# Post ts_111121739916901871

- Post ID: `ts_111121739916901871`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-09-24T19:19:49.697Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111121739916901871
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111121739916901871/analysis

## Post text

> https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/09/washington_post_goggles_over_its_own_poll_result_on_trump_soaring_approval__and_belittles_it_to_readers_as_an_outlier.html

## Engagement

- Likes: 6,660
- Reposts: 1,671
- Replies: 112
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.397Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T08:40:20.120Z (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 — 2023-09-24T19:19 UTC

## Overview

This post consists exclusively of a URL to an American Thinker blog article. There is no original text, commentary, or personal voice. This severely limits psychological and linguistic analysis; all inferences are structural and contextual rather than textual.

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## Authorship Attribution

**Assessment: Likely aide-authored (Scavino pattern) — confidence: HIGH**

Trump was in Dubuque, Iowa on this date for a campaign rally. UTC 19:19 converts to approximately **14:19 CDT** — mid-afternoon business hours. The post contains no original text, no emotional markers, no typos, and no personal voice. Contrast with the same-day authentic post on abortion, which shows characteristic Trump markers: first-person superlatives, historical claims, emotional escalation. This bare URL format is a Scavino/aide operational signature: locate favorable media coverage, post link without annotation.

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## Psychological Function

Though no first-person text is available, the selection itself reveals intent: **narcissistic supply procurement via favorable polling citation**. The article frames Trump's approval as "soaring" and the Washington Post as actively suppressing this data. This dual function — self-elevation plus persecution confirmation — requires zero personal exposure from the subject. It is psychologically efficient: grandiosity is claimed through citation; victim narrative is reinforced by implication.

This post arrives against a backdrop of heightened anxiety visible in proximate authentic posts (ALL-CAPS Pennsylvania voter fraud claims, F-35 vindication narrative, abortion legacy claims). The link share represents a **tonal de-escalation toward grandiosity** — the numbers are good, the media is hiding it, the audience should know.

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## Contextual Positioning

The poll referenced aligns with the period surrounding Trump's legal battles (Menendez indictment as political parallel, ongoing criminal exposure). Sharing approval data during adverse legal/political cycles is consistent with a supply-maintenance function: reassuring the base (and the subject) that prosecution has not eroded standing.

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## Cognitive Assessment

**Unassessable.** No original language production. Complexity score is nominally assigned as near-floor. No cognitive markers can be extracted from a URL post.

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## Danger Assessment

**None.** No inflammatory content, no target identification, no mobilizing language.

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## Summary

*Not clinically significant as a standalone post. Bare URL share, likely aide-authored, functioning as low-intensity narcissistic supply delivery. No analyzable language. Psychological inference limited to structural and contextual observation: post selects and amplifies favorable polling data during a period of legal/political pressure, consistent with supply-maintenance behavior. No deviation from baseline; no flags.*

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Washington Post downplayed or belittled its own poll showing Trump's soaring approval as an outlier" | **Unverifiable** | The specific WaPo poll and editorial framing referenced in the American Thinker article cannot be fully assessed without reviewing the original WaPo piece. Media outlets routinely note when a single poll diverges from polling averages — this is standard methodology, not necessarily suppression. However, whether WaPo specifically used dismissive framing toward its own data cannot be determined from the article title alone. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 15%)

### Indicators

- Posted at 14:19 CDT (Trump was in Dubuque, Iowa for a campaign rally — business hours)
- No accompanying text, commentary, or emotional punctuation
- Pure URL share with zero editorial additions
- Polished, aide-managed posting pattern — no typos, no ALL CAPS, no personal voice

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Favorable poll data contradicting adverse legal/political narrative)

Sentiment: +0.25

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 5%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Validating in-group beliefs about media suppression of pro-Trump information
- Reinforcing narrative that establishment media actively works to diminish Trump's standing

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-24._

> Washington Post downplayed or belittled its own poll showing Trump's soaring approval as an outlier

**UNVERIFIABLE**

The specific WaPo poll and editorial framing referenced in the American Thinker article cannot be fully assessed without reviewing the original WaPo piece. Media outlets routinely note when a single poll diverges from polling averages — this is standard methodology, not necessarily suppression. However, whether WaPo specifically used dismissive framing toward its own data cannot be determined from the article title alone.

Sources: American Thinker blog (cited in post); General polling methodology context

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- supply_seeking (70%)
- aide_authored (80%)
- media_criticism (60%)
- polling_data (70%)
- url_only (100%)
- epistemic_closure (50%)

## That day

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

**From Abortion Victory Lap to Media 'Treason' Threats: Grandiosity Curdles Into Authoritarian Escalation**

Trump spent most of the day in self-congratulatory mode, sharing a flood of favorable polling articles and claiming sole credit for overturning Roe v. Wade. The afternoon brought a burst of link-sharing -- over a dozen posts in two hours, mostly curated by staff -- highlighting polls showing him leading Biden by 10 points. The mood darkened toward evening as he pivoted to the Menendez indictment to relitigate his own legal grievances, and the day ended with the most alarming post: an explicit threat to use federal regulatory power against NBC and MSNBC for what he called "Country Threatening Treason." That final post stood out as a concrete, specific vision of press suppression framed as patriotic duty.

Full digest for 2023-09-24: https://trump.fm/date/2023-09-24/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, September 24). https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/09/washi... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111121739916901871
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/09/washington_post..." Truth Social, 24 Sep. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111121739916901871. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/09/washington_post...," Truth Social, September 24, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111121739916901871.

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