# Post ts_115672630683376515

- Post ID: `ts_115672630683376515`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-12-06T12:31:11.942Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_115672630683376515.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Why would Fox and Friends Weekend (of all things?) put on a "Stockbroker" named Peter Schiff, a Trump hating loser who has already proven to be wrong. Either the show made a mistake, or it is heading in a different direction. He thinks prices are going up when, in fact, they are coming substantially down. Gasoline hit $1.99 a gallon yesterday, in certain states, and is down BIG since Biden. Other prices are almost all down. Biden caused the AFFORDABILITY CRISIS, I'M FIXING IT, along with everything else! Much of it, like the Border, is already fixed. Check out the "booker" who put this jerk on!

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.288Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T06:30:13.802Z (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 demonstrates a textbook narcissistic injury response triggered by criticism on allied media. Trump's attack on Fox & Friends Weekend for hosting critic Peter Schiff reveals active splitting — the show is warned it may be "heading in a different direction," a loyalty test that implicitly threatens reclassification from in-group to out-group. The devaluation of Schiff as a "Trump hating loser" and "jerk" substitutes ad hominem for substantive economic rebuttal.

The economic claims contain significant reality distortions: cherry-picking $1.99 gas in select states while claiming prices are "almost all down" conflates moderating inflation with actual price decreases. The assertion that the border is "already fixed" overstates policy outcomes. The grandiose escalation to "fixing it, along with everything else" is characteristic of narcissistic expansion under perceived threat.

Most concerning is the closing directive to "check out the booker" — a targeted intimidation tactic aimed at producing self-censorship among Fox News editorial staff. This represents an ongoing pattern of media pressure designed to ensure allied networks function as uncritical platforms. While not rising to stochastic terrorism, the pattern of identifying specific media personnel for audience attention carries implicit threat value and merits longitudinal tracking.

## Psychological Analysis: Attack on Peter Schiff / Fox & Friends Weekend

### Post Context
Trump attacks Fox & Friends Weekend for booking Peter Schiff, a financial commentator critical of Trump's economic policies. The post combines media criticism, economic claims, and personal attacks.

### Authorship
Posted at 12:31 UTC = 7:31 AM EST. Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago or DC area in early December 2025. This is consistent with his known pattern of early morning TV watching and reactive posting. The emotional reactivity, stream-of-consciousness style, ALL CAPS passages, and personal attacks all indicate authentic Trump authorship. The parenthetical asides ("of all things?") and imperatives ("Check out the 'booker'") are characteristic markers.

### Psychological Dynamics
This is a classic narcissistic injury response triggered by criticism aired on a network Trump considers "his." The post reveals the splitting defense clearly: Fox & Friends Weekend is being warned it may be "heading in a different direction" — a threat of reclassification from idealized in-group to devalued out-group. Schiff is dismissed via ad hominem ("Trump hating loser") rather than substantive rebuttal.

The economic claims escalate from specific (gas at $1.99) to grandiose ("fixing it, along with everything else!"), culminating in the claim the border is "already fixed" — a reality distortion given ongoing complexities. The closing demand to investigate the booker is a dominance display aimed at producing self-censorship at Fox News.

### Rhetorical Structure
The post follows Trump's standard attack template: rhetorical question → ad hominem → counter-claim → self-aggrandizement → threat. The ALL CAPS "AFFORDABILITY CRISIS, I'M FIXING IT" functions as both emphasis and emotional discharge.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Gasoline hit $1.99 a gallon yesterday in certain states" | **Mostly True** | Gas prices in some low-cost states (Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi) periodically dip below $2.00. The qualifier 'in certain states' makes this plausible but cherry-picked. |
| "Other prices are almost all down" | **Mostly False** | While inflation rate has moderated, most consumer prices remain elevated. Grocery, housing, and insurance costs remained high through 2025. Prices growing slower is not the same as prices being down. |
| "The Border is already fixed" | **Mostly False** | While border crossings declined significantly under Trump's second term policies, characterizing the border as 'already fixed' overstates the situation given ongoing legal challenges, staffing issues, and continued crossings. |

Overall Veracity: 40%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 92%)

### Indicators

- Early morning reactive posting (7:31 AM EST)
- Stream-of-consciousness with parenthetical asides
- ALL CAPS emotional emphasis
- Ad hominem attacks
- Imperative closing directive

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Peter Schiff appearance on Fox & Friends Weekend criticizing Trump economic policy)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting Peter Schiff, Fox & Friends Weekend booker
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.55

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Grandiose claims of fixing everything
- Rapid topic shifts
- Elevated emotional intensity

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 30%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)
- devaluation (immature)
- denial (pathological)
- projection (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 45%

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to audience as co-validators
- Framing critic as outsider to shared in-group

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Implicit threat to Fox News personnel ('Check out the booker') designed to produce self-censorship
- Pattern of media intimidation that chills editorial independence

### Gaslighting

- Claiming prices are 'almost all down' when most consumer prices remain elevated
- Asserting the border is 'already fixed' — an oversimplification designed to foreclose debate

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Gasoline hit $1.99 a gallon yesterday in certain states

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Gas prices in some low-cost states (Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi) periodically dip below $2.00. The qualifier 'in certain states' makes this plausible but cherry-picked.

Sources: GasBuddy price tracking; AAA fuel gauge

> Other prices are almost all down

**MOSTLY FALSE**

While inflation rate has moderated, most consumer prices remain elevated. Grocery, housing, and insurance costs remained high through 2025. Prices growing slower is not the same as prices being down.

Sources: BLS CPI data

> The Border is already fixed

**MOSTLY FALSE**

While border crossings declined significantly under Trump's second term policies, characterizing the border as 'already fixed' overstates the situation given ongoing legal challenges, staffing issues, and continued crossings.

Sources: CBP encounter data

Overall Veracity: 40%

## Tags

- media_intimidation (80%)
- economic_claims (70%)
- narcissistic_injury (80%)
- splitting (70%)
- loyalty_test (60%)

## That day

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

**A Routine Day of Presidential Brand Management, Punctuated by a Brief Morning Media Rage Spike**

Trump spent most of the day curating and amplifying favorable media coverage — sharing Fox News clips, celebrating a FIFA peace prize, and name-dropping Cristiano Ronaldo. The morning opened with a brief flash of anger, first at Fox & Friends for hosting a critic, then at CNN for asking about White House renovation cost overruns. Both flare-ups faded quickly. The day was bookended by a sustained pressure campaign on Indiana state senators to pass a partisan redistricting map, with Trump naming nine specific legislators and threatening to help primary any who vote no. A late-afternoon post blamed Democrats and immigrants for a stabbing in Charlotte.

Full digest for 2025-12-06: https://trump.fm/date/2025-12-06/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, December 6). Why would Fox and Friends Weekend (of all... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115672630683376515
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Why would Fox and Friends Weekend (of all things?) put on a..." Truth Social, 6 Dec. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115672630683376515. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Why would Fox and Friends Weekend (of all things?) put on a...," Truth Social, December 6, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115672630683376515.

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