# Post x_611200270203273216

- Post ID: `x_611200270203273216`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-06-17T15:54:34.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_611200270203273216
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_611200270203273216/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_611200270203273216.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Only a fool would buy the @NYDailyNews. Loses fortune & has zero gravitas. Let it die!

## Engagement

- Likes: 545
- Reposts: 228
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.350Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T08:50:41.726Z (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: NY Daily News Attack

**Post:** "Only a fool would buy the @NYDailyNews. Loses fortune & has zero gravitas. Let it die!"

**Context:** Posted June 17, 2015 — the day after Trump's presidential campaign announcement. The NY Daily News was notably critical of Trump, frequently mocking him on its covers. This post sits among a series of grateful, supply-seeking posts thanking Fox News personalities, suggesting a mixed state of basking in attention while lashing out at critics.

**Timing:** 11:54 AM ET (Trump in New York, day after campaign launch at Trump Tower). Business hours but stylistically authentic — short, punchy, aggressive, imperative mood.

**Key Observations:**
- "Let it die!" — eliminationist language directed at an institution, not a person, but notable for its viciousness
- "zero gravitas" — projection; Trump was widely mocked as lacking gravitas in his announcement
- "Only a fool" — ad hominem toward any potential buyer
- The post contrasts sharply with the surrounding grateful/flattering posts, suggesting reactive aggression triggered by coverage

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "NY Daily News loses fortune" | **Mostly True** | The NY Daily News was indeed in serious financial decline, losing tens of millions annually. It would be sold for $1 in 2017. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Short, punchy imperative style
- Aggressive tone with exclamation
- Devaluation pattern typical of Trump
- Business hours but stylistically authentic

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (NY Daily News critical coverage of campaign announcement)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting NY Daily News
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 30%

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

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

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-07._

> NY Daily News loses fortune

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The NY Daily News was indeed in serious financial decline, losing tens of millions annually. It would be sold for $1 in 2017.

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- media_attack (80%)
- devaluation (70%)
- campaign_launch_period (60%)

## That day

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

**Day One of Candidate Trump: A Fox News Thank-You Tour and the First Campaign Swing**

June 17, 2015 marks Donald Trump's first full day as a declared presidential candidate, following his famous Trump Tower escalator announcement on June 16. The day's posting activity reveals a man consumed with cataloging and rewarding favorable media coverage of his announcement. The first five posts of the day (all from the evening of June 16 local time, while Trump was in Iowa) consist entirely of thanking Fox News personalities—Kimberly Guilfoyle, Eric Bolling, Greg Gutfeld, and Monica Crowley—for positive commentary, each paired with an implicit promise of reciprocity ("Will not be forgotten"). This phrase, repeated verbatim to two different hosts, reveals a transactional framework for media relationships that would become a defining feature of the Trump political apparatus.

The daytime hours show a shift toward campaign logistics—retweeting a supporter, posting a campaign slogan image, and documenting travel from Iowa to New Hampshire—interspersed with a single flash of retaliatory rage against the New York Daily News, which had mocked his candidacy announcement. The overall psychological profile is uniformly grandiose but remarkably low-intensity: this is not rage or defensiveness but rather the expansive, distributing-favors posture of a man savoring a moment of maximum attention. Many daytime posts carry very low authorship scores (0.10–0.40), suggesting a campaign staff rapidly learning to post on his behalf.

The Charleston Church Massacre, which would occur later that evening at approximately 9:05 PM EDT, had not yet taken place during Trump's posting window (last post at 6:56 PM EDT) and thus does not factor into this day's analysis. The day is psychologically unremarkable in isolation but historically significant as the template-setting first day of a candidacy that would reshape American politics.

Full digest for 2015-06-17: https://trump.fm/date/2015-06-17/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, June 17). Only a fool would buy the @NYDailyNews. Loses... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_611200270203273216
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Only a fool would buy the @NYDailyNews. Loses fortune &..." X (Twitter), 17 Jun. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_611200270203273216. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Only a fool would buy the @NYDailyNews. Loses fortune &...," X (Twitter), June 17, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_611200270203273216.

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