# Post ts_108760663484369101

- Post ID: `ts_108760663484369101`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-08-03T19:47:02.405Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108760663484369101
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108760663484369101/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_108760663484369101.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> And Fox, which would die without me! https://www.foxnews.com/media/dave-rubin-msnbc-cnn-rest-liberal-media-desperately-need-trump-run-2024

## Engagement

- Likes: 10,563
- Reposts: 2,355
- Replies: 366
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.438Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T22:03:06.733Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "And Fox, which would die without me!"

### Overview
A brief, grandiose assertion that Fox News depends on Trump for survival, paired with a link to a Fox News article about Dave Rubin claiming liberal media "desperately need" Trump to run in 2024. The post extends the article's thesis—that liberal media need Trump—to include Fox News itself, positioning Trump as indispensable to the entire media ecosystem.

### Authorship
Posted at 3:47 PM ET (Trump likely at Bedminster, NJ in August 2022). Business hours, but the brevity, exclamatory tone, and grandiose claim are characteristic of authentic Trump. The sentence fragment style and emotional punch are consistent with his personal posting pattern.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a classic narcissistic supply-seeking post. The article validates Trump's importance (media needs him), and Trump amplifies it by claiming even the most sympathetic major outlet "would die" without him. This reflects the schema: "I am the center; everything orbits me."

The post follows a series of victory-lap posts about primary endorsement wins, suggesting an elevated/grandiose mood state. The implicit message to Fox News is a loyalty reminder—even allies are subordinate and dependent.

### Rhetorical Function
The word "And" suggests this is a continuation of a mental list (media outlets that need him), connecting to the linked article's thesis while extending it provocatively. The exclamation mark conveys confident assertion rather than argument.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Fox News would die without Trump" | **Mostly False** | Fox News was the top-rated cable news network before Trump's political career and has maintained high ratings during periods of distance from Trump. While Trump coverage boosts ratings, Fox News has substantial infrastructure, programming, and audience independent of Trump. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- sentence fragment style
- exclamatory grandiose claim
- business hours but authentic voice
- no formatting or polish

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Fox News article validating Trump's media centrality)

Sentiment: +0.50

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- grandiose self-assessment
- part of a rapid-fire series of victory-lap posts

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 80%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)
- distortion (pathological)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 15%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- positioning self as indispensable
- implicit loyalty demand to allied media

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-19._

> Fox News would die without Trump

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Fox News was the top-rated cable news network before Trump's political career and has maintained high ratings during periods of distance from Trump. While Trump coverage boosts ratings, Fox News has substantial infrastructure, programming, and audience independent of Trump.

Sources: Nielsen ratings data; Fox News corporate history

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- grandiosity (90%)
- media-relationship (80%)
- supply-seeking (70%)
- loyalty-demand (50%)

## That day

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

**Primary Night Victory Lap: 17 Posts of Grandiose Vindication With One Flash of January 6th Grievance**

Trump spent the day celebrating a sweep of endorsed candidates in Tuesday night's primary elections across Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, and Missouri. The mood was overwhelmingly triumphant — a long string of congratulations, scorekeeping, and links to favorable media coverage. The one notable exception was a sharp mid-morning post about Senate efforts to reform the Electoral Count Act, in which he reasserted that the Vice President could have rejected electoral votes — a claim at odds with mainstream legal consensus. The day ended on a somber note with a formal condolence for Congresswoman Jackie Walorski, who died in a car accident.

Full digest for 2022-08-03: https://trump.fm/date/2022-08-03/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, August 3). And Fox, which would die without me!... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108760663484369101
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "And Fox, which would die without me! https://www.foxnews.com..." Truth Social, 3 Aug. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108760663484369101. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "And Fox, which would die without me! https://www.foxnews.com...," Truth Social, August 3, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108760663484369101.

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