# Post x_1137697507218264000

- Post ID: `x_1137697507218264000`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2019-06-09T16:26:37.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
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## Post text

> .....there is not, we can always go back to our previous, very profitable, position of Tariffs - But I don’t believe that will be necessary. The Failing @nytimes, &amp, ratings challenged @CNN, will do anything possible to see our Country fail! They are truly The Enemy of the People!

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-17T17:57:55.693Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

This post manifests the malignant narcissism syndrome's paranoid-narcissistic axis at elevated intensity. Emerging from a five-post media-attack sequence on June 9, it applies the "Enemy of the People" designation to NYT and CNN — historically charged language with Leninist resonance positioning critical press not as institutional critics but as national saboteurs. The identifiable trigger is media coverage framing the Mexico tariff suspension as a retreat; the characteristic response sequence deploys rationalization (tariff concession reframed as maintained leverage), then displacement onto media targets, culminating in paranoid attribution upgrade from "they lie" to "they want the country to fail." Dominant defenses are splitting (Fox/Levin = winners; NYT/CNN = enemies), projection (attributing destructive intent to others), and rationalization. The narcissistic state is mixed: grandiose in the tariff reframing, persecutory in the media framing. Danger level is elevated: the target-plus-treasonous-intent-plus-enemy-label formula approaches the stochastic terrorism threshold by providing delegitimization architecture for third-party actors against named institutions. No explicit call to action is present, but press freedom organizations have specifically documented this phrase pattern as precondition language. Authorship is highly likely authentic (encoding artifact, ellipsis continuation, emotional reactivity). No cognitive deviation from established Trump baseline detected. The post is clinically significant primarily for its Enemy of the People rhetoric and the sustained, multi-post activation state it concludes.

## Psychological Analysis: June 9, 2019 (16:26 UTC) — "Enemy of the People"

### Authorship Assessment
The post carries strong markers of authentic Trump authorship. The opening ellipsis ("…..there is not") places this mid-thread, consistent with Trump's stream-of-consciousness chained posting. Most diagnostically, the raw "&amp," encoding artifact — an unrendered HTML entity for "&" — indicates direct composition without editorial review. Staff-drafted content routinely catches such errors. Timing converts to 12:26 PM EDT (Trump was back from UK/France by June 9, in Washington DC area), which falls within business hours; however, Trump is well-documented tweeting reactively throughout the day during periods of agitation. The emotional reactivity, derogatory labels, and "Enemy of the People" signature phrase are characteristic. **Authorship confidence: High.**

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### Contextual Trigger
The preceding tweet fragment concerns the Mexico tariff suspension announced June 7. Media framing of that event as a climb-down — not a strategic victory — constitutes the identifiable narcissistic injury. The opening reframe ("very profitable position of Tariffs… I don't believe that will be necessary") employs rationalization to convert a concession into maintained leverage ("we can always go back"). The rapid pivot mid-post to attacking NYT and CNN is a signature displacement pattern: perceived criticism → narcissistic wound → media scapegoating as outlet.

This post is the fifth in a sustained media-attack sequence on June 9. The day's output reveals stark splitting: Fox News/Mark Levin praised as "Winners" in an earlier post; MSNBC, CNN, and NYT designated as enemies in three separate attacks. The sustained, multi-post nature of this episode — rather than a single discharge — indicates an activated arousal state, consistent with the post-international-travel period and heightened media scrutiny.

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### Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five)
Dominant profile: very high extraversion (assertive dominance), extremely low agreeableness (hostile, distrustful, combative — zero modesty), elevated neuroticism with the **angry hostility** facet most activated, low conscientiousness (impulsive, undeliberate composition), markedly low openness (rigid binary framing, no complexity). The "Enemy of the People" construction reflects a foreclosed cognitive schema — critical coverage can only mean sabotage; no alternative attribution exists.

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### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations
**Agency motives** dominate at high intensity: power maintenance, narrative control, status defense. The tariff defense ("very profitable") reveals achievement-orientation even in strategic retreat — the need to be *winning* is non-negotiable. **Communion motives** are functionally absent; the post contains no warmth, in-group solidarity, or care signals. **Schemas**: self as sole competent defender of national interest vs. malicious institutional enemies with treasonous intent.

