# Post ts_114718072561660622 - Post ID: `ts_114718072561660622` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2025-06-20T22:34:30.921Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114718072561660622 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114718072561660622/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114718072561660622.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Why does Fox News allow failed TV personality Jessica Tarlov to “soil” The Five? Her voice, her manner, and above all else, what she says, are a disgrace to television broadcasting. I’ve had the best poll numbers that I’ve ever had, and she is constantly saying the exact opposite. The just out highly respected Rasmussen Poll is at 56%, Insider Advantage 54%, and many others are at 56% to 68%! Sadly, the audience has to listen to her spew off that I am doing poorly in the polls, while I am beating the democrats by 15%+ points and, more importantly, I just won an election against two candidates, Sleepy Joe and Kamala, in a Landslide by winning all 7 Swing States, and the Popular Vote by millions, with records broken everywhere! In all fairness to Jesse and Greg, who are terrific, they don’t see all of these poll numbers and can’t, therefore come to my defense. But I can! Nobody can stand Tarlov! She lies over and over again, and MAGA is complaining, BIG LEAGUE, that she’s all over Fox. Watch their ratings go down by keeping her on the show — nobody wants to listen to her. Why doesn’t she talk about the fact that I had ZERO illegal aliens come into our Country last month, whereas Sleepy Joe Biden allowed 62,000 people in, many from prisons, mental institutions, and gangs. People like Jessica Tarlov make MAGA absolutely hate Fox! ## Engagement - Likes: 11,551 - Reposts: 2,919 - Replies: 2,381 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.307Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T02:15:47.659Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Summary High-intensity narcissistic rage post targeting Fox News personality Jessica Tarlov by name for reporting unfavorable poll numbers. The post displays a dense cluster of clinical indicators: grossly disproportionate rage response to mild criticism, mixed grandiose-vulnerable narcissistic oscillation, splitting (good hosts vs. bad Tarlov), denial of unfavorable data, sadistic personal attacks (voice, manner, competence), and coercive threats against the network's ratings. The post functions simultaneously as narcissistic supply-seeking (listing favorable polls), loyalty enforcement (punishing Fox for insufficient devotion), and stochastic targeting (directing millions of followers' anger at a named individual). This is particularly concerning in the context of the recent assassination of Minnesota legislators, as it demonstrates the ongoing pattern of identifying specific individuals as enemies of the movement. The cognitive profile shows intact language production with characteristic tangentiality driven by motivation rather than impairment. The post is almost certainly authentically authored given its emotional reactivity, stream-of-consciousness structure, and characteristic vocabulary. ## Psychological Analysis: Attack on Jessica Tarlov / Fox News ### Overview This is a classic narcissistic rage post triggered by perceived disloyalty from an in-group media outlet. Trump attacks Fox News personality Jessica Tarlov for reporting unfavorable poll numbers, deploying a dense cluster of devaluation, grandiosity, and loyalty-enforcement rhetoric. The post is lengthy, emotionally reactive, and stream-of-consciousness—hallmarks of authentic Trump authorship. ### Authorship Posted 6:34 PM ET (assuming East Coast location). This is late afternoon—borderline for aide vs. authentic. However, the emotional intensity, length, lack of structure, ALL CAPS usage ("ZERO," "BIG LEAGUE," "MAGA"), personal grievance tone, and stream-of-consciousness quality all strongly indicate authentic Trump. No aide would produce this level of unfiltered rage at a specific TV personality. ### Psychological Analysis The primary trigger is narcissistic injury: a Fox News panelist citing unfavorable polls, which contradicts Trump's self-image as universally popular. The response is grossly disproportionate—a sustained character assassination of a television commentator for reporting poll numbers. The post oscillates between **grandiose** state (best poll numbers ever, landslide victory, ZERO illegal aliens) and **vulnerable** state (why does Fox allow this, MAGA hates Fox, nobody can stand her). This oscillation is characteristic of narcissistic rage where injury and grandiosity fuel each other. Defense mechanisms are layered: **denial** (rejecting unfavorable polls), **devaluation** (Tarlov is "failed," disgraceful), **splitting** (Jesse and Greg are "terrific" vs. Tarlov who "lies"), **projection** (accusing her of lying while making inflated claims), and **idealization** of poll numbers that support his narrative. The implicit threat to Fox's ratings functions as coercive control over media coverage—a pattern of punishing insufficient loyalty. ### Cognitive Markers The post maintains coherent (if rambling) logic across its length. Sentence structure is complex with multiple embedded clauses. No word-finding difficulties or paraphasias. The tangentiality is motivational (pivoting to immigration to bolster his case) rather than cognitive. "BIG LEAGUE" is a long-established Trumpism, not a neologism. ### Rhetorical Analysis Heavy use of superlatives, false precision with poll numbers (citing specific percentages to create authority), ad hominem attack, appeal to popularity ("Nobody can stand Tarlov"), and implicit threat (watch ratings go down). The pivot to immigration ("ZERO illegal aliens") is classic whataboutism/deflection. ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Won all 7 Swing States and the Popular Vote by millions" | **True** | Trump won all seven battleground states and the national popular vote in the 2024 election | | "Beating the democrats by 15%+ points" | **Mostly False** | No credible polling aggregate showed a 15+ point generic ballot advantage; this significantly exaggerates even favorable outlier polls | | "ZERO illegal aliens come into our Country last month" | **Mostly False** | While border encounters dropped dramatically under Trump's policies, a literal zero is almost certainly false; even during lowest periods some unauthorized crossings occur | | "Sleepy Joe Biden allowed 62,000 people in" | **Unverifiable** | Monthly encounter numbers varied widely under Biden; specific figure needs sourcing context | | "Rasmussen Poll is at 56%, Insider Advantage 54%" | **Unverifiable** | Rasmussen and Insider Advantage are known to produce Trump-favorable numbers; specific figures plausible but not independently verified | Overall Veracity: 48% ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 95%) ### Indicators - Stream-of-consciousness structure - ALL CAPS emphasis (ZERO, BIG LEAGUE, MAGA) - Personal grievance and emotional reactivity - Rambling length with multiple tangents - Characteristic phrases (BIG LEAGUE, Sleepy Joe) ## Psychological Profile ### State **Mixed State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Jessica Tarlov reporting unfavorable poll numbers on Fox News) **Rage:** Intensity 80% targeting Jessica Tarlov / Fox News - Proportionality: 15% Sentiment: -0.80 **Mildly Hypomanic** - Pressured, lengthy output - Grandiose claims escalating through post - Rapid topic shifts while maintaining emotional intensity ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 85% - Antisocial: 40% - Paranoid: 50% - Sadism: 60% **Defense Mechanisms:** - devaluation (immature) - denial (pathological) - splitting (immature) - projection (immature) - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 50% Cognitive Markers: - tangentiality - perseveration **Parasocial Techniques:** - Speaking for MAGA movement as proxy for personal grievance - Framing personal injury as audience injury (nobody wants to listen) - Creating shared enemy to bond with followers ## Danger Assessment **ELEVATED** **Stochastic Terrorism Pattern Detected** ### Indicators - Named individual targeted with sustained personal attack to audience of millions - Framing target as enemy of the MAGA movement - Context of recent political assassinations (Minnesota legislators) - Pattern of stochastic targeting: named person + grievance + implied group action ### Gaslighting - Framing accurate poll reporting as 'lies' and 'spewing' - Presenting cherry-picked favorable polls as the only reality - Attacking the credibility of anyone presenting contradicting information ## Fact Checks (5) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-22._ > Won all 7 Swing States and the Popular Vote by millions **TRUE** Trump won all seven battleground states and the national popular vote in the 2024 election Sources: 2024 election results > Beating the democrats by 15%+ points **MOSTLY FALSE** No credible polling aggregate showed a 15+ point generic ballot advantage; this significantly exaggerates even favorable outlier polls Sources: General knowledge of 2025 polling > ZERO illegal aliens come into our Country last month **MOSTLY FALSE** While border encounters dropped dramatically under Trump's policies, a literal zero is almost certainly false; even during lowest periods some unauthorized crossings occur Sources: CBP encounter data patterns > Sleepy Joe Biden allowed 62,000 people in **UNVERIFIABLE** Monthly encounter numbers varied widely under Biden; specific figure needs sourcing context > Rasmussen Poll is at 56%, Insider Advantage 54% **UNVERIFIABLE** Rasmussen and Insider Advantage are known to produce Trump-favorable numbers; specific figures plausible but not independently verified Overall Veracity: 48% ## Tags - narcissistic_rage (90%) - media_attack (90%) - named_individual_target (80%) - poll_obsession (80%) - loyalty_enforcement (70%) - fox_news (70%) - immigration (40%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Evening Rage Spiral Follows Day of Victory Laps as Named Targets Pile Up** Trump spent the day celebrating wins — a Ninth Circuit court ruling on the National Guard, border crossing stats, and a DRC-Rwanda treaty — while promoting his tax bill. The mood shifted sharply in the early evening, when he launched extended attacks on Fed Chair Powell and Fox News host Jessica Tarlov, the latter a particularly personal broadside targeting her voice, manner, and competence for reporting unfavorable poll numbers. A long post about the Congo treaty doubled as a thinly veiled grievance about never receiving a Nobel Peace Prize. The day's pattern was familiar: victories weren't enough to sustain the mood, and by sundown, grievance and personal attacks dominated. Full digest for 2025-06-20: https://trump.fm/date/2025-06-20/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, June 20). Why does Fox News allow failed TV personality... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114718072561660622 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Why does Fox News allow failed TV personality Jessica..." Truth Social, 20 Jun. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114718072561660622. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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