# Post x_613888145956995072

- Post ID: `x_613888145956995072`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-06-25T01:55:14.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_613888145956995072
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_613888145956995072/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_613888145956995072.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> The ratings for The View are really low. Nicole Wallace and Molly Sims are a disaster. Get new cast or just put it to  sleep. Dead T.V.

## Engagement

- Likes: 667
- Reposts: 236
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.350Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T09:07:44.728Z (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: Attack on The View

### Context
Posted at 9:55 PM ET (Trump likely in NYC during early campaign period). This is a late-evening post attacking The View's ratings and specific hosts, consistent with Trump's pattern of TV-critic tweets during evening viewing hours.

### Authorship
Late evening timing, punchy informal style, imperative commands ("Get new cast"), invented shorthand ("Dead T.V.") — strongly authentic Trump.

### Personality Analysis
Classic media-critic mode. Trump positions himself as an authority on television success, consistent with his identity as a former TV star. The post attacks Nicole Wallace — a Republican political commentator who had been critical of him — suggesting this may be retaliatory rather than genuine TV criticism. The adjacent posts show a pattern of attacking media figures (Willie Geist) while praising those who validate him (Halperin/Heilemann).

### Psychological State
Low-intensity narcissistic maintenance with possible displacement. During this period Trump was facing media pushback after his campaign announcement; attacking a show's ratings is a comfortable arena where he can assert dominance via his TV expertise.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Devaluation**: "disaster," "Dead T.V."
- **Displacement**: Attacking media critics on a show rather than addressing substantive criticism

### Rhetorical Techniques
Hyperbolic dismissal, imperative commands projecting authority over others' careers, death metaphor ("put it to sleep," "Dead T.V.").

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The ratings for The View are really low" | **Half True** | The View had experienced ratings declines during cast transitions in 2014-2015, though 'really low' is subjective characterization |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 95%)

### Indicators

- Late evening post (9:55 PM ET)
- Punchy informal style
- Imperative commands
- Idiosyncratic phrasing ('Dead T.V.')
- TV-critic content typical of authentic Trump

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Nicole Wallace / The View criticism)

Sentiment: -0.70

### Clinical

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

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- devaluation (immature)
- displacement (neurotic)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- positioning as TV authority
- imperative commands implying power over others' careers

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> The ratings for The View are really low

**HALF TRUE**

The View had experienced ratings declines during cast transitions in 2014-2015, though 'really low' is subjective characterization

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- media-attack (80%)
- tv-critic (90%)
- devaluation (70%)

## That day

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

**Post-Launch Euphoria Meets First Business Casualty: Trump Bathes in Poll Numbers While Univision Dispute Ignites the Immigration Narrative**

Nine days after announcing his presidential candidacy, Trump's June 25, 2015 output reveals a subject riding the intoxicating high of early campaign validation. Across 24 posts, the dominant psychological mode is grandiose (20 of 24 posts), characterized by poll-number celebration, supporter retweet binges, and preemptive attacks on media figures whose perceived disloyalty constitutes narcissistic injury. The evening session (8:36–11:34 PM EDT, June 24) is a sustained grandiose display: a mix of defensive swipes at Willie Geist, Neil Young, and The View, interspersed with campaign boosterism and a rapid-fire run of six supporter retweets in 27 minutes that reads as compulsive supply-harvesting. Supply-seeking is the most common trigger across the day (14 of 24 posts), consistent with the novelty and excitement of a fresh campaign launch.

The morning session (8:19–10:27 AM EDT, June 25) opens with a familiar pattern—attacking a media figure (Lawrence O'Donnell) and sharing poll results—before pivoting sharply to the day's most psychologically significant development: the Univision dispute over Miss Universe. This three-post cluster (x_614077300624257025, x_614077418089922560, x_614077526181314560) at 10:26–10:27 AM EDT marks the first real-world business consequence of the campaign launch rhetoric on immigration. Trump's response reveals his characteristic reframing: the injury (Univision pulling out) is transformed into evidence of a conspiracy ("Mexican gov forcing Univision") and validation of his own courage ("no way!"). A near-duplicate post reappears four hours later (x_614077300624257000) at 2:26 PM EDT with elevated rage (0.50 vs 0.40), suggesting the wound continued to fester.

Notably absent from the entire day is any mention of the Supreme Court's landmark King v. Burwell decision upholding Obamacare subsidies—a major political event that every other candidate addressed—indicating either strategic avoidance of a complex policy topic or genuine disinterest in governance-level issues this early in the campaign. The adequate sleep window (~8.75 hours) and generally coherent content argue against hypomanic classification; the elevated output is more consistent with campaign launch excitement than clinical mania.

Full digest for 2015-06-25: https://trump.fm/date/2015-06-25/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, June 25). The ratings for The View are really low. Nicole... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_613888145956995072
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The ratings for The View are really low. Nicole Wallace and..." X (Twitter), 25 Jun. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_613888145956995072. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The ratings for The View are really low. Nicole Wallace and...," X (Twitter), June 25, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_613888145956995072.

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