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### Level 3: Narrative Identity
- **Protagonist role**: National defender/Warrior — embattled but undefeated
- **Narrative sequence**: Contamination — economic win (Mexico deal, tariff leverage) → immediately contaminated by dishonest media coverage designed to sabotage it
- **Identity claims**: "I alone understand the profitable use of tariffs"; "I am the one fighting for the country while its institutions betray it"
- **Contrasting other**: NYT and CNN as anti-American institutional enemies, not mere critics

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### Clinical Level: Malignant Narcissism Assessment

**A. Narcissistic Features (high):** Grandiosity in tariff framing ("very profitable position"); entitlement to favorable coverage; rage at critical framing of Mexico deal.

**B. Antisocial Features (moderate-high):** Contemptuous disregard for press freedom norms; "Enemy of the People" designation as institutional delegitimization; no acknowledgment of the press's constitutional role.

**C. Paranoid Features (high):** Media characterized as actively seeking national failure — this is paranoid attribution of malicious intent, escalating from "they report negatively" to "they *want* the country to fail." This represents persecution → sabotage upgrade.

**D. Ego-Syntonic Sadism (moderate):** "Failing @nytimes," "ratings challenged @CNN" — pleasurable devaluation deployed with evident relish; the labels are applied not for accuracy but for rhetorical humiliation.

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### Defense Mechanisms

| Mechanism | Level | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Projection | Immature | "Will do anything possible to see our Country fail" — attributing destructive intent to others while deploying destabilizing rhetoric himself |
| Splitting | Immature | Fox News/Levin = "Winners"; NYT/CNN = existential enemies. No gradient; absolute bifurcation |
| Rationalization | Neurotic | Tariff concession reframed as "profitable position" maintained in reserve — logical cover for what media correctly identified as a climb-down |
| Displacement | Neurotic | Narcissistic injury from tariff coverage → discharged onto broad media targets |

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### Narcissistic Dynamics

**Trigger**: Narcissistic injury — media coverage of Mexico tariff suspension as capitulation  
**Narcissistic state**: Mixed (grandiose + vulnerable/persecutory oscillation)  
**Rage**: Present at moderate-high intensity; grossly disproportionate to any legitimate grievance; directed at institutional media

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### Archetypal Analysis
This post simultaneously embodies **Warrior** (enemies everywhere, constant combat), **Victim** (unfairly attacked, lied about), and inverted **King/Tyrant** (legitimate authority besieged by treasonous courtiers/press). The "Enemy of the People" frame is archetypal Tyrant logic: those who question the ruler's judgment are enemies of the *realm*, not merely critics of policy. The **Shadow** projection is pronounced: the post accuses media of wanting national failure while deploying rhetoric that press freedom scholars document as genuinely destabilizing to democratic institutions.

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### Rhetorical Analysis

**"Enemy of the People"**: This is the most analytically significant element. The phrase has documented use in Leninist/Stalinist political terror to designate persons for elimination. In its American deployment, it positions critical press not as a constitutional institution but as a treasonous force — a delegitimization of the highest rhetorical severity. PEN America and Committee to Protect Journalists have specifically flagged this phrase pattern.

**Additional techniques:**
- Derogatory brand-destruction labels ("Failing," "ratings challenged") — repeated ad hominem targeting institutional credibility
- False dichotomy: critical coverage = wanting America to fail (no intermediate position exists)
- Hyperbole: "will do anything possible"
- Patriotic appeal/fear: framing press criticism as national sabotage activates loyalty schemas over epistemic ones
- Accumulation: within a single day, five media-attack posts create RAND Firehose volume effect

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### Gaslighting & Reality Distortion

- **DARVO structure**: Media reports on policy failures → Trump inverts to "media wants the country to fail" (reversing victim and offender)
- Attacks on audience's epistemic apparatus ("Fake News," "Failing," "ratings") undermine independent verification capacity
- The "Enemy of the People" designation functions as a loyalty test: accepting it requires accepting that journalism = treason

