# Post ts_110242754207207626

- Post ID: `ts_110242754207207626`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-04-22T13:42:12.123Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> In the Polls, I am beating Biden everywhere, by a lot, except in the Globalist inspired Wall Street Journal, one of the worst, and most partisan, media outlets anywhere. It was that way with them in 2016, until I beat Crooked Hillary. Now they are using the same Fake Playbook, that I beat Ron DeSanctimonious easily, but Biden is close. All other media outlets have me beating both by a lot. Don’t buy their Bull…. They are FAKE NEWS!!!

## Engagement

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T04:31:41.992Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

Reactive narcissistic injury response to WSJ polling data showing DeSantis competitive and Biden close. Post enacts the standard injury protocol: source delegitimization ("Globalist inspired"), false consensus manufacturing ("all other media\\u2026 by a lot"), and direct follower epistemic instruction ("Don't buy their Bull"). Rapid oscillation between grandiose assertion and victimhood posture within a single paragraph is characteristic of mixed narcissistic state following unfavorable comparison. The "Globalist" label applied to a Murdoch-owned conservative publication is factually incoherent and functions as a coded tribal slur with antisemitic resonance in far-right discourse. Most clinically significant element is the explicit behavioral directive training followers to reject contradicting data, constituting shared psychosis maintenance. Posted three days before the E. Jean Carroll trial (April 25), suggesting elevated baseline stress. Stylistically authentic Trump despite business-hours timing. No danger indicators; cognitive complexity at documented baseline. Overall pattern is consistent with prior poll-response posts; no acute deviation detected.

# Psychological Analysis — ts_110242754207207626 (2023-04-22)

## Overview

This post constitutes a reactive defense against a narcissistic injury: WSJ polling data showing DeSantis competitive in the Republican primary and Biden close in the general election. Posted three days before the E. Jean Carroll battery/defamation trial was set to begin (April 25), the post reflects a likely elevated baseline of psychological stress, which compresses the threshold for injury responses.

## Trigger and Narcissistic Dynamics

The WSJ published polling in April 2023 broadly consistent with the competitive primary landscape — DeSantis polling strongly, Biden not far behind Trump in general matchups. For a subject whose self-concept as inevitable winner is central to identity organization, unfavorable comparative data is not processed as information but as attack. The post enacts the standard narcissistic injury protocol: delegitimize the source, assert false consensus, instruct followers to reject the data.

The mixed narcissistic state (grandiose assertions + victimhood posture) is textbook. Note the rapid oscillation: "I am beating Biden everywhere" (grandiose) → "one of the worst, and most partisan, media outlets" (persecuted victim) → "I beat Crooked Hillary" (grandiose) → "they are using the same Fake Playbook" (persecuted) → "beating both by a lot" (grandiose). This oscillation is characteristic of narcissistic injury rather than stable grandiosity.

## The "Globalist" Label

The application of "Globalist" to the Wall Street Journal — a Rupert Murdoch-owned, editorially conservative publication — is factually strained to the point of incoherence. WSJ has historically supported free trade, which may be the intended referent, but "Globalist" in Trump's lexicon functions as a coded tribal slur with documented antisemitic resonance in far-right discourse. Its deployment against a major mainstream outlet signals that the label is applied not descriptively but as a dehumanizing category to authorize epistemic rejection.

## Defense Architecture

The post deploys a layered defense stack: **splitting** (WSJ categorically corrupt; all other media categorically supportive), **distortion** (manufacturing a false polling consensus), **denial** (real data dismissed as motivated partisanship), and **rationalization** (2016 as pattern evidence). This is not an argument about polling methodology — it is a complete epistemic rejection of data that contradicts the subject's self-model.

## Epistemic Closure Function

The closing instruction — "Don't buy their Bull…." — is the post's most clinically significant element. It is a direct behavioral directive training followers to reject data from non-approved sources. Combined with the "all other media" false consensus claim, the post creates a closed epistemic loop: only polls confirming Trump's dominance are legitimate; polls showing competition are by definition corrupt. This is a textbook shared psychosis maintenance behavior.

## Rhetorical Notes

"DeSanctimonious" continues Trump's devaluation pattern toward the primary rival — reducing a serious political competitor to a comic figure through mockery. The 2016 historical precedent invocation is strategically coherent but factually misleading: polling variance in 2016 reflected genuine uncertainty, not systematic media conspiracy.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "I am beating Biden everywhere, by a lot" | **Mostly False** | April 2023 polling showed a competitive general election landscape. RealClearPolitics averages had Trump leading Biden in some polls but within margins of error; 'everywhere by a lot' is a significant overstatement of the polling consensus. |
| "All other media outlets have me beating both by a lot" | **False** | Multiple major polling outlets including CNN, Fox News, and Quinnipiac showed DeSantis competitive with Trump in the Republican primary during this period, contradicting the universal-dominance claim. |
| "Wall Street Journal is one of the worst, and most partisan, media outlets anywhere" | **Mostly False** | WSJ is consistently rated as a mainstream center-right publication with editorial board positions distinct from news coverage. Characterizing it as among the 'worst and most partisan' is not supported by independent media ratings. |
| "It was that way with them in 2016, until I beat Crooked Hillary" | **Half True** | WSJ did publish polling in 2016 that showed competitive races; Trump did win. However, implying WSJ polls were uniquely biased against him in 2016 is not substantiated — the race was genuinely competitive and polling uncertainty was widespread across all outlets. |

