# Post ts_111637867609179380

- Post ID: `ts_111637867609179380`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-12-24T22:57:53.308Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> “CNN Polls: Trump leads Biden in Michigan and Georgia as broad majorities hold negative views of the current president” https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/11/politics/cnn-polls-trump-biden-michigan-georgia/index.html

## Media

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/111/637/867/490/351/141/original/8f58cf2bb1735e30.jpg

## Engagement

- Likes: 15,600
- Reposts: 3,679
- Replies: 939
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.381Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T14:57:51.115Z (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 — 2023-12-24T22:57:53Z

## Overview

This post is structurally minimal: a single quoted headline from a CNN poll article showing Trump leading Biden in Michigan and Georgia, with a link and attached image. It stands in sharp tonal contrast to the multiple high-agitation posts published the same day, making it psychologically interesting primarily through juxtaposition rather than its own content.

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## Authorship Attribution

**Confidence: Medium | Score: ~0.45 (lean aide-authored)**

- **Timing:** 5:57 PM EST at Mar-a-Lago (Christmas Eve) — within waking hours but neither the late-night authentic window nor peak business hours. Ambiguous.
- **Format:** Pristine — no typos, no ALL CAPS, no editorial injection, no exclamation points. Inconsistent with impulsive authentic posts.
- **Tonal discontinuity:** Immediately adjacent posts on the same day show extreme agitation ("MERRY CHRISTMAS! IT'S CALLED ELECTION INTERFERENCE"; ALL CAPS J6 committee rant). This calm, polished share is stylistically discordant.
- **Counterpoint:** Trump does personally share favorable polling coverage with some frequency. The absence of any editorial injection could reflect deliberate strategic restraint rather than aide authorship.

**Assessment:** Most consistent with aide-facilitated posting (Scavino-style amplification) or a consciously calculated Trump post in a calm moment. Authentic impulsive authorship is less likely given format.

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## Psychological State & Triggers

**Primary trigger:** Supply-seeking (narcissistic supply collection via electoral validation)

**Narcissistic state:** Grandiose — the post broadcasts dominance over a weakened opponent using empirical data as armor.

The post functions as a clean injection of narcissistic supply: favorable polling from an adversarial source confirms the winner identity schema central to the subject's self-concept. No wound is visible here; this is the grandiose pole.

Critically, this calm validation post occurs on the same day as multiple persecution/rage posts referencing the Colorado ballot disqualification, Jack Smith's prosecution, and J6 committee conduct. This rapid intra-day oscillation between the **vulnerable/persecuted** and **grandiose/dominant** narcissistic states is a clinically notable pattern consistent with malignant narcissistic personality organization.

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## Defense Mechanisms

- **Rationalization (neurotic):** Using objective polling data to anchor and justify the grandiose self-concept — "I'm winning; the numbers prove it."
- No pathological defenses are activated in this post — the grandiose state does not require them when external data is cooperative.

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## Rhetorical Techniques

### Central Operation: Adversarial Source Amplification
The structurally powerful move here is using CNN — a network the subject routinely labels "fake news," "corrupt," and "enemy of the people" — as the validating authority. This achieves a significant persuasion effect: **authority laundering via hostile witness**. A CNN poll confirming Trump's lead carries more rhetorical weight with ambivalent audiences than a Rasmussen or Fox News poll would.

This technique is either rhetorically sophisticated (suggesting aide input or calculated behavior) or simply opportunistic (Trump grabs favorable coverage wherever it appears, including adversarial outlets). The absence of the typical "even the FAKE NEWS CNN admits..." framing — which would be the authentic Trump editorial injection — again points toward aide authorship.

### Secondary Techniques
- **Selective citation:** One favorable data point amplified; surrounding context (e.g., Trump's indictments, Colorado ballot ruling) absent.
- **Implicit contrast:** Foregrounding Biden's broad negative approval deflects from the day's legally threatening events (Colorado Supreme Court ruling, Jack Smith immunity appeal).
- **Understated confidence signal:** The calm, minimal presentation functions as a dominance display — no anxiety visible, just data.

