# Post ts_115702734737677434

- Post ID: `ts_115702734737677434`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-12-11T20:07:03.319Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> The Wall Street Journal has another ridiculous story today that China is dominating us, and the World, on the production of Electricity having to do with AI. They're WRONG, as usual! Every AI plant being built in the United States is building its own Electric Generating Facilities. The approvals are being given carefully, but very quickly, a matter of weeks. Any excess Electricity being produced is going to our Electric Grid, which is being strengthened, and expanded, for other purposes than AI, like never before. In other words, AI has far more Electricity than they will ever need because, they are building the facilities that produce it, themselves. We are leading the World in AI, BY FAR, because of a gentleman named DONALD J. TRUMP!

## Engagement

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T06:32:59.765Z (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: AI Electricity / WSJ Response (2025-12-11)

### Overview
Trump responds to a Wall Street Journal article about China's dominance in AI-related electricity production. The post follows a familiar pattern: media criticism triggers a defensive but grandiose rebuttal, culminating in third-person self-reference.

### Authorship
Posted at 3:07 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago or DC). The post is substantive but contains characteristic Trump markers: odd capitalization ("Electric Generating Facilities," "Electric Grid"), the third-person self-aggrandizing close, and reactive emotional framing ("ridiculous," "WRONG, as usual!"). The policy content suggests possible aide involvement in drafting, but the emotional bookends and capitalization patterns are authentically Trump. Likely a hybrid—aide-drafted talking points with Trump's personal touch.

### Psychological Dynamics
The WSJ article functions as a narcissistic injury: it implies Trump's America is losing to China on AI infrastructure. The response is a textbook narcissistic repair sequence: (1) devalue the source ("ridiculous," "WRONG, as usual"), (2) assert grandiose counter-narrative, (3) claim personal credit in third person.

The closing line—"because of a gentleman named DONALD J. TRUMP"—is a striking example of third-person self-reference that serves both grandiosity and parasocial intimacy, as if narrating a heroic tale.

### Cognitive Notes
The argument has internal coherence issues: claiming AI companies "have far more Electricity than they will ever need" while also saying excess goes to the grid conflates current and future states. The odd capitalization of common nouns ("Electricity," "Electric Grid") is consistent with baseline Trump patterns rather than cognitive decline.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Every AI plant being built in the United States is building its own Electric Generating Facilities" | **Mostly True** | Major tech companies (Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta) have announced on-site power generation for AI data centers, though not literally every facility. |
| "We are leading the World in AI, BY FAR" | **Half True** | US leads in frontier model development and investment, but China leads in certain deployment metrics, research papers, and AI patent filings. 'BY FAR' overstates the margin. |
| "Approvals are being given in a matter of weeks" | **Unverifiable** | No specific project approval timelines cited; energy infrastructure permitting typically takes months to years. |

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 70%)

### Indicators

- Odd capitalization of common nouns (Electricity, Electric Grid, Electric Generating Facilities)
- Third-person self-reference closing
- Reactive emotional framing (ridiculous, WRONG)
- ALL CAPS emphasis
- Business hours posting time suggests possible aide involvement in drafting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Comparison (Wall Street Journal article on China AI electricity dominance)

**Rage:** Intensity 40% targeting Wall Street Journal
- Proportionality: 50%

Sentiment: +0.50

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Grandiose self-attribution
- Confident absolute claims

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 80%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 5%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- denial (pathological)
- distortion (pathological)
- idealization (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Third-person self-narration creating mythic distance
- Framing personal credit as objective observation

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Every AI plant being built in the United States is building its own Electric Generating Facilities

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Major tech companies (Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta) have announced on-site power generation for AI data centers, though not literally every facility.

> We are leading the World in AI, BY FAR

**HALF TRUE**

US leads in frontier model development and investment, but China leads in certain deployment metrics, research papers, and AI patent filings. 'BY FAR' overstates the margin.

> Approvals are being given in a matter of weeks

**UNVERIFIABLE**

No specific project approval timelines cited; energy infrastructure permitting typically takes months to years.

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Tags

- media-attack (70%)
- grandiose-self-credit (90%)
- AI-policy (80%)
- china-competition (60%)

## That day

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

**Indiana Defiance Triggers Naming-and-Shaming; Day Ends with Election Fraud Pardon**

Trump spent the day bouncing between political score-settling and economic cheerleading. The standout moment was a lengthy, pointed attack on Indiana Republican state senators who defied his redistricting push — naming names and promising primary challenges. He also boasted about stock market highs while complaining that polls don't give him enough credit, and closed the day by pardoning a county clerk convicted of election equipment tampering, framing her as a persecuted patriot. The overall mood was grandiose with flashes of genuine anger when his authority was challenged.

Full digest for 2025-12-11: https://trump.fm/date/2025-12-11/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, December 11). The Wall Street Journal has another ridiculous... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115702734737677434
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The Wall Street Journal has another ridiculous story today..." Truth Social, 11 Dec. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115702734737677434. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The Wall Street Journal has another ridiculous story today...," Truth Social, December 11, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115702734737677434.

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