Overall Veracity: 23%

## Contextual Note

The Fox News/Dominion settlement ($787.5M) occurred days earlier, foregrounding the legal consequences of broadcasting false election claims. This may add a layer of irony to the "Fake News" invocation, though there is no evidence the subject processed the Dominion settlement as relevant to his own media consumption behavior.

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 72%)

### Indicators

- 'DeSanctimonious' nickname is authentic Trump coinage
- Partial self-censorship 'Bull….' is a Trump stylistic signature
- ALL CAPS 'FAKE NEWS!!!' with triple exclamation is authentic pattern
- Stream-of-consciousness run-on sentence structure
- UTC 13:42 = 9:42 AM Eastern — business hours cut against authenticity

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Comparison (Wall Street Journal poll showing DeSantis competitive and Biden close)

**Rage:** Intensity 62% targeting Wall Street Journal / polling data contradicting self-image
- Proportionality: 25%

Sentiment: -0.65

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Elevated self-referential grandiosity
- Rapid topic shifting within a single paragraph
- Urgency and emotional intensity disproportionate to the stimulus (a poll)

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 82%
- Antisocial: 38%
- Paranoid: 55%
- Sadism: 30%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)
- distortion (pathological)
- denial (pathological)
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 42%

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Instructing followers what to do ('Don't buy their Bull')
- Positioning self as insider exposing media conspiracy
- Shared enemy framing to consolidate in-group identity
- Historical win invoked as proof of special insight

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Direct instruction to disbelieve real polling data ('Don't buy their Bull')
- False consensus claim ('All other media outlets') functioning as reality substitution
- Labeling WSJ 'FAKE NEWS' to inoculate followers against legitimate polling methodology

## Fact Checks (4)

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

> I am beating Biden everywhere, by a lot

**MOSTLY FALSE**

April 2023 polling showed a competitive general election landscape. RealClearPolitics averages had Trump leading Biden in some polls but within margins of error; 'everywhere by a lot' is a significant overstatement of the polling consensus.

Sources: RealClearPolitics polling averages, April 2023

> All other media outlets have me beating both by a lot

**FALSE**

Multiple major polling outlets including CNN, Fox News, and Quinnipiac showed DeSantis competitive with Trump in the Republican primary during this period, contradicting the universal-dominance claim.

Sources: Multiple national polls, April 2023

> Wall Street Journal is one of the worst, and most partisan, media outlets anywhere

**MOSTLY FALSE**

WSJ is consistently rated as a mainstream center-right publication with editorial board positions distinct from news coverage. Characterizing it as among the 'worst and most partisan' is not supported by independent media ratings.

Sources: AllSides Media Bias Chart; Ad Fontes Media

> It was that way with them in 2016, until I beat Crooked Hillary

**HALF TRUE**

WSJ did publish polling in 2016 that showed competitive races; Trump did win. However, implying WSJ polls were uniquely biased against him in 2016 is not substantiated — the race was genuinely competitive and polling uncertainty was widespread across all outlets.

Sources: Historical 2016 polling records

Overall Veracity: 23%

## Tags

- narcissistic_injury_response (92%)
- poll_delegitimization (88%)
- false_consensus (85%)
- epistemic_closure (82%)
- globalist_dog_whistle (78%)
- splitting_defense (80%)
- DeSantis_devaluation (75%)
- 2024_primary (72%)
- fake_news_framing (70%)
- Carroll_trial_proximity (55%)

## That day

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

**Coordinated DeSantis Suppression Campaign Masks Pre-Trial Anxiety as Legal Walls Close In**

Trump spent most of the day running a coordinated media blitz against Ron DeSantis, sharing over half a dozen articles portraying his primary rival as weak, isolated, and already defeated. The only flash of genuine emotion came in the morning when a Wall Street Journal poll showed DeSantis competitive, triggering a brief angry outburst dismissing the paper as "Globalist inspired." Otherwise the day was dominated by aide-curated link dumps and low-key self-promotion, including rally recaps, endorsement announcements, and a book plug. With the E. Jean Carroll trial just three days away, the heavy volume of political dominance content read like a psychological fortification exercise -- projecting strength outward while legal pressure quietly mounted.

Full digest for 2023-04-22: https://trump.fm/date/2023-04-22/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, April 22). In the Polls, I am beating Biden everywhere, by a... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110242754207207626
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "In the Polls, I am beating Biden everywhere, by a lot,..." Truth Social, 22 Apr. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110242754207207626. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "In the Polls, I am beating Biden everywhere, by a lot,...," Truth Social, April 22, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110242754207207626.

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