# Post ts_111133134712166524 - Post ID: `ts_111133134712166524` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-09-26T19:37:40.429Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111133134712166524 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111133134712166524/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_111133134712166524.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > I didn’t know Fox News was broadcasting my Speech yesterday in South Carolina, but the way Martha cut in when I started speaking badly about them was a classic. She is, after all, a professional! ## What the media says **Video transcript** (0:43), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > And we're the only ones going up, they're going down, they're going down, down, down. They ought to stop wasting their time. You know, they're wasting a lot of time with these ridiculous debates that nobody's watching. The last debate was the lowest rated debate in history. That's a good compliment, isn't it? Now, what was I doing, Marjorie? I was someplace else, wasn't I? I was doing another interview. We had 271 million people listening to the Tucker Carlson interview. That's an old time. So here we are, back in the thick of campaign season, we are now just four months away from the Iowa primaries, and you see former President Trump in a place where you would expect to see him today and in the days to come, South Carolina. ## Media - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/111/133/134/653/448/238/original/f951eeab93cdb5e5.mp4 ## Engagement - Likes: 9,705 - Reposts: 2,612 - Replies: 386 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.397Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T09:24:50.881Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Post Analysis: ts_111133134712166524 **Platform:** Truth Social | **Date:** 2023-09-26 | **UTC:** 19:37:40 | **Subject Age:** 77 --- ### Authorship Attribution **Timing conversion:** UTC 19:37 = 3:37 PM EDT. Trump was almost certainly in transit or back in New York/Mar-a-Lago following the South Carolina rally on Sept 25. Business-hours timing nudges toward aide possibility, but multiple other indicators override that inference. **Voice analysis:** The post carries unmistakable authentic-Trump fingerprints: first-person anecdotal narration, the loose comma-strung clause structure ("but the way Martha cut in when I started speaking badly about them"), the punchy one-liner kicker ("She is, after all, a professional!"), and the slightly self-amused quality throughout. Aide-authored posts (Scavino register) trend toward event announcements, schedules, and polished declarative sentences. This is casual personal narrative with a performative wink at the audience. **Confidence: medium-high for authentic authorship.** --- ### Psychological State & Triggers **Grandiose state — supply-seeking, mildly playful mode.** This post contrasts sharply with the day's other Fox-targeted posts ("serious case of Laryngitis," Fox & Friends critique). Where those are grievance-laden and affect-dysregulated, this deploys ironic self-awareness — a relatively rare register in Trump's corpus. **Trigger:** Fox News's live airing of his South Carolina speech, and Martha MacCallum's on-air interruption when he began criticizing the network. Rather than narcissistic rage, the response is performative amusement — suggesting ego-syntonic grandiosity is dominant here. The "I didn't know Fox News was broadcasting" framing implicitly inflates self-importance: of course they were broadcasting; his rally is so consequential it airs without his awareness. **Narcissistic supply mechanism:** The comedic retelling invites audience laughter and solidarity. "Was a classic" positions Trump as the knowing storyteller, not the wounded party. The audience is recruited as appreciators of his wit rather than defenders of his honor — a more socially sophisticated mode than is typical. **Implicit critique wrapped in compliment:** The surface message (mild praise for MacCallum) carries a barbed subtext: *she cut me off to protect her employer, and that's just what professionals do*. Fox's editorial control over its own broadcast is reframed as an amusing personal anecdote at Fox's expense. --- ### Contextual Pattern (Day's Posting Sequence) Viewed across the day's full posting sequence, this is the soft ironic bookend to sustained Fox attacks. The multi-register campaign against Fox — direct grievance ("Laryngitis"), implicit rebuke (Fox & Friends post), humorous narrative (this post) — suggests either strategic variation or natural affect modulation across a multi-hour posting day. The variety is notable; single-register sustained attacks are more typical. --- ### Defense Mechanisms - **Reaction formation (neurotic):** Potential irritation at being editorially interrupted is converted into affable admiration. The interruption that could wound is reframed as evidence of professionalism. - **Rationalization (neurotic):** MacCallum's cutaway is explained as proper professional conduct, which simultaneously neutralizes any perceived slight and positions Trump as understanding and magnanimous. --- ### Big Five (Post-Level) - **Extraversion:** High — assertive self-positioning as protagonist; public name-dropping - **Agreeableness:** Unusually elevated for Trump — the compliment to MacCallum is uncharacteristically gracious, even if edged - **Neuroticism:** Low in this instance — no hostile anger, impulsivity contained, affect regulated - **Conscientiousness:** Moderate — post is coherent