# Post ts_111332671293004077 - Post ID: `ts_111332671293004077` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-11-01T01:22:27.025Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111332671293004077 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111332671293004077/analysis ## Post text > https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/rupert-murdoch-retirement-lachlan-murdoch-donald-trump-1235731029/ ## Engagement - Likes: 5,307 - Reposts: 1,394 - Replies: 83 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.392Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T10:28:03.914Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Analysis: URL-Only Share — Rupert Murdoch / Fox News Piece (2023-11-01) ### Overview This post consists exclusively of a URL to a Variety article headlined *"Rupert Murdoch's Retirement: Fox News Was Radically Changed by Trump."* No text, no commentary. The entire communicative act is the curation choice itself. --- ### Authorship Attribution **Local time:** 2023-11-01T01:22:27Z = **9:22 PM EDT** (Trump was in New York for the ongoing civil fraud trial). This falls squarely within his documented late-evening authentic posting window. **Mixed signals:** Late timing favors authenticity. However, URL-only posts with zero accompanying text are atypically clean for Trump, who characteristically appends reactive commentary ("SO TRUE!" / "FAKE NEWS!" / "READ THIS!"). The absence of any verbal reaction is the most anomalous feature. Balance of evidence leans toward authentic with possible light aide involvement in the mechanical posting action. --- ### Psychological State & Trigger The post is best understood as **compensatory narcissistic supply** during acute legal siege. On the day of posting: - The NY civil fraud trial was ongoing (Donald Trump Jr. testifying) - Trump had been fined $10,000 five days prior for gag order violations - The federal gag order had been reinstated three days prior Sharing an article whose headline asserts he *"radically changed"* one of the world's most powerful media empires offers ego reinforcement without direct boasting — a form of **vicarious grandiosity**. The choice of Variety (a mainstream entertainment trade publication, not conservative media) over the day's other Breitbart/Daily Caller shares is notable: mainstream-outlet validation carries greater third-party credibility. The Rupert Murdoch retirement context adds a second layer. By late 2023, Fox News had been moving incrementally away from unconditional Trump support (reflected in the $787M Dominion settlement, internal tensions post-2022 midterms, Murdoch's reported preference for DeSantis). The transition of power to Lachlan represented uncertainty for Trump's most important media ally. Sharing an article framing Trump as the transformative force that *shaped* Fox — rather than a dependent of it — inverts the power dynamic psychologically. --- ### Defense Mechanisms - **Rationalization (neurotic):** The share is framed implicitly as informing followers; the psychic function is self-affirmation via third-party credibility. - **Distortion (pathological):** Selecting content that frames his historical/institutional significance renders the surrounding legal assault on his character temporally irrelevant — *I am the man who changed Fox News; a civil fraud fine is a footnote.* --- ### Rhetorical Analysis All rhetorical work is outsourced to the curated headline. No direct devices are deployed. The curation itself constitutes: - **Third-party credibility transfer:** Variety's mainstream credibility validates the power claim for followers skeptical of Trump's own self-assessments - **Implicit self-aggrandizement via selection:** The act of sharing *this* article, on *this* day, communicates "I am historically significant" without the vulnerability of explicit boasting --- ### Narrative Identity (Level 3 — McAdams) Trump casts himself as a **history-making transformer of institutions** — not a mere politician but a force that reshaped a major media empire. This aligns with his persistent Savior/King archetypal self-presentation. The contrasting "other" is implicit: Biden-era Democrats whose entire day's worth of posts position as failures by comparison. --- ### Cognitive Assessment No text produced; linguistic analysis impossible. URL-only post cannot yield any cognitive markers. No deviation from behavioral baseline assessable. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Fox News was radically changed by Trump (per article headline)" | **Mostly True** | Fox News demonstrably shifted from conservative-establishment outlet to Trump-aligned populist platform 2015-2023, including departure of anti-Trump voices, adoption of election-denial content, and the $787M Dominion settlement arising partly from Trump-era coverage decisions. | Overall Veracity: 80% ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 65%) ### Indicators - Late evening local time (9:22 PM EDT) consistent with authentic Trump posting window - Content personally gratifying — power-affirming headline supplies narcissistic benefit - No accompanying text — atypical for Trump who usually appends reactive commentary - URL-only format is cleaner than Trump's characteristic stream-of-consciousness style - Consistent with broader same-day link-curation posting session pattern ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Comparison (Variety article headline affirming institutional dominance over Fox News) Sentiment: +0.35 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 40% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - rationalization (neurotic) - distortion (pathological) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Third-party credibility transfer — Variety (non-conservative outlet) validates Trump's power narrative for followers ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > Fox News was radically changed by Trump (per article headline) **MOSTLY TRUE** Fox News demonstrably shifted from conservative-establishment outlet to Trump-aligned populist platform 2015-2023, including departure of anti-Trump voices, adoption of election-denial content, and the $787M Dominion settlement arising partly from Trump-era coverage decisions. Sources: Variety (Daniel D'Addario, 2023-09); General media scholarship on Fox News transformation 2015-2023 Overall Veracity: 80% ## Tags - supply_seeking (80%) - media_power_narrative (90%) - murdoch_fox_news (100%) - compensatory_grandiosity (60%) - legal_siege_context (70%) - url_only_post (100%) - third_party_validation (80%) - mainstream_outlet_citation (70%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Sleepless Siege: Nocturnal Rage at Judge Engoron Peaks as Sons Face Fraud Trial Testimony** Trump spent the evening of Halloween sharing a rapid-fire batch of links celebrating rivals' decline and amplifying sympathetic media coverage, then erupted into high-intensity attacks on Judge Engoron in posts stretching past 1 AM. The overnight and early-morning posts -- naming the judge "crazy, totally unhinged, and dangerous" -- marked the day's most alarming content, coming while his sons prepared to testify in the New York fraud trial. By afternoon, aide-produced campaign content took over with policy slogans and endorsements, and the day closed on a quieter note with a eulogy for basketball coach Bobby Knight that still managed to circle back to Trump himself. Full digest for 2023-11-01: https://trump.fm/date/2023-11-01/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, November 1). https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/rupert-murdoch-re... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111332671293004077 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/rupert-murdoch-retirement-l..." Truth Social, 1 Nov. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111332671293004077. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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