# Post ts_109287998267859224

- Post ID: `ts_109287998267859224`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-11-04T22:55:12.675Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109287998267859224/analysis
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## Post text

> “Nolte: Election Denier Shepard Smith Fired by CNBC” https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2022/11/03/nolte-election-denier-shepard-smith-fired-by-cnbc/

## Engagement

- Likes: 19,094
- Reposts: 4,254
- Replies: 1,148
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.430Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T23:59:39.308Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Shepard Smith Firing Share (2022-11-04)

## Overview
Trump shares a Breitbart article about Shepard Smith's firing from CNBC, with the headline labeling Smith an "Election Denier." This is a low-effort link share but psychologically revealing in its selection and timing.

## Key Psychological Feature: Label Inversion
The most notable element is the rhetorical inversion of "Election Denier"—a label overwhelmingly associated with Trump himself—being applied to Shepard Smith. Smith left Fox News in 2019, reportedly due to discomfort with the network's direction, and was seen as insufficiently loyal to Trump. This label-flipping is a textbook projection defense.

## Schadenfreude as Dominance Signal
Sharing news of a critic's professional misfortune without commentary serves as an implicit loyalty narrative: opposition to Trump correlates with career consequences. This fits the longitudinal pattern visible in today's other posts (Kimmel losing fans, Democratic cities failing).

## Pattern in Today's Posts
The day's posting pattern shows a curated narrative: critics suffer (Kimmel, Smith), opponents fail (Democratic cities), and supporters thrive (women "LOVE & MISS Trump"). This is a coordinated supply-seeking and dominance-maintenance operation ahead of the midterms.

## Authorship
The clean link-share format during business hours suggests possible aide involvement, though content selection aligns with Trump's personal grievances.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Shepard Smith was fired by CNBC" | **Mostly True** | Smith's CNBC show 'The News with Shepard Smith' was cancelled in November 2022. Whether it constitutes a 'firing' vs show cancellation is debatable, but Smith did not leave voluntarily. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- Simple link share with headline
- Business hours posting (5:55 PM ET)
- No personal commentary added
- Clean formatting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

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

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- implied loyalty test
- schadenfreude signaling

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Label inversion: applying 'Election Denier' to a critic when Trump himself is the most prominent figure associated with that label

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Shepard Smith was fired by CNBC

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Smith's CNBC show 'The News with Shepard Smith' was cancelled in November 2022. Whether it constitutes a 'firing' vs show cancellation is debatable, but Smith did not leave voluntarily.

Sources: General knowledge

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- schadenfreude (80%)
- projection (70%)
- media_criticism (60%)
- midterm_campaign (50%)

## That day

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

**Legal Wounds at Midnight, Link-Share Anesthesia by Evening**

The day was dominated by two moods: raw legal agitation and routine campaign maintenance. A pair of furious late-night and early-morning posts attacked the judge and attorney general in the New York civil fraud case, framing the entire judicial system as a rigged conspiracy. After a long midday silence, the evening brought a rapid-fire burst of nine shared links in twelve minutes — mostly curated validation pieces about Republican momentum heading into the midterms. The FBI politicization report was shared three separate times from three different outlets, suggesting it hit a nerve.

Full digest for 2022-11-04: https://trump.fm/date/2022-11-04/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, November 4). “Nolte: Election Denier Shepard Smith Fired by... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109287998267859224
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "“Nolte: Election Denier Shepard Smith Fired by CNBC”..." Truth Social, 4 Nov. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109287998267859224. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "“Nolte: Election Denier Shepard Smith Fired by CNBC”...," Truth Social, November 4, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109287998267859224.

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