# Post x_828642511698669600 - Post ID: `x_828642511698669600` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2017-02-06T21:32:24.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_828642511698669600 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_828642511698669600/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_828642511698669600.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > The failing @nytimes writes total fiction concerning me. They have gotten it wrong for two years, and now are making up stories &, sources! ## Engagement - Likes: 0 - Reposts: 15,405 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:25.031Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T09:36:37.343Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Psychological Analysis: Post x_828642511698669600 ### Context Posted 2017-02-06 at 4:32 PM EST (Trump was likely at the White House or recently returned from MacDill AFB visit). This is a routine anti-NYT attack, a staple of Trump's early presidency rhetorical pattern. ### Authorship Afternoon timing during business hours, but the emotional reactivity, characteristic phrasing ("The failing @nytimes"), and attack pattern are quintessentially Trump. The "&" encoding artifact suggests copy/paste or platform encoding issue. This reads as authentic—the "failing" epithet and grievance framing are signature Trump. ### Psychological Dynamics Standard narcissistic maintenance post. The NYT represents an ongoing narcissistic injury source—critical coverage triggers repetitive counterattack. "Total fiction" and "making up stories & sources" reflect denial and distortion defenses. The temporal claim "wrong for two years" anchors grievance to the campaign period, a perseverative theme. ### Longitudinal Note This post appears in a cluster of four posts on the same day attacking media credibility ("fake news," "FAKE NEWS," "total fiction"). The volume and consistency suggest an activated paranoid-grandiose state, likely triggered by unfavorable coverage during the travel ban controversy and MacDill speech backlash. ### Rhetorical Pattern The "failing" epithet is a devaluation branding technique—repeated across hundreds of posts to condition audience perception. "Total fiction" is absolute language characteristic of splitting. ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "NYT writes total fiction concerning Trump" | **False** | The NYT's Trump coverage, while sometimes contested, was based on documented reporting with named and anonymous sources. Multiple stories were later corroborated. | | "NYT has gotten it wrong for two years" | **Mostly False** | While the NYT, like most outlets, underestimated Trump's 2016 election chances, their substantive reporting on Trump was largely accurate and often prescient. | Overall Veracity: 10% ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 80%) ### Indicators - Characteristic 'failing @nytimes' epithet - Emotional reactivity and grievance tone - Afternoon timing but signature attack pattern - Stream-of-consciousness accusatory style ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (New York Times coverage) **Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting New York Times - Proportionality: 30% Sentiment: -0.70 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 60% - Antisocial: 20% - Paranoid: 50% - Sadism: 10% **Defense Mechanisms:** - denial (pathological) - distortion (pathological) - projection (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 30% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Positioning audience as fellow victims of media deception - Creating shared enemy in 'failing' NYT ## Danger Assessment **NONE** ### Gaslighting - Blanket dismissal of newspaper's reporting as 'total fiction' - Claiming sources are fabricated without evidence ## Fact Checks (2) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-11._ > NYT writes total fiction concerning Trump **FALSE** The NYT's Trump coverage, while sometimes contested, was based on documented reporting with named and anonymous sources. Multiple stories were later corroborated. > NYT has gotten it wrong for two years **MOSTLY FALSE** While the NYT, like most outlets, underestimated Trump's 2016 election chances, their substantive reporting on Trump was largely accurate and often prescient. Overall Veracity: 10% ## Tags - media_attack (100%) - nyt_feud (90%) - press_delegitimization (80%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Early Presidency Trump Celebrates Winners While Waging War on Institutional Truth** Trump's day began the night before with a celebratory post about the Patriots' historic Super Bowl comeback, associating himself with winners like Tom Brady and Bob Kraft. By morning, the mood shifted sharply to defensive media combat — dismissing all negative polls as "fake news" and insisting he "calls his own shots" in apparent response to the "President Bannon" narrative. The afternoon brought repeated attacks on the New York Times, before the day closed with self-promotion around an O'Reilly Factor interview. The dominant through-line was an aggressive effort to delegitimize media institutions, with the fake-news framework already hardening into doctrine just three weeks into the presidency. Full digest for 2017-02-06: https://trump.fm/date/2017-02-06/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, February 6). The failing @nytimes writes total fiction... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_828642511698669600 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The failing @nytimes writes total fiction concerning me...." X (Twitter), 6 Feb. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_828642511698669600. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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