# Post ts_109795674172337918

- Post ID: `ts_109795674172337918`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-02-02T14:43:52.173Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109795674172337918
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109795674172337918/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109795674172337918.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> I’m “killing” everybody in the Polls, but FoxNews always is able to find an outlier, usually old and non-credible, that makes me look as bad as possible. They work with the Club For No Growth, and loser’s like Karl Rove, and their Board Member, Paul Ryan — Globalist’s All! In any event, we are winning BIG. MAGA!

## Engagement

- Likes: 20,014
- Reposts: 5,492
- Replies: 1,733
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.421Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T02:05:12.372Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109795674172337918

### Context
Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago (Palm Beach, FL, EST/UTC-5) in early February 2023. Post time: 9:43 AM EST — business hours but early enough for authentic Trump posting. The content's emotional reactivity, grammatical errors, and stream-of-consciousness style strongly suggest authentic authorship.

### Grammatical Errors as Authenticity Markers
- "loser's" (incorrect apostrophe — possessive instead of plural)
- "Globalist's" (same error repeated — perseverative grammatical pattern)
- Scare quotes around "killing" suggest self-aware hyperbole

### Trigger Analysis
Fox News — ostensibly an allied network — is perceived as insufficiently loyal. This is a classic narcissistic injury from an expected supply source. The post targets Fox News, Club for Growth, Karl Rove, and Paul Ryan — all nominally conservative figures. The injury is that even "friendly" media won't validate his poll dominance narrative.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Splitting**: Fox News sorted into "bad" despite being historically allied; polls sorted into "good" vs. "outlier"
- **Projection**: Accuses others of working against him (paranoid attribution)
- **Devaluation**: "loser's like Karl Rove," "non-credible" polls, "Club for No Growth" (derisive nickname)

### Rhetorical Pattern
The "Globalist's All!" construction serves as an in-group signal — "globalist" functions as a tribal marker identifying enemies. The closing "MAGA!" is a ritualistic rally cry that reaffirms group identity after airing grievances.

### Narrative Structure
Classic contamination sequence: I'm winning → but they sabotage → yet we prevail. This three-beat pattern (triumph-betrayal-triumph) is highly characteristic.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Killing everybody in the polls" | **Mostly False** | In early February 2023, Trump led most Republican primary polls but not by universally dominant margins. DeSantis was competitive in many polls. |
| "Paul Ryan is a Fox News board member" | **True** | Paul Ryan joined the Fox Corporation board of directors in 2019. |

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 90%)

### Indicators

- Grammatical errors (loser's, Globalist's)
- Emotional reactivity toward Fox News
- Stream-of-consciousness grievance style
- Derisive nicknames (Club for No Growth)
- 9:43 AM EST — early but plausible for authentic morning posting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Fox News polling coverage)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting Fox News, Karl Rove, Paul Ryan, Club for Growth
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 20%

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

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

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- in-group solidarity via MAGA
- shared grievance against disloyal allies

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Killing everybody in the polls

**MOSTLY FALSE**

In early February 2023, Trump led most Republican primary polls but not by universally dominant margins. DeSantis was competitive in many polls.

Sources: RealClearPolitics polling averages, early 2023

> Paul Ryan is a Fox News board member

**TRUE**

Paul Ryan joined the Fox Corporation board of directors in 2019.

Sources: Fox Corporation board disclosures

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Tags

- intra-party conflict (80%)
- media grievance (70%)
- poll validation seeking (60%)
- globalist labeling (50%)

## That day

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

**Campaign Machine on Autopilot: A Grandiose Link-Dump Day With Eliminationist Undertones**

Trump spent the day in full campaign mode, mostly sharing flattering articles and attacking media outlets. The morning was quiet after a late-evening burst the night before, but the afternoon saw a rapid-fire dump of over two dozen posts in about two hours — nearly all shared links with little original commentary. Brief flashes of anger surfaced over the Manhattan DA investigation, Fox News polling choices, and the Whitmer kidnapping sentencing, but none spiraled. The most notable posts promoted a book calling for purging government "gangsters" and reframed convicted domestic terrorism plotters as victims of federal overreach.

Full digest for 2023-02-02: https://trump.fm/date/2023-02-02/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, February 2). I’m “killing” everybody in the Polls, but FoxNews... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109795674172337918
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I’m “killing” everybody in the Polls, but FoxNews always is..." Truth Social, 2 Feb. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109795674172337918. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "I’m “killing” everybody in the Polls, but FoxNews always is...," Truth Social, February 2, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109795674172337918.

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