# Post ts_112657723732031463 - Post ID: `ts_112657723732031463` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2024-06-22T01:40:42.750Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112657723732031463 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112657723732031463/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112657723732031463.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > “TRUMP, BIDEN SET TO SQUARE OFF IN CNN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ON THURSDAY.” A MUST WATCH! DJT ## What the media says **Video transcript** (11:12), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Welcome to Hannity and tonight, stay tuned, by the way, a major announcement from our friend, our colleague, Gianno Caldwell, but first, let's jump right in. The 2024 election is only 136 days away, early voting in Pennsylvania that begins in 87 days, rolls out to other states thereafter, and the very first presidential debate is less than one week away. In just six days, two left-wing, self-proclaimed journalists, or really just liberal talk show hosts from fake news CNN, they will moderate Thursday's debate. Now, needless to say, the odds are stacked against Donald Trump. The 45th president recently said he thinks there is a 10% chance that CNN will be fair. Our prediction is the odds are actually much lower. Now, for starters, I think we can expect the first half of the CNN presidential debate to be dedicated to questions about January 6th and abortion, the left's fear-mongering about Trump's desire for political retribution, democracy and peril. Critical topics, inflation, Biden inflation, crimes committed by Joe Biden's unvetted illegal immigrants from 180 plus countries, including those countries with terror ties and our top geopolitical foes, is that going to come up? We also expect that fake news CNN will put their one-sided questions. They're going to put them on the screen and probably leave them there. With provocative bias language, that will be framed to hurt Donald Trump and, frankly, make it easier for Joe Biden. For example, Donald Trump asked why he supported insurrection. Oh, that's not opinionated. This will be the most obvious bias on display, meaning what they put on the screen, how they frame the question and how they put it on the screen. Now, they just, you know, barked by words here. It will be framed in a way to help Biden and hurt Trump. That's what I believe will happen. I hope they prove me wrong. And how about Vice President Harris's tweet, by the way, if we're going to talk about these topics from June of 2020, the one supporting a bail fund for the rioters in the summer of 2020, will that even come up? What about Democrats denying past elections? Make party election deniers. You might recall some of this. Take a look. Folks, you know it. I know it. They know it. We won that election. Troubling evidence of the fact that not every vote was being counted. There are still legitimate concerns over the integrity of our elections and of ensuring the principle of one person, one vote. You can run the best campaign. You can even become the nominee and you can have the election stolen from you. I think he's an illegitimate president that didn't really win. So how do you, you know, fight against that in 2020? You are absolutely right. The president is an illegitimate racist Russian attempt to have the election. And frankly, the FBI is weighing in on the election. I think make the make it makes his election illegitimate. It's illegitimate. And my biggest fear is that he's going to do it again with the help of Vlad, his best path, and we're going to be stuck for six more years with this guy. And that is terrifying. It's terrifying. Would you be my vice president for Canada? Folks, look, I absolutely agree. I believe was a stolen election. I'm not saying they stole it from me. They stole it from the voters of Georgia. Now, I also predict the moderators will play a huge role in the debate, cutting off Donald Trump. Now they will perform the so-called fact checks. Are they going to do that in real time while giving Joe Biden a free pass on everything? You know, God forbid they ever decide to allow Donald Trump to finish his two minute or one minute thought uninterrupted before they mute his microphone. God forbid they let viewers in the country decide for themselves. I actually do hope that I'm wrong. Yeah, maybe I will be. But it's well, a pretty safe bet that it's all but certain that this debate will be three on one. Don't take my word for it. We report you decide. Let's take a closer look, shall we, at the two moderators? Let's begin with Jake Tapper, or as I often affectionately refer to him as fake Jake for his bias coverage. Now, this left wing nightmare got his career started as a press secretary for a Pennsylvania Democrat. He then worked for a D.C. public relations firm and a gun control group named Handgun Control, Inc. Tapper even had a stint at the far left publication salon dot com before making his way to fake news CNN to play the role