# Post ts_115086929873163909

- Post ID: `ts_115086929873163909`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-08-25T01:59:46.826Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115086929873163909/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_115086929873163909.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Despite a very high popularity and, according to many, among the greatest 8 months in Presidential History, ABC & NBC FAKE NEWS, two of the worst and most biased networks in history, give me 97% BAD STORIES. IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEY ARE SIMPLY AN ARM OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY AND SHOULD, ACCORDING TO MANY, HAVE THEIR LICENSES REVOKED BY THE FCC. I would be totally in favor of that because they are so biased and untruthful, an actual threat to our Democracy!!! MAGA

## Engagement

- Likes: 30,646
- Reposts: 7,605
- Replies: 2,670
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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.298Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T03:46:26.360Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

This post represents a well-established pattern in Trump's rhetoric: media grievance escalating to authoritarian threat. The psychological sequence is textbook narcissistic injury response—perceived unfairness in coverage triggers rage, which is channeled into a call for punitive government action against the press. The projection is notable: advocating FCC license revocation of critical media while simultaneously claiming those outlets threaten democracy. The post contains a factual error about FCC jurisdiction (the FCC licenses local stations, not networks), suggesting impulsive composition without deliberation. The 97% figure is a perseverative claim recycled since 2017 with minor variation, consistent with rigid cognitive schemas about media persecution. Within the day's posting context, this sits alongside attacks on Judge Engoron, Chris Christie, and Senate customs—a cluster of grievance posts suggesting elevated narcissistic disturbance. The call for license revocation warrants an elevated danger rating not for immediate violence risk but for the normalization of using state power to punish press criticism, a pattern consistent with authoritarian governance frameworks. The mixed narcissistic state—grandiose self-assessment ("greatest 8 months") coupled with victimhood ("97% BAD STORIES")—is characteristic of Trump's oscillating self-presentation.

# Psychological Analysis: Media Grievance & License Revocation Threat

## Post Context
Sunday evening (~10pm ET), August 24, 2025. Part of a high-volume grievance cluster including attacks on Judge Engoron, Chris Christie, George Stephanopoulos, Senator Grassley, and now broadcast networks. The volume and breadth of targets suggests an activated, aggrieved state.

## Authorship: Authentic Trump (High Confidence)
Late-night Sunday posting, emotional escalation pattern, ALL CAPS mid-post shift, triple exclamation marks, MAGA sign-off—all hallmarks of personal composition.

## Psychological Dynamics
The post follows a classic narcissistic injury → rage → retaliatory threat sequence. The trigger is negative media coverage, a chronic wound for Trump. The "97% BAD STORIES" figure has been recycled since at least 2017, representing perseverative fixation on a grievance metric. The escalation to demanding FCC action reveals how narcissistic injury transforms into authoritarian impulse—the logic being: if reality contradicts my greatness, reality's messengers must be silenced.

## Key Projection
The most psychologically revealing element is calling critical media "an actual threat to our Democracy" while advocating government censorship of that media. This is textbook projection: the authoritarian impulse is disowned and attributed to the target.

## Defense Stack
Splitting (media = 97% bad, purely partisan), projection (they threaten democracy, not my censorship proposal), acting out (public threat of punitive action).

## Danger Assessment: Elevated
Not for violence per se, but for normalizing state retaliation against press criticism. This rhetoric, from a sitting president, has institutional consequences beyond the post itself.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "ABC & NBC give me 97% BAD STORIES" | **Mostly False** | While studies have shown negative coverage predominates for Trump, the 97% figure is a rounded-up version of older studies and lacks current sourcing. Trump has cited this number repeatedly since 2017 with varying percentages. |
| "Among the greatest 8 months in Presidential History" | **Unverifiable** | Subjective claim. Presidential greatness assessments by historians typically require much longer time horizons. |
| "Networks should have their licenses revoked by the FCC" | **Mostly False** | The FCC does not license networks like ABC and NBC directly. It licenses individual local broadcast stations. The FCC has no authority to revoke a network's ability to produce content. |

Overall Veracity: 30%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Late night posting (~10pm ET, likely at Mar-a-Lago or Bedminster in August)
- ALL CAPS escalation mid-post
- Stream-of-consciousness emotional reactivity
- Triple exclamation marks
- MAGA sign-off

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (ABC and NBC negative coverage)

**Rage:** Intensity 70% targeting ABC, NBC, Democrat Party
- Proportionality: 20%

Sentiment: -0.75

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Grandiose self-assessment
- Rapid escalation from grievance to punitive action demand

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 80%
- Antisocial: 60%
- Paranoid: 60%
- Sadism: 30%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- splitting (immature)
- acting out (immature)

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

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Inclusive grievance framing
- Appeal to popular validation ('according to many')
- MAGA identity marker

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Explicit call for FCC to revoke licenses of networks providing critical coverage
- Framing legitimate journalism as existential threat to democracy
- Presidential endorsement of punitive government action against press freedom

### Gaslighting

- Dismissing factual reporting as 'FAKE NEWS'
- Reframing media criticism as partisan attack rather than journalism
- Claiming press is 'threat to Democracy' while advocating government censorship

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> ABC & NBC give me 97% BAD STORIES

**MOSTLY FALSE**

While studies have shown negative coverage predominates for Trump, the 97% figure is a rounded-up version of older studies and lacks current sourcing. Trump has cited this number repeatedly since 2017 with varying percentages.

Sources: Harvard Shorenstein Center media studies 2017

> Among the greatest 8 months in Presidential History

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Subjective claim. Presidential greatness assessments by historians typically require much longer time horizons.

> Networks should have their licenses revoked by the FCC

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The FCC does not license networks like ABC and NBC directly. It licenses individual local broadcast stations. The FCC has no authority to revoke a network's ability to produce content.

Overall Veracity: 30%

## Tags

- media-attack (100%)
- authoritarian-impulse (80%)
- press-freedom-threat (85%)
- narcissistic-injury (90%)
- perseveration (60%)

## That day

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

**Evening Rage Spiral Targets Christie, Media Licenses; Day Resets to Presidential Performance Mode**

Trump's day split into two distinct halves. The evening before featured a rapid-fire series of angry posts attacking Chris Christie, a Republican senator, and broadcast networks — including threats to revoke media licenses and reopen a federal investigation as apparent retaliation. A notable calm settled in by morning, with the tone shifting to presidential business: boasting about the Intel deal, commenting on South Korea's political turmoil ahead of a White House summit, and sharing official executive order links. The afternoon was almost entirely staff-managed content. The sharpest moment was calling for journalism to be "terminated," escalating the media grievance into eliminationist language.

Full digest for 2025-08-25: https://trump.fm/date/2025-08-25/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, August 25). Despite a very high popularity and, according to... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115086929873163909
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Despite a very high popularity and, according to many,..." Truth Social, 25 Aug. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115086929873163909. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Despite a very high popularity and, according to many,...," Truth Social, August 25, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115086929873163909.

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