# Post ts_115222372625104790

- Post ID: `ts_115222372625104790`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-09-18T00:04:39.168Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED. Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done. Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that's possible. That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!! President DJT

## Engagement

- Likes: 56,059
- Reposts: 11,619
- Replies: 5,875
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.296Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T04:37:51.834Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

Trump's post celebrating Kimmel's show ending exemplifies grandiose narcissistic supply-seeking through schadenfreude. The most significant feature is a sitting president publicly commanding a television network to cancel specific shows ("Do it NBC!!!"), revealing entitlement fantasies and the conflation of personal vendettas with governance. The framing of a late-night host's departure as "Great News for America" represents characteristic narcissistic distortion—personal grievances recast as national interest. The factual framing is misleading: Kimmel chose to end his show rather than being cancelled for poor performance, and the claim of ratings worse than Colbert is dubious. The imperative tone toward NBC, while not violent, represents an elevated concern given the coercive weight of presidential commentary directed at specific media entities and personnel.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_115222372625104790

### Overview
Trump celebrates the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show and calls on NBC to cancel Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers. The post is a classic dominance display—reveling in an adversary's misfortune while positioning himself as the implicit cause.

### Authorship
Posted at 00:04 UTC on Sept 18. Trump was likely at the White House or traveling domestically, placing this around 8:04 PM ET—evening but not late night. The sign-off "President DJT" is a Trump hallmark. The ALL CAPS emphasis, personal insults, exclamation marks, and stream-of-consciousness quality all point to authentic authorship. The slight grammatical looseness ("worse ratings than even Colbert") is consistent with his style.

### Psychological Dynamics
This is textbook **narcissistic supply-seeking through schadenfreude**. Kimmel was a persistent critic; his show's end is experienced as vindication and victory. The call to NBC ("Do it NBC!!!") reveals the fantasy of unlimited power—that networks should cancel shows at his behest. The framing as "Great News for America" conflates personal grievances with national interest, a characteristic narcissistic distortion.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Devaluation**: "ZERO talent," "total losers," "horrible" ratings
- **Projection**: Attributes failure to others while claiming credit for outcomes he didn't cause
- **Splitting**: Good (cancellation, ABC's "courage") vs. bad (remaining late-night hosts)

### Rhetorical Techniques
The post uses a victory-lap structure: celebrate → devalue → target next enemies → issue command. "Do it NBC!!!" functions as an implicit threat—a sitting president publicly calling for show cancellations carries coercive weight beyond mere opinion.

### Cognitive Notes
Language production is coherent and syntactically adequate. The conflation of Fallon and Meyers as "Jimmy and Seth" is accurate. No notable cognitive markers.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Jimmy Kimmel Show is cancelled" | **Mostly True** | Kimmel announced in early 2025 he would end his show; the final episodes aired in 2025. However framing it as ABC 'having the courage' to cancel misrepresents what was Kimmel's own decision to step down. |
| "Kimmel has worse ratings than Colbert" | **Mostly False** | Kimmel and Colbert traded rating positions frequently; Kimmel was generally competitive with Colbert and sometimes ahead in key demographics. |
| "Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are on NBC" | **True** | Both host NBC late-night shows. |

Overall Veracity: 67%

## Receipts (1)

### moderate — other (5 years earlier)

> "Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are on NBC"

**vs.**

> "Jimmy Fallon is a nice guy, offered as faint praise implying mediocrity or insufficient Trump support"

In May 2020, Trump described Fallon as a 'nice guy' (even if used as faint praise, it remains a fundamentally non-insulting characterization). By September 2025, the source labels Fallon a 'total loser.' Shifting from 'nice guy' to 'total loser' on the same person represents a genuine reversal in personal characterization — not merely a shift in emphasis or a different aspect of the same topic. The 5-year gap and shifting political context are noted but do not fully account for the directional flip from mildly complimentary to outright pejorative.

[View contradicting post →](/post/x_1257744456591130600)

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- ALL CAPS emphasis on CANCELLED and ZERO
- Personal sign-off 'President DJT'
- Stream-of-consciousness multi-target structure
- Triple exclamation marks
- Evening posting time consistent with personal use

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Jimmy Kimmel show cancellation)

Sentiment: +0.60

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Triumphalist tone
- Rapid targeting of multiple adversaries
- Commanding tone toward institutions

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 50%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- devaluation (immature)
- splitting (immature)
- distortion (pathological)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Victory celebration inviting audience to share triumph
- Framing personal grievance as collective good

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Sitting president publicly calling for cancellation of specific TV shows
- Pattern of using presidential platform to pressure media entities

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Jimmy Kimmel Show is cancelled

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Kimmel announced in early 2025 he would end his show; the final episodes aired in 2025. However framing it as ABC 'having the courage' to cancel misrepresents what was Kimmel's own decision to step down.

Sources: Public reporting on Kimmel's retirement announcement

> Kimmel has worse ratings than Colbert

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Kimmel and Colbert traded rating positions frequently; Kimmel was generally competitive with Colbert and sometimes ahead in key demographics.

Sources: Nielsen ratings data

> Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are on NBC

**TRUE**

Both host NBC late-night shows.

Overall Veracity: 67%

## Receipts (1)

### moderate — other (5 years earlier)

> Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are on NBC

_Sep 18, 2025_

vs.

> Jimmy Fallon is a nice guy, offered as faint praise implying mediocrity or insufficient Trump support

_May 5, 2020_

In May 2020, Trump described Fallon as a 'nice guy' (even if used as faint praise, it remains a fundamentally non-insulting characterization). By September 2025, the source labels Fallon a 'total loser.' Shifting from 'nice guy' to 'total loser' on the same person represents a genuine reversal in personal characterization — not merely a shift in emphasis or a different aspect of the same topic. The 5-year gap and shifting political context are noted but do not fully account for the directional flip from mildly complimentary to outright pejorative.

[View contradicting post](/post/x_1257744456591130600)

## Tags

- schadenfreude (90%)
- media-pressure (80%)
- devaluation (80%)
- grandiosity (70%)
- late-night-tv (90%)

## That day

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

**Evening Escalation: From Routine Governance to Dehumanizing Attack on Omar**

Trump had a combative but structured day, opening with celebration of Jimmy Kimmel's show ending and a formal ANTIFA terrorist designation before going quiet for most of the day. The evening brought a rapid-fire posting session that started with routine legislative messaging and shared articles but steadily darkened, culminating in a two-part attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar that grew from xenophobic insinuation to calling her "SCUM" and questioning her citizenship. The sharpest contrast of the day came between praising a loyal Republican immigrant congressman and, minutes later, treating a critical immigrant congresswoman as permanently foreign and subhuman.

Full digest for 2025-09-18: https://trump.fm/date/2025-09-18/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, September 18). Great News for America: The ratings challenged... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115222372625104790
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel..." Truth Social, 18 Sep. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115222372625104790. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel...," Truth Social, September 18, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115222372625104790.

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