# Post ts_111121740837656071 - Post ID: `ts_111121740837656071` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-09-24T19:20:03.696Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111121740837656071 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111121740837656071/analysis ## Post text > https://www.mediaite.com/news/tough-one-to-spin-abcs-martha-raddatz-and-panel-react-to-poll-shocker-showing-trump-leading-biden-by-10/ ## Engagement - Likes: 7,314 - Reposts: 1,834 - Replies: 255 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.397Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T08:50:36.584Z (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 — 2023-09-24T19:20:03Z ## Overview This post consists entirely of a single URL with no accompanying text. The linked article's headline does all communicative work: *"Tough One To Spin: ABC's Martha Raddatz And Panel React To Poll Shocker Showing Trump Leading Biden By 10."* The post is a pure supply-gathering mechanism, leveraging perceived-enemy media's own framing to amplify favorable polling data. --- ## Authorship Attribution **Assessment: Aide-written (high confidence)** - **Local time:** Trump was in Iowa on this date (Dubuque rally confirmed). Iowa CDT = UTC−5. Post time: **2:20 PM local** — squarely within business hours. - **Format:** URL-only, no text. No typos, capitalization bursts, stream-of-consciousness, or emotional annotation. Authentic Trump posts typically add at least a fragment ("GREAT!" "Fake News!") to link shares, especially for content this personally flattering. - **Function:** Routine political communications — disseminating favorable polling data — is a primary function of a comms operation, not late-night emotional posting. - **Contrast:** The same-day posts from earlier are in recognizably authentic Trump voice (ALL CAPS, sentence fragments, "I GOT IT DONE!"). This one is structurally inert. --- ## Psychological State and Triggers Despite minimal content, the *selection* of this article reveals operative psychology: - **Trigger:** Supply-seeking following what would have been a psychologically significant data point — a poll showing a +10 lead over Biden in a cycle where legal jeopardy is mounting. - **Narcissistic state:** Grandiose. The poll is being deployed as external validation of the comeback narrative actively constructed throughout this posting period (cf. same-day abortion post, PA voter registration post, American Thinker link). - **Mechanism of gratification:** The article is doubly satisfying — it uses a perceived establishment-media source (ABC, Martha Raddatz) acknowledging the poll is "tough to spin." This converts a political opponent's admission into the most potent possible endorsement. The framing "I don't even need to say it — *they* said it" is a classic narcissistic supply maximization technique. --- ## Defense Mechanisms - **Projection via third-party proxy (immature/rationalization):** Rather than Trump claiming dominance directly, the article's headline makes the claim through an opponent's reluctant concession. This provides plausible neutrality while delivering the same ego-gratifying message. - **Minimal defensive content** otherwise detectable due to post's sparse form. --- ## Rhetorical Techniques - **Reverse ad hominem / enemy's mouth as validator:** Using the perceived enemy's admission ("tough one to spin") as rhetorical weapon. More persuasive to the base than self-promotion. - **Headline-as-argument:** The full rhetorical payload is outsourced to Mediaite's headline. Zero original argument required from the poster. - **Selection bias:** Sharing only favorable data from a single poll amid a broader mixed polling environment. Creates a curated reality for followers. - **Social proof via establishment reluctance:** Subtext — "Even *they* can't deny it." --- ## Narrative Identity Fits directly into the active **redemption/comeback arc** visible throughout the September 2023 posting cluster: legal persecutions → polls surging → inevitable return. This link is one data point in a sustained narrative sequence: *I am winning despite everything they throw at me.* - **Protagonist role:** The vindicated fighter, validated even by enemies. - **Contrasting other:** ABC / mainstream media (forced to concede his strength). - **Redemption sequence:** Implied without stated — persecution context (trials, indictments) → poll triumph. --- ## Cognitive Status Insufficient content for meaningful cognitive assessment. URL-only posts suppress all language production markers. No baseline deviation is detectable or inferable from a single link share. Complexity score reflects format constraint, not cognitive capacity. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Trump leading Biden by 10 points in a poll" | **Mostly True** | The ABC News/Washington Post poll published around this date did show Trump leading Biden by approximately 10 points among registered voters, which generated notable media attention given that pollster's historical baseline. Methodology debates existed but the headline figure is accurate. | Overall Veracity: 80% ## Danger Assessment **None.** No eliminationist language, no target-plus-grievance pattern, no mobilization rhetoric. --- ## Summary *Post is not clinically significant as a standalone unit; it is a functional comms operation post.* ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 15%) ### Indicators - Posted at 2:20 PM CDT (Iowa, where Trump held Dubuque rally that day) — business hours, not late-night authentic pattern - URL-only format with zero text annotation — authentic Trump posts nearly always add emotional fragments to link shares - Clean, functional dissemination of favorable polling data is a communications-staff function - No typos, capitalization irregularities, or stream-of-consciousness markers present - Contrast with same-day authentic posts showing distinct ALL CAPS, first-person voice, emotional urgency ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (ABC News/Washington Post poll showing Trump +10 over Biden) Sentiment: +0.55 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 30% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - rationalization (neurotic) - idealization (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Enemy-mouth-as-validator: uses opponent's reluctant concession for maximum persuasive impact - Curated reality: presents single favorable poll as representative data point ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-24._ > Trump leading Biden by 10 points in a poll **MOSTLY TRUE** The ABC News/Washington Post poll published around this date did show Trump leading Biden by approximately 10 points among registered voters, which generated notable media attention given that pollster's historical baseline. Methodology debates existed but the headline figure is accurate. Sources: ABC News/Washington Post poll, September 2023; Mediaite reporting on panel reaction Overall Veracity: 80% ## Tags - supply-seeking (80%) - aide-attributed (85%) - polling-promotion (90%) - enemy-validation (75%) - comeback-narrative (70%) - url-only (100%) ## 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.mediaite.com/news/tough-one-to-spin-ab... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111121740837656071 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.mediaite.com/news/tough-one-to-spin-abcs-martha-..." Truth Social, 24 Sep. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111121740837656071. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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