of, quote, journalists. Now, currently Tapper is at the center of an ongoing defamation suit. He's accused of smearing a contractor who was helping evacuate Americans out of Afghanistan during Joe Biden's disastrous withdrawal. We're going to keep an eye on that suit, but clearly fake Jake. He is a left wing talk show host. He doesn't like Donald Trump. We have the tape and we'll play it in just a moment. His colleague Dana Bash, frankly, just as bad. She is a career CNN employee working at the fake news network for over 30 years. Her low rated daytime show Inside Politics typically utilizes large panels of liberals who go round and round in a circle bashing Trump and other Republicans and then heaping praise on Biden and Democrats. And of course, Dana is a big supporter of the left's favorite political new tactic. The very real unedited videos showing Joe Biden's mental and physical decline are falsely referred to as cheap fake videos. Take a look. A lot of memes and what the White House is calling cheap fakes, which means that these are there are videos that are being put out on social media and then amplified on conservative media that in some cases are just not right and in other cases are highly, highly misleading of President Biden. It's the question that I started this conversation with is how much to talk about it versus how much to just kind of ignore it and we're trying to kind of do both here. Now it's simple. Anybody that's parroting a Democratic Party talking point as fact, they shouldn't be allowed to moderate a presidential debate unless they're honest with both sides and say, I'm a liberal. I have a liberal point of view. Now Dana, the videos are real. They're unedited. Now, of course, both Dana Bash and fake Jake Tapper are more than happy to spread this kind of left wing garbage under the guise of journalism and truth. For them, it's a means to an end. They probably see it as a service to the country to prevent Donald Trump from winning again. And of course, like many in the media, they want to be loved by their left wing media colleagues. By the way, something I can promise you I never want in my life. I've never even been to a White House correspondence dinner in all the years I've been on the air. And I'm proud of the fact. I don't think they like me and I don't really like them too much either. Anyway, they can hide their utter contempt for all things Donald Trump. You think they'll be able to do that? I don't think so. But let's let you decide. Insults, invective and outright lies. That's what we heard from Donald Trump in Iowa this weekend. We're not carrying his remarks live because frankly, he says a lot of things that are not true and sometimes potentially dangerous. Most important question now is the culpability of the president of the United States and the fact that he went to that rally and called for an incited violence. A fitting end to the Trump presidency, a speech full of puffery and lies. Although, of course, with this president, it always could have been worse. Long national nightmare over. Is that opinion or do they really believe that's journalism? Does anybody really expect this democratic duo to be fair and unbiased? Now Tapper even once suggested that Trump was unhealthy and heavy and made fun of his affinity for McDonald's. I like McDonald's. Anyway, he also retweeted a post from George Conway calling Trump, quote, 100 percent insane. In 2020, Dana Bash proclaiming that a Trump loss in Arizona would be John McCain's last laugh. More recently, Bash saying, quote, unfortunately for America, the Supreme Court was correct to keep Trump on the ballot. Unfortunately for America, is that opinion Dana or are you a journalist? Now there's no problem, by the way, if fake Jake and Dana Bash want to host far left talk shows on fake news, CNN moderating a presidential debate, claiming to be a journalist. That's a different story. You know, it has to be some kind of bad joke. They need to own who they are. Their liberal talk show host. In reality, it's just one part of the Democratic Party strategy to work with state run media and the mob to prop up their frail candidate. You're going to love this. Our old friend James Carville, he's now calling on the White House to get everyone in the media on the same page with some kind of Soviet style enforcement mechanism. James, you're scaring me. Take a look. And if we have the White House, the president needs to give a speech and in 15 minutes and they poll and they know, I mean, don't kid yourself. They know exactly. Tell us what negative to accentuate and then you can have some kind of enforcement mechanism. But in what is hopefully we get this in a debate that there's a coherent line of attack coming out of Biden against Trump. So so we can all pick it up. Now that would be insane. And that's how insane the left is becoming. Now here's their message in a nutshell, democracy's in peril. If you vote for anyone but Joe Biden, we saw the recent weeks and the last week and a half Matt out so worried that Trump is going to put her in a camp, a