# Post x_666719680179085313

- Post ID: `x_666719680179085313`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-11-17T20:48:53.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_666719680179085313
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_666719680179085313/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_666719680179085313.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 & highly inaccurate. Sadly, they are now irrelevant!

## Engagement

- Likes: 2,811
- Reposts: 1,238
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.340Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-08T08:20:50.354Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Attack on Associated Press

This post is part of a two-post sequence targeting the AP (the previous post called them "no longer credible"). The trigger appears to be unfavorable AP coverage during the post-Paris attacks news cycle, when Trump was making controversial statements about Syrian refugees.

### Authorship
Posted at 3:48 PM EST (Trump in NYC during campaign). Business hours, but the emotional reactivity, personal framing ("I can say from experience"), and characteristic rhetorical arc (attack → dismissal) suggest authentic Trump composition.

### Psychological Pattern
Classic narcissistic devaluation sequence: the AP has reported something unflattering, so they must be destroyed as a credible source. The progression from "no longer credible" to "now irrelevant" shows escalating devaluation within minutes. "I can say from experience" centers himself as the authority on journalism quality—grandiose self-positioning.

### Rhetorical Structure
Three-beat attack: (1) they're failing, (2) I have personal proof, (3) they're dead. This is eliminationist rhetoric applied to institutional credibility rather than persons.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "AP is doing very badly" | **Mostly False** | AP remained one of the most widely used news services globally in 2015 |
| "AP reporting is terrible and highly inaccurate" | **Unverifiable** | No specific reporting cited; AP maintains standard journalistic practices with corrections process |
| "AP is now irrelevant" | **False** | AP was and remains the dominant wire service used by thousands of media outlets worldwide |

Overall Veracity: 23%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 75%)

### Indicators

- personal framing ('I can say from experience')
- emotional reactivity
- characteristic three-beat rhetorical structure
- business hours posting slightly favors aide

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Associated Press coverage)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting Associated Press
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.70

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- rapid-fire posting sequence attacking multiple targets (Obama, refugees, AP)

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 20%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- positioning self as insider authority
- inviting audience to join in dismissal of institution

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Attacking credibility of established news institution to preempt unfavorable coverage

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> AP is doing very badly

**MOSTLY FALSE**

AP remained one of the most widely used news services globally in 2015

> AP reporting is terrible and highly inaccurate

**UNVERIFIABLE**

No specific reporting cited; AP maintains standard journalistic practices with corrections process

> AP is now irrelevant

**FALSE**

AP was and remains the dominant wire service used by thousands of media outlets worldwide

Overall Veracity: 23%

## Tags

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

## 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). .@AP is doing very badly. I can say from... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_666719680179085313
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ".@AP is doing very badly. I can say from experience their..." X (Twitter), 17 Nov. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_666719680179085313. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ".@AP is doing very badly. I can say from experience their...," X (Twitter), November 17, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_666719680179085313.

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