# Post x_881135264441258000

- Post ID: `x_881135264441258000`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-07-01T16:59:52.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_881135264441258000
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_881135264441258000/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_881135264441258000.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Word is that @Greta Van Susteren was let go by her out of control bosses at @NBC &amp, @Comcast because she refused to go along w/ 'Trump hate!'

## Engagement

- Likes: 0
- Reposts: 15,873
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:25.016Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T18:10:49.601Z (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: Greta Van Susteren / NBC Post (2017-07-01)

This post fits a broader pattern visible across the July 1 posts — a sustained media-attack cycle targeting NBC/MSNBC/CNN. Trump frames Van Susteren's departure from MSNBC as retaliation for insufficient anti-Trump bias, constructing a persecution narrative where media organizations punish loyalty to him.

### Key Observations

**Pattern Context:** This is one of at least three media-attack posts on the same day (CNN "FakeNews," Scarborough/Mika, and this one). The volume suggests an activated state, likely triggered by the Mika Brzezinski controversy backlash and ongoing Mueller probe pressure.

**Narrative Construction:** "Word is that" provides deniability while spreading the claim. Trump positions himself as so powerful that media figures are fired for refusing to oppose him — simultaneously a persecution claim and a grandiosity display.

**Factual Note:** Van Susteren's MSNBC show was cancelled June 29, 2017, due to low ratings after only six months. The framing as anti-Trump retaliation is a distortion.

**Defense Pattern:** Projection is active — Trump, who fires people for disloyalty, frames NBC bosses as firing someone for loyalty (to him). The "out of control bosses" language projects his own management style onto others.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Greta Van Susteren was let go because she refused to go along with 'Trump hate'" | **Mostly False** | Van Susteren's MSNBC show 'For the Record' was cancelled June 29, 2017 after only six months due to consistently low ratings. No credible reporting supports the claim it was related to her stance on Trump. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 75%)

### Indicators

- Stream-of-consciousness style
- Characteristic 'Word is that' hedging device
- Ampersand encoding suggests copy/paste or platform artifact
- 12:59 PM ET — business hours but stylistically authentic

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Media backlash over Brzezinski tweets; Mueller investigation expansion)

Sentiment: -0.50

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Multiple media-attack posts in single day suggesting elevated, activated state

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- distortion (pathological)
- splitting (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Positioning audience as insiders sharing gossip
- Creating loyalty test: support Trump or face consequences

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Reframes ratings-based cancellation as ideological persecution
- Constructs false narrative about media punishing pro-Trump figures

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-11._

> Greta Van Susteren was let go because she refused to go along with 'Trump hate'

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Van Susteren's MSNBC show 'For the Record' was cancelled June 29, 2017 after only six months due to consistently low ratings. No credible reporting supports the claim it was related to her stance on Trump.

Sources: Contemporary news reporting on MSNBC programming decisions

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- media_attack (80%)
- persecution_narrative (70%)
- loyalty_framing (60%)

## That day

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

**Defensive Media Blitz Caps With "Modern Day Presidential" Self-Redefinition**

Trump spent most of July 1st at war with the media, attacking CNN, NBC, and MSNBC hosts across a string of combative posts. The day was bookended by more routine presidential messaging -- North Korea policy, Canada Day greetings, a veterans event -- but the emotional center was a sustained defense of his social media use following bipartisan backlash to his attacks on Mika Brzezinski earlier that week. The evening climax was the now-iconic declaration that his tweeting is not unpresidential but "MODERN DAY PRESIDENTIAL," a confident rebranding of behavior most of Washington was urging him to stop. Overall mood: defiant and energized, with flashes of grievance but no signs of spiraling.

Full digest for 2017-07-01: https://trump.fm/date/2017-07-01/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, July 1). Word is that @Greta Van Susteren was let go by... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_881135264441258000
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Word is that @Greta Van Susteren was let go by her out of..." X (Twitter), 1 Jul. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_881135264441258000. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Word is that @Greta Van Susteren was let go by her out of...," X (Twitter), July 1, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_881135264441258000.

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