# Post x_801087976889520128

- Post ID: `x_801087976889520128`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2016-11-22T15:40:31.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_801087976889520128/analysis
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## Post text

> The meeting with the @nytimes is back on at 12:30 today. Look forward to it!

## Engagement

- Likes: 33,992
- Reposts: 7,221
- Replies: 0
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- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.371Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T06:45:46.015Z (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 Restoration Announcement (2016-11-22)

This post announces the reinstatement of a meeting with the New York Times, following earlier posts where Trump had apparently cancelled or threatened to cancel. The sequence across the day's posts reveals a classic narcissistic negotiation cycle: attack → withdraw → return on own terms.

### Authorship
Posted at 10:40 AM EST (Trump was at Trump Tower, NYC). Business hours, polished, brief, no typos—consistent with aide drafting or at minimum aide-polished. However, the brevity and casual tone ("Look forward to it!") could also be authentic Trump in a good mood.

### Psychological Dynamics
The earlier posts attacked the NYT ("failing," "inaccurately," "nasty tone"), then this post pivots to magnanimous re-engagement. This is a power display: the ability to cancel and reinstate meetings demonstrates control. The cheerful tone ("Look forward to it!") contrasts sharply with the hostile earlier posts, suggesting the narcissistic supply cycle has been satisfied—the NYT presumably made concessions or showed deference to get the meeting back.

### Rhetorical Function
This is the "resolution" beat in a manufactured drama. By publicizing the cancellation and reinstatement, Trump frames himself as the gatekeeper whose approval must be sought. The NYT is positioned as supplicant.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- Business hours (10:40 AM EST)
- Clean grammar and punctuation
- Brief and polished
- Casual tone could go either way

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (NYT deference/concessions to restore meeting)

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- public negotiation creating audience investment in outcome
- broadcasting institutional submission

## Tags

- nyt-relationship (80%)
- power-display (70%)
- 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). The meeting with the @nytimes is back on at 12:30... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_801087976889520128
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The meeting with the @nytimes is back on at 12:30 today...." X (Twitter), 22 Nov. 2016. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_801087976889520128. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The meeting with the @nytimes is back on at 12:30 today....," X (Twitter), November 22, 2016, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_801087976889520128.

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