# Post x_666719598935412737

- Post ID: `x_666719598935412737`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-11-17T20:48:34.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_666719598935412737
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_666719598935412737/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_666719598935412737.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> One of the saddest things in journalism is what happened to the formerly great @AP. They have lost their way and are no longer credible.

## Engagement

- Likes: 3,925
- Reposts: 1,516
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.340Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-08T08:20:05.609Z (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: Attack on Associated Press

### Context
Post from 3:48 PM ET (Trump likely in NYC during campaign season). This is a business-hours post attacking the Associated Press, fitting within a day of heavy posting about Syrian refugees, Obama criticism, and poll boasting — all in the wake of the Paris attacks.

### Authorship
The post is grammatically correct and relatively polished, but the emotional tone ("saddest things"), the personal grievance framing, and the devaluation pattern ("formerly great") are signature Trump. The timing (mid-afternoon) is ambiguous. Likely authentic but possibly lightly edited.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a textbook **idealization/devaluation** cycle compressed into a single sentence: AP was "formerly great" (idealized past) but has now "lost their way" (devalued present). The trigger is almost certainly unfavorable AP coverage during the campaign, though the specific article isn't named — consistent with a pattern of attacking media outlets that publish critical reporting without engaging the substance.

The phrase "one of the saddest things" is a thin veneer of concern masking hostile devaluation — a form of **passive aggression** that frames the attack as sympathy.

### Rhetorical Function
This post serves the broader media delegitimization strategy visible throughout the 2015 campaign. By attacking institutional credibility ("no longer credible"), Trump positions himself as the arbiter of truth — a key feature of authoritarian communication patterns.

### Longitudinal Note
This post is consistent with baseline Trump media-attack patterns seen throughout 2015. No cognitive anomalies or marked deviation.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "AP has lost credibility" | **Unverifiable** | Subjective opinion framed as fact. AP remains one of the most widely used wire services globally. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 60%)

### Indicators

- business hours posting (~3:48 PM ET)
- grammatically correct
- but signature devaluation pattern and emotional framing
- no typos or ALL CAPS

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (AP (unfavorable coverage))

**Rage:** Intensity 30% targeting Associated Press
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.50

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- devaluation (immature)
- passive aggression (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- positioning self as truth arbiter
- media delegitimization

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Attacks institutional credibility without citing specific examples
- Frames subjective grievance as objective decline

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-08._

> AP has lost credibility

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Subjective opinion framed as fact. AP remains one of the most widely used wire services globally.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- media_attack (90%)
- devaluation (80%)
- institutional_delegitimization (70%)

## That day

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

**Post-Paris Attacks: Strategic Fear Rhetoric and Steady-State Grandiosity on the Campaign Trail**

On November 17, 2015 — four days after the Paris terrorist attacks — Trump maintained a remarkably consistent grandiose state across all 16 posts, strategically exploiting the security crisis to position himself as America's strongman alternative to a "resigned" and "insane" President Obama. The day's most significant post (x_666615398574530560) deployed fear rhetoric about Syrian refugees "pouring into" the country with possible ISIS infiltration, capitalizing on the 31 governors who had just announced opposition to refugee resettlement. This post earned the day's only elevated danger rating for its dehumanization of refugees as unknowable threats, though the broader pattern remained within opportunistic campaign messaging rather than stochastic terrorism.

The psychological profile was stable and strategically coherent throughout: evening rally boasting from a Knoxville event gave way to a morning barrage of security-themed attacks on Obama, followed by a brief afternoon rage flare against the Associated Press (two rapid-fire posts at identical timestamps), before settling into promotional content for upcoming Barbara Walters and Sean Hannity interviews. The 9.5-hour overnight gap (10:52 PM to 8:14 AM EST) indicates normal sleep. Low authorship scores on many posts (as low as 0.15) suggest heavy staff involvement in routine promotional content, while the higher-authorship posts — the refugee fear post (0.70), the AP attacks (0.60–0.75), and the Obama criticism (0.60) — reveal where Trump's personal psychological investment was concentrated: delegitimizing opponents and stoking security anxieties.

No significant escalation pattern emerged. The two AP rage posts represent a contained narcissistic injury response rather than a spiral, and intensity dropped immediately afterward. The day exemplifies Trump's campaign-season baseline: disciplined grandiosity punctuated by opportunistic fear rhetoric, with personal rage reserved for media outlets perceived as hostile.

Full digest for 2015-11-17: https://trump.fm/date/2015-11-17/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, November 17). One of the saddest things in journalism is what... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_666719598935412737
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "One of the saddest things in journalism is what happened to..." X (Twitter), 17 Nov. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_666719598935412737. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "One of the saddest things in journalism is what happened to...," X (Twitter), November 17, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_666719598935412737.

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