# Post x_801057586162319360

- Post ID: `x_801057586162319360`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2016-11-22T13:39:46.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_801057586162319360
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_801057586162319360/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_801057586162319360.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> 'Jeff Sessions, a Fitting Selection for Attorney General'
> https://t.co/LjKTkAZSFy

## Engagement

- Likes: 38,034
- Reposts: 10,540
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.371Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T06:45:40.203Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Jeff Sessions Article Share (2016-11-22)

This post is a simple share of a favorable article about Jeff Sessions' nomination as Attorney General. It consists of a quoted headline and a link, with no original commentary from the subject.

### Authorship
Posted at 8:39 AM EST (Trump was at Trump Tower, NYC during transition). The polished, minimal format—just a headline quote and link—is characteristic of aide-managed media amplification. No emotional markers, no caps, no personal voice.

### Psychological Context
This is a supply-maintenance post, part of a series of transition announcements. The subject is in a grandiose-expansive phase ("people who will run our government for the next 8 years" from an earlier post that day). Sharing favorable coverage of his picks serves narcissistic supply through proxy validation.

### Rhetorical Function
The quoted headline frames Sessions as "fitting"—using third-party endorsement to validate Trump's judgment. This is a common technique: outsourcing self-praise to media sources.

### Longitudinal Note
Same day includes authentic-seeming NYT attacks (emotional, personal) alongside polished announcement posts, suggesting a dual-track communication strategy with aide-managed official content and personal grievance posts.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Jeff Sessions was selected for Attorney General" | **True** | Confirmed by known events: Trump officially announced Sessions as AG pick |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 10%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (8:39 AM EST)
- No original text beyond headline quote
- Professional formatting
- Part of coordinated announcement pattern

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking

Sentiment: +0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- third-party endorsement

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Jeff Sessions was selected for Attorney General

**TRUE**

Confirmed by known events: Trump officially announced Sessions as AG pick

Sources: provided event context

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- transition (80%)
- cabinet-pick (90%)
- aide-written (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). 'Jeff Sessions, a Fitting Selection for Attorney... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_801057586162319360
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "'Jeff Sessions, a Fitting Selection for Attorney General'..." X (Twitter), 22 Nov. 2016. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_801057586162319360. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "'Jeff Sessions, a Fitting Selection for Attorney General'...," X (Twitter), November 22, 2016, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_801057586162319360.

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