# Post ts_115786765163808034

- Post ID: `ts_115786765163808034`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-12-26T16:17:05.872Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115786765163808034
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115786765163808034/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_115786765163808034.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> It's time to end the filibuster: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/23/scott-bessent-treasury-senate-republicans-filibuster/

## Media

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/115/786/763/621/935/825/original/1c463b6f52dfa12f.jpg
- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/115/786/763/621/773/118/original/74c046f482937758.jpg
- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/115/786/763/622/055/601/original/5b756e0fd7dd71ad.jpg

## Engagement

- Likes: 23,127
- Reposts: 7,231
- Replies: 1,103
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.287Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T06:38:37.633Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "It's time to end the filibuster"

### Overview
A brief, directive post sharing a Washington Post opinion piece advocating for ending the Senate filibuster, with attached images (likely article screenshots). This is a policy-positioning post consistent with Trump's ongoing push to consolidate legislative power by removing procedural obstacles.

### Authorship
Posted at 11:17 AM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago during Christmas week). Business hours, polished, no typos, link-sharing format — consistent with aide/Scavino posting. The brevity and declarative framing ("It's time to") could be either, but the clean formatting and WaPo link sharing lean aide-assisted.

### Psychological Context
This post is notable for sharing a *Washington Post* opinion piece — a publication Trump routinely attacks as "fake news." The selective embrace of mainstream media when it aligns with his goals reflects **instrumental relationship with truth** — media is valid when useful, illegitimate when critical.

The push to end the filibuster reflects agency/power motives: removing institutional constraints on executive will. Combined with the day's other posts (Comey indictment, "coup attempt" rhetoric), this fits a pattern of seeking to dismantle checks on power.

### Rhetorical Analysis
The post is minimalist — letting the linked article do the persuasive work. "It's time" is a call-to-action frame implying inevitability and urgency.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 30%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (11:17 AM ET)
- Clean formatting with proper link
- No typos or emotional markers
- Policy-positioning content typical of aide curation

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.10

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- rationalization (neurotic)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- appeal to authority via WaPo opinion piece
- implied inevitability framing

## Tags

- filibuster (100%)
- institutional_norms (80%)
- selective_media_validation (60%)

## That day

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

**A Quiet Holiday at Mar-a-Lago Cracks Open on the Epstein Files**

The day after Christmas was a low-key affair by Trump standards — mostly staff-curated news links and self-congratulation shared from Mar-a-Lago. He promoted immigration enforcement numbers, praised his own administration, and showed off renovation plans for the Kennedy Center and the Palm Room. The mood was relaxed and self-satisfied for most of the day, but a late-afternoon post about the Epstein document releases broke the pattern, revealing genuine anxiety as he tried to redirect blame toward Democrats while simultaneously dismissing the investigation as a hoax.

Full digest for 2025-12-26: https://trump.fm/date/2025-12-26/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, December 26). It's time to end the filibuster:... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115786765163808034
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "It's time to end the filibuster: https://www.washingtonpost...." Truth Social, 26 Dec. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115786765163808034. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "It's time to end the filibuster: https://www.washingtonpost....," Truth Social, December 26, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115786765163808034.

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