# Post x_801021596228091905

- Post ID: `x_801021596228091905`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2016-11-22T11:16:45.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_801021596228091905/analysis
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## Post text

> I cancelled today's meeting with the failing @nytimes when the terms and conditions of the meeting were changed at the last moment. Not nice

## Engagement

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- Reposts: 17,384
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- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.371Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T06:45:07.526Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: NYT Meeting Cancellation (2016-11-22)

Trump was at Trump Tower in NYC during transition; 11:16 UTC = 6:16 AM EST — early morning, consistent with authentic posting.

The post announces cancellation of a scheduled meeting with the New York Times, framing it as his decision prompted by the NYT changing "terms and conditions." The closing "Not nice" is a characteristic Trump verbal tic — childlike moral judgment used as punctuation.

**Context:** This occurred amid the Trump University settlement and ongoing conflicts-of-interest coverage. The NYT meeting was ultimately rescheduled and held later that same day, making this post a temporary negotiating tactic / public pressure move rather than a genuine cancellation.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post reflects a classic narcissistic negotiation pattern: publicly withdrawing to reassert dominance over the interaction frame. By announcing cancellation on Twitter before the meeting, Trump positions himself as the party with leverage and the NYT as supplicant. The "failing @nytimes" epithet (already a fixed phrase by this point) serves ongoing devaluation of an institution that threatens narcissistic supply through critical coverage.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Projection**: Implies NYT acted in bad faith ("changed at the last moment") while he is the one publicly escalating
- **Acting out**: Using Twitter to process a negotiation conflict in real-time rather than handling privately

### Rhetorical Devices
"Not nice" functions as infantilized moral framing — reducing complex institutional dynamics to playground ethics, which resonates with his base's distrust of media sophistication.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "NYT changed terms and conditions at the last moment" | **Half True** | There were disputes about the meeting format, but reporting suggests both sides had different accounts of what changed. The meeting ultimately took place later that day, suggesting the 'cancellation' was a pressure tactic. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 92%)

### Indicators

- 6:16 AM EST early morning posting
- characteristic 'Not nice' closing
- emotional reactivity
- stream-of-consciousness tone
- use of established epithet 'failing @nytimes'

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

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

**Rage:** Intensity 30% targeting New York Times
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.45

### Clinical

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

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- bringing audience into private dispute as witnesses
- framing self as reasonable party wronged by institution

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> NYT changed terms and conditions at the last moment

**HALF TRUE**

There were disputes about the meeting format, but reporting suggests both sides had different accounts of what changed. The meeting ultimately took place later that day, suggesting the 'cancellation' was a pressure tactic.

Sources: contemporary NYT and media reporting

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- media_conflict (80%)
- negotiation_tactic (70%)
- devaluation (60%)
- transition_period (50%)

## 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). I cancelled today's meeting with the failing... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_801021596228091905
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I cancelled today's meeting with the failing @nytimes when..." X (Twitter), 22 Nov. 2016. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_801021596228091905. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "I cancelled today's meeting with the failing @nytimes when...," X (Twitter), November 22, 2016, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_801021596228091905.

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