# Post ts_110109171569596505

- Post ID: `ts_110109171569596505`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-03-29T23:30:22.834Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110109171569596505/analysis
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## Post text

> I would be willing to bet that the FoxNews Viewers are VERY Happy about the just released FoxNews Polling that shows Ron DeSanctimonious being absolutely CRUSHED and, more importantly, dropping like a ROCK!

## Engagement

- Likes: 24,064
- Reposts: 5,152
- Replies: 1,522
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.415Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T03:54:34.184Z (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: Fox News Poll Gloating Over DeSantis

### Context
Post from 7:30 PM ET (Mar-a-Lago time), shortly after the Waco rally period. This is one of several DeSantis-focused posts from this day, forming a sustained attack pattern against his primary rival.

### Authorship
Evening post with characteristic Trump markers: the invented nickname "DeSanctimonious," ALL CAPS emphasis on emotionally charged words (VERY, CRUSHED, ROCK), and the parenthetical editorial asides. The speculative framing ("I would be willing to bet") is a classic Trump rhetorical opener. High confidence authentic.

### Psychological Dynamics
This post is pure narcissistic supply-seeking through dominance display. The framing is notable: Trump doesn't just celebrate his own numbers — he celebrates DeSantis being "CRUSHED" and "dropping like a ROCK." The pleasure is in the rival's humiliation, not merely in self-elevation. The phrase "more importantly, dropping like a ROCK" explicitly prioritizes the rival's decline over his own success, consistent with ego-syntonic sadism patterns.

The appeal to Fox News viewers serves a parasocial bonding function — Trump positions himself as knowing what the audience wants and delivering it. The "willing to bet" opener creates false intimacy.

### Rhetorical Devices
- Derisive nickname ("DeSanctimonious") as dehumanization-lite
- Hyperbolic metaphors (CRUSHED, dropping like a ROCK)
- Appeal to in-group (Fox News viewers)
- Schadenfreude framing as shared pleasure

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Fox News polling shows DeSantis dropping significantly" | **Mostly True** | Fox News polls in this period consistently showed Trump with large and growing leads over DeSantis in the GOP primary |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- ALL CAPS emotional emphasis
- DeSanctimonious nickname
- speculative opener 'I would be willing to bet'
- evening timing ~7:30 PM ET
- stream-of-consciousness quality

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Fox News poll favorable to Trump)

Sentiment: +0.60

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- elevated mood
- grandiose self-reference

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 60%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- in-group flattery
- shared schadenfreude
- false intimacy via betting framing

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Fox News polling shows DeSantis dropping significantly

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Fox News polls in this period consistently showed Trump with large and growing leads over DeSantis in the GOP primary

Sources: Fox News polling March 2023

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- primary_rivalry (90%)
- narcissistic_supply (80%)
- sadistic_pleasure (60%)
- polling (70%)

## That day

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

**Pre-Indictment Anxiety Fuels Grand Jury Fantasy and Sustained DeSantis Fixation**

Trump spent the day projecting confidence while the Manhattan grand jury moved toward indicting him. He opened with an elaborate claim that the grand jury was refusing to indict because the evidence favored him -- a narrative that proved entirely false days later. Much of the afternoon was consumed by a sustained barrage against Ron DeSantis, attacking him on Social Security, Medicare, ethanol, and sagging poll numbers. Brief flashes of anger surfaced around unfavorable polling and the criminal case, including a two-word all-caps post screaming about "election interference." The day ended on a triumphant note as he celebrated Fox News poll numbers showing DeSantis collapsing.

Full digest for 2023-03-29: https://trump.fm/date/2023-03-29/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, March 29). I would be willing to bet that the FoxNews... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110109171569596505
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I would be willing to bet that the FoxNews Viewers are VERY..." Truth Social, 29 Mar. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110109171569596505. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "I would be willing to bet that the FoxNews Viewers are VERY...," Truth Social, March 29, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110109171569596505.

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