# Post ts_114874422468516376

- Post ID: `ts_114874422468516376`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-07-18T13:16:21.123Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114874422468516376
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114874422468516376/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114874422468516376.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> I absolutely love that Colbert’ got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings. I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next. Has even less talent than Colbert! Greg Gutfeld is better than all of them combined, including the Moron on NBC who ruined the once great Tonight Show.

## Engagement

- Likes: 18,563
- Reposts: 4,041
- Replies: 1,589
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.305Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T02:46:12.709Z (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: Post ts_114874422468516376

### Context
Trump celebrates Stephen Colbert's firing, predicts Jimmy Kimmel is next, praises Greg Gutfeld, and attacks an unnamed NBC host (likely Jimmy Fallon or Seth Meyers) for "ruining" the Tonight Show.

### Authorship
Posted at 13:16 UTC. Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago or Bedminster in July — EDT (UTC-4) = 9:16 AM. Business hours but the post's informal, stream-of-consciousness style with emotional reactivity is characteristic of authentic Trump. The gloating tone, personal insults, and lack of polish all point to personal authorship.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a classic **schadenfreude/dominance display**. Trump frames entertainment industry firings as personal vindication — late-night hosts were persistent critics, and their professional setbacks become narcissistic supply. The post follows a clear pattern: celebrate enemy's downfall → predict next enemy's downfall → elevate loyal ally → attack another enemy.

The phrase "I absolutely love" signals genuine emotional pleasure in an adversary's misfortune — ego-syntonic sadism at a mild level. The talent/ratings conflation is characteristic: Trump consistently equates commercial success with intrinsic worth.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Devaluation**: Dismissing targets' talent as negligible
- **Splitting**: Good (Gutfeld) vs. bad (all others) with no nuance

### Rhetorical Techniques
Superlatives and comparatives dominate: "even less," "less talent," "better than all of them combined," "once great." The unnamed NBC host as "Moron" is classic ad hominem dehumanization-lite.

### Cognitive Notes
Coherent, focused, on-message. No word-finding issues or tangentiality. Straightforward for Trump's style.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Colbert got fired" | **Mostly True** | Colbert's show ended/was cancelled in 2025, though 'fired' may overstate the circumstances |
| "Jimmy Kimmel is next" | **Unverifiable** | Speculative prediction about future events |
| "Greg Gutfeld is better than all of them combined" | **Unverifiable** | Subjective opinion, though Gutfeld's ratings have been competitive with late-night hosts |

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- Emotional reactivity ('I absolutely love')
- Informal gloating tone
- Ad hominem attacks ('Moron')
- Stream-of-consciousness comparative structure
- Morning posting but stylistically authentic

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Criticism (Late-night host firings providing vindication)

Sentiment: +0.60

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Elevated mood from perceived victory
- Rapid-fire targets in single post

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 40%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Shared enemy identification
- Victory lap as group bonding

## Fact Checks (3)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-22._

> Colbert got fired

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Colbert's show ended/was cancelled in 2025, though 'fired' may overstate the circumstances

> Jimmy Kimmel is next

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Speculative prediction about future events

> Greg Gutfeld is better than all of them combined

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Subjective opinion, though Gutfeld's ratings have been competitive with late-night hosts

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Tags

- schadenfreude (90%)
- media_criticism (80%)
- dominance_display (70%)
- in-group_elevation (60%)

## That day

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

**Epstein Exposure Triggers Full-Spectrum Defensive Mobilization: $10B Lawsuit, AG Directive, and All-Day Combativeness**

The day was dominated by an aggressive counteroffensive against the Wall Street Journal over its reporting linking Trump to Jeffrey Epstein. Starting in the evening and continuing through the next night, Trump denied the allegations, threatened and then filed a massive lawsuit, and directed the Attorney General to release grand jury testimony — an unusual fusion of personal grievance and executive power. Between the Epstein salvos, he attacked the Fed chair, celebrated a congressional spending cuts package and Colbert's firing, and dumped a batch of congressional endorsements. The mood was combative but controlled, with brief flashes of vulnerability breaking through the grandiose performance.

Full digest for 2025-07-18: https://trump.fm/date/2025-07-18/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, July 18). I absolutely love that Colbert’ got fired. His... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114874422468516376
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I absolutely love that Colbert’ got fired. His talent was..." Truth Social, 18 Jul. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114874422468516376. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "I absolutely love that Colbert’ got fired. His talent was...," Truth Social, July 18, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114874422468516376.

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