# Post ts_109888051410301641

- Post ID: `ts_109888051410301641`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-02-18T22:16:36.957Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> That is exactly the feeling of Fredo. I always said this guy was a complete nut job! He is Fredo, and to me, he will always be Fredo. Not surprisingly, his show is a Ratings disaster! https://nypost.com/2023/02/15/i-was-going-to-kill-everybody-and-myself-chris-cuomo/

## Engagement

- Likes: 18,194
- Reposts: 4,927
- Replies: 1,564
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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.420Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T03:02:09.636Z (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 post is notable for its display of ego-syntonic sadism — a core component of malignant narcissism. Trump encounters a news story about Chris Cuomo admitting to suicidal and homicidal ideation during his career crisis and responds with gleeful mockery, self-validation, and further devaluation. The complete absence of empathy toward someone's disclosed mental health crisis, combined with the opportunistic cruelty of attacking a diminished figure, represents one of the clearer examples of sadistic gratification in Trump's posting pattern. The "I always said" framing converts another person's suffering into evidence of Trump's own superior judgment — a narcissistic supply mechanism. The fourfold repetition of "Fredo" functions as perseverative branding, reducing a real person's genuine suffering to a fictional archetype of weakness. The post layers three distinct attacks: mockery of mental health, character assassination ("complete nut job"), and professional failure (ratings). This triple devaluation of someone in a vulnerable moment is clinically significant as an indicator of the sadism dimension within the malignant narcissism construct.

## Psychological Analysis: "Fredo" Attack on Chris Cuomo

### Context
Trump shares a NY Post article about Chris Cuomo admitting he had suicidal and homicidal ideation during his career crisis. Trump uses this to validate his longstanding "Fredo" nickname for Cuomo (referencing the weak, incompetent brother in *The Godfather*). The post was made at 5:16 PM EST on a Saturday, likely from Mar-a-Lago.

### Personality Analysis

**Level 1 (Traits):** Low agreeableness dominates — mockery of someone's mental health crisis, lack of empathy, contempt display. High extraversion (assertive, attention-seeking). Angry hostility facet of neuroticism.

**Level 2 (Motives):** Dominance and sadistic pleasure. The post serves no strategic purpose — it's purely opportunistic cruelty toward a diminished opponent. Schema: others' suffering validates Trump's prior judgments ("I always said").

**Level 3 (Narrative):** Trump as prescient judge of character. "I always said" positions him as someone who saw through Cuomo before others did. The vindication narrative is central.

### Clinical Observations

The most notable feature is the ego-syntonic sadism: Trump encounters a story about someone's suicidal ideation and his response is gleeful mockery and self-validation. The phrase "that is exactly the feeling of Fredo" appears to mock Cuomo's emotional crisis by equating it with fictional weakness. Adding the ratings jab compounds the devaluation — the target is kicked while down across multiple dimensions.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- **Dehumanization via nickname**: "Fredo" reduces Cuomo to a fictional archetype of weakness
- **Ad hominem**: "complete nut job"
- **Appeal to authority of self**: "I always said"
- **Piling on**: mental health mockery + ratings attack in same post

### Authorship
Saturday 5:16 PM EST from Mar-a-Lago. Mixed indicators — the emotional reactivity and cruelty are authentic Trump, but timing is business-adjacent. The stream-of-consciousness quality and personal grudge content strongly suggest authentic authorship.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Chris Cuomo's show is a ratings disaster" | **Mostly True** | Cuomo's NewsNation show drew very low ratings compared to his CNN tenure, though 'disaster' is subjective hyperbole |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Personal grudge content
- Stream-of-consciousness style
- Emotional reactivity
- Repeated nickname usage
- Saturday afternoon timing is neutral

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Chris Cuomo's public admission of suicidal/homicidal ideation)

Sentiment: -0.75

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- gleeful energy in attacking diminished target

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 80%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 35%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- vindication narrative inviting audience to share in mockery
- nickname repetition reinforcing in-group language

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Chris Cuomo's show is a ratings disaster

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Cuomo's NewsNation show drew very low ratings compared to his CNN tenure, though 'disaster' is subjective hyperbole

Sources: General media reporting on NewsNation ratings

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- sadism (80%)
- devaluation (70%)
- Chris Cuomo (90%)
- mental_health_mockery (70%)
- vindication_narrative (60%)

## That day

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

**Late-Night Venting Yields to Calculated Self-Promotion as Trump Claims Credit for East Palestine Response**

Trump started the day well after midnight with a burst of combative posts attacking globalists, DeSantis, and Bill Maher before apparently getting a few hours of sleep. The morning and afternoon shifted to calmer self-promotion — touting poll numbers, taking credit for pressuring Biden into sending FEMA to East Palestine, and lamenting inflation. The evening wrapped with a rapid-fire batch of link shares and a gratuitous attack on Chris Cuomo over his disclosed mental health struggles. Overall, a uniformly self-congratulatory day with flashes of cruelty concentrated in the small hours.

Full digest for 2023-02-18: https://trump.fm/date/2023-02-18/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, February 18). That is exactly the feeling of Fredo. I always... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109888051410301641
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "That is exactly the feeling of Fredo. I always said this..." Truth Social, 18 Feb. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109888051410301641. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "That is exactly the feeling of Fredo. I always said this...," Truth Social, February 18, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109888051410301641.

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