# Post ts_111051295381213199 - Post ID: `ts_111051295381213199` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-09-12T08:44:51.426Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111051295381213199 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111051295381213199/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_111051295381213199.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > In December of 2019, with your all time favorite President presiding, the U.S. Economy was rated perhaps the BEST OF ALL TIME! ## Engagement - Likes: 15,443 - Reposts: 3,574 - Replies: 715 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.398Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T08:31:25.205Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Summary A brief, high-confidence authentic post (4:44 AM EDT) in the grandiose register, functioning as nostalgic supply-seeking. Structurally paired with same-day attacks on Biden's economy, it establishes the counter-image: a golden era ("BEST OF ALL TIME") preceding the alleged stolen election. The phrase "your all time favorite President" exemplifies Trump's parasocial bonding technique — grandiosity laundered through the audience's attributed voice, allowing self-aggrandizement to present as shared consensus. Defense profile is idealization and denial; the golden-age construction fully suppresses the period's complexity (trade war, three emergency Fed rate cuts, moderate 2.1% Q4 GDP growth). The "perhaps" qualifier is a documented rhetorical inoculation: a hedge that preserves deniability while the superlative lands at full force. Economically, December 2019 was genuinely strong by several indicators (3.5% unemployment, near-record equities), but the "BEST OF ALL TIME" claim is unsupported historically and rates as half-true. The post illustrates within-day oscillation: adjacent posts display narcissistic rage and paranoid grievance, while this post inhabits the grandiose pole. No danger indicators. Clinically unremarkable relative to baseline but illustrates the maintenance function of grandiose posting between episodes of acute reactivity. ## Authorship Attribution Posted at 08:44:51 UTC on September 12, 2023. Trump was in the Eastern Time Zone during this period — he had appeared for arraignment in Georgia in late August and was engaged in active legal proceedings. Converting UTC to EDT (UTC-4): **4:44 AM local time**. This falls squarely within Trump's documented early-morning posting window, strongly supporting authentic authorship. Stylistic corroboration is substantial: the third-person self-referential framing ("your all time favorite President"), ALL CAPS for peak emphasis ("BEST OF ALL TIME"), the rhetorical hedge "perhaps" deployed while simultaneously asserting a maximalist claim, and the casual single-sentence structure devoid of polish. No aide would write "your all time favorite President" — this formulation is a signature Trump construction that presupposes shared affection while performing grandiosity through the mask of collective sentiment. --- ## Psychological State and Triggers This is a **supply-seeking post in grandiose mode**. The proximate trigger is the same-day posting cluster: the immediately preceding post explicitly catalogs Biden's failures including "Bad Economy," creating the rhetorical need for a counter-image — *what we once had, and what was taken*. December 2019 functions as a nostalgic anchor point: pre-COVID, pre-indictment, pre-"steal," representing the apex of the self-mythology. The phrase "your all time favorite President" is a parasocial bonding technique of notable sophistication. It presupposes universal shared affection, conscripts the audience into the admiring role, and embeds the grandiose claim within a syntactic structure that attributes the judgment to *them* rather than to him — while he is plainly the author. This allows grandiosity to present as humility's inverse: not "I am great" but "you love me, and here is why you are right to." The "perhaps" qualifier is a micro-hedge: a brief flicker of self-editing that maintains deniability while the superlative lands at full rhetorical weight. This is a recurring pattern — the hedge does not soften the claim; it inoculates it. --- ## Defense Mechanisms **Idealization (immature):** The December 2019 economy is elevated to mythological status. The complexity of that period — ongoing trade war headwinds, slowing manufacturing, moderate GDP growth (2.1% in Q4 2019) — is entirely suppressed. What remains is a crystallized golden age. **Denial (pathological):** No acknowledgment of the pre-COVID fragility present even in that period, nor of the Federal Reserve's three emergency rate cuts in 2019 to sustain expansion. --- ## Rhetorical Techniques - **Superlative hyperbole** ("BEST OF ALL TIME") with hedged retreat ("perhaps") - **Parasocial address** ("your all time favorite") — the audience is interpellated as already-believers - **Nostalgic appeal** — December 2019 as Eden before the fall - **Implied contrast** — Biden's economy (explicitly attacked in the preceding same-day post) vs. the golden era; the contrast does not need to be stated in this post because it was established seconds earlier --- ## Narrative Identity (Level 3) This post occupies the **contamination sequence's precondition**: it establishes the "good" from which the fall (the stolen election, Biden's failures) descends. The protagonist is the **King/Achiever** — not the victim or warrior seen elsewhere — momentarily inhabiting the grandiose rather than the aggrieved register. The contrasting other is unstated but structurally present: Biden, who followed the best-ever presidency and allegedly destroyed what was built. --- ## Cognitive Status Brief, coherent, single-clause declarative. Intentionally low syntactic complexity. No word-finding difficulty, tangentiality, or perseveration detectable. Complexity is appropriate to apparent purpose (affirmation-seeking soundbite). No deviation from baseline meriting cognitive flagging. