# Post x_711638301111939072

- Post ID: `x_711638301111939072`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2016-03-20T19:39:27.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @gamzorz
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_711638301111939072
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_711638301111939072/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_711638301111939072.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

_Quotes @gamzorz, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @gamzorz's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._

> "@gamzorz:  @megynkelly Dont worry Trump, They are losing thousands of viewers and money. Roger Ailes will be telling Megyn to stop"

## Engagement

- Likes: 12,243
- Reposts: 3,280
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- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.379Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-09T21:10:56.218Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

On March 20, 2016, Trump retweeted an anonymous follower's message predicting Fox anchor Megyn Kelly would be reined in by Roger Ailes due to viewership losses — one of several Kelly-directed posts that day. The retweet form is clinically notable: it represents Trump's documented ventriloquist proxy technique, delivering a threatening message (your boss will silence you) while maintaining deniability. The Megyn Kelly grievance — originating in the August 2015 debate — shows as a persistent narcissistic injury unresolved by months of direct attacks. The redundant same-day posting (multiple Kelly references) indicates perseveration inconsistent with a candidate who had just seen his last serious primary opponent (Rubio) exit the race. The predicted institutional correction (Ailes disciplining Kelly) functions as a restoration fantasy — the offending object will be reduced without Trump needing to act directly. Defense structure: displacement via proxy + rationalization (market forces validate the grievance) + devaluation (Kelly's authority is precarious). The viewership-loss claim is unverifiable and likely confabulated, serving psychological rather than factual purpose. Danger level: none for violence; represents professional intimidation of a journalist. This post is clinically significant primarily as a marker of sustained narcissistic injury maintenance during a period when primary obstacles had otherwise been removed.

# Psychological Analysis: March 20, 2016 — Proxy Attack via Retweet

## Structural Observation

This post is a retweet of @gamzorz, not original Trump text. This distinction matters: the analysis concerns the *act of selection and amplification*, not the linguistic content per se. The chosen tweet aligns with a direct Trump post issued the same day attacking Kelly, making the retweet a deliberate continuation of a coordinated same-day narrative.

## Authorship Assessment

**Likely authentic Trump selection** (confidence: medium). The timing — 3:39 PM EST on a Sunday after a morning TV appearance — is consistent with Trump's known Sunday pattern of reactive posting. The retweet matches his same-day Kelly fixation verbatim in theme. No aide would curate an anonymous follower's clumsy tweet for this purpose; the impulsiveness is diagnostic.

## Narcissistic Dynamics

The Megyn Kelly feud is a textbook narcissistic injury response. Kelly refused the expected deference — she pressed Trump on documented statements during the August 2015 debate — triggering a grievance response that persisted for months into 2016. This post represents **ongoing wound maintenance**: the injury has not healed, and Trump returns to it repeatedly (see prior context: "highly overrated anchor"). 

The retweet mechanism is a signature Trump defense structure: **ventriloquist proxy attack**. By letting @gamzorz voice the threat ("Roger Ailes will be telling Megyn to stop"), Trump delivers a message of institutional threat to Kelly while preserving rhetorical deniability. This oscillates between grandiose state (Kelly will be disciplined) and vulnerable state (the need to keep returning to this wound at all).

## Wishful Prediction as Restoration Fantasy

The tweet's prediction — that Ailes will discipline Kelly — functions psychologically as narcissistic restoration fantasy. The offending object (Kelly) will be silenced by her own authority structure. Trump does not need to act; the institution will correct itself. This is consistent with the **devaluation** defense: Kelly will be reduced to manageable status by forces outside Trump's direct action.

**Historical note:** Roger Ailes fell from Fox News in July 2016 due to sexual harassment allegations, not due to Kelly's Trump coverage. Kelly later departed Fox entirely. The institutional authority invoked here proved hollow.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Megyn Kelly and Fox News are losing thousands of viewers and money" | **Mostly False** | The Trump-Kelly feud was a ratings generator for Fox News throughout the 2016 primary cycle. Kelly's show remained among Fox's top-rated programs. No documented evidence of significant viewership decline attributable to Kelly's Trump coverage. |
| "Roger Ailes will instruct Megyn Kelly to stop (her critical coverage of Trump)" | **False** | Ailes was forced out of Fox News in July 2016 amid sexual harassment allegations. Kelly departed Fox in January 2017 for NBC. No documented episode of Ailes disciplining Kelly over Trump coverage occurred. |

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Longitudinal Pattern Note

The same-day posting sequence is significant: Trump posts about Kelly at least twice on March 20, 2016 — once directly complaining, once via this retweet. The redundancy indicates **perseveration on the Kelly grievance**. For a candidate in the final stretch of a primary campaign (Rubio just dropped out, effectively clearing Trump's path), the continued preoccupation with a cable news anchor is disproportionate and consistent with sustained narcissistic injury that simple dominance has not resolved.

## Danger Assessment

**None** for violence. The post represents targeted reputational intimidation of a media figure, not stochastic terrorism. The implicit message — that Kelly's institutional superiors will discipline her — is threatening in a professional/career sense but does not incite action by third parties.

