# Post x_821697182235496450

- Post ID: `x_821697182235496450`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-01-18T12:34:09.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_821697182235496450
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_821697182235496450/analysis
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## Post text

> Totally biased @NBCNews went out of its way to say that the big announcement from Ford, G.M., Lockheed & others that jobs are coming back...

## Engagement

- Likes: 48,148
- Reposts: 10,178
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.392Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T09:02:10.954Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Trump attacks NBC News over jobs coverage (2017-01-18)

This post attacks NBC News for allegedly downplaying corporate job announcements (Ford, GM, Lockheed Martin) that Trump was taking credit for. The post is truncated (ends with "..."), typical of Twitter's character limit at the time, suggesting a multi-part tweet.

**Timing:** 12:34 UTC = 7:34 AM EST. Trump was in New York (Trump Tower) two days before inauguration. This is consistent with his known early-morning posting pattern.

**Context:** Trump had tweeted the previous day thanking GM and Walmart for "starting the big jobs push back into the U.S." This post escalates by attacking media for not giving him sufficient credit — a classic supply-seeking pattern where positive developments must be attributed to him, and failure to do so constitutes bias.

**Psychological dynamics:** The post reveals the narcissistic logic: good things happen → I caused them → media must credit me → failure to credit me = bias. The phrase "went out of its way" implies deliberate, effortful hostility — a paranoid attribution where neutral or balanced reporting is recast as active persecution.

**Rhetorical function:** This is pre-inauguration narrative-setting, establishing that media coverage of his economic impact is inherently hostile, inoculating his audience against future critical reporting on job claims.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Ford, GM, Lockheed and others announced jobs coming back to the US" | **Half True** | These companies made announcements about US investment, but most plans predated Trump's election or were routine business decisions. Trump claimed credit for decisions already in progress. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 80%)

### Indicators

- Early morning EST posting (7:34 AM)
- Emotional reactivity to media coverage
- Stream-of-consciousness style with truncation
- Direct media attack pattern
- Informal tone with 'Totally biased'

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (NBC News coverage)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting NBC News
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- splitting (immature)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared enemy construction
- audience as witness to persecution

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Recasting balanced reporting as deliberate bias
- Framing media contextualization as hostility

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Ford, GM, Lockheed and others announced jobs coming back to the US

**HALF TRUE**

These companies made announcements about US investment, but most plans predated Trump's election or were routine business decisions. Trump claimed credit for decisions already in progress.

Sources: Contemporary reporting from multiple outlets

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- media_attack (80%)
- credit_claiming (70%)
- pre_inauguration (50%)

## That day

_From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._

**Two Days Before Inauguration: Morning Media Skirmish Gives Way to Presidential Posturing**

Two days before his inauguration, Trump's morning was dominated by a skirmish with NBC News over whether his dealmaking deserved credit for corporate job announcements from Ford, GM, and Lockheed Martin. He pushed back forcefully, insisting companies returned jobs "because of me" and dismissing the coverage as fake news. The afternoon shifted to a more presidential register -- sharing a photo of himself writing the inaugural address and sending well-wishes to the hospitalized George and Barbara Bush. Overall a low-intensity day with brief flashes of media grievance bookended by inauguration anticipation.

Full digest for 2017-01-18: https://trump.fm/date/2017-01-18/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, January 18). Totally biased @NBCNews went out of its way to... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_821697182235496450
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Totally biased @NBCNews went out of its way to say that the..." X (Twitter), 18 Jan. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_821697182235496450. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Totally biased @NBCNews went out of its way to say that the...," X (Twitter), January 18, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_821697182235496450.

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