# Post ts_115123713005977554

- Post ID: `ts_115123713005977554`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-08-31T13:54:12.841Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115123713005977554
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115123713005977554/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_115123713005977554.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Miranda Devine and Katie Pavlich were terrific on FoxNews yesterday. Smart, exciting, and really know their "stuff." Two great professionals. Thank you!!! President DJT

## Engagement

- Likes: 11,315
- Reposts: 2,261
- Replies: 645
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.298Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T03:59:08.346Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Praise for Fox News Commentators (2025-08-31)

A brief, formulaic post praising Miranda Devine and Katie Pavlich for their Fox News appearances. This is a routine narcissistic supply maintenance post — rewarding media figures who provide favorable coverage, reinforcing the parasocial loyalty network.

### Authorship
Posted at ~9:54 AM ET (Trump likely at White House given South Korean summit activities). Business hours, polished grammar, professional tone, signed "President DJT" — consistent with aide-drafted or aide-polished content. The quotation marks around "stuff" add a slight Trumpian flavor but the overall structure is too clean for spontaneous Trump.

### Psychological Pattern
This post fits a clear pattern visible in the surrounding posts: serial praise of media allies (Hilary Fordwich, Armstrong Williams, NewsMax, now Devine/Pavlich). This is transactional supply management — publicly rewarding favorable coverage to incentivize more of it. The exclamation marks ("Thank you!!!") signal performative enthusiasm rather than genuine emotional arousal.

### Rhetorical Devices
- **Superlatives/praise**: "terrific," "Smart, exciting," "great professionals"
- **Parasocial reward**: Public validation functioning as operant conditioning for media allies
- **Scare quotes**: "stuff" — folksy hedging that signals awareness of audience register

### Context
Notably absent from recent posts: any mention of the Minneapolis school shooting, the federal court striking down tariffs, or other substantive policy matters. The posting pattern of serial media praise may function as attention displacement from unfavorable news cycles.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 25%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (~9:54 AM ET)
- Clean grammar and complete sentences
- Formulaic 'President DJT' signature
- Professional structure
- Scare quotes around 'stuff' add slight Trump flavor

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Fox News favorable coverage)

Sentiment: +0.80

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Public reward for loyalty
- Transactional praise as reinforcement

## Tags

- media-praise (90%)
- fox-news (70%)
- transactional-reward (60%)

## That day

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

**Holiday Weekend on Autopilot: Grandiose Maintenance Masking Judicial Defeats**

A low-key Labor Day weekend Sunday spent mostly sharing supportive media clips and praising political allies. The day's main tension point was the federal appeals court ruling against his tariffs, which he reframed as a near-victory by spotlighting the single dissenting judge. He recycled the Russia Hoax grievance, reannounced a voter ID executive order previously struck down by courts, and ended the evening by declaring DC a "crime free zone" — then immediately posted a police report documenting 76 arrests and five firearms seized. The mood was mostly self-congratulatory, with institutional defiance quietly simmering underneath.

Full digest for 2025-08-31: https://trump.fm/date/2025-08-31/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, August 31). Miranda Devine and Katie Pavlich were terrific on... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115123713005977554
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Miranda Devine and Katie Pavlich were terrific on FoxNews..." Truth Social, 31 Aug. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115123713005977554. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Miranda Devine and Katie Pavlich were terrific on FoxNews...," Truth Social, August 31, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115123713005977554.

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