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "In December of 2019, the U.S. Economy was rated perhaps the BEST OF ALL TIME" | **Half True** | December 2019 did feature strong indicators: 3.5% unemployment (50-year low), near-record S&P 500, elevated consumer sentiment. However, Q4 2019 GDP growth was approximately 2.1% — solid but historically moderate. The 1990s expansion was the longest in U.S. peacetime history with higher sustained growth rates. The Kennedy-Johnson era, post-WWII recovery, and 1990s tech boom all produced stronger sustained growth. The claim is selectively accurate but the superlative is historically unsupported. The 'perhaps' hedge is insufficient cover. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Summary A brief, high-confidence authentic Trump post in the grandiose register, timed at 4:44 AM local time. Functions as supply-seeking via nostalgic idealization of his December 2019 economic record, structurally paired with the same-day attack on Biden's failures. The signature phrase "your all time favorite President" exemplifies Trump's parasocial bonding technique: grandiosity laundered through the audience's attributed voice. Defense profile is idealization and denial — the golden-age construction erases the period's complexity. The "perhaps" qualifier is a documented rhetorical pattern allowing maximalist claims with minimal accountability. Economic data partially supports a strong performance in December 2019, but the "BEST OF ALL TIME" superlative is historically unsupported. No danger indicators; danger level: none. Post is clinically unremarkable relative to baseline but illustrates the maintenance function of the grandiose state between episodes of narcissistic rage visible in adjacent same-day posts. ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 87%) ### Indicators - 4:44 AM EDT — within documented early-morning posting window - Third-person self-reference via 'your all time favorite President' — signature Trump construction - ALL CAPS emphasis on 'BEST OF ALL TIME' - Rhetorical hedge 'perhaps' paired with superlative — documented Trump stylistic pattern - Single casual sentence, no professional formatting ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Same-day posts attacking Biden's economy create need for counter-narrative establishing prior golden era) Sentiment: +0.65 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 70% - Antisocial: 10% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - idealization (immature) - denial (pathological) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 20% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Presuppositional address: 'your all time favorite President' conscripts audience into admirer role - Grandiosity attributed to collective judgment rather than self — 'you love me, here is why you are right' - Nostalgic bonding via shared golden-era memory ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > In December of 2019, the U.S. Economy was rated perhaps the BEST OF ALL TIME **HALF TRUE** December 2019 did feature strong indicators: 3.5% unemployment (50-year low), near-record S&P 500, elevated consumer sentiment. However, Q4 2019 GDP growth was approximately 2.1% — solid but historically moderate. The 1990s expansion was the longest in U.S. peacetime history with higher sustained growth rates. The Kennedy-Johnson era, post-WWII recovery, and 1990s tech boom all produced stronger sustained growth. The claim is selectively accurate but the superlative is historically unsupported. The 'perhaps' hedge is insufficient cover. Sources: BLS unemployment data December 2019; BEA GDP Q4 2019 advance estimate; Federal Reserve 2019 rate cut history Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - supply-seeking (90%) - grandiosity (80%) - nostalgic-appeal (85%) - parasocial-bonding (80%) - idealization (75%) - economic-claim (70%) - authentic-authorship (87%) - early-morning-post (90%) - status-motive (85%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Multi-Front Legal Siege Drives Pre-Dawn Grievance Spiral as McCarthy Impeachment Delivers Evening Vindication** Trump started the day with a burst of pre-dawn posting focused on defending himself against the looming New York civil fraud trial, arguing at length that banks were happy and no one was harmed. As the morning progressed, he pivoted to attacking Biden over the Iran hostage deal and a false 9/11 claim, with his sharpest language reserved for accusing Biden of receiving "kickbacks." The middle of the day was dominated by aide-posted link shares reinforcing legal persecution and polling strength narratives. The mood shifted noticeably toward triumphant grandiosity by evening, likely buoyed by Kevin McCarthy's announcement of a formal Biden impeachment inquiry, culminating in a three-word victory lap: "TRUMP WAS RIGHT." Full digest for 2023-09-12: https://trump.fm/date/2023-09-12/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, September 12). In December of 2019, with your all time favorite... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111051295381213199 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "In December of 2019, with your all time favorite President..." Truth Social, 12 Sep. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111051295381213199. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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