# Post x_798861300453539840

- Post ID: `x_798861300453539840`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2016-11-16T12:12:30.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_798861300453539840
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_798861300453539840/analysis
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## Post text

> The failing @nytimes story is so totally wrong on transition. It is going so smoothly. Also, I have spoken to many foreign leaders.

## Engagement

- Likes: 77,532
- Reposts: 20,825
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.371Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T06:42:57.803Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "The failing @nytimes story is so totally wrong on transition..."

**Date/Time:** November 16, 2016, 12:12 UTC → 7:12 AM EST (Trump was at Trump Tower, NYC during transition)

### Authorship
Early morning post (7:12 AM), reactive/defensive tone, characteristic "failing @nytimes" epithet, informal style — consistent with authentic Trump posting during his typical early-morning media consumption window.

### Psychological Analysis
This post is a straightforward defensive reaction to NYT reporting on transition chaos (Mike Rogers removal, Bannon controversy, security clearance requests for family). The structure is: (1) attack source credibility, (2) deny the claim, (3) assert competence with vague evidence.

"I have spoken to many foreign leaders" functions as a non-sequitur competence claim — it doesn't actually rebut any specific criticism about transition disorganization, but serves as narcissistic supply (I'm already doing presidential things).

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Denial**: Flatly rejects reporting as "so totally wrong"
- **Devaluation**: "failing @nytimes" — ritualized diminishment of critic
- **Rationalization**: Offers "spoken to many foreign leaders" as proof of smooth process

### Rhetorical Devices
The intensifier stacking ("so totally wrong") is characteristic Trump — superlative language even for negation. "Going so smoothly" mirrors the pattern.

This is a routine maintenance-level post — narcissistic defense against media criticism during a period of genuine transition turbulence. Not clinically remarkable beyond established baseline patterns.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "NYT story is totally wrong on transition" | **Mostly False** | Multiple reports confirmed transition turmoil including Rogers removal and internal disputes |
| "Transition is going so smoothly" | **Mostly False** | Rogers was removed from transition team, Bannon appointment sparked controversy, security clearance requests for family raised concerns |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- 7:12 AM local time - early morning media reaction window
- failing @nytimes epithet
- informal intensifiers (so totally)
- reactive/defensive tone
- stream-of-consciousness non-sequitur ending

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (New York Times)

Sentiment: -0.40

### Clinical

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

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- denial (pathological)
- devaluation (immature)
- rationalization (neurotic)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- competence display
- enemy identification

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Blanket denial of reporting during period of documented transition turbulence (Rogers removal, Bannon controversy)

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-11._

> NYT story is totally wrong on transition

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Multiple reports confirmed transition turmoil including Rogers removal and internal disputes

Sources: Known events: Mike Rogers removal, Bannon appointment controversy

> Transition is going so smoothly

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Rogers was removed from transition team, Bannon appointment sparked controversy, security clearance requests for family raised concerns

Sources: Known events list

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- media-attack (80%)
- denial (70%)
- transition-period (60%)

## That day

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

**President-Elect Defends Transition Against Media Scrutiny in Low-Key Morning Volley**

A quiet day by Trump standards, with just five posts focused almost entirely on defending his presidential transition as orderly and competent. The morning began with a denial of reports about seeking security clearances for his children, followed by a three-post broadside against the New York Times for its transition coverage. The tone was mildly irritable but controlled -- more annoyed CEO than raging combatant. Nothing alarming, just a president-elect settling into what would become a daily media war.

Full digest for 2016-11-16: https://trump.fm/date/2016-11-16/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2016, November 16). The failing @nytimes story is so totally wrong on... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_798861300453539840
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The failing @nytimes story is so totally wrong on..." X (Twitter), 16 Nov. 2016. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_798861300453539840. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The failing @nytimes story is so totally wrong on...," X (Twitter), November 16, 2016, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_798861300453539840.

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