# Post x_801025256487940096

- Post ID: `x_801025256487940096`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2016-11-22T11:31:18.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> Perhaps a new meeting will be set up with the @nytimes. In the meantime they continue to cover me inaccurately and with a nasty tone!

## Engagement

- Likes: 39,024
- Reposts: 9,451
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.371Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T06:45:18.181Z (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 Follow-up (2016-11-22)

This post follows Trump's earlier same-day cancellation of a NYT meeting, now softening slightly ("Perhaps a new meeting will be set up") while maintaining grievance framing ("inaccurately and with a nasty tone"). This oscillation between withdrawal and re-engagement is characteristic of narcissistic push-pull dynamics—punishing while leaving the door open for renewed supply.

**Timing & Authorship:** 11:31 UTC = 6:31 AM EST. Trump was in New York during transition. Early morning posting is consistent with authentic Trump—his known pattern of early-morning media monitoring and reactive tweeting.

**Psychological Context:** The NYT cancellation/reconsideration sequence reflects a dominance negotiation. By publicly cancelling then publicly floating reinstatement, Trump positions himself as the powerful party dictating terms. The NYT becomes a supplicant. This is consistent with his transactional, zero-sum interpersonal schema.

**Defense Mechanisms:** Projection is present ("nasty tone" attributed to NYT while Trump's own tone is adversarial). Rationalization frames the conflict as the NYT's fault for changing terms.

**Rhetorical Techniques:** The word "Perhaps" is strategically ambiguous—simultaneously a concession and a power move. "Nasty tone" is a subjective characterization presented as fact. The construction positions Trump as reasonable and the NYT as the obstacle.

This post is relatively low-intensity by Trump standards—a continuation of an ongoing media grievance rather than an escalation.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "NYT continues to cover me inaccurately" | **Unverifiable** | Blanket characterization without specific examples cited; NYT coverage during transition was critical but generally factual |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- 6:31 AM local time consistent with early-morning authentic posting
- Reactive/emotional tone about media coverage
- Informal phrasing ('Not nice' in prior post, 'nasty tone' here)
- Continuation of personal grievance thread

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (New York Times coverage and meeting terms dispute)

**Rage:** Intensity 40% targeting New York Times
- Proportionality: 50%

Sentiment: -0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Inviting audience to share grievance against media
- Framing self as reasonable party seeking resolution

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> NYT continues to cover me inaccurately

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Blanket characterization without specific examples cited; NYT coverage during transition was critical but generally factual

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- media-grievance (80%)
- dominance-display (60%)
- nyt-feud (90%)

## 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). Perhaps a new meeting will be set up with the... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_801025256487940096
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Perhaps a new meeting will be set up with the @nytimes. In..." X (Twitter), 22 Nov. 2016. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_801025256487940096. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Perhaps a new meeting will be set up with the @nytimes. In...," X (Twitter), November 22, 2016, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_801025256487940096.

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