Analysis: Obama loving (wrote Obama book) Peter Baker of the Failing N...

7y ago Sep 27, 2019 at 3:20 PM

Obama loving (wrote Obama book) Peter Baker of the Failing New York Times, married to an even bigger Trump Hater than himself, should not even be allowed to write about me. Every story is a made up disaster with sources and leakers that don’t even exist. I had a simple and very..

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-18. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

Elevated

Narcissistic State

Mixed

Authorship

Self-Written

Intensity

78%

Posted against the backdrop of formal impeachment inquiry, Ukraine transcript release, and whistleblower complaint, this post constitutes a preemptive credibility assault on NYT journalist Peter Baker. Three clinically significant features: (1) Displacement — unable to neutralize the impeachment machinery, Trump attacks a press proxy, with the escalation to Baker's wife as gratuitous humiliation exceeding rhetorical necessity, consistent with ego-syntonic sadism. (2) Reality-distortion architecture — 'sources that don't even exist' is categorical epistemicide demanding followers adopt a framework in which verified investigative journalism is axiomatically fabricated. (3) Press-suppression schema — 'should not even be allowed to write about me' reveals a genuine belief in editorial authority over one's own coverage, an authoritarian self-concept surfacing acutely under narcissistic threat. Defense mechanisms are multilayered: projection, pathological denial, and global distortion. Authorship assessed as authentic Trump at high confidence. Danger classification is elevated: specific named journalist plus family member targeted by a president under acute political pressure with an audience primed for hostility.

Authorship Analysis

Self-Written

Indicators:

Mid-sentence thread break ('I had a simple and very...') — structurally authentic Trump compositional pattern
Cross-spousal targeting escalation exceeds typical aide-drafted tone
Same-day posts show misspelling ('discribing') and apostrophe fixation ('Liddle'') confirming unmediated composition mode
11:20 AM EDT timing is mild counter-indicator; business hours reduce but do not eliminate authenticity given active crisis posting session
Aide-drafted posts rarely escalate to subject's family members or employ 'should not even be allowed' entitlement formulation

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Mixed State

Trigger: Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Peter Baker / NYT anticipated coverage; proximate cause is compound political crisis (impeachment inquiry, Ukraine transcript, whistleblower complaint))

Rage: Intensity 72% targeting Peter Baker (NYT journalist) and Susan Glasser (his wife)

Proportionality

25%

Sentiment

-0.87

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

85%

Antisocial

55%

Paranoid

78%

Sadism

62%

Defense Mechanisms:

projectiondenialdistortionacting out

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

32%

Parasocial Techniques:

Bonding with audience through shared media grievancePositioning self as victim of coordinated press persecutionPre-emptive credibility poisoning of forthcoming critical coverageIn-group/out-group reinforcement via 'Trump Hater' labeling

Danger Assessment

Elevated

Indicators:

Specific named living journalist targeted in high-activation public post with large audience
Escalation to journalist's spouse ('even bigger Trump Hater') — targeting extends to family member
Press-suppression formulation ('should not even be allowed to write about me') normalizes punishing critical journalists
Acute political crisis context (impeachment week) elevates risk that primed audience members act on targeting
Same-day posts targeting multiple individuals (Schiff, Baker) indicate sustained activation, not isolated incident

Gaslighting Detected:

'Sources and leakers that don't even exist' — categorical denial of journalism's epistemic infrastructure, not a specific factual correction
Pre-emptive credibility destruction before article publication — poisons the well against future factual reporting
Framing Baker's professional criticism as personal 'hatred' — redefines critical journalism as pathological animus, attacking epistemic legitimacy
'Every story is a made up disaster' — global denial functioning as demand that followers reject all NYT Trump coverage as fabricated

Reality Distortions:

Sources in NYT Trump coverage 'don't even exist' — contradicted by subsequent corroboration through congressional testimony and documentary evidence
NYT is 'failing' — contradicted by subscriber growth data (~4.7 million total subscribers, 2019, strong digital growth)
'Every story is a made up disaster' — global categorical claim unsupported by any specific evidentiary basis

Fact Checks (4)

"Peter Baker 'wrote Obama book'"

Mostly True

Baker co-authored 'Obama: The Call of History' (2017) with wife Susan Glasser. The 'Obama loving' characterization is an inferential smear from authorial subject matter, not a documented statement of Baker's politics.

"Baker married to 'even bigger Trump Hater'"

Unverifiable

Baker's wife is Susan Glasser (journalist, The New Yorker/Politico), who has written critically about Trump. 'Trump Hater' is pejorative characterization not factual description; comparative 'even bigger' is unverifiable.

"Sources and leakers 'don't even exist'"

Mostly False

NYT Trump-era reporting using anonymous sources has been extensively corroborated through subsequent congressional testimony, inspector general reports, and documentary releases.

