Analysis: .@CNN is so embarrassed by their total (100%) support of Hi...

9y ago Nov 29, 2016 at 3:03 AM

.@CNN is so embarrassed by their total (100%) support of Hillary Clinton, and yet her loss in a landslide, that they don't know what to do.

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-11. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

None

Narcissistic State

Grandiose

Authorship

Self-Written

Intensity

55%

Authorship Analysis

Self-Written

Indicators:

10:03 PM local time (late evening)
Parenthetical intensifier '(100%)'
Hyperbolic emotional style
Part of late-night attack volley against CNN

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Grandiose State

Trigger: Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (CNN/Jeff Zeleny fact-checking voter fraud claims)

Rage: Intensity 50% targeting CNN

Proportionality

30%

Sentiment

-0.50

Mildly Hypomanic

Late-night posting volleyGrandiose victory framing

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

70%

Antisocial

20%

Paranoid

40%

Sadism

40%

Defense Mechanisms:

distortionprojectiondevaluation

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

30%

Parasocial Techniques:

shared enemy framingwinner/loser binary

Danger Assessment

None

Gaslighting Detected:

Reframing a narrow Electoral College win as a 'landslide'
Characterizing CNN coverage as '100% support' for Clinton

Reality Distortions:

Election was not a landslide by any standard metric
CNN coverage was not 100% supportive of Clinton

Fact Checks (2)

"CNN provided total (100%) support of Hillary Clinton"

Mostly False

CNN covered Clinton critically on multiple occasions (email investigation, health concerns). Media bias analyses show CNN leaned left but did not provide uniform support.

"Hillary Clinton lost in a landslide"

False

Trump won 306-232 in the Electoral College (ranked 46th of 58 elections) and lost the popular vote by approximately 2.9 million votes. This does not meet any standard definition of landslide.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Psychological Analysis: Post x_803434300846862336

Context

Posted at 10:03 PM EST on November 28, 2016, from Mar-a-Lago. This post is part of a sustained volley against CNN, with surrounding posts attacking CNN journalist Jeff Zeleny (who had fact-checked Trump's voter fraud claims). The Jill Stein recount effort was underway, threatening the narrative of a decisive victory.

Authorship

Late-night timing, emotional tone, hyperbolic language ("total (100%) support," "landslide"), and the parenthetical emphasis style are consistent with authentic Trump posting. The parenthetical "(100%)" is a characteristic Trump intensifier.

Psychological Analysis

The post reveals a narcissistic injury triggered by CNN's coverage—likely Zeleny's fact-checking of voter fraud claims. The response pattern is textbook: attack the credibility of the source challenging the narcissistic narrative. The claim that Clinton's loss was a "landslide" serves dual functions: inflating the victory (grandiosity maintenance) and shaming CNN for backing the wrong side.

The phrase "don't know what to do" projects helplessness and confusion onto the target—a devaluation that positions Trump as the dominant figure who has left his opponents disoriented.

Rhetorical Techniques

Hyperbole: "total (100%) support" and "landslide" (Trump won the Electoral College 306-232 but lost the popular vote by ~2.9 million)
Ad hominem: Attacking CNN's institutional credibility rather than addressing specific coverage
Schadenfreude framing: Casting the opponent as humiliated and lost

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"CNN provided total (100%) support of Hillary Clinton"	Mostly False	CNN covered Clinton critically on multiple occasions (email investigation, health concerns). Media bias analyses show CNN leaned left but did not provide uniform support.
"Hillary Clinton lost in a landslide"	False	Trump won 306-232 in the Electoral College (ranked 46th of 58 elections) and lost the popular vote by approximately 2.9 million votes. This does not meet any standard definition of landslide.

Overall Veracity: 10%