# Post ts_117289625653769278 - Post ID: `ts_117289625653769278` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2026-09-18T02:14:17.072Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117289625653769278 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117289625653769278/analysis ## Post text _No text of its own. The post is its media, below._ ## What the media says **Video transcript** (4:57), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > After a devastating four years under Biden and Harris and a horrific pandemic, President Trump just did what many believe was impossible. Look at this new numbers, U.S. Census Bureau, America's poverty rate is now at an all-time historic low. Get this, minorities in America, they saw the biggest drop in poverty, including Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans. Look at this, household income for African Americans saw the single largest gain relative to any other group, but income, every major group went up in America. In fact, another record, U.S. household income, look at this, adjusted for inflation, is now higher than at any point since 1967, and America is not slowing down. Look at this, the Atlanta Fed, often very accurate, now projecting a whopping 5.1% GDP growth in the third quarter. Wow, that would be double the average growth under four years of Biden and Harris. The recession, affordability, lie crisis that Democrats have been peddling and predicting from the moment Donald Trump was sworn in. Nope, never happened, thank God. Instead, America is back, America is booming, the stock market is breaking records, 401(k)s for Americans, their retirement money have recovered from the losses. Look at the losses in the middle, that would be Joe Biden. And just this week, unemployment claims, they always say unexpectedly, not unexpected. This is what happens when you invest in all these, let's see, semiconductor plants and pharmaceutical plants and are starting to build automobiles again in America. So when you do hear doom and gloom from far left radicalized Democrats, and of course, they're press agents known as the legacy media mob, especially as this midterm approaches, just know straight up, they are lying to you. Now, that's not to say everything's perfect, it is not, but the Democrats want to shred your constitution, our constitution, open our borders, and take a wrecking ball to our way of life in search of their socialist new Green Deal utopia. This must be stopped by every right minded American at the ballot box in November. That is happening in 47 days. In the end, we will get the government we deserve. Here now with more on these historic economic wins, unleashed prosperity founder, our friend, also the best seller, Trumponomics, Steve Moore is with us. Okay, why don't you go through the news step by step so people can explain. Lana Fed, pretty accurate prediction. I would say this is a miracle based on what we read in here every day from the media. Sean, these are phenomenal numbers, blockbuster numbers, almost all the numbers you just recited come from the gold standard of our statistics. The Census Bureau. I've been covering this stuff for 30 years. Every time these numbers come out, it's almost always, you know, New York Times, Washington Post, CNN cover this, you know what, they didn't cover it this year, even though the numbers, maybe it's because the numbers were so phenomenal, but you know, you just covered some of the highest income gains ever, ever last year. Now these are through 2025, but the median income in the United States has risen to $87,600. In most countries, that would be rich. You were, by the way, the lowest income Americans had the biggest percentage gains, which conflicts with what liberals have been saying about Trump. How about the fact, as you just said, poverty, you know, we've been trying to fight poverty in this country for 50 years. Donald Trump has brought the poverty rate down to the lowest level in history. Thank you, Donald Trump. And by the way, for children, for blacks, for Hispanics, for Asians, how about this one? You didn't mention this one, Sean. The gap between men and women earnings, which is something that liberals have been talking about a long time, that gap shrunk to the lowest level ever in the United States. Thank you, Donald Trump. I mean, it can go on with these statistics. The fact that we have a manufacturing boom going on, we have a construction boom going on. We have a blue collar boom going on. We have practically more jobs available today than workers available to fill them. Just, it's an amazing thing. And why is it, Sean, that this incredible report, it should have been headlines in every newspaper. And you're the first major person in the media to cover this amazing story. Well, it really is sad because that's their job. And unfortunately, they like to put, let's say, waste on the scales of election because they all have an agenda. Stephen Moore, thank you for sharing good news. I like to start the show, good news. I wish I could do it every night. ## Media - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/117/289/603/713/044/481/original/02aa2f1d2735e879.mp4 ## Engagement - Likes: 10,665 - Reposts: 2,903 - Replies: 538 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-09-25T02:00:53.544Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-09-18T02:32:07.539Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## A Hannity monologue, reposted the same night The post went up at 02:14 UTC, which is 10:14 p.m. Eastern on September 17. Trump was back from the Ireland trip (Dublin and Doonbeg, September 12–13), and an earlier post that evening praised Andrew Ferguson as "FANTASTIC tonight on FoxNews," so he spent the evening watching Fox. The clip is Sean Hannity's opening segment followed by Stephen Moore. Hannity introduces "Steve Moore," and Moore answers "Sean." Trump attached no words of his own, so everything below is about what he chose to put in front of his audience, not how he writes. ## Praise in someone else's voice The clip credits him personally, and in large terms: "President Trump just did what many believe was impossible." Moore calls the numbers "a miracle" and twice ends a line with "Thank you, Donald Trump," after "Donald Trump has brought the poverty rate down to the lowest level in history" and again after the gender earnings gap claim. Trump usually writes this kind of self-credit himself. Here a named economist and a prime-time host say it about him, and the thanks is addressed to him by name. That points to supply-seeking. The clip gives him admiration that comes from outside, and he passes it on to his audience. The story in the clip is the one he tells about himself: collapse, then his rescue. It opens on "a devastating four years under Biden and Harris and a horrific pandemic," then turns to "America is back, America is booming," and over a 401(k) chart says "Look at the losses in the middle, that would be Joe Biden." The predecessor is responsible for the dip and Trump for the recovery. This splitting of the economy into two eras is typical of his material, and it requires ignoring that