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### Cognitive Status
No significant markers of word-finding difficulty, paraphasia, confabulation, or temporal confusion detected. The "&amp," is a platform encoding artifact, not a cognitive marker. Vocabulary and syntax are simple but consistent with Trump's well-documented baseline. Coherence of argument is intact. **No cognitive deviation from established baseline detected.**

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### Danger Assessment: **ELEVATED**

The target-grievance-label formula is present:
- **Specific named targets**: @nytimes, @CNN
- **Attributed malicious intent**: "will do anything possible to see our Country fail"
- **Dehumanizing categorical label**: "Enemy of the People" (not "biased," not "wrong" — *enemy*)
- No explicit call to action, but research on stochastic violence (Hamm & Spaaij, 2017) identifies repeated institutional delegitimization + enemy designation as a precondition for third-party violence against targeted institutions

This post, viewed in isolation, is elevated. Viewed as part of Trump's sustained pattern of "Enemy of the People" designation across his presidency, cumulative danger assessment rises.

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### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The New York Times is 'Failing'" | **False** | NYT digital subscribers reached approximately 3.3 million paid digital-only subscriptions by Q1 2019, up substantially from 2017. The company was financially viable and growing its digital business. 'Failing' is demonstrably false as a financial/institutional characterization. |
| "CNN is 'ratings challenged'" | **Half True** | CNN prime-time ratings declined from their 2016-17 election-period peak but remained at roughly 800,000-1,000,000 average prime-time viewers in 2019 — a substantial audience. 'Ratings challenged' overstates the decline while correctly noting a post-peak reduction. |
| "NYT and CNN 'will do anything possible to see our Country fail'" | **False** | No evidence supports attribution of treasonous intent to either institution. Both organizations operate under established journalistic ethics codes and have institutional interests in American stability. This is an assertion of motive, not a fact claim, but it is stated as factual characterization and is unsupported. |
| "The tariff position was 'very profitable'" | **Half True** | The tariff *threat* did extract a concession (Mexico agreed to National Guard deployment and Remain in Mexico expansion). However, mainstream economists broadly characterize tariffs themselves as economically costly to the imposing country through higher consumer prices and trade disruption. The 'profitable' framing is selective. |

Overall Veracity: 25%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 87%)

### Indicators

- Opening ellipsis continuation ('…..there is not') indicates mid-thread stream-of-consciousness chaining
- Raw '&amp,' HTML encoding artifact — unrendered entity suggesting direct mobile/web composition without editorial QC
- Emotionally reactive content with characteristic derogatory labeling ('Failing,' 'ratings challenged')
- 'Enemy of the People' is a signature Trump phrase deployed across multiple prior instances
- Midday EDT timing (12:26 PM) within business hours but Trump posts reactively throughout day during activated states

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Media coverage framing Mexico tariff suspension as capitulation rather than strategic victory)

**Rage:** Intensity 75% targeting New York Times and CNN, with extension to all critical media
- Proportionality: 12%

Sentiment: -0.82

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Five media-attack posts within a single day suggesting elevated arousal state
- Sustained reactivity across multiple targets (MSNBC, CNN, NYT, Donny Deutsch, Erin Burnett) exceeds routine engagement pattern
- Post-international travel period (UK/France, June 3-6) may contribute to arousal elevation
- Rapid target-switching within the day's sequence (MSNBC → Fox praise → personal attack on Deutsch → meta-commentary on hitting back → NYT/CNN enemy designation)

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 80%
- Antisocial: 58%
- Paranoid: 78%
- Sadism: 55%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- splitting (immature)
- rationalization (neurotic)
- displacement (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 31%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Patriotic framing creates us-vs-them loyalty schema ('our Country')
- Epistemic authority claims: framing coverage of documented events as fabrication
- Enemy designation as audience activation: followers cast as co-defenders against media saboteurs

