# Post x_940930017365778432

- Post ID: `x_940930017365778432`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-12-13T13:02:52.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_940930017365778432/analysis
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## Post text

> Wow, more than 90% of Fake News Media coverage of me is negative, with numerous forced retractions of untrue stories. Hence my use of Social Media, the only way to get the truth out. Much of Mainstream Meadia has become a joke! @foxandfriends

## Engagement

- Likes: 120,149
- Reposts: 29,405
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.384Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T02:43:20.859Z (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, arriving the morning after the Alabama Senate upset and amid renewed sexual misconduct allegations, is a classic narcissistic injury deflection. Rather than address either threatening event, Trump retreats to his most practiced grievance script: media persecution. The "90%" statistic provides pseudo-empirical scaffolding for what is fundamentally an emotional displacement. The typo "Meadia" and Fox & Friends tag confirm authentic authorship during his known morning TV routine. Psychologically, the post demonstrates vulnerable narcissistic state masked by combative framing, with splitting (Fox = truth, all other media = "joke"), projection (accusing media of dishonesty while making unverified claims), and rationalization (social media as noble truth-telling). The epistemic closure dynamics are notable: followers are instructed to trust only Trump's social media and Fox News, delegitimizing all other information sources. While individually unremarkable — this is a high-frequency Trump template — the timing reveals its defensive function. The gaslighting dimension is significant: "negative" coverage is conflated with "untrue" coverage, training the audience to interpret any critical reporting as fabrication rather than journalism.

## Analysis: "Fake News Media" Grievance Post (2017-12-13)

### Context
Posted the morning after Doug Jones's upset victory in Alabama — a significant political defeat for Trump, who had endorsed Roy Moore. Three sexual misconduct accusers also held a press conference calling for congressional investigation. The post deflects from both by attacking media.

### Authorship
Posted at 8:02 AM EST (Trump was likely in DC). The typo "Meadia" and the reactive, grievance-laden tone with @foxandfriends tag are classic authentic Trump markers. Fox & Friends was his known morning viewing habit.

### Psychological Dynamics
This is a textbook narcissistic injury response. The Alabama loss and accusers' press conference constitute dual threats — defeat and exposure. Rather than address either, Trump pivots to his familiar persecution narrative about media bias. The "90%" statistic provides pseudo-empirical cover for what is fundamentally an emotional response.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Denial/Externalization**: Problems aren't his failures but media distortion
- **Projection**: Claims media is dishonest while making unverified statistical claims
- **Rationalization**: Social media use framed as necessary truth-telling rather than impulse

### Rhetorical Analysis
The post follows a tight formula: statistical claim → grievance → self-justification → devaluation ("joke") → in-group signal (@foxandfriends). The Fox tag functions as splitting — marking approved vs. disapproved media.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "More than 90% of media coverage is negative" | **Mostly True** | Harvard Shorenstein Center study (2017) found 93% negative coverage on CNN, 52% negative on Fox. The aggregate figure is defensible depending on methodology, though 'negative' is not synonymous with 'fake' or 'untrue.' |
| "Numerous forced retractions of untrue stories" | **Half True** | There were notable retractions in 2017 (CNN retracted a Russia-related story, ABC's Brian Ross was suspended for an error), but 'numerous' overstates the frequency relative to total coverage volume. |

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 90%)

### Indicators

- Typo 'Meadia'
- @foxandfriends morning tag consistent with TV viewing habits
- Grievance-driven reactive tone
- 8:02 AM EST posting time matches early morning pattern

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Alabama election loss and sexual misconduct accusers' press conference)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting mainstream media
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.60

### Clinical

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

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

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

Cognitive Markers:
- phonemic paraphasia

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared victimhood with audience
- positioning as truth-teller against corrupt institutions

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Framing factual reporting as 'Fake News'
- Claiming social media is 'the only way to get the truth out' — delegitimizing all institutional media
- Conflating negative coverage with untrue coverage

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> More than 90% of media coverage is negative

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Harvard Shorenstein Center study (2017) found 93% negative coverage on CNN, 52% negative on Fox. The aggregate figure is defensible depending on methodology, though 'negative' is not synonymous with 'fake' or 'untrue.'

Sources: Harvard Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2017

> Numerous forced retractions of untrue stories

**HALF TRUE**

There were notable retractions in 2017 (CNN retracted a Russia-related story, ABC's Brian Ross was suspended for an error), but 'numerous' overstates the frequency relative to total coverage volume.

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Tags

- media-attack (90%)
- grievance (80%)
- deflection (70%)
- narcissistic-injury-response (70%)

## That day

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

**After Alabama Upset, a Day of Rapid Revisionism and Narrative Repair**

The day was dominated by damage control after Republican Roy Moore's loss in the Alabama special Senate election — a race Trump had personally championed. Within hours of the defeat, the narrative shifted from grudging congratulations to a bold claim that he'd predicted Moore's loss all along. A brief detour into media grievance filled the morning, and the day closed quietly with a terse farewell to departing White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman. The overall mood was controlled but defensive, with ego preservation clearly driving the messaging.

Full digest for 2017-12-13: https://trump.fm/date/2017-12-13/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, December 13). Wow, more than 90% of Fake News Media coverage of... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_940930017365778432
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Wow, more than 90% of Fake News Media coverage of me is..." X (Twitter), 13 Dec. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_940930017365778432. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Wow, more than 90% of Fake News Media coverage of me is...," X (Twitter), December 13, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_940930017365778432.

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