# Post x_807663477322027008

- Post ID: `x_807663477322027008`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2016-12-10T19:09:13.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_807663477322027008/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_807663477322027008.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> October 2015 - thanks Chris Wallace @FoxNewsSunday! https://t.co/VEsgPcWq7z

## Engagement

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T07:13:30.900Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: October 2015 Fox News Sunday Callback

This is a brief, low-intensity post in which Trump shares a clip from an October 2015 Chris Wallace interview on Fox News Sunday, expressing gratitude. The post is essentially self-promotional — sharing favorable past media coverage during the transition period.

### Context
Posted at ~2:09 PM ET on December 10, 2016, the same day Trump attended the Army-Navy game. This falls within a cluster of posts that day addressing CNN's "fake news" reporting about The Apprentice and sharing supportive media content.

### Authorship
The brevity, simple structure, and mid-afternoon Saturday timing are consistent with either Trump or an aide. The lack of emotional charge, caps, or typos leans slightly toward aide-assisted, though Trump frequently posted brief link-sharing tweets himself. The nostalgic self-referencing (sharing a year-old clip) is characteristic of Trump's habit of resurfacing favorable coverage.

### Psychological Function
This post serves a narcissistic supply function — resurfacing a favorable media moment from early in his campaign. Coming on a day when he was combating CNN reporting he deemed "fake news," this functions as a counterweight: curating positive media to offset negative coverage. The temporal reference ("October 2015") invokes his origin story as a candidate, reinforcing the redemption/hero narrative arc.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- Mid-afternoon Saturday timing
- No caps or typos
- Brief link-sharing format
- Self-referential nostalgia consistent with Trump

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Favorable Fox News coverage from campaign period)

Sentiment: +0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 15%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- sharing favorable media as social proof

## Tags

- supply-seeking (60%)
- media-curation (50%)
- low-intensity (80%)

## That day

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

**Birth of "FAKE NEWS" as a Weapon: Trump Denies and Claims Credit for The Apprentice in the Same Breath**

Trump spent the day juggling post-rally victory laps from Louisiana and Michigan with a defensive fight over CNN reports about his continued ties to The Apprentice. In a revealing pair of posts, he insisted he had "NOTHING" to do with the show while simultaneously claiming he conceived it and holds a big financial stake -- a contradiction that neatly captures his competing needs for both deniability and credit. The day also marks one of his earliest uses of "FAKE NEWS" to attack mainstream journalism, a rhetorical move that would define his media strategy for years to come. He attended the Army-Navy game and praised Rudy Giuliani for stepping aside from consideration for Secretary of State, keeping the tone otherwise upbeat and self-congratulatory.

Full digest for 2016-12-10: https://trump.fm/date/2016-12-10/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2016, December 10). October 2015 - thanks Chris Wallace... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_807663477322027008
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "October 2015 - thanks Chris Wallace @FoxNewsSunday!..." X (Twitter), 10 Dec. 2016. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_807663477322027008. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "October 2015 - thanks Chris Wallace @FoxNewsSunday!...," X (Twitter), December 10, 2016, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_807663477322027008.

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