camp. I don't know. Sleepover camp. I don't know what she's talking about. AOC thinks she's going to get arrested. Joyless Behar. She thinks Trump's going to cancel the view of the horror, the fear mongering. They've all jumped the shark. And remember, this is from the same party that says democracy will be over unless you give them total control over everything. The same party that tells you not to believe real video showing Joe Biden's real cognitive decline. The same party that works hard to censor real stories that hurt them politically, the laptop, the same party that uses lawfare as a political weapon and they're fine with it. You know, these are the people who value and cherish democracy, really? ## Media - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/657/722/528/418/614/original/e414a566fc8140d4.mp4 ## Engagement - Likes: 12,453 - Reposts: 3,448 - Replies: 1,696 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.347Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-21T10:02:34.581Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ # Psychological Analysis: ts_112657723732031463 **Date/Time:** June 22, 2024 01:40 UTC → **June 21, 2024, 9:40 PM EDT** --- ## Authorship Attribution **Verdict: Likely authentic Trump with possible hybrid composition (medium confidence)** The 9:40 PM Eastern posting time falls in the credible authentic zone. The DJT signature is a strong authenticator. Stylistically, the post is sharply distinct from the five endorsement posts published earlier that day — those were formulaic, polished, and clearly aide-composed during business hours. This post is two fragments, ALL CAPS enthusiasm, and a personal sign-off: a different voice entirely. The most probable workflow: staff sourced and attached the CNN promotional video; Trump added the brief exclamatory caption and signed it. --- ## Contextual Frame The CNN presidential debate between Trump and Biden was scheduled for **June 27, 2024** (a Thursday) in Atlanta — the earliest general election debate in modern history, and the first without a live studio audience. From Trump's psychological vantage point, this was an opportunity of high valence: a direct confrontation stage against an incumbent he routinely frames as cognitively impaired. --- ## Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five) | Trait | Salience | Evidence | |---|---|---| | **Extraversion** | High | Self-promotional framing, excitement-seeking, public performance anticipation | | **Agreeableness** | Low-moderate | Competitive name-first headline ordering | | **Conscientiousness** | Low | No deliberative content; impulsive brevity | | **Neuroticism** | Very low | No anxiety, hostility, or vulnerability markers | | **Openness** | Low | Formulaic promotional content | Most salient facet: **assertiveness** and **excitement-seeking** sub-components of Extraversion. --- ## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Dominant motive: Agency — Status and Power** The post anticipates a high-stakes dominance contest. Framing the debate as "A MUST WATCH" positions the event as a Trump performance spectacle rather than a policy exchange. The borrowed CNN headline, reproduced verbatim, serves a dual function: it validates the event's significance while implicitly framing CNN as an unwilling validator of Trump's importance. **Schema activation:** Self as entertainer-warrior — the debate is theater, and the audience owes attendance. --- ## Level 3: Narrative Identity - **Protagonist role:** Spectacle-center, cultural event unto himself - **Narrative sequence:** Anticipatory — no redemption or contamination arc visible; purely forward-looking - **Identity claim:** "This moment is defined by me; you must witness it" - **Contrasting other:** Biden is present (named) but not yet attacked — the contrast is deferred to the debate itself. The post is a pre-fight promotional flyer, not the fight. --- ## Level 4: Clinical Indicators **Malignant narcissism components:** - Narcissistic features (mild, 0.3/1.0): Standard grandiose positioning, situationally calibrated - Antisocial, paranoid, sadistic features: Absent in this post **Narcissistic state:** Grandiose-stable. Anticipatory confidence, no vulnerability or persecution signals. This is consistent with someone who expects to win the upcoming encounter and is mobilizing an audience for it. **No rage, no injury response, no paranoid ideation.** This post is psychologically unremarkable by Trump baseline standards. --- ## Cognitive Status Insufficient text for meaningful cognitive assessment. The extreme brevity (two fragments) prevents analysis of syntactic complexity, coherence, or language production markers. No anomalies are visible, but the sample size is too small to be informative. The structural contrast with earlier same-day posts (long, formulaic, grammatically complete endorsements) is consistent with different authorship rather than cognitive variation. --- ## Rhetorical Techniques 1. **Quoted headline as authority anchor** — CNN's own framing borrowed to validate the event, a form of adversarial credibility co-optation 2. **Imperative construction** ("A MUST WATCH!") — converts suggestion to social obligation 3. **Name-first headline ordering** ("TRUMP, BIDEN") — asserts status hierarchy by placement 4. **ALL CAPS prosodic emphasis** — signals urgency and personal enthusiasm 5. **Multimodal reinforcement** — attached video amplifies the promotional message No dehumanizing language, no violent imagery, no stochastic terrorism indicators. --- ## Gaslighting / Reality Distortion None present. --- ## Danger Assessment **Level: None** Straightforward event promotion. No threat language, no target identification, no eliminationist framing. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "CNN presidential debate scheduled for Thursday" | **True** | The CNN-hosted presidential debate between Trump and Biden was held on June 27, 2024, which was indeed a Thursday. It was held in Atlanta without a live studio audience — the earliest general election presidential debate in modern history. | Overall Veracity: 100% ## Archetypal Analysis **Primary archetype activated:** Hero/Champion anticipating a trial. Secondarily, Performer/Entertainer ("MUST WATCH"). The debate framing invokes the **ritual combat** archetype — two champions meeting in a defined arena. Trump's promotional energy suggests identification with the challenger-warrior role, confident of victory. The "MUST WATCH" command positions the audience as witnesses to a historic event, elevating the stakes beyond a policy discussion into mythological territory. --- ## Summary Post is clinically unremarkable — a brief, authentic-cadence promotional post for the upcoming CNN debate. Psychological state is stable-grandiose, anticipatory, and supply-seeking. No significant deviations from Trump's documented baseline patterns. No danger indicators. The primary analytical interest lies in the authorship question (likely hybrid) and the rhetorical co-optation of CNN's own headline framing as a legitimacy signal. *Summary withheld — post does not meet threshold for clinical significance.* ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 75%) ### Indicators - 9:40 PM Eastern time — evening posting window consistent with authentic Trump - DJT signature present, a reliable authenticity marker - ALL CAPS exclamation ('A MUST WATCH!') matches impulsive, enthusiastic Trump cadence - Minimal prose — only a two-fragment post suggesting personal rather than staff composition - Possible hybrid: aide sourced the video clip; Trump added the brief commentary and signed it ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Upcoming CNN presidential debate against Biden) Sentiment: +0.55 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 30% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - idealization (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 15% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Direct command ('A MUST WATCH!') activates follower obligation to tune in and witness his performance - DJT signature creates intimate parasocial bond, framing as personal recommendation ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-21._ > CNN presidential debate scheduled for Thursday **TRUE** The CNN-hosted presidential debate between Trump and Biden was held on June 27, 2024, which was indeed a Thursday. It was held in Atlanta without a live studio audience — the earliest general election presidential debate in modern history. Sources: Known events context: 'Biden and Trump prepare for first 2024 debate — Final preparations underway for the historic CNN-hosted presidential debate scheduled for June 27 in Atlanta.' Overall Veracity: 100% ## Tags - debate-promotion (90%) - supply-seeking (60%) - grandiose-stable (50%) - hybrid-authorship (60%) - CNN-legitimacy-cooptation (50%) - DJT-signature (80%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **A Managed Campaign Saturday: Staff-Driven Endorsements Frame a Philadelphia Rally Day** Trump had a quiet, staff-managed campaign day centered on a Philadelphia rally at Temple University. The morning opened with a sharp attack on Bill Maher -- the only real flash of anger all day -- before pivoting to endorsements for congressional and Senate candidates. Most of the day's posts were clearly written by staff, promoting the rally and amplifying surrogates. The overall mood was steady and operational, with no signs of distress beyond a single post recycling the "politically motivated prosecution" narrative. Full digest for 2024-06-22: https://trump.fm/date/2024-06-22/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, June 22). “TRUMP, BIDEN SET TO SQUARE OFF IN CNN... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_112657723732031463 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "“TRUMP, BIDEN SET TO SQUARE OFF IN CNN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE..." Truth Social, 22 Jun. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112657723732031463. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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