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 82%)

### Indicators

- Retweet format used as proxy attack — a documented Trump pattern for maintaining plausible deniability while amplifying grievance
- Timing: 19:39 UTC = ~3:39 PM EST (Sunday, March 20); daytime but a Sunday, consistent with Trump's less-structured weekend schedule
- Follower selection reflects Trump's ongoing Megyn Kelly fixation — the chosen tweet mirrors his own language patterns from the same day
- No aide would choose to amplify this amateurish tweet; this has the hallmarks of impulsive personal curation

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Megyn Kelly / Fox News ongoing coverage)

**Rage:** Intensity 55% targeting Megyn Kelly
- Proportionality: 20%

Sentiment: -0.42

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Multiple posts on same day covering rally grievances, media grievances, and TV appearances — elevated output consistent with campaign-trail activation
- Rapid topic-switching across Sunday: TV interview promotion → rally protest grievance → Kelly attack → Kelly proxy attack

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 72%
- Antisocial: 35%
- Paranoid: 45%
- Sadism: 38%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- displacement (immature)
- projection (immature)
- rationalization (neurotic)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Ventriloquist retweet — uses follower as mouthpiece to maintain closeness with base while delivering targeted attack
- Implicit victory narrative shared with followers ('they are losing') draws audience into shared persecution/triumph fantasy

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Same-day framing (direct Kelly post) positions Kelly as the aggressor despite Trump having repeatedly attacked her first over months
- DARVO structure: Trump casts himself as unable to 'fight back' in earlier post, then amplifies this retweet suggesting Kelly's institutional position is weakening — reversing the actual power dynamic

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-09._

> Megyn Kelly and Fox News are losing thousands of viewers and money

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The Trump-Kelly feud was a ratings generator for Fox News throughout the 2016 primary cycle. Kelly's show remained among Fox's top-rated programs. No documented evidence of significant viewership decline attributable to Kelly's Trump coverage.

Sources: General cable news ratings knowledge, 2016 period

> Roger Ailes will instruct Megyn Kelly to stop (her critical coverage of Trump)

**FALSE**

Ailes was forced out of Fox News in July 2016 amid sexual harassment allegations. Kelly departed Fox in January 2017 for NBC. No documented episode of Ailes disciplining Kelly over Trump coverage occurred.

Sources: General knowledge of Fox News 2016 events

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Tags

- proxy_attack (90%)
- narcissistic_injury_maintenance (85%)
- megyn_kelly_feud (95%)
- ventriloquist_retweet (88%)
- reality_distortion (60%)
- media_grievance (80%)

## That day

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

**Post-Rally Grandiosity Curdles Into Grievance Cascade as Trump Processes Arizona Protest Disruption**

On March 20, 2016 — a Sunday bridging a Saturday Arizona rally and a Palm Beach dinner — Donald Trump produced 18 posts (including at least three near-duplicate entries with adjacent post IDs) that traced a textbook contamination arc from rally triumph to persecutory victimhood. The first half of the day was dominated by grandiose supply-seeking: praise for Fox News allies (Diamond and Silk, Jesse Watters, Andrea Tantaros), boasts about crowd size ("6,000 supporters!"), and promotion of a scheduled ThisWeekABC interview. This post-rally euphoria was psychologically unremarkable and consistent with documented campaign-mode elevation. The pivot arrived at 16:13 UTC (12:13 PM EDT) when Trump shifted abruptly into a grievance cluster targeting rally protesters and media, deploying compressed DARVO constructions and bifurcated rage. Within an hour, the target expanded to include Megyn Kelly — a persistent narcissistic injury dating to August 2015 — producing a four-post rage plateau that included a named-target direct-mention, a ventriloquist proxy retweet predicting Kelly's professional silencing, and the demonstrably false claim that he "can't fight back."

The day's overnight travel from Tucson to Palm Beach, combined with posting patterns suggesting at most 4-5 hours of sleep, indicates shortened rest typical of campaign schedules but bordering on clinically significant. The displacement of residual grievance energy onto President Obama's Cuba visit — reframed as a dominance-hierarchy failure rather than a policy event — provided a clean psychological exit from the rage cluster, allowing the day to close on a grandiose register (Mar-a-Lago dinner, Obama critique). Three posts reached elevated danger levels, and the protester-directed posts collectively instantiated a stochastic terrorism pattern — constructing target, grievance, and implied remedy without explicit incitement. No cognitive anomalies relative to 2016 baseline were observed.

Full digest for 2016-03-20: https://trump.fm/date/2016-03-20/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2016, March 20). "@gamzorz: @megynkelly Dont worry Trump, They are... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_711638301111939072
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@gamzorz: @megynkelly Dont worry Trump, They are losing..." X (Twitter), 20 Mar. 2016. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_711638301111939072. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@gamzorz: @megynkelly Dont worry Trump, They are losing...," X (Twitter), March 20, 2016, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_711638301111939072.

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