# Post ts_109759146698488695

- Post ID: `ts_109759146698488695`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-01-27T03:54:27.142Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109759146698488695/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109759146698488695.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> REVIEW: I really like The Five on FoxNews, especially the hosts, with the exception of wacky Jessica Tarlov, who is absolutely terrible. Her facts are knowingly wrong, her jittery presentation is horrendous and, forgive me, her VOICE is grating and unendurable. Juan Williams was terrible, but better than her. I know the show is doing well, but no thanks to Jessica. I find her impossible to take in large doses, & put out this “REVIEW” because it is important to expose Fake News, & Fake People!

## Engagement

- Likes: 23,329
- Reposts: 5,646
- Replies: 2,452
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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.422Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:56:50.398Z (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 late-night post targeting Fox News panelist Jessica Tarlov reveals characteristic narcissistic devaluation patterns. Trump frames a sustained personal attack as a "REVIEW" — a rationalization device that repackages cruelty as civic commentary. The attack vectors are notably personal and gendered: her voice is "grating and unendurable," her presentation "jittery," her facts "knowingly wrong" (without specifics). The "forgive me" functions as parasocial intimacy, inviting his audience into complicity while signaling he knows the attack is transgressive. The comparison to Juan Williams — previously his target in the same panelist role — reveals a perseverative pattern of attacking whoever occupies the liberal seat on shows he watches. The closing rationalization ("important to expose Fake News, & Fake People") transforms personal grievance into mission. The post is rated elevated danger not for eliminationist language but for the stochastic targeting pattern: naming a specific individual, articulating grievances, and directing audience hostility. The ego-syntonic sadism component — the obvious pleasure taken in the exercise — is clinically notable. Contextually, this post appeared amid significant national events (Tyre Nichols video release, Ukraine tank decisions) that received no comment, while a TV panelist's voice quality warranted a multi-paragraph "REVIEW."

## Psychological Analysis: "REVIEW" of Fox News Host Jessica Tarlov

### Authorship Attribution
Posted at 10:54 PM ET (Trump was based at Mar-a-Lago in late January 2023). This is late evening in his local timezone, well within his typical authentic posting window. The stream-of-consciousness style, personal grievance content, use of ampersands, and the self-conscious framing ("forgive me") are unmistakably authentic Trump.

### Psychological Analysis
This post is a sustained personal attack on a specific television personality, framed as a "REVIEW" — a thin rationalization for what is essentially a devaluation exercise. The target is a liberal panelist on a show Trump watches regularly, suggesting this is reactive to something she said that constituted a narcissistic injury.

The attack is notably gendered and personal — targeting her voice, her "jittery presentation," her physical mannerisms — rather than substantive disagreements. The comparison to Juan Williams (previously Trump's target on the same show) establishes a pattern of serially targeting the designated liberal voice on panels he watches.

The closing rationalization — "it is important to expose Fake News, & Fake People" — attempts to reframe personal animus as civic duty. The scare-quoted "REVIEW" signals self-awareness that this is unusual behavior, yet he proceeds anyway, suggesting impulsivity overriding self-monitoring.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Rationalization**: Framing personal attack as public service ("important to expose")
- **Devaluation**: Systematic diminishment across multiple dimensions (facts, presentation, voice)
- **Projection**: Accusing her of "knowingly wrong" facts while offering no specific corrections

### Rhetorical Techniques
The post uses a classic Trump structure: hedged compliment (I like the show) → targeted attack → justification. "Forgive me" is a parasocial intimacy technique — inviting the audience into a shared guilty pleasure of cruelty.

### Danger Assessment
Low-level stochastic targeting of a named individual. While not eliminationist, directing audience hostility toward a specific named media figure carries inherent risk.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Jessica Tarlov's facts are 'knowingly wrong'" | **Unverifiable** | No specific factual claims identified; this is a blanket accusation without examples |
| "The Five is 'doing well' in ratings" | **True** | The Five was consistently among the top-rated cable news shows in early 2023 |

Overall Veracity: 75%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 97%)

### Indicators

- Late evening posting (10:54 PM ET)
- Stream-of-consciousness structure
- Ampersand usage
- Personal grievance content
- Self-conscious framing ('forgive me')

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Jessica Tarlov's commentary on The Five)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting Jessica Tarlov
- Proportionality: 20%

Sentiment: -0.70

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Late-night posting
- Grandiose self-positioning as authoritative critic

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 60%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- 'forgive me' — false intimacy inviting audience complicity in cruelty
- REVIEW framing as shared entertainment
- Positioning audience as fellow critics

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Named individual targeted with sustained personal attack to large audience
- Pattern of audience-directed hostility toward specific media figures

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Jessica Tarlov's facts are 'knowingly wrong'

**UNVERIFIABLE**

No specific factual claims identified; this is a blanket accusation without examples

> The Five is 'doing well' in ratings

**TRUE**

The Five was consistently among the top-rated cable news shows in early 2023

Overall Veracity: 75%

## Tags

- media-attack (90%)
- devaluation (90%)
- fox-news (70%)
- gendered-attack (60%)
- parasocial-intimacy (50%)

## That day

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

**Grandiose Peacemaker Fantasy Gives Way to "Gestapo" Tirade and Fox News Betrayal Narrative**

Trump spent the day oscillating between grandiose self-promotion and targeted attacks on perceived enemies. The morning opened with a burst of high-intensity posts, including a volatile tirade labeling federal law enforcement as "Gestapo" and warning that "patriots" won't tolerate the status quo much longer. Media figures bore the brunt -- Fox News was attacked twice, once over a specific panelist's voice and again for allegedly conspiring with Republican rivals against him. The Tyre Nichols video release, arguably the biggest news story of the day, went unacknowledged except through oblique calls to "stop the Atlanta riots" with no mention of their cause. The overall tone was combative grandiosity punctuated by flashes of genuine agitation.

Full digest for 2023-01-27: https://trump.fm/date/2023-01-27/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, January 27). REVIEW: I really like The Five on FoxNews,... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109759146698488695
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "REVIEW: I really like The Five on FoxNews, especially the..." Truth Social, 27 Jan. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109759146698488695. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "REVIEW: I really like The Five on FoxNews, especially the...," Truth Social, January 27, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109759146698488695.

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