# Post x_918630610167529472

- Post ID: `x_918630610167529472`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-10-13T00:12:59.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_918630610167529472
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_918630610167529472/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_918630610167529472.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> People are just now starting to find out how dishonest and disgusting (FakeNews) @NBCNews is. Viewers beware. May be worse than even @CNN!

## Engagement

- Likes: 87,857
- Reposts: 22,416
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.386Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T00:11:05.088Z (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: Attack on NBC News (Oct 12, 2017)

**Post:** "People are just now starting to find out how dishonest and disgusting (FakeNews) @NBCNews is. Viewers beware. May be worse than even @CNN!"

### Context
Posted at 8:12 PM ET (Trump in Washington as President). This follows NBC reporting on tensions with Secretary of State Tillerson and other unfavorable coverage. The Corker feud was active during this period, generating negative press cycles.

### Authorship
Timing (8:12 PM ET) falls in the transitional zone—post-business hours but not late night. The emotional reactivity, informal syntax ("May be worse than even"), and attack-mode content are characteristic of authentic Trump posting. The lack of links, hashtags, or polished formatting supports personal authorship.

### Psychological Dynamics
This is a textbook media-attack post reflecting narcissistic injury from unfavorable coverage. The escalation pattern—comparing NBC unfavorably to CNN (already established as his primary media antagonist)—represents a competitive devaluation hierarchy. "People are just now starting to find out" is a recurring formula that frames his perspective as revealed truth.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Projection**: Labeling media as "dishonest" while frequently making false claims himself
- **Splitting**: Media cleanly divided into good/bad, with NBC joining the "bad" category
- **Devaluation**: "Disgusting" is affectively loaded devaluation language

### Rhetorical Techniques
The "Viewers beware" functions as a directive to followers to distrust institutional media, reinforcing epistemic closure within his base.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "NBC News is dishonest and disgusting" | **Unverifiable** | This is a subjective characterization without specific claims to verify. NBC, like all outlets, has made errors but maintains professional journalism standards. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 82%)

### Indicators

- Evening posting (8:12 PM ET)
- Emotional reactivity
- Informal syntax
- No links or polished formatting
- Characteristic attack pattern

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

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

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

Sentiment: -0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 20%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Positioning self as revealer of hidden truth
- Direct viewer address ('Viewers beware')

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Blanket delegitimization of major news outlet as 'dishonest'
- Framing institutional journalism as deceptive without specific factual rebuttal

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-12._

> NBC News is dishonest and disgusting

**UNVERIFIABLE**

This is a subjective characterization without specific claims to verify. NBC, like all outlets, has made errors but maintains professional journalism standards.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- media_attack (90%)
- epistemic_closure (60%)
- narcissistic_injury_response (70%)

## That day

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

**Saboteur-as-Savior: Trump Cuts ACA Subsidies Then Offers to "Fix" the Damage**

Trump spent the day projecting presidential authority across a packed schedule — healthcare policy, Iran decertification, a speech at the Values Voter Summit, and Navy birthday greetings — while the real story was his move to cut ACA subsidy payments the night before, followed by morning tweets blaming Democrats for the resulting chaos and offering himself as the solution. A brief flash of anger at NBC and CNN opened the evening, but the rest of the day stayed in a steady, self-congratulatory gear with heavy staff involvement in most posts. Puerto Rico got a single, carefully worded nod amid ongoing hurricane criticism.

Full digest for 2017-10-13: https://trump.fm/date/2017-10-13/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, October 13). People are just now starting to find out how... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_918630610167529472
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "People are just now starting to find out how dishonest and..." X (Twitter), 13 Oct. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_918630610167529472. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "People are just now starting to find out how dishonest and...," X (Twitter), October 13, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_918630610167529472.

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