# Post ts_115359097815090250

- Post ID: `ts_115359097815090250`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-10-12T03:35:40.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115359097815090250
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115359097815090250/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_115359097815090250.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Great job by super lawyer Bill Brennan on Fake News CNN. He took the third rate "anchor" apart when discussing the legal merit of various cases. They probably won't have him back again. Total losers!!!

## Engagement

- Likes: 27,059
- Reposts: 5,396
- Replies: 908
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.294Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T04:55:38.034Z (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_115359097815090250

### Overview
A routine post praising lawyer Bill Brennan for a CNN appearance defending Trump's legal positions, while attacking the network and anchor. This is a standard supply-maintenance post following a familiar template: praise ally → attack media → dismissive insult.

### Timing & Authorship
Posted at 03:35 UTC on October 12. In mid-October Trump is likely at Mar-a-Lago (EDT, UTC-4), making this 11:35 PM local time — late evening, within authentic Trump posting hours. The informal style, emotional reactivity, exclamation marks, and characteristic insults ("third rate," "Total losers!!!") are consistent with authentic authorship.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post functions as narcissistic supply maintenance through proxy victory. Brennan serves as a surrogate — his success on CNN is experienced as Trump's success. The phrase "took the...anchor apart" reveals vicarious aggression against media perceived as hostile. The prediction "They probably won't have him back again" frames effective defense of Trump as something CNN would suppress, reinforcing persecution schema.

### Rhetorical Devices
- Superlative praise for ally ("super lawyer")
- Devaluation of opponent ("third rate," "Total losers")
- Scare quotes around "anchor" to delegitimize
- Prediction of censorship to reinforce persecution narrative

### Clinical Significance
Low. This is baseline Trump media commentary with no notable deviation.

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Late night local time (11:35 PM EDT)
- Triple exclamation marks
- Characteristic insult vocabulary ('third rate', 'Total losers')
- Informal stream-of-consciousness style
- Scare quotes usage

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Bill Brennan CNN appearance)

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 20%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- sharing insider media narrative
- modeling in-group loyalty

## Tags

- media-attack (80%)
- proxy-supply (70%)
- idealization-devaluation (60%)

## That day

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

**Sunday of Unprompted Grievance: Three Historical Wounds Reopened Without External Trigger**

Trump's Sunday was defined by an unprompted return to old grudges -- January 6, his first impeachment, and James Comey -- none tied to breaking news. The late night started with a praise post for a TV lawyer before pivoting sharply to a conspiracy claim about FBI agents at the Capitol, complete with a vague call to action. By morning, he was relitigating the 2019 impeachment with fresh indignation, calling it worse than Watergate. The afternoon brought a calmer shift: a patronizing reassurance about China, a higher-education executive order, and a cluster of self-congratulatory shares. Despite a government shutdown entering its twelfth day, he never mentioned it once.

Full digest for 2025-10-12: https://trump.fm/date/2025-10-12/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, October 12). Great job by super lawyer Bill Brennan on Fake... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115359097815090250
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Great job by super lawyer Bill Brennan on Fake News CNN. He..." Truth Social, 12 Oct. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115359097815090250. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Great job by super lawyer Bill Brennan on Fake News CNN. He...," Truth Social, October 12, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115359097815090250.

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