"New York Times is 'failing'"

Mostly False

In 2019 the NYT reported approximately 4.7 million total subscribers with strong digital subscription growth trajectory. The company was financially healthy and expanding.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Post Analysis: 2019-09-27 | x_1177543513015246800

Contextual Framing

This post emerges at the most acute inflection point in Trump's presidency to this date. Within 72 hours: Pelosi announced the formal impeachment inquiry (Sept 24), the Ukraine call transcript was released (Sept 25), and the whistleblower complaint was made public (Sept 26). The post's pretext — attacking NYT journalist Peter Baker — functions as displacement and preemptive credibility destruction against anticipated critical coverage. The incomplete final clause ("I had a simple and very...") confirms this is the opening of a thread, a structurally authentic Trump pattern.

Authorship Attribution

Likely authentic Trump (score: 0.74). Post timestamp is 15:20 UTC, converting to 11:20 AM EDT (Trump was in New York for UNGA week). Business-hours posting reduces authenticity weight, but the content profile is strongly Trump-authored: stream-of-consciousness construction, personal targeting of a named journalist and their spouse, the preemptive "should not even be allowed" entitlement assertion, and the mid-sentence thread break. Same-day posts show "discribing" (misspelling) and the "Liddle'" apostrophe obsession — both markers of authentic unmediated composition. The emotional activation level — targeting Baker's wife as "an even bigger Trump Hater" — exceeds what aide-drafted posts typically exhibit.

Psychological State and Triggers

Primary trigger: Compound narcissistic injury. The week represents the most severe simultaneous assault on Trump's self-concept and power since inauguration. Attacking a journalist is displacement: the actual injury sources (Pelosi, Congress, the whistleblower) are more legally dangerous to directly engage. Baker is a surrogate for a threat Trump cannot neutralize directly.

Narcissistic state: Mixed grandiose/vulnerable oscillation. The grandiose pole emerges in "should not even be allowed to write about me." The vulnerable pole emerges in victimhood framing ("made up disaster," sources "that don't even exist").

Rage assessment: Present at moderate-to-high intensity (0.72). Disproportionate to stated provocation. The cross-spousal targeting — Baker's wife as "even bigger Trump Hater" — is a dominance display consistent with ego-syntonic sadism: maximum humiliation by implicating his family.

Defense Mechanisms

Projection: Attributes hatred and obsession to Baker and wife while post itself is saturated with contemptuous obsession
Denial (pathological): "sources and leakers that don't even exist" — categorical rejection of journalism's epistemic basis
Distortion (pathological): "Every story is a made up disaster" — global undifferentiated condemnation reshaping reality
Acting out: Direct discharge of aggressive impulse onto named journalist and spouse with zero substantive counter-argument

Rhetorical Analysis

The rhetorical architecture is a preemptive strike: Baker's disqualification (Obama book, wife's views) is established before any specific article is cited. The "should not even be allowed" framing is press-suppression rhetoric. "Sources don't even exist" operates as epistemicide — not "this source was wrong" but "the infrastructure of sourced journalism is fabricated."

Danger Assessment

Elevated. The post names a specific living journalist, escalates to his wife, declares he "should not even be allowed" to cover Trump, and occurs during the most acute political pressure period of Trump's presidency. The pattern — named target + spousal amplification + press-suppression framing + high-intensity political crisis — constitutes a targeting event with potential to activate hostile audience members.

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"Peter Baker 'wrote Obama book'"	Mostly True	Baker co-authored 'Obama: The Call of History' (2017) with wife Susan Glasser. The 'Obama loving' characterization is an inferential smear from authorial subject matter, not a documented statement of Baker's politics.
"Baker married to 'even bigger Trump Hater'"	Unverifiable	Baker's wife is Susan Glasser (journalist, The New Yorker/Politico), who has written critically about Trump. 'Trump Hater' is pejorative characterization not factual description; comparative 'even bigger' is unverifiable.
"Sources and leakers 'don't even exist'"	Mostly False	NYT Trump-era reporting using anonymous sources has been extensively corroborated through subsequent congressional testimony, inspector general reports, and documentary releases.
"New York Times is 'failing'"	Mostly False	In 2019 the NYT reported approximately 4.7 million total subscribers with strong digital subscription growth trajectory. The company was financially healthy and expanding.

Overall Veracity: 43%

Summary

Posted against the backdrop of formal impeachment inquiry, Ukraine transcript release, and whistleblower complaint, this post constitutes a preemptive credibility assault on NYT journalist Peter Baker. Three clinically significant features: (1) Displacement — unable to neutralize the impeachment machinery, Trump attacks a press proxy, with the escalation to Baker's wife as gratuitous humiliation exceeding rhetorical necessity, consistent with ego-syntonic sadism. (2) Reality-distortion architecture — "sources that don't even exist" is categorical epistemicide demanding followers adopt a framework in which verified investigative journalism is axiomatically fabricated. (3) Press-suppression schema — "should not even be allowed to write about me" reveals a genuine belief in editorial authority over one's own coverage, an authoritarian self-concept surfacing acutely under narcissistic threat. Defense mechanisms are multilayered: projection, pathological denial, and global distortion. Authorship assessed as authentic Trump at high confidence. Danger classification is elevated: specific named journalist plus family member targeted by a president under acute political pressure with an audience primed for hostility.