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Rush Limbaugh was the first to collect leftist and media astroturf sound bites and edit them together into an audio montage, so you could hear for yourself just how orchestrated and contrived the messaging from the left really was. One of his most famous montages centered on the word “gravitas,” which the news media used in 2000 almost simultaneously when describing George W. Bush’s selection of Dick Cheney as his running mate.
Since then, the right has become quite adept at spotting such astroturf messaging and exposing it. No doubt you’ve heard leftists accuse conservatives of posing a threat “to our democracy.” That’s no accident.
The media suddenly agreeing that Biden needs to step down reminds me of this. pic.twitter.com/3j7uYZmRpL
— TaraBull (@TaraBull) July 13, 2024
Where does all of this originate? The typical assumption is that a brain trust at the DNC—or one of the DNC’s favorite NGOs—conceives it all: strategy, timing, messaging, and, of course, execution. Nothing is left to chance. In some cases, it’s likely an email sent directly to the right people. In others, it’s a term or phrase pushed through an article in a major national outlet like The New York Times or The Washington Post, which the rest of the media then read and follow.
But if you read Kevin’s piece from yesterday—which floated the possibility that the late Rob Reiner could have been a tool of the deep state—these astroturf montages take on an added dimension. The key points from Kevin’s article that are relevant to our discussion center on how you recognize something as a psyop. Kevin was referring to Chase Hughes, whom he described as a military expert on human behavior.
Let’s quickly recap the three ways Mr. Hughes told us how we can recognize a psyop:
- Everyone involved repeats the psyop narrative verbatim;
- Celebrities parrot the narrative;
- Those who speak against the narrative are ostracized.
Not long after I read this, I couldn’t help but notice on my X feed a barrage of posts from people from all walks of life out of nowhere describing President Donald Trump as “a malignant narcissist.”
💙 the malignant narcissist Trump can't handle the outpouring of love for a great president, Joe Biden. He will never attain the honor, dignity and respect that President Biden is shown.
Trump is a petty, ignorant man possessing no redeeming qualities. Trump is forever a loser.— California Native (@SanAndreasCA) December 21, 2025
Of course, celebrities are in on the act. Here’s Brad Garrett, formerly of Everybody Loves Raymond, demonstrating why no one loved Robert.
Actor Brad Garrett: "We have a malignant narcissist sitting in the White House… I love how Jimmy Kimmel is doubling down in his monologues and Stephen Colbert, still doing what they do best."pic.twitter.com/cpJGJd3GID
— Joe Rogan Podcast News (@joeroganhq) December 20, 2025
Yes, there’s more. There’s much more, and they are all from people who don’t know each other. These X posts are just from yesterday.
Have you explained to your malignant narcissist boss that the only thing that will have his name on it in five years will be his headstone?
Time for you to give your input – what do you think these accounts should be called when Trump's name is removed from them?
— John F Parnell (@johnfparnell) December 21, 2025
I could go on. I found hundreds on the X platform alone, all posted in a very short span of time. It’s like someone flipped a switch and the term came on hard and strong. It’s quite feasible that a sizable number of paid trolls are pushing the term. But still, since a lot of the users of the term are real people, we are left to assume that the messaging has been planted deep and fast for consumer use among rabid leftists. I can’t tell beyond what the left is trying to put out there, but, at least within their own ranks, it seems to be sticking.
So, what is “malignant narcissism”? Is it even a thing?

Well, SOMEONE has to do the thinking for them. It’s an established fact they don’t think for themselves.
malignant narcissist is just a narcissist who is full on in their controlling games. they basically described themselves, and outed their cancerous behavior with a name.
malignant is supposed to make their narcissism sound extra bad, like, as in, when was narcissism ever good?
this is actually pretty clever, as most of gen Z are so self absorbed in their own little carefully curated online worlds of fakery, that saying someone might steal some attention from them potentially. yah a powerful motivator to the perpetually in need of validation.
This has been happening for a long time. “The phrase of the day” gets sent out early enough for all the MSM sites to parrot each other. It’s so obvious that you’d think they’d be smart enough to change it up, just a bit, to avoid the duplication charge, but they haven’t got anything else.
Duh. You just now seeing this? Been going on since Vietnam in my memory.