# Post x_917701841466593280

- Post ID: `x_917701841466593280`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-10-10T10:42:23.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_917701841466593280
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_917701841466593280/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_917701841466593280.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> With Jemele Hill at the mike, it is no wonder ESPN ratings have "tanked," in fact, tanked so badly it is the talk of the industry!

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.386Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T00:06:18.717Z (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: Jemele Hill / ESPN Post (2017-10-10)

This post targets ESPN anchor Jemele Hill, continuing Trump's culture-war offensive around NFL anthem protests. Hill had called Trump a "white supremacist" on Twitter in September 2017, and ESPN had been under conservative criticism. Trump weaponizes ESPN's declining ratings (a real industry trend driven primarily by cord-cutting) to attack Hill personally.

### Personality Dynamics
The post exemplifies Trump's pattern of identifying individual targets within larger institutional conflicts. Rather than engaging with Hill's criticism, he frames her as the *cause* of ESPN's business decline—a classic displacement that converts a personal grievance into a market verdict.

### Authorship
Posted at 6:42 AM ET (Trump was in Washington, D.C.). This falls squarely in his known early-morning Twitter window. The scare quotes around "tanked," the repetition ("tanked...tanked so badly"), and the conversational register all point to authentic Trump authorship.

### Clinical Notes
The post is part of a sustained campaign against Black public figures who criticized him (Hill, NFL players), channeled through patriotic framing. The racial subtext is notable but the post itself maintains plausible deniability by focusing on ratings.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "ESPN ratings have tanked" | **Half True** | ESPN viewership had been declining for years due to cord-cutting across all cable, not specifically due to any anchor. The decline was an industry-wide trend, not unique to ESPN or attributable to Hill. |
| "It is the talk of the industry" | **Mostly True** | ESPN's ratings decline was indeed widely discussed in media industry circles, though causes were debated and not attributed to Hill specifically. |

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 90%)

### Indicators

- Early morning posting (6:42 AM ET)
- Repetition of 'tanked'
- Scare quotes usage
- Conversational, unpolished tone
- Reactive to media criticism

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Jemele Hill's public criticism calling him a white supremacist)

**Rage:** Intensity 40% targeting Jemele Hill / ESPN
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.55

### Clinical

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

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance against media elites
- positioning audience as insiders who see through ESPN

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-12._

> ESPN ratings have tanked

**HALF TRUE**

ESPN viewership had been declining for years due to cord-cutting across all cable, not specifically due to any anchor. The decline was an industry-wide trend, not unique to ESPN or attributable to Hill.

Sources: Industry reporting on cord-cutting trends 2015-2017

> It is the talk of the industry

**MOSTLY TRUE**

ESPN's ratings decline was indeed widely discussed in media industry circles, though causes were debated and not attributed to Hill specifically.

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Tags

- media_attack (80%)
- culture_war (70%)
- racial_subtext (60%)
- anthem_protests (50%)

## That day

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

**NFL Anthem Campaign Enters Consolidation Phase as Trump Rewards Compliance and Punishes Dissent**

Trump spent the day managing his ongoing NFL anthem protest campaign, praising Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones for threatening to bench protesting players and calling for the league's tax breaks to be revoked. A rapid-fire early morning posting session covered immigration, healthcare, and ESPN before pivoting to attack Senator Bob Corker over a New York Times interview — the day's sharpest flash of anger. The day ended on a celebratory note with the Pittsburgh Penguins visiting the White House, capping a mostly controlled and grandiose day with only brief reactive flare-ups.

Full digest for 2017-10-10: https://trump.fm/date/2017-10-10/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, October 10). With Jemele Hill at the mike, it is no wonder... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_917701841466593280
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "With Jemele Hill at the mike, it is no wonder ESPN ratings..." X (Twitter), 10 Oct. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_917701841466593280. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "With Jemele Hill at the mike, it is no wonder ESPN ratings...," X (Twitter), October 10, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_917701841466593280.

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