# Post ts_112638969661884386

- Post ID: `ts_112638969661884386`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2024-06-18T18:11:18.320Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112638969661884386
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112638969661884386/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112638969661884386.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Page 2: “Corporations won tax cuts during Trump’s presidency, and they would benefit if he wins again. (In 2017, many companies pushed for lowering the corporate tax rate to 25% from 35%, aiming for the middle of the pack amongst peer countries. Trump and congressional Republicans got the rate down to 21%...Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), who sits on the Senate Finance Committee, said Democrats should insist on higher corporate taxes as one of their red lines in the 2025 debate, even to the point of being willing to let the expiring tax cuts lapse. ‘Democrats don’t need to be suckers this time,’ she said Monday. ‘We can turn away from our history of bad dealmaking.’”)

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.347Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T18:33:30.609Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: WSJ Tax Policy Quote-Post (2024-06-18)

This post shares a page excerpt from what appears to be a Wall Street Journal article about corporate tax policy, highlighting that Trump successfully negotiated the corporate tax rate down to 21% (below the 25% industry target), and featuring Elizabeth Warren inadvertently complimenting Trump's dealmaking by calling Democrats "suckers" who engaged in "bad dealmaking."

### Authorship
Posted at 2:11 PM ET (Trump was likely in the Northeast corridor area following his Capitol Hill visit). Business-hours timing, clean formatting of a newspaper excerpt, no emotional commentary or typos — strongly suggests aide-authored content curation. The strategic selection of a Warren quote that implicitly validates Trump's negotiating prowess is a sophisticated communications move.

### Psychological Function
This is a **supply-seeking** post operating through borrowed credibility. Rather than self-aggrandizing directly, it lets an adversary (Warren) do the work. Warren's admission that Democrats were outmaneuvered functions as narcissistic supply from an unlikely source — validation from the enemy is the most potent form.

### Rhetorical Technique
The post employs **testimonial from hostile witness** — the most persuasive form of endorsement. By letting Warren's own words frame Democrats as incompetent negotiators, Trump doesn't need to make the claim himself. The excerpt is carefully curated to emphasize the gap between what corporations wanted (25%) and what Trump delivered (21%), framing him as exceeding expectations.

### Cognitive Notes
No original language to assess — this is a curated excerpt.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Corporate tax rate was lowered from 35% to 21% under Trump" | **True** | The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 reduced the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% |
| "Many companies pushed for 25% rate" | **Mostly True** | Business groups like the Business Roundtable initially advocated for a 25% rate as internationally competitive |

Overall Veracity: 90%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (2:11 PM ET)
- Clean newspaper excerpt formatting
- Strategic content curation requiring editorial judgment
- No personal commentary, typos, or emotional markers
- Professional communications-style framing

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (WSJ article featuring Warren quote)

Sentiment: +0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 0%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- implicit competence demonstration
- letting opponents validate you

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Corporate tax rate was lowered from 35% to 21% under Trump

**TRUE**

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 reduced the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%

Sources: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017

> Many companies pushed for 25% rate

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Business groups like the Business Roundtable initially advocated for a 25% rate as internationally competitive

Sources: WSJ reporting

Overall Veracity: 90%

## Tags

- tax_policy (80%)
- self_promotion (70%)
- aide_authored (85%)
- supply_seeking (60%)

## That day

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

**A Routine Campaign Day: Golf Celebration, Wisconsin Rally, and Aide-Driven Content Fill the Feed**

Trump had a standard campaign day split between a golf celebration at his Westchester club and a rally in Racine, Wisconsin. The mood was consistently upbeat and self-promotional with no flashes of anger or defensiveness. The most notable content was a pair of shared links about a migrant arrested for a crime against a child, weaponizing the story without any original commentary. Most posts appeared to come from campaign staff rather than Trump himself, with personal voice showing up mainly around golf.

Full digest for 2024-06-18: https://trump.fm/date/2024-06-18/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, June 18). Page 2: “Corporations won tax cuts during Trump’s... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_112638969661884386
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Page 2: “Corporations won tax cuts during Trump’s..." Truth Social, 18 Jun. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112638969661884386. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Page 2: “Corporations won tax cuts during Trump’s...," Truth Social, June 18, 2024, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112638969661884386.

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