# Post ts_111784780476298881

- Post ID: `ts_111784780476298881`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2024-01-19T21:39:45.686Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111784780476298881
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111784780476298881/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_111784780476298881.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Page Two: So Steve, I know you don’t think people cheat in Elections, but they do! Nevertheless, I have an idea on how we can solve the problem with Steve—Exchange the Weekend Hosts with the Weekday Hosts, and everybody will be happy - except keep Lawrence, who is constantly defending me as he reports back to studio - “I know what you’re saying, but it’s not what I see in the field, all I see are Red Hats and Trump people!!!” Anyway, it’s Chris Sununu’s fault. He could have changed this, but was too lazy to do so!

## Engagement

- Likes: 9,108
- Reposts: 2,463
- Replies: 323
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.376Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T18:01:03.510Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: "Page Two" Fox News/Sununu Post (2024-01-19)

## Context
Posted days before the New Hampshire primary, where Nikki Haley (endorsed by Chris Sununu) posed Trump's strongest challenge. This is a continuation post ("Page Two") addressing Fox News coverage dynamics. Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago or traveling to New Hampshire; post time is ~4:39 PM ET.

## Key Observations

**Media Monitoring as Supply Management:** The post reveals intense monitoring of cable news coverage and attempts to manage it. The constructed dialogue attributed to "Lawrence" (likely Lawrence Jones) serves as third-party validation of Trump's popularity - a classic supply-seeking behavior.

**Displacement onto Sununu:** The abrupt pivot to blaming Sununu ("it's Chris Sununu's fault") for an unrelated media issue is transparent displacement. The real anxiety is the NH primary where Sununu's endorsement boosted Haley. Calling him "too lazy" is mild devaluation.

**"Steve" Identity:** Likely Steve Doocy of Fox & Friends, who Trump has previously sparred with over election fraud claims. The opening ("I know you don't think people cheat in Elections, but they do!") reasserts the stolen election narrative while framing disagreement as naivety rather than opposition.

## Personality Profile (This Post)
- **Agency motive dominant:** Control over media narrative
- **Protagonist role:** Insider/dealmaker proposing solutions
- **Relatively low intensity** for Trump - playful rather than enraged
- **Archetype:** King managing his court (media figures as subjects to be arranged)

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "People cheat in Elections" | **Mostly False** | Multiple audits, court cases (60+), and investigations found no evidence of widespread fraud in 2020. Isolated individual cases exist but did not affect outcomes. |
| "Sununu could have changed this but was too lazy" | **Unverifiable** | Unclear what specifically Sununu allegedly could have changed. Likely refers to endorsement dynamics or NH primary positioning rather than Fox News scheduling. |

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 90%)

### Indicators

- Stream-of-consciousness style with multiple tangential shifts
- Casual direct address ('So Steve') mimicking conversation
- Rambling narrative with incomplete logical threads
- 4:39 PM EST (Mar-a-Lago local) - afternoon post timing
- Exclamation marks and ALL CAPS emphasis patterns

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Fox News weekend coverage perceived as insufficiently favorable; Sununu/Haley threat in NH)

Sentiment: +0.20

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid topic shifts within single post
- Grandiose confidence in proposed media solutions
- Playful elevated mood with mild pressured quality

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 20%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- displacement (neurotic)
- rationalization (neurotic)
- idealization (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality
- circumstantiality

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Creating insider narrative - readers feel privy to behind-scenes media dynamics
- Quoting a supporter's words as independent validation of popularity

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Reasserts election fraud narrative as established fact ('people cheat in Elections') despite lack of evidence
- Frames media skepticism of election fraud claims as personal naivety rather than evidence-based position

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> People cheat in Elections

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Multiple audits, court cases (60+), and investigations found no evidence of widespread fraud in 2020. Isolated individual cases exist but did not affect outcomes.

Sources: DOJ findings; State audit results; Court rulings

> Sununu could have changed this but was too lazy

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Unclear what specifically Sununu allegedly could have changed. Likely refers to endorsement dynamics or NH primary positioning rather than Fox News scheduling.

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Tags

- media_management (80%)
- election_denial (50%)
- displacement (70%)
- nh_primary (60%)

## That day

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

**Legal Siege Meets Campaign Triumph: A Day of Strategic Grandiosity Across Multiple Fronts**

Trump spent the day juggling multiple legal battles and campaign events, posting heavily about the E. Jean Carroll trial, the Fani Willis prosecutor scandal in Georgia, and his upcoming New Hampshire rally. The mood was predominantly triumphant -- he seized on revelations about Willis's romantic relationship with her special prosecutor to declare total vindication, celebrated his Iowa caucus win, and attacked Republican rivals and Fox News host Steve Doocy. The most striking moment was an evening post arguing that presidents deserve "TOTAL IMMUNITY" even for actions that "cross the line," a rare explicit acknowledgment that presidential misconduct might occur paired with a demand for zero accountability.

Full digest for 2024-01-19: https://trump.fm/date/2024-01-19/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, January 19). Page Two: So Steve, I know you don’t think people... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111784780476298881
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Page Two: So Steve, I know you don’t think people cheat in..." Truth Social, 19 Jan. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111784780476298881. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Page Two: So Steve, I know you don’t think people cheat in...," Truth Social, January 19, 2024, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111784780476298881.

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