# Post x_666719680179085300

- Post ID: `x_666719680179085300`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-11-18T01:48:53.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_666719680179085300
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_666719680179085300/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_666719680179085300.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> .@AP is doing very badly. I can say from experience their reporting is terrible &amp, highly inaccurate. Sadly, they are now irrelevant!

## Engagement

- Likes: 0
- Reposts: 1,021
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:24.953Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-08T08:20:59.404Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Duplicate AP Attack Post (with encoding error)

This is a near-exact duplicate of the previous post attacking the Associated Press, with one difference: `&amp,` instead of `&` — a malformed HTML entity suggesting a copy-paste or platform encoding error rather than a fresh composition.

### Authorship
Posted at 8:48 PM ET (Trump likely in NYC during campaign). The duplicate nature and encoding artifact suggest either a deliberate repost (dissatisfied with engagement on first) or a platform glitch. The content itself is authentic Trump style — direct media attack, personal experience claim, declarative dismissal.

### Psychological Pattern
Attacking AP fits the post-Paris attacks media cycle where Trump was highly active. The repetition (posting same attack twice) suggests either perseverative engagement with a perceived slight or narcissistic need to ensure the message lands. The AP likely published coverage Trump found unfavorable.

### Rhetorical Structure
Three-beat attack: (1) they're failing commercially, (2) personal testimony of their incompetence, (3) dismissal as irrelevant. Classic devaluation sequence — the target is diminished across multiple dimensions simultaneously.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "AP is doing very badly" | **Mostly False** | AP is a major global wire service; no evidence of significant decline in 2015 |
| "AP reporting is terrible and highly inaccurate" | **Unverifiable** | Subjective claim based on unspecified personal experience |
| "AP is now irrelevant" | **False** | AP remained one of the most widely used news services globally |

Overall Veracity: 23%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- Late evening posting time
- Direct media attack style
- Declarative dismissal pattern
- Duplicate suggests impulsive reposting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (AP reporting perceived as unfavorable)

**Rage:** Intensity 40% targeting Associated Press
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.70

### Clinical

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

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- devaluation (immature)
- projection (immature)

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

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- personal authority claim ('from experience')

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> AP is doing very badly

**MOSTLY FALSE**

AP is a major global wire service; no evidence of significant decline in 2015

> AP reporting is terrible and highly inaccurate

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Subjective claim based on unspecified personal experience

> AP is now irrelevant

**FALSE**

AP remained one of the most widely used news services globally

Overall Veracity: 23%

## Tags

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

## That day

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

**Grandiose Cruise Control: Poll-Pumping and Light Jabs on a Low-Intensity Campaign Day**

November 18, 2015 was a remarkably stable day in Trump's social media output, characterized by near-uniform grandiosity with minimal rage. Against the backdrop of the post-Paris attacks security crisis — the Saint-Denis raid killing attack mastermind Abaaoud and 31 U.S. governors opposing Syrian refugee resettlement — Trump's feed was dominated by self-congratulatory poll sharing and amplification of positive media coverage. The single rage-flagged post, an attack on the Associated Press (x_666719680179085300), opened the evening at 8:48 PM EST on November 17 but registered only moderate intensity (0.40), and the remaining nine posts settled into a steady rhythm of supply-seeking at low intensity.

The day's only strategic offensive move was a pointed question about rival Ben Carson's biographical controversies (x_667002902402179072), framed as a preemptive attack referencing a New York Times front page story. This was measured and calculated rather than impulsive — a hallmark of Trump's more composed campaign-mode behavior. Notably, despite the major terrorism and refugee events dominating the news cycle, Trump engaged only tangentially through a retweeted supporter comment linking Obama's credibility deficit to ISIS (x_666752220290007000), suggesting a deliberate choice to let the political environment work in his favor without direct inflammatory commentary.

Sleep patterns appear normal for Trump's known baseline: the last post before a gap landed at 11:01 PM EST, with the next arriving at 5:27 AM EST — a roughly 6.5-hour window consistent with his frequently reported short sleep schedule. Ten posts across the day is within normal campaign-period frequency. No cognitive concerns, no escalation, and no danger signals were detected. This was a day of disciplined message control during a period when the political environment was already working in the subject's favor.

Full digest for 2015-11-18: https://trump.fm/date/2015-11-18/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, November 18). .@AP is doing very badly. I can say from... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_666719680179085300
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ".@AP is doing very badly. I can say from experience their..." X (Twitter), 18 Nov. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_666719680179085300. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ".@AP is doing very badly. I can say from experience their...," X (Twitter), November 18, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_666719680179085300.

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