# Post ts_111116119763651450 - Post ID: `ts_111116119763651450` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-09-23T19:30:32.964Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111116119763651450 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111116119763651450/analysis ## Post text > https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/09/bannon-unloads-murdochs-president-trump-will-return-like/ ## Engagement - Likes: 9,170 - Reposts: 2,425 - Replies: 180 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.397Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T08:33:47.123Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Analysis: Bare URL Share — Bannon/Murdoch/Gateway Pundit (2023-09-23) ### Post Character This post consists solely of a hyperlink to a Gateway Pundit article. The slug reads: *"bannon-unloads-murdochs-president-trump-will-return-like"* — sufficient to extract meaning without fetching, as the title encodes all three key signals: (1) Steve Bannon as attacking agent, (2) Murdochs as target, (3) a triumphalist return narrative for Trump. --- ### Authorship Attribution UTC 19:30:32 converts to **approximately 14:30 CDT** in Dubuque, Iowa, where Trump held a campaign rally this date. This mid-afternoon, business-hours timing is a mild aide indicator. The complete absence of original text, commentary, typos, or emotional punctuation also tilts slightly toward staff curation. However, bare URL shares without text are not rare in authentic Trump behavior on Truth Social — particularly for content he finds satisfying but does not wish to personally amplify with fingerprinting language. The ambiguity prevents high-confidence attribution either way. --- ### Psychological State and Trigger Analysis **Trigger: Narcissistic Injury (Murdoch/Fox Defection)** Throughout 2023, Fox News and the broader News Corp apparatus under Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch had been shifting editorial weight toward Ron DeSantis and away from Trump. This represents a textbook narcissistic injury: disloyalty from a formerly admiring source, compounded by unfavorable comparison to a rival. Sharing Bannon's "unloading" on the Murdochs is an attack-by-proxy — Trump benefits from the aggressive content while maintaining textual distance. **Narcissistic State: Grandiose with Displacement** The article title's closing element ("will return like…") activates the redemption-arc narrative that is Trump's most consistent identity motif. The wounded party is reframed as the triumphant returner. The grandiose pole is dominant here; the vulnerable/victimized pole is deflected through Bannon as surrogate aggressor. **Tribal Loyalty Signaling** Amplifying Bannon specifically — despite Bannon's ongoing legal exposure — serves multiple motivational functions: - Signals fidelity to the hard-MAGA wing over institutional Republicanism - Validates Bannon as a trusted combatant willing to attack media establishment figures - Reinforces Gateway Pundit as an epistemically sanctioned news source, deepening in-group closure --- ### Defense Mechanisms **Displacement** is the primary mechanism: hostility toward Murdoch, which if expressed directly would appear petty or retaliatory, is routed through Bannon's voice and a right-media intermediary. Trump takes no textual ownership of the attack. **Passive Aggression** is implicit: the share conveys a threatening message to Murdoch without a direct statement, preserving deniability while ensuring the message reaches its target audience. --- ### Rhetorical Techniques - **Amplification without endorsement**: A structural technique — the title headline performs the rhetorical work; Trump merely distributes it. - **Appeal to in-group authority**: Bannon retains high credibility within the MAGA base; his "unloading" carries weight as tribal validation. - **Triumphalist framing**: The "will return like…" structure invokes an unfinished but implied mythological parallel (likely a king, warrior, or messianic figure), activating the heroic return archetype without Trump claiming it directly. - **Source signaling**: Gateway Pundit is a deliberate choice — not a mainstream outlet — reinforcing the epistemically closed ecosystem and communicating disdain for legacy media. --- ### Jungian / Archetypal Layer **Hero/Savior + Warrior** dyad: Bannon enacts the Warrior archetype on Trump's behalf; Trump is positioned as the returning Hero. The Murdochs occupy the Shadow — the corrupted, disloyal institutional power that must be defeated. The framing implicitly compares Trump's return to an archetypal exile-and-return motif (the king driven out who returns victorious). --- ### Order/Chaos Dynamics This post positions against the **institutional media order** (Murdoch = corrupt establishment) while promising to restore a different order (Trump's return). The asymmetry is typical: chaos is assigned to the Murdochs (treachery, betrayal), order-restoration is Trump's promise. --- ### Longitudinal Context This post fits cleanly within the day's pattern. The same session produced attacks on Howard Stern (disloyalty, irrelevance), an attack on Biden over the UAW/EV issue, and a Posobiec RT on election theft. The Murdoch share continues a theme of punishing perceived defectors and reinforcing the base narrative of inevitable return. No deviation from baseline is observed. --- ### Cognitive Assessment Insufficient original text to assess language production or complexity. Score held to conservative baseline; no markers detectable from URL-only content. --- ### Danger, Gaslighting, Reality Distortion No danger indicators. No original claims to fact-check. No gaslighting markers detectable from URL-only content. The article title implies a triumphalist prediction ("Trump will return like…") which is an opinion/claim by Bannon, not a Trump-authored statement. ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 35%) ### Indicators - Mid-afternoon local time (14:30 CDT Iowa) — business hours, mild aide indicator - Zero original text — no emotional commentary, typos, or impulsive language - Bare URL shares are also consistent with authentic Trump behavior on Truth Social - Timing aligns with rally day logistics; could be staff managing account while Trump prepares ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Comparison (Murdoch/Fox News editorial defection toward DeSantis) Sentiment: +0.20 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 50% - Antisocial: 10% - Paranoid: 20% - Sadism: 10% **Defense Mechanisms:** - displacement (immature) - passive aggression (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Tribal loyalty reinforcement via Bannon amplification - In-group source validation (Gateway Pundit as trusted epistemics) - Heroic return narrative activation ## Tags - bare-url-share (90%) - murdoch-feud (85%) - bannon-alliance (80%) - gateway-pundit (75%) - triumphalist-return-narrative (70%) - displacement (65%) - epistemic-closure (80%) - passive-aggression (60%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **After-Midnight Rage Spiral and Evening Election Alarm Bracket a Day of Grandiose Self-Validation** Trump's day unfolded in three distinct phases: a late-night burst of increasingly angry posts attacking Howard Stern, Biden, and the 2020 election results, followed by a quiet afternoon of sharing flattering articles and claiming he predicted aerospace disasters. The day closed with a furious all-caps post accusing Democrats of stealing Pennsylvania through automatic voter registration. The mood swung between self-congratulatory calm and bursts of genuine anger, with economic populism around the UAW strike serving as the through-line connecting the grievances. Full digest for 2023-09-23: https://trump.fm/date/2023-09-23/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, September 23). https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/09/bannon-un... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111116119763651450 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/09/bannon-unloads-murd..." Truth Social, 23 Sep. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111116119763651450. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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