# Post ts_115227391845966364

- Post ID: `ts_115227391845966364`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-09-18T21:21:06.397Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115227391845966364
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115227391845966364/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_115227391845966364.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Jimmy Kimmel, just before announcement of the Best Picture of the Year, felt that he had to respond to a TRUTH put out by me toward the end of the Show. He made a total FOOL of himself, his wife and agent begging him not to do it, while also proving to be one of the Worst Hosts in the History of the Academy Awards. WATCH THE CLIP!

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (0:40), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> I'm really proud of something. I was wondering if I could share it with you. I just got a review. And has there ever been a worse host than Jimmy Kimmel at the Oscars? His opening was that of a less than average person trying too hard to be something which he is not and never can be. Get rid of Kimmel and perhaps replace him with another washed up but cheap ABC talent, George Slopinopoulos. He would make everybody on stage look bigger, stronger, and more glamorous. Blah, blah, blah. Make America great again.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/115/227/390/774/535/922/original/cd4177c8de6b4734.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 18,013
- Reposts: 4,627
- Replies: 2,238
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.296Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T04:37:42.327Z (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_115227391845966364

### Context
This post references Jimmy Kimmel hosting the Academy Awards (March 2025), resurfaced in September 2025 — likely triggered by the earlier same-day post celebrating Kimmel's show cancellation. Trump is recycling an old grievance to compound his victory lap. The "WATCH THE CLIP!" with attached video indicates he or his team curated this as a follow-up attack.

### Authorship
Posted at 5:21 PM ET (likely White House). Business hours but the emotional tenor, characteristic uppercase emphasis, insider gossip framing ("his wife and agent begging him"), and stream-of-consciousness quality all point to authentic Trump composition, possibly with aide assistance attaching the video clip.

### Psychological Dynamics
This is a **victory-lap post** following narcissistic injury. The original injury was Kimmel responding to Trump's Truth during the Oscars broadcast — a perceived act of defiance on a major stage. The September context (Kimmel's cancellation) provides the redemption arc: the person who defied Trump has now been "punished" by market forces. Trump returns to the wound to reframe it as prophecy.

The claim about Kimmel's "wife and agent begging him not to do it" is almost certainly confabulated or sourced from gossip — presented as established fact to heighten the humiliation narrative. This is characteristic **sadistic devaluation**: the target is not merely wrong but foolish, warned by loved ones, and publicly degraded.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Devaluation**: "ZERO talent," "total FOOL," "one of the Worst Hosts in the History"
- **Distortion**: Reframing Kimmel's response as self-destruction rather than as criticism of Trump
- **Projection**: Trump, famously sensitive to criticism, frames Kimmel as the one who couldn't handle being challenged

### Rhetorical Analysis
Superlative framing ("Worst Hosts in the History of the Academy Awards"), call to action ("WATCH THE CLIP!"), appeal to social proof (wife/agent as authority figures who agreed with Trump's position). The narrative structure is contamination: Kimmel had a prestigious hosting role → ruined it by responding to Trump.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Kimmel's wife and agent begged him not to respond to Trump's Truth during the Oscars" | **Unverifiable** | No public reporting confirms this private detail. Likely confabulated or exaggerated gossip. |
| "Kimmel was one of the Worst Hosts in the History of the Academy Awards" | **Mostly False** | Kimmel hosted the Oscars multiple times to generally positive reviews. Subjective claim presented as consensus. |

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 80%)

### Indicators

- Emotional reactivity and personal grievance framing
- Characteristic uppercase emphasis pattern (FOOL, TRUTH, WATCH THE CLIP)
- Insider gossip claim about wife and agent
- Stream-of-consciousness sentence structure
- Business hours but stylistically authentic

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Criticism (Kimmel show cancellation providing closure to earlier narcissistic injury)

Sentiment: -0.50

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid-fire posting sequence (multiple posts same day on different topics)
- Grandiose victory-lap energy

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 60%

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

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

Cognitive Markers:
- confabulation

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Insider knowledge claims creating false intimacy
- WATCH THE CLIP as participatory command

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Kimmel's wife and agent begged him not to respond to Trump's Truth during the Oscars

**UNVERIFIABLE**

No public reporting confirms this private detail. Likely confabulated or exaggerated gossip.

> Kimmel was one of the Worst Hosts in the History of the Academy Awards

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Kimmel hosted the Oscars multiple times to generally positive reviews. Subjective claim presented as consensus.

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Tags

- celebrity_feud (80%)
- victory_lap (90%)
- devaluation (80%)
- revenge_narrative (70%)

## 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). Jimmy Kimmel, just before announcement of the... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115227391845966364
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Jimmy Kimmel, just before announcement of the Best Picture..." Truth Social, 18 Sep. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115227391845966364. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Jimmy Kimmel, just before announcement of the Best Picture...," Truth Social, September 18, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115227391845966364.

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