Ed (PJ Media)

This post is a URL-only share of a PJ Media column by David Solway titled "On Little Men and Big Men: Donald Trump Is the Next President." The article contrasts Trump as a "big man" against his opponents as "little men," framing him as the inevitable next president.

Context

This post appears on April 2, 2023, two days after Trump's historic Manhattan grand jury indictment. It is one of several link-only shares on this date, all curating sympathetic media coverage. The pattern—sharing articles showing polling strength, DeSantis weakness, and grand jury criticism—constitutes a coordinated narcissistic supply operation.

Authorship

Posted at 4:16 PM EDT (Trump was at Mar-a-Lago preparing for April 4 arraignment travel). Business hours, link-only, no personal commentary—consistent with aide/Scavino curation, though Trump himself may select articles with flattering titles.

Psychological Significance

The article title itself is the message: "big men" vs "little men" and the assertion of inevitable victory. This grandiose framing serves as narcissistic wound management post-indictment. Rather than addressing the charges, the strategy is flooding the information space with counter-narratives affirming greatness.

Rhetorical Function

This is supply-seeking through third-party validation—letting others make the grandiose claims rather than self-stating them, which paradoxically can be more persuasive. The "little men/big men" frame devalues opponents through size metaphor.