# Post x_892383242535481344

- Post ID: `x_892383242535481344`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-08-01T13:55:19.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_892383242535481344
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_892383242535481344/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_892383242535481344.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Only the Fake News Media and Trump enemies want me to stop using Social Media (110 million people). Only way for me to get the truth out!

## Engagement

- Likes: 140,273
- Reposts: 33,675
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.388Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T21:16:43.814Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

This post reveals Trump's relationship with social media as a primary narcissistic supply channel. Posted as new Chief of Staff John Kelly begins — reportedly seeking to restrict Trump's Twitter use — the post functions as a preemptive defense framed as persecution. The binary splitting (only enemies want this) transforms reasonable governance suggestions into loyalty tests. Most notable is the "only way for me to get the truth out" claim, which is demonstrably false for a sitting president with the full apparatus of White House communications. This framing — the most powerful person in the world as a silenced truth-teller — is a signature reality distortion that delegitimizes institutional media while positioning Trump as sole arbiter of truth. The parenthetical "110 million people" quantifies his audience as both self-validation and implicit threat to anyone who would restrict his access.

## Analysis: "Only the Fake News Media and Trump enemies want me to stop using Social Media"

**Context:** Posted 2017-08-01 at ~9:55 AM ET (Trump at White House). This follows a turbulent week: McCain killing ACA repeal, Scaramucci's firing, Kelly starting as Chief of Staff. Kelly was known to want to restrict Trump's Twitter use.

**Authorship:** Timing is business hours, but the content is classic authentic Trump — defensive, emotionally reactive, parenthetical boast "(110 million people)," and the persecution framing. The style strongly suggests Trump himself despite the timing.

**Psychological dynamics:** This is a preemptive defense of his social media access, almost certainly triggered by reports (and Kelly's arrival) suggesting aides wanted to curtail his tweeting. The post reveals:
- Social media as narcissistic supply pipeline — the parenthetical follower count is pure supply quantification
- Persecution schema: enemies + media conspiring to silence him
- Self-cast as truth-teller vs. lying establishment
- Binary splitting: only enemies want this; therefore anyone who suggests it is an enemy

**Rhetorical note:** "Only way for me to get the truth out" is a classic authoritarian claim — positioning oneself as the sole source of truth while delegitimizing all institutional media.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "110 million people follow him on social media" | **Mostly True** | By mid-2017 Trump had ~34M Twitter followers, plus Facebook and Instagram followers. Combined reach was plausibly near 100M+ across platforms, though '110 million' likely rounded up generously. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- Defensive emotional reactivity
- Parenthetical self-aggrandizing boast (110 million)
- Fake News Media catchphrase
- Stream-of-consciousness exclamatory ending

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Reports of Kelly/aides wanting to restrict Twitter use)

Sentiment: -0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to followers as allies against shared enemies
- Quantifying audience size to create sense of movement

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Framing social media as 'only way to get the truth out' when he had full access to presidential press apparatus
- Implying mainstream media universally suppresses truth

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> 110 million people follow him on social media

**MOSTLY TRUE**

By mid-2017 Trump had ~34M Twitter followers, plus Facebook and Instagram followers. Combined reach was plausibly near 100M+ across platforms, though '110 million' likely rounded up generously.

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- media-delegitimization (90%)
- social-media-defense (100%)
- persecution-narrative (70%)
- supply-protection (80%)

## That day

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

**Economic Victory Lap Yields to Defensive Crouch on Kelly's First Day**

A quiet four-post day that began with upbeat economic boasting -- stock market milestones and corporate profits -- before ending on a defensive note about social media. The shift in tone likely reflects anxiety about new Chief of Staff John Kelly, who reportedly planned to rein in Trump's tweeting. The final post cast reasonable governance advice as an attack by enemies, framing the most powerful communicator in the world as a silenced truth-teller.

Full digest for 2017-08-01: https://trump.fm/date/2017-08-01/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, August 1). Only the Fake News Media and Trump enemies want... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_892383242535481344
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Only the Fake News Media and Trump enemies want me to stop..." X (Twitter), 1 Aug. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_892383242535481344. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Only the Fake News Media and Trump enemies want me to stop...," X (Twitter), August 1, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_892383242535481344.

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