# Post ts_110772141159112261 - Post ID: `ts_110772141159112261` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-07-25T01:32:15.992Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110772141159112261 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110772141159112261/analysis ## Post text > https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/what-shame-liberal-washington-post-is-track-lose/ ## Engagement - Likes: 7,795 - Reposts: 1,973 - Replies: 305 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.405Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T06:37:11.771Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Analysis: ts_110772141159112261 — July 25, 2023 (01:32 UTC) ### Post Overview This post consists solely of a URL to The Gateway Pundit, a right-wing media outlet. The article slug — `what-shame-liberal-washington-post-is-track-lose` — indicates the article reports on the Washington Post experiencing subscriber or revenue losses, framed sarcastically. There is no accompanying text from the poster. The absence of any original text severely constrains psychological analysis; what can be inferred is drawn primarily from the act of *choosing to share* this specific link. --- ### Authorship Attribution **Timing:** UTC 01:32:15 → EDT (UTC−4) 21:32 on July 24. In late July, Trump typically resides at Bedminster, NJ (his summer home), which is also EDT. **9:32 PM local** is consistent with his documented evening media consumption habits — well within the window of authentic Trump social media activity (post-dinner, pre-midnight). The no-text URL share is slightly atypical of pure aide behavior (aides tend to provide context or framing), but is also not a stylistically complex Trump post. On balance, the evening timing and the outlet choice (Gateway Pundit being a Trump-favored source of anti-mainstream-media content) favor **authentic Trump** at moderate confidence. --- ### Level 1: Dispositional Traits **Extraversion:** Absent — no self-promotional content. **Agreeableness (low):** Implied by selection of a triumphalist, schadenfreude-laden article about an adversarial outlet's decline. **Neuroticism:** Not assessable from URL alone. **Openness:** The choice of Gateway Pundit as a single information source reflects narrow, ideologically filtered media consumption. --- ### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Agency motives — dominance/status:** Sharing an article about a rival outlet's struggles is a low-effort dominance display. Rather than attacking WaPo directly (as previous posts do with explicit epithets), this post outsources the attack to a favored outlet, allowing plausible deniability while still obtaining narcissistic supply from the enemy's perceived decline. **Schemas:** The enemy (mainstream/liberal media) is not merely wrong but *failing* — collapse, not merely opposition. This schema reinforces the worldview in which truth eventually defeats the corrupt establishment. --- ### Level 3: Narrative Identity **Protagonist role:** Implicit only. By sharing a story about a perceived enemy's decline, the poster casts themselves as the winning side without making an explicit claim — a passive narrative positioning. **Redemption/contamination sequence:** The URL framing ("What a Shame" — sarcastic) implies a contamination narrative applied to WaPo (once powerful → now declining), which by inversion is a redemption arc for Trump's side. **Contrasting other:** The Washington Post, labeled "liberal" in the article title, is the implicit foil. --- ### Level 4: Clinical Indicators **Narcissistic dynamics:** - **Trigger:** Likely *supply-seeking* / *maintenance* — no specific injury is being responded to in this post. The preceding July 24 post shows active narcissistic injury response (attacking Biden, demanding Senate action), and this URL share may represent a brief, lighter-weight "mood boost" moment — obtaining vicarious pleasure from an enemy's misfortune. - **Narcissistic state:** Mildly **grandiose** — the enemy is losing. No vulnerability state visible. - **Rage:** Absent. This is cool satisfaction, not rage. **Ego-syntonic sadism (mild):** The sarcastic "What a Shame" framing of an opponent's loss is consistent with pleasure in the enemy's suffering — schadenfreude as a political emotional register. Low intensity here. **Defense mechanisms:** **Devaluation** (outsourced) — the article does the work of diminishing a perceived adversary. **Displacement** is minimal given no direct attack. --- ### Rhetorical Analysis - **Delegitimization:** "liberal Washington Post" label (embedded in the article title/slug) — the modifier "liberal" functions as a disqualifier. - **Schadenfreude appeal:** Sharing news of an enemy's decline as entertainment/validation for the in-group. - **Authority transfer:** By linking to Gateway Pundit rather than making a direct claim, the post transfers rhetorical accountability while retaining the emotional benefit. - **No dehumanizing language** (no text to assess). - **No violent imagery**. --- ### Cognitive Status No assessable text content. Cannot evaluate language production, syntactic complexity, or compare to baseline. Not informative for longitudinal cognitive tracking. --- ### Gaslighting / Reality Distortion Not applicable — no factual claims made by the poster directly. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "The Washington Post is on track to lose (subscribers/revenue)" | **Mostly True** | WaPo subscriptions peaked around 3 million in 2020 and declined significantly through 2022-2023 as post-Trump-era political news consumption contracted. The outlet reported layoffs and revenue challenges throughout this period. | Overall Veracity: 80% ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 65%) ### Indicators - 9:32 PM EDT timing consistent with Trump's documented evening media consumption window - Gateway Pundit is a Trump-favored outlet for anti-mainstream-media content - No-text URL share is atypical of polished aide posting (aides typically add framing text) - Late July location likely Bedminster, NJ (summer residence) — EDT timezone confirms evening timing ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Washington Post's subscriber/revenue decline) Sentiment: -0.25 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 30% - Antisocial: 10% - Paranoid: 10% - Sadism: 20% **Defense Mechanisms:** - devaluation (immature) - displacement (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Vicarious satisfaction sharing — inviting followers to enjoy enemy's decline - In-group validation through shared adversarial framing ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > The Washington Post is on track to lose (subscribers/revenue) **MOSTLY TRUE** WaPo subscriptions peaked around 3 million in 2020 and declined significantly through 2022-2023 as post-Trump-era political news consumption contracted. The outlet reported layoffs and revenue challenges throughout this period. Sources: General knowledge of media industry reporting 2022-2023 Overall Veracity: 80% ## Tags - media_antagonism (80%) - schadenfreude (70%) - gateway_pundit_amplification (60%) - washington_post (70%) - supply_seeking (50%) - no_original_text (90%) - evening_post (40%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Legal Siege Triggers 40-Post Displacement Marathon: Biden Corruption as Shield Against Mounting Indictments** Trump posted 40 times from Bedminster — well above his usual pace — in a day dominated by legal anxiety. A late-night burst of Biden corruption links gave way to a midday dump of polling and endorsement articles, before the afternoon brought genuine heat: attacks on Jack Smith, a tirade calling congressional Democrats "slimeballs," and a surprisingly furious reaction to a minor EU travel fee. About 40% of the day's posts hammered Biden family corruption, building a counter-narrative ahead of Devon Archer's expected congressional testimony. The mood swung between calculated deflection and real anger, with brief detours into policy boasting about Texas property taxes and the Right to Try Act. Full digest for 2023-07-25: https://trump.fm/date/2023-07-25/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, July 25). https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/what-sham... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110772141159112261 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/what-shame-liberal-..." Truth Social, 25 Jul. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110772141159112261. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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