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## Longitudinal / Affective Oscillation Note

The same-day posting record is instructive. Within approximately the same posting session, the subject produced:

1. ALL CAPS persecution post ("SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN... MERRY CHRISTMAS!")
2. ALL CAPS legal grievance post (J6 committee evidence deletion)
3. Extended legal argument post (presidential immunity, Colorado delusion)
4. Tucker Carlson thank-you post (communion/alliance maintenance)
5. Christmas 2024 speculative piece (future-casting, hope framing)
6. **This post** (calm electoral validation)

The oscillation between paranoid-persecutory content and calm grandiose supply-collection within a single day is consistent with the narcissistic dysregulation pattern documented across this posting record. The subject moves between wound-response mode and supply-collection mode in rapid succession, sometimes within hours.

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## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "CNN polls show Trump leading Biden in Michigan and Georgia" | **True** | Known Events confirm December 2023 polls showed Trump leading Biden in all seven key swing states including Michigan for the first time. The CNN article is dated December 11, 2023, within the established polling period. |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Danger Assessment

**None.** This post contains no dehumanizing language, no violent imagery, no eliminationist rhetoric, and no stochastic terrorism indicators. It is a straightforward favorable poll amplification post.

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## Summary Note

No clinical summary generated. This individual post does not meet the threshold for clinical significance on its own. Its significance is longitudinal: as one data point in an intra-day oscillation pattern between grandiose and persecutory-vulnerable narcissistic states.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 45%)

### Indicators

- Post time 5:57 PM EST — waking hours, neither late-night authentic window nor peak business hours
- Format is clean and polished: no typos, no ALL CAPS, no incomplete sentences, no exclamation points
- Single headline quote plus URL — consistent with Scavino-style amplification posts
- Sharp tonal contrast to contemporaneous rage posts made same day (ALL CAPS persecution/legal grievances)
- Absence of typical authentic-Trump editorial injection ('even the FAKE NEWS CNN admits...') is notable

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (CNN poll showing Trump leading Biden in Michigan and Georgia)

Sentiment: +0.65

### Clinical

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

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Electoral dominance signaling to base and potential donors
- Adversarial source amplification — CNN validates claim, increasing perceived credibility with ambivalent audiences

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> CNN polls show Trump leading Biden in Michigan and Georgia

**TRUE**

Known Events confirm December 2023 polls showed Trump leading Biden in all seven key swing states including Michigan for the first time. The CNN article is dated December 11, 2023, within the established polling period.

Sources: Known Events: Trump Leads Biden in Key Swing State Polls, December 2023

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- supply-seeking (90%)
- grandiose-state (70%)
- adversarial-source-amplification (90%)
- polling-validation (90%)
- aide-authored-likely (60%)
- affective-oscillation (80%)
- electoral-dominance-signaling (80%)

## That day

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

**Christmas Eve at Mar-a-Lago: Holiday Cheer Dissolves Into Escalating Legal Rage Spiral**

Trump spent Christmas Eve at Mar-a-Lago oscillating between holiday pleasantries and intense legal grievances. The morning started with a defensive post about presidential immunity, followed by a midday stretch of "Merry Christmas" and flattering article shares. But by late afternoon, the dam broke: three rapid-fire posts of escalating fury targeting Jack Smith, the January 6th Committee, and the Colorado Supreme Court's ballot disqualification ruling. The rage built noticeably across the trio, culminating in an all-caps grievance cascade before a final poll share cooled things down. The day's arc was unmistakably shaped by legal pressure — the Colorado ruling and the immunity appeal filed days earlier clearly weighed on him even as he tried to project holiday normalcy.

Full digest for 2023-12-24: https://trump.fm/date/2023-12-24/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, December 24). “CNN Polls: Trump leads Biden in Michigan and... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111637867609179380
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "“CNN Polls: Trump leads Biden in Michigan and Georgia as..." Truth Social, 24 Dec. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111637867609179380. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "“CNN Polls: Trump leads Biden in Michigan and Georgia as...," Truth Social, December 24, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111637867609179380.

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