# Post ts_114741478150368433

- Post ID: `ts_114741478150368433`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-06-25T01:46:51.815Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> FAKE NEWS CNN, TOGETHER WITH THE FAILING NEW YORK TIMES, HAVE TEAMED UP IN AN ATTEMPT TO DEMEAN ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MILITARY STRIKES IN HISTORY. THE NUCLEAR SITES IN IRAN ARE COMPLETELY DESTROYED! BOTH THE TIMES AND CNN ARE GETTING SLAMMED BY THE PUBLIC!

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.307Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T02:18:53.989Z (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: Post ts_114741478150368433

### Context
Posted 2025-06-25 at 01:46 UTC. Trump likely at White House given active military operations. Local time ~9:46 PM ET — evening post, plausible authentic window.

### Authorship
ALL CAPS, emotional reactivity, characteristic attack patterns ("FAKE NEWS CNN," "FAILING NEW YORK TIMES"), declarative absolutes ("COMPLETELY DESTROYED"), and public validation claim ("GETTING SLAMMED BY THE PUBLIC"). Classic authentic Trump pattern.

### Psychological Analysis
This post is triggered by media questioning the success of the Iran strikes — a direct narcissistic injury to his claimed "spectacular military success." The response follows the standard pattern: attack the messenger, reassert the grandiose claim, then invoke crowd validation.

The insistence that sites are "COMPLETELY DESTROYED" despite reporting to the contrary (referenced in the Witkoff quote about Fordow) suggests reality distortion in service of narcissistic maintenance. The pivot to "BOTH THE TIMES AND CNN ARE GETTING SLAMMED BY THE PUBLIC" is classic supply-seeking — reframing the narrative from "did the strikes work?" to "the media is losing."

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Denial/Distortion**: Absolute claims of complete destruction despite contested reporting
- **Splitting**: Media = all bad liars; strikes = unqualified success
- **Projection**: Accuses media of "demeaning" when they are simply reporting

### Rhetorical Techniques
Superlatives ("ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MILITARY STRIKES IN HISTORY"), ad hominem (established nicknames for CNN/NYT), appeal to crowd ("SLAMMED BY THE PUBLIC"), false certainty ("COMPLETELY DESTROYED").

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Nuclear sites in Iran are completely destroyed" | **Mostly False** | Even administration ally Witkoff's own language focused on Fordow being 'obliterated' while satellite imagery and independent reporting questioned completeness. Three facilities were struck but 'completely destroyed' overstates confirmed damage. |
| "One of the most successful military strikes in history" | **Unverifiable** | Subjective superlative. The strikes hit three facilities but damage assessment was contested and Iran retaliated with missile strikes on US bases. |

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- ALL CAPS throughout
- FAKE NEWS CNN epithet
- FAILING NEW YORK TIMES epithet
- emotional reactivity
- evening posting time

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (CNN and NYT reporting questioning strike success)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting CNN and New York Times
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.50

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- grandiose claims
- all-caps emotional intensity

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 20%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- denial (pathological)
- splitting (immature)
- projection (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- invoking public as validators
- framing audience as aligned against shared enemy

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Attacks media perception of strike results
- Demands acceptance of 'completely destroyed' narrative despite contested evidence

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-22._

> Nuclear sites in Iran are completely destroyed

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Even administration ally Witkoff's own language focused on Fordow being 'obliterated' while satellite imagery and independent reporting questioned completeness. Three facilities were struck but 'completely destroyed' overstates confirmed damage.

Sources: Known events: US Airstrikes on Iranian Nuclear Sites; Witkoff quote in previous post referencing Fordow specifically

> One of the most successful military strikes in history

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Subjective superlative. The strikes hit three facilities but damage assessment was contested and Iran retaliated with missile strikes on US bases.

Sources: Known events: Iran Launches Missile Strikes on U.S. Bases

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Tags

- media-attack (90%)
- military-grandiosity (80%)
- reality-distortion (70%)
- narcissistic-maintenance (80%)

## That day

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

**Obsessive "OBLITERATION" Narrative Consumes NATO Summit Day as Rage Escalates Against Media Scrutiny**

Trump spent the day at a NATO summit in the Netherlands but was almost entirely consumed by defending his Iran strike narrative. He obsessively repeated the word "OBLITERATION" across more than a dozen posts, marshaling quotes from officials, allies, and Israeli sources to validate the strikes' success. As media skepticism from CNN and the New York Times mounted through the afternoon, his tone escalated sharply — culminating in a vicious personal attack on a CNN reporter and a call to shut down Voice of America. He closed the night by projecting his own legal grievances onto Netanyahu, demanding Israel drop corruption charges against its prime minister.

Full digest for 2025-06-25: https://trump.fm/date/2025-06-25/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, June 25). FAKE NEWS CNN, TOGETHER WITH THE FAILING NEW YORK... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114741478150368433
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "FAKE NEWS CNN, TOGETHER WITH THE FAILING NEW YORK TIMES,..." Truth Social, 25 Jun. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114741478150368433. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "FAKE NEWS CNN, TOGETHER WITH THE FAILING NEW YORK TIMES,...," Truth Social, June 25, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114741478150368433.

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