the 2025 data year began under Biden. ## Calling bad news a lie before it arrives The part of the clip with the most psychological weight is its warning about future news: "when you do hear doom and gloom from far left radicalized Democrats, and of course, they're press agents known as the legacy media mob, especially as this midterm approaches, just know straight up, they are lying to you." This labels any unfavorable figure a lie before anyone reports it. Seven weeks before the midterms, reposting it teaches followers that a bad number shows who is lying, not how the economy is doing. The clip also calls affordability a fabrication: "The recession, affordability, lie crisis that Democrats have been peddling ... Nope, never happened." His own recent words cut against this. On September 13 at Doonbeg he explained record US diesel prices by blaming Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries, which conceded that prices were a real problem. Five days later he posts a segment calling the affordability crisis a Democratic lie. The denial reaches his audience in Hannity's voice, which lets it stand without him taking back his own admission. The clip hedges once: "that's not to say everything's perfect, it is not." Hannity then goes straight back to attacking Democrats. ## The numbers the segment relies on Hannity and Moore make these claims, and Trump does not restate them, so they are discussed here and kept out of the fact-check list. - **Poverty at an "all-time historic low."** This is plausible. The official rate's previous low was 10.5% in 2019, and 2024 came in near 10.6%, so a small drop in 2025 would set a record. The 2025 release is not independently confirmed here. - **Household income "higher than at any point since 1967."** The Census median household income series begins in 1967, so the phrase means a record within the series, worded to sound like a comparison across most of a century. Moore's "$87,600" median and his note that "these are through 2025" fit the September timing of the annual report. - **GDPNow at 5.1%.** Hannity calls the Atlanta Fed model "often very accurate." It is a nowcast that moves with each data release, and early-quarter readings often get revised a lot. - **"Double the average growth under four years of Biden."** Annual real GDP growth for 2021–2024 averaged roughly 3 to 3.5 percent. A 5.1% annualized quarterly nowcast is about one and a half times that, compares two different measures, and is not double. ## Threat language pointed at the ballot box The segment makes Democrats sound dangerous: they "want to shred your constitution ... open our borders, and take a wrecking ball to our way of life in search of their socialist new Green Deal utopia." It then gives one remedy: "This must be stopped by every right minded American at the ballot box in November. That is happening in 47 days." The count is correct for November 3. Because the call to action is about voting and names no person as a target, the danger rating stays at none, even with the harsh language about the opposing party. The post fits the rest of the day, which included three polished endorsements of Virginia House members (Wittman, Kiggans, McGuire). Today's posts are about the midterms, and this clip adds an economic pitch to go with them. ## Who picked it There is no text to analyze for style, so authorship rests on timing and habit alone. A 10:14 p.m. Eastern post, the same evening as a first-person post about watching Fox, fits the pattern of Trump reacting to his own TV viewing. Staff do cut and upload these clips, and the question is only who chose to post this one. The timing leans toward Trump, but only a little. ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 55%) ### Indicators - Posted 10:14 p.m. Eastern, in the evening viewing window - Same-evening first-person post about watching Fox ('tonight on FoxNews') - Clip is a Hannity segment, consistent with reacting to TV the same night - No written text, so no stylometric evidence either way - Clip cutting and upload are usually staff work ## Psychological Profile ### Traits **Big Five:** - Extraversion: 70% - Agreeableness: 30% - Conscientiousness: 50% - Neuroticism: 35% - Openness: 30% Strongest facet: Assertiveness (low modesty): reposting third-party credit for a 'miracle' **Motives:** - Agency: 75% - Communion: 20% Primary drive: validation ### Narrative - **Role:** Restorer who fixed a 'devastating' inheritance - **Arc:** redemption - **Contrasting:** Biden/Harris, 'far left radicalized Democrats', 'legacy media mob' **Identity Claims:** - Did 'what many believe was impossible' - Brought poverty to 'the lowest level in history' - Owner of the economic recovery ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Hannity/Moore prime-time segment crediting him with Census income and poverty records) Sentiment: +0.30 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 55% - Antisocial: 10% - Paranoid: 30% - Sadism: 5% **Defense Mechanisms:** - idealization (immature) - splitting (immature) - denial (pathological) - devaluation (immature) **Parasocial Techniques:** - Third-party gratitude addressed to him by name - Tells followers ahead of time how to read coming bad news - Shared us-versus-them framing ahead of the midterms ## Danger Assessment **NONE** ### Gaslighting - Amplifies 'just know straight up, they are lying to you' about future negative economic reporting - Amplifies the claim that the affordability crisis 'never happened', days after he blamed Ukraine for record diesel prices - 'legacy media mob' framing that discredits outside sources ## Tags - economy (90%) - midterms-2026 (70%) - fox-news-amplification (80%) - supply-seeking (70%) - media-delegitimization (60%) - biden-blame (50%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **CNN, MSNOW and Politico banned from the White House "effective immediately," with "Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow"** Trump spent Thursday night posting Fox News clips of other people praising him, including a historian who ranked him behind only Washington and Lincoln. Just after midnight he threatened whoever leaked his advisers' warnings about the Iran conflict: "When we find you, you will pay a big price." On Friday afternoon his account put out fifteen identical endorsements in about twenty minutes, and several carried campaign videos with harsh personal attacks on Democrats, including one tying a Muslim-American Senate candidate in Michigan to Hamas and 9/11. Soon after, he banned CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House, said more outlets would follow, and posted a fan video of a lion that has to "show the jackals who he is." The evening turned to celebration, with a Greenland security deal he called "a dream come true" and a list of accomplishments from what he called his "Term Three." Full digest for 2026-09-18: https://trump.fm/date/2026-09-18/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, September 18). [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_117289625653769278 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. 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