# Post x_800885097775955974

- Post ID: `x_800885097775955974`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2016-11-22T02:14:21.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_800885097775955974
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_800885097775955974/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_800885097775955974.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Prior to the election it was well known that I have interests in properties all over the world.Only the crooked media makes this a big deal!

## Engagement

- Likes: 79,615
- Reposts: 18,932
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.371Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T06:45:13.474Z (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: Post x_800885097775955974

**Post:** "Prior to the election it was well known that I have interests in properties all over the world.Only the crooked media makes this a big deal!"

### Context
Posted 9:14 PM EST on November 21, 2016 — two weeks post-election. Trump was in New York during transition. Media was raising conflict-of-interest concerns about his global business dealings now that he was president-elect. The missing space after the period ("world.Only") and the emotional tone suggest authentic authorship.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a textbook rationalization-plus-projection defense. The argument structure is: (1) everyone already knew, therefore (2) it cannot be a problem — a non-sequitur that reveals defensive reasoning rather than logical engagement. The fact that business interests were known before the election does not address whether they constitute conflicts of interest for a sitting president.

"Crooked media" externalizes blame and splits the world into trustworthy (those who elected him despite knowing) and untrustworthy (media raising concerns). The implicit logic: the electorate validated my business entanglements by voting for me, so further scrutiny is illegitimate.

### Rhetorical Devices
The post uses the "priced in" fallacy — asserting that because information was previously available, no new concern can arise from changed circumstances (private citizen → president-elect). This is a common rationalization that conflates awareness with approval.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "It was well known prior to the election that Trump had property interests worldwide" | **True** | Trump's global business portfolio was widely reported during the campaign |
| "Only the crooked media makes this a big deal" | **Mostly False** | Ethics experts, legal scholars, and bipartisan governance groups raised conflict-of-interest concerns, not just media |

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Missing space after period (world.Only)
- Exclamation mark ending
- Evening posting (9:14 PM EST)
- Emotional/reactive tone
- "Crooked media" epithet

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Media scrutiny of business conflicts of interest)

**Rage:** Intensity 40% targeting media
- Proportionality: 50%

Sentiment: -0.50

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 10%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared enemy framing
- appeal to electoral mandate as blanket validation

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Reframes legitimate governance concern as media fabrication
- Implies public awareness equals public consent to conflicts of interest

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> It was well known prior to the election that Trump had property interests worldwide

**TRUE**

Trump's global business portfolio was widely reported during the campaign

Sources: Campaign coverage 2015-2016

> Only the crooked media makes this a big deal

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Ethics experts, legal scholars, and bipartisan governance groups raised conflict-of-interest concerns, not just media

Sources: Office of Government Ethics communications, November 2016

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Tags

- media-attack (70%)
- conflict-of-interest (80%)
- rationalization (80%)

## That day

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

**President-Elect Plays Power Games With NYT While Stacking His Cabinet**

Trump spent the day toggling between transition business and a public spat with the New York Times. He dramatically cancelled a meeting with the paper over allegedly changed terms, attacked them across several early-morning posts, then quietly reversed course and announced the meeting was back on just hours later. The rest of the day was a steady stream of cabinet-related announcements and self-congratulatory reshares, projecting confident control of the transition process. The mood was broadly self-assured, with only brief flashes of irritation directed at the media.

Full digest for 2016-11-22: https://trump.fm/date/2016-11-22/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2016, November 22). Prior to the election it was well known that I... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_800885097775955974
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Prior to the election it was well known that I have..." X (Twitter), 22 Nov. 2016. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_800885097775955974. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Prior to the election it was well known that I have...," X (Twitter), November 22, 2016, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_800885097775955974.

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