# Post ts_111064049371672653

- Post ID: `ts_111064049371672653`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-09-14T14:48:21.791Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111064049371672653
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111064049371672653/analysis

## Post text

> https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/athena-thorne/2023/09/10/massive-trump-vs-biden-polling-swing-from-four-years-ago-to-now-n1725922

## Engagement

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T08:34:44.513Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Truth Social Post — 2023-09-14T14:48:21Z

### Overview

This post consists entirely of a hyperlink to a PJ Media article titled *"Massive Trump vs Biden Polling Swing from Four Years Ago to Now"* (published September 10, 2023). There is no original authored text. Analysis is therefore constrained to **curation behavior, timing, and contextual pattern** rather than language production.

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### Authorship Attribution

**UTC timestamp:** 14:48:21Z  
**Estimated location:** Trump was likely at Trump Tower (New York) or traveling in mid-September 2023, ahead of a busy fall legal/campaign schedule. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) = UTC−4.  
**Local time:** ~10:48 AM EDT — solidly within business hours.

Combined with the absence of any original text, correct formatting, and the fact that this is one of at least six URL-only posts on this date forming a coherent curated media package, this is **almost certainly aide-authored** (consistent with Scavino-style content amplification). Authentic Trump posts in this period typically include at least brief commentary, emotional punctuation (!!!), or ALL CAPS.

**Authorship confidence:** High (aide-written).

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### Curation Pattern Analysis

The six posts from this date constitute a coordinated narrative cluster:

1. **Anti-DeSantis framing** — National Pulse: DeSantis campaign as "GOP sabotage op"
2. **Impeachment inquiry legitimization** — Fox News opinion framing the inquiry as exonerating Biden's name (reverse-engineered to validate the inquiry's political value)
3. **Movement grandeur** — American Thinker: Trump's movement "transcends politics"
4. **Media panic as validation** — PJ Media: "I'm Really Enjoying the Media Panic About Trump"
5. **Polling dominance** — USA Today: Trump lead in 2024 odds
6. **This post** — PJ Media: Massive polling swing toward Trump

This is a textbook **supply-seeking maintenance sequence**: a structured daily reinforcement of the narrative that Trump is winning, rivals are saboteurs, opponents are panicking, and the movement is historically significant. The curation itself encodes grandiosity without requiring Trump to author it personally.

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### Psychological State (Inferred from Curation)

Without original text, direct language analysis is impossible. However, the **selection behavior** reveals:

- **Trigger type:** Supply-seeking / maintenance. No apparent acute narcissistic injury driving this particular post; the polling article provides straightforward narcissistic supply (validation of electoral dominance).
- **Narcissistic state:** Grandiose pole — the article reinforces the "I am winning bigly" narrative rather than the victimized/persecuted pole.
- **Defense mechanisms:** Not assessable from URL-only post. The broader daily pattern suggests **rationalization** (polling data as objective proof of legitimacy) and **denial** (ongoing legal jeopardy is conspicuously absent from the day's curated content despite active Georgia/federal proceedings).

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### Rhetorical Analysis

The article title itself ("Massive… Swing") employs **hyperbole and superlatives** consistent with Trump's preferred rhetorical register — this may partly explain the selection. The curation of ideologically aligned media (PJ Media, American Thinker, National Pulse — all right-leaning partisan outlets) constitutes an **epistemic closure** pattern: the information environment presented to followers is entirely confirmatory, with no disconfirming signal.

The implicit argument of the full day's posts: *Trump is inevitable, his rivals are traitors, the establishment is panicking, and the polls prove it.* This is a coherent propaganda sequence even without a single original sentence.

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### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Massive polling swing from Trump vs Biden four years ago to now" | **Mostly True** | By September 2023, multiple national polls showed Trump leading or tied with Biden in head-to-head matchups — a notable shift from 2019 when Biden typically held leads over Trump. The characterization as 'massive' is editorially subjective but directionally consistent with the polling environment. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 10%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (10:48 AM EDT)
- No original text — URL only
- Part of a structured 6-post same-day curation sequence
- Consistent formatting and clean link with no emotional punctuation
- No typos, capitalization anomalies, or stream-of-consciousness elements

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Favorable polling data)

Sentiment: +0.50

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 0%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Curated epistemic environment providing confirmatory polling data
- Grandiose electoral dominance narrative reinforcement

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Massive polling swing from Trump vs Biden four years ago to now

**MOSTLY TRUE**

By September 2023, multiple national polls showed Trump leading or tied with Biden in head-to-head matchups — a notable shift from 2019 when Biden typically held leads over Trump. The characterization as 'massive' is editorially subjective but directionally consistent with the polling environment.

Sources: General polling knowledge circa September 2023

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- aide_authored (95%)
- supply_seeking (70%)
- polling_amplification (90%)
- epistemic_closure (80%)
- grandiose_state (50%)
- curated_narrative_cluster (85%)
- no_original_text (100%)

## That day

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

**Every Win Becomes a Wound: Hunter Indictment Weaponized Into Self-Victimhood as Institutional Delegitimization Saturates the Day**

Trump spent September 14 cycling between attacking DeSantis after watching morning cable news, amplifying flattering poll coverage, and reframing the Hunter Biden gun indictment as proof that Democrats have weaponized the justice system against him. The mood was combative throughout, with a brief flash of anger about "rigged elections" and "rigged television" in the morning and a more sustained afternoon escalation demanding Democrats stop "interfering" with the 2024 election. A large block of link-only posts around midmorning appeared to be staff-managed content rather than personal output. The most striking pattern of the day was Trump's inability to treat a political win — his rival's son getting indicted — as anything other than further evidence of his own persecution.

Full digest for 2023-09-14: https://trump.fm/date/2023-09-14/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, September 14). https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/athena-thorn... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111064049371672653
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/athena-thorne/2023/09/..." Truth Social, 14 Sep. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111064049371672653. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/athena-thorne/2023/09/...," Truth Social, September 14, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111064049371672653.

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