and purposeful - **Openness:** Low — no novel framing, standard media critique terrain --- ### Rhetorical Techniques - **Backhanded compliment:** "She is, after all, a professional!" acknowledges MacCallum's competence while encoding the critique — she cut him off *because* it's her job to protect Fox's interests - **Performative self-deprecation:** "When I started speaking badly about them" is a rare moment of apparent self-acknowledgment, functioning not as genuine humility but as comedic setup that makes him the protagonist of a good story - **Anecdote as vehicle:** Personal narrative format creates audience intimacy and positions Trump as insider, not victim - **Implied institutional critique via compliment:** The most efficient Fox rebuke of the day — achieved with the fewest words and the most rhetorical elegance --- ### Cognitive Status Language production is coherent and contextually appropriate. Syntactic complexity is low-moderate but internally consistent — characteristic of Trump's authentic conversational register rather than indicative of deficit. No word-finding difficulty, paraphasia, or temporal confusion observed. Complexity appears consistent with baseline. No concerns flagged. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Fox News was broadcasting his South Carolina speech the previous day" | **Unverifiable** | Consistent with Fox News's practice of airing Trump rallies during the 2024 campaign period. South Carolina rally on Sept 25, 2023 is plausible given his campaign schedule, though specific broadcast confirmation is not available. | | "Martha MacCallum cut in when he started criticizing Fox" | **Unverifiable** | Consistent with Fox News editorial practices during Trump's Fox-critical period. The attached video would be the primary source for verification but content is unavailable for review. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 80%) ### Indicators - First-person anecdotal narration with casual comma-strung clause structure - Punchy kicker punchline ('She is, after all, a professional!') characteristic of authentic Trump voice - Stream-of-consciousness quality: 'but the way Martha cut in when I started speaking badly about them' - Business-hours timing (3:37 PM EDT) slightly favors aide, but voice quality overrides - Personal narrative mode with performative self-amusement — not aide event-announcement register ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Fox News broadcast of South Carolina rally; Martha MacCallum editorial interruption) Sentiment: +0.20 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 30% - Antisocial: 5% - Paranoid: 5% - Sadism: 5% **Defense Mechanisms:** - reaction formation (neurotic) - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 32% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Anecdotal first-person narration creating audience intimacy - Performative self-deprecation ('I started speaking badly about them') as comedic invitation - Shared-joke structure recruiting audience as appreciators of his wit ## Fact Checks (2) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > Fox News was broadcasting his South Carolina speech the previous day **UNVERIFIABLE** Consistent with Fox News's practice of airing Trump rallies during the 2024 campaign period. South Carolina rally on Sept 25, 2023 is plausible given his campaign schedule, though specific broadcast confirmation is not available. Sources: General knowledge of Fox News programming practices during 2023-24 campaign > Martha MacCallum cut in when he started criticizing Fox **UNVERIFIABLE** Consistent with Fox News editorial practices during Trump's Fox-critical period. The attached video would be the primary source for verification but content is unavailable for review. Sources: Attached MP4 unavailable for review Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - fox-news-criticism (90%) - supply-seeking-humor (75%) - backhanded-compliment (80%) - trickster-archetype (85%) - grandiose-regulated (60%) - south-carolina-rally (70%) - martha-maccallum (65%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **On the Day Courts Called It Fraud, Trump Attacked Everyone But the Ruling** Trump spent most of September 26 performing triumphant normalcy -- sharing rally highlights from South Carolina, blasting out fundraising links, and celebrating a 10-point polling lead over Biden -- while studiously ignoring the biggest legal blow of the day: a judge ruling he was liable for massive financial fraud. When he wasn't broadcasting strength, he was nursing a sustained grudge against Fox News, attacking the network across four posts for insufficient loyalty. A fiery response to Biden's historic UAW picket-line visit and a combative post about Jack Smith's prosecution team were the day's angriest moments. It wasn't until nearly 7 PM Eastern that he finally addressed the Engoron fraud ruling directly, dismissing it with a "done business perfectly" defense and pivoting to New York crime statistics. Full digest for 2023-09-26: https://trump.fm/date/2023-09-26/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, September 26). I didn’t know Fox News was broadcasting my Speech... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111133134712166524 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I didn’t know Fox News was broadcasting my Speech yesterday..." Truth Social, 26 Sep. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111133134712166524. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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