# Post ts_111834474435563589 - Post ID: `ts_111834474435563589` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2024-01-28T16:17:35.362Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111834474435563589 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111834474435563589/analysis ## Post text > https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/28/fake-news-trump-campaign-bashes-fox-news-for-false-report-about-rfk-jr-as-running-mate-says-never-will-happen/ ## Engagement - Likes: 10,464 - Reposts: 3,082 - Replies: 481 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.374Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-21T03:12:35.351Z (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_111834474435563589 — January 28, 2024 ### Overview This post consists entirely of a URL to a Breitbart article with no accompanying text. The article headline (readable from the URL slug) describes Trump's campaign labeling Fox News as "Fake News" for reporting that RFK Jr. was under consideration as a running mate, with the campaign stating it would "never happen." The post is analytically sparse as a primary text artifact but notable for its contextual and symbolic dimensions. --- ### Authorship Attribution **Assessment: Aide-written (Scavino), high confidence.** UTC timestamp 16:17:35 converts to 11:17 AM EST — Trump was in New York for the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial on this date. This falls squarely within business hours in his local timezone, consistent with aide/Scavino authorship. The post is a bare URL with zero textual content, a format characteristic of Scavino's content-sharing operations. The broader posting pattern on this day shows a cluster of Breitbart URL reshares (Ukraine weapons story, Snoop Dogg story, Defeat MAGA network story), suggesting a curated media amplification session managed by staff. Authentic Trump posts at this period characteristically include reactive commentary, emotional punctuation, capitalization, or exclamatory sentences — none of which appear here. --- ### Psychological State & Triggers **Context**: Trump was in New York facing the Carroll defamation trial (jury awarded $3.3M the same day or imminently). His other posts on this date were extended, agitated defenses against the NY AG lawsuit (Letitia James, Judge Engoron), suggesting an active narcissistic injury response at that moment. This Breitbart reshare stands apart stylistically from those emotionally charged posts, reinforcing aide-authorship. **Symbolic content**: The post's implicit message — routing the "fake news" epithet at Fox News — is psychologically significant even in aide-authored form, as it reveals that the campaign was willing to weaponize Trump's signature rhetorical weapon against one of his historically supportive media outlets. This suggests either a campaign-level territorial dispute (controlling VP messaging) or a mounting adversarial reframing of Fox following their New Hampshire coverage of Nikki Haley. The denial of the RFK Jr. running mate story is a narrative containment operation: addressing speculation before it hardened into expectation. **Trigger classification**: Maintenance/preemptive attack — defending the VP narrative and managing media relationships. No direct narcissistic injury visible in this specific post (though the surrounding same-day posts reflect acute injury response to Carroll/James proceedings). --- ### Narcissistic Dynamics The "Fake News" label applied to Fox News is a notable escalation. Throughout Trump's political career, "Fake News" was deployed almost exclusively against liberal/mainstream media (CNN, NYT, WaPo). Directing it at Fox signals either (a) mounting paranoid generalization — any outlet producing unfavorable coverage becomes "Fake News" regardless of prior loyalty — or (b) a deliberate warning shot to Fox to stay in line on campaign messaging. Either reading is consistent with grandiose narcissism's zero-sum loyalty demands: media entities are either supply sources or threats. --- ### Rhetorical Analysis The rhetorical work is entirely delegated to the Breitbart headline. Key devices embedded in the article framing: - **Label transfer**: "Fake News" migrates from its usual targets to Fox News — a significant conceptual expansion - **Categorical denial**: "Never will happen" — absolute register forecloses ambiguity - **Source selection**: Breitbart functions as a trusted amplifier; using it to attack Fox signals an intra-right media hierarchy dispute No dehumanizing language, violent imagery, or stochastic terrorism indicators present. --- ### Cognitive Assessment No direct language production to assess. The post offers no data for cognitive analysis. Not applicable to this artifact. --- ### Danger Assessment **None.** No violent imagery, eliminationist language, or mobilization content. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Fox News reported RFK Jr. was under consideration as Trump's running mate" | **Unverifiable** | Consistent with media speculation of early 2024; specific Fox report not independently verifiable from this post alone. | | "RFK Jr. as running mate 'will never happen'" | **Mostly True** | JD Vance was ultimately named VP pick; RFK Jr. was never named as running mate. | Overall Veracity: 65% ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 8%) ### Indicators - Posted at 11:17 AM EST (business hours) - Bare URL with zero textual content - Part of a cluster of Breitbart reshares on the same day - No emotional punctuation, capitalization, or reactive commentary - Format consistent with Scavino content-amplification operations ## Psychological Profile ### State **Mixed State** **Trigger:** Preemptive Attack (Fox News) Sentiment: -0.30 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 50% - Antisocial: 10% - Paranoid: 40% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - denial (pathological) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - In-group media signal: using Breitbart to discipline Fox signals to base that Fox has strayed ## Fact Checks (2) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-21._ > Fox News reported RFK Jr. was under consideration as Trump's running mate **UNVERIFIABLE** Consistent with media speculation of early 2024; specific Fox report not independently verifiable from this post alone. Sources: URL slug context > RFK Jr. as running mate 'will never happen' **MOSTLY TRUE** JD Vance was ultimately named VP pick; RFK Jr. was never named as running mate. Sources: Historical record Overall Veracity: 65% ## Tags - aide-authored (95%) - media-management (80%) - intra-right-conflict (75%) - vp-narrative-control (70%) - fake-news-label-expansion (70%) - breitbart-amplification (60%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Legal Wounds Drive Five-Post Perseverative Spiral as Tower 22 Tragedy Becomes Vehicle for Grandiose Displacement** Trump spent the day managing two major legal injuries — the Carroll defamation verdict and the looming Engoron fraud ruling — while campaigning in Las Vegas ahead of the Nevada caucus. The morning erupted with a rapid-fire burst of posts obsessively relitigating the NY fraud case, repeating the same arguments across five posts in two hours. When news broke of three US soldiers killed in a drone attack in Jordan, the response pivoted sharply to self-aggrandizement, using the tragedy primarily as evidence of Biden's weakness. The rest of the day was padded with aide-posted links seeking validation from friendly media — a clear supply operation to offset the legal blows. Full digest for 2024-01-28: https://trump.fm/date/2024-01-28/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, January 28). https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/28/fake... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111834474435563589 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/01/28/fake-news-trum..." Truth Social, 28 Jan. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111834474435563589. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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