# Post ts_109665356733374376

- Post ID: `ts_109665356733374376`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-01-10T14:22:25.860Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109665356733374376
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109665356733374376/analysis
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## Post text

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/DaveRubin/statuses/109661145516696540 The lack of talent on Late Night has killed the Ratings of once great (long ago) Television!

## Engagement

- Likes: 10,923
- Reposts: 2,575
- Replies: 906
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.424Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:24:38.501Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Late Night TV Ratings Commentary

## Overview
A low-intensity retweet of Dave Rubin content with brief editorial commentary dismissing late night television. This is a routine maintenance post reflecting Trump's longstanding identity as entertainment-industry critic and ratings authority.

## Authorship
Posted at approximately 9:22 AM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago in January). The timing suggests either Trump or an aide. The parenthetical aside "(long ago)" is a characteristic Trump rhetorical tic—qualifying his own concession that late night was "once great" by immediately undermining even that acknowledgment. This stylistic marker leans toward authentic authorship, though the RT format and business-hours timing introduce uncertainty.

## Psychological State
Minimal psychological significance. The post reflects Trump's well-documented fixation on television ratings as a proxy for worth and legitimacy. Late night hosts have been consistently critical of Trump, making this dismissal a mild devaluation defense—reframing their hostility as irrelevance rather than engaging with their criticism.

## Context
This post appears amid several higher-stakes developments (Biden classified documents, Georgia grand jury, McCarthy speakership). The choice to comment on entertainment rather than these weightier matters may represent a brief respite or deliberate palette-cleansing in his posting rhythm.

## Clinical Significance
None. This is well within baseline Trump posting behavior—entertainment commentary with nostalgic framing and mild devaluation of perceived cultural adversaries.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Late night TV ratings have declined" | **Mostly True** | Late night ratings have generally trended downward over the past decade due to cord-cutting and streaming, though some hosts maintained strong audiences through 2023. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 60%)

### Indicators

- RT format with added commentary
- nostalgic framing ('once great (long ago)')
- focus on ratings/entertainment industry
- parenthetical aside is characteristic Trump style

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Dave Rubin content about late night TV)

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 25%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance about cultural decline
- nostalgia appeal

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._

> Late night TV ratings have declined

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Late night ratings have generally trended downward over the past decade due to cord-cutting and streaming, though some hosts maintained strong audiences through 2023.

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- entertainment-commentary (80%)
- cultural-decline (60%)
- ratings-obsession (50%)

## That day

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

**Biden Documents Scandal Fuels Vindication Narrative; Day Ends with Targeted Harassment of Election Workers**

Trump spent the day exploiting the newly discovered Biden classified documents story, framing it as proof that his own Mar-a-Lago investigation was politically motivated. The late-night and morning hours were dominated by increasingly aggressive posts connecting Biden's documents to Chinese espionage—claims without evidence. The middle of the day saw a firehose of shared links and a heated demand that Pulitzer Prizes be revoked from outlets that covered the Russia investigation. The day ended on a darker note: Trump congratulated Sarah Huckabee Sanders on her inauguration as Arkansas governor, then pivoted to attacking Biden's medal ceremony for election workers and, most troublingly, singled out Ruby Freeman by name while repeating debunked conspiracy theories about Georgia vote counting.

Full digest for 2023-01-10: https://trump.fm/date/2023-01-10/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, January 10). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/DaveRubin/status... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109665356733374376
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/DaveRubin/statuses/1096611..." Truth Social, 10 Jan. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109665356733374376. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/DaveRubin/statuses/1096611...," Truth Social, January 10, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109665356733374376.

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