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

**Stochastic Terrorism Pattern Detected**

### Indicators

- 'Enemy of the People' designation for named press organizations — historically charged phrase with documented use in political terror contexts to identify targets for persecution
- Specific institutional targeting (NYT, CNN) combined with attribution of treasonous intent ('will do anything possible to see our Country fail')
- Day's cumulative media-attack pattern (five posts) creates escalating delegitimization effect exceeding any single post
- Dehumanizing categorical framing: 'enemy' (not 'wrong,' not 'biased') removes the subject from legitimate institutional standing
- No explicit call to action present, but target + grievance + enemy label formula identified in stochastic terrorism research as precondition for third-party violence against named institutions

### Gaslighting

- DARVO structure: media reports on policy outcomes (Mexico tariff retreat) → inverted to 'media wants the country to fail' (reversing victim and offender)
- Systemic attacks on epistemic infrastructure ('Failing,' 'ratings challenged') undermine audience's ability to independently verify claims
- 'Enemy of the People' designation functions as loyalty test: accepting it requires accepting that journalism = treason
- Reframing documented tariff concession as maintained leverage ('very profitable position') — rapid revisionism of recent events

**Dehumanizing Language Present**

## Fact Checks (4)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-17._

> The New York Times is 'Failing'

**FALSE**

NYT digital subscribers reached approximately 3.3 million paid digital-only subscriptions by Q1 2019, up substantially from 2017. The company was financially viable and growing its digital business. 'Failing' is demonstrably false as a financial/institutional characterization.

Sources: NYT Q1 2019 earnings reports; General knowledge of NYT subscription trajectory

> CNN is 'ratings challenged'

**HALF TRUE**

CNN prime-time ratings declined from their 2016-17 election-period peak but remained at roughly 800,000-1,000,000 average prime-time viewers in 2019 — a substantial audience. 'Ratings challenged' overstates the decline while correctly noting a post-peak reduction.

Sources: Nielsen ratings data, general knowledge

> NYT and CNN 'will do anything possible to see our Country fail'

**FALSE**

No evidence supports attribution of treasonous intent to either institution. Both organizations operate under established journalistic ethics codes and have institutional interests in American stability. This is an assertion of motive, not a fact claim, but it is stated as factual characterization and is unsupported.

Sources: General knowledge of journalistic institutional norms

> The tariff position was 'very profitable'

**HALF TRUE**

The tariff *threat* did extract a concession (Mexico agreed to National Guard deployment and Remain in Mexico expansion). However, mainstream economists broadly characterize tariffs themselves as economically costly to the imposing country through higher consumer prices and trade disruption. The 'profitable' framing is selective.

Sources: Known events: Mexico tariff threat resolution June 7, 2019; General knowledge of tariff economics

Overall Veracity: 25%

## Tags

- enemy-of-the-people (95%)
- press-freedom-threat (88%)
- media-attack (90%)
- splitting (85%)
- projection (80%)
- narcissistic-injury-response (82%)
- stochastic-terrorism-indicator (72%)
- paranoid-attribution (78%)
- tariffs-mexico (60%)
- derogatory-labeling (75%)
- gaslighting-darvo (70%)
- sustained-attack-sequence (80%)

## That day

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

**Post-UK State Visit Victory Lap Collapses into Predawn Grievance Spiral and "Enemy of the People" Escalation**

Trump spent the day after returning from his UK State Visit and D-Day trip almost entirely focused on media grievances rather than celebrating the diplomatic milestone. A late-night and predawn posting burst -- including a personal attack on a minor TV personality at nearly 4 AM -- gave way to a midday thread defending his Mexico tariff deal that climaxed with labeling the New York Times and CNN "truly The Enemy of the People." The mood swung between self-congratulation and bitter complaint all day, with media criticism showing up in more than half of his posts. The day's most notable absence: no mention of the massive Hong Kong pro-democracy protests that drew over a million people into the streets.

Full digest for 2019-06-09: https://trump.fm/date/2019-06-09/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2019, June 9). .....there is not, we can always go back to our... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_1137697507218264000
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ".....there is not, we can always go back to our previous,..." X (Twitter), 9 Jun. 2019. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1137697507218264000. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ".....there is not, we can always go back to our previous,...," X (Twitter), June 9, 2019, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1137697507218264000.

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