# Post x_943824695144697857

- Post ID: `x_943824695144697857`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-12-21T12:45:17.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_943824695144697857
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_943824695144697857/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_943824695144697857.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Was @foxandfriends just named the most influential show in news? You deserve it - three great people! The many Fake News Hate Shows should study your formula for success!

## Engagement

- Likes: 92,312
- Reposts: 19,332
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.384Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T02:54:18.668Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Fox & Friends Endorsement Post (2017-12-21)

This post is a parasocial endorsement of Fox & Friends combined with an attack on competing media outlets, posted at 7:45 AM ET (Trump was in Washington, D.C. for the tax bill signing). The timing aligns with Trump's well-documented habit of live-tweeting Fox & Friends during its morning broadcast.

### Authorship
The timing (early morning, during Fox & Friends airtime), the casual rhetorical question opener, the emotional reactivity toward "Fake News Hate Shows," and the characteristic compound construction all point to authentic Trump authorship.

### Psychological Dynamics
This is a supply-seeking and loyalty-rewarding post. Fox & Friends serves as a primary narcissistic supply channel — offering daily validation. The post functions as public reward for favorable coverage, reinforcing the transactional media relationship. The simultaneous devaluation of competing shows ("Fake News Hate Shows") demonstrates classic splitting.

### Rhetorical Function
The post establishes an in-group/out-group media hierarchy: loyal outlets are "great" and successful; critical outlets are "fake" and hateful. The suggestion that competitors "study your formula" implies their failure is due to not praising Trump — conflating journalistic quality with sycophancy.

### Context
Coming during the tax bill victory week, Trump is in a grandiose, expansive state. This post is relatively low-intensity maintenance — rewarding allies during a period of political triumph.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Fox & Friends named the most influential show in news" | **Mostly True** | Fox & Friends was frequently cited in media influence rankings during this period, partly due to Trump's known viewership and its agenda-setting effect on his tweets. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- 7:45 AM ET posting during Fox & Friends broadcast
- Rhetorical question opener typical of live-reaction tweets
- Emotional language ('Fake News Hate Shows')
- Casual, unpolished style

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Fox & Friends favorable coverage)

Sentiment: +0.40

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Expansive, generous mood during victory period
- Grandiose framing of media landscape

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 15%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)
- idealization (immature)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- direct address to show hosts as if in personal conversation
- public reward for loyalty
- framing media relationship as personal

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Fox & Friends named the most influential show in news

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Fox & Friends was frequently cited in media influence rankings during this period, partly due to Trump's known viewership and its agenda-setting effect on his tweets.

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- media-loyalty (90%)
- supply-seeking (80%)
- splitting (70%)
- fox-friends (100%)

## That day

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

**Tax Bill Victory Lap: A Uniformly Grandiose Day With Zero Rage**

The day after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act cleared Congress, Trump spent the morning celebrating the win and claiming credit for economic momentum. Five posts over about six hours struck a consistently self-congratulatory tone -- praising the tax bill, boasting about home sales, thanking Fox News, and warning Democrats against a government shutdown. It was one of the calmest days on record, with no flashes of anger and no personal attacks on individuals. Notably absent was any mention of the UN General Assembly's lopsided vote rejecting the U.S. Jerusalem decision, a significant rebuke he chose not to engage with publicly.

Full digest for 2017-12-21: https://trump.fm/date/2017-12-21/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, December 21). Was @foxandfriends just named the most... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_943824695144697857
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Was @foxandfriends just named the most influential show in..." X (Twitter), 21 Dec. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_943824695144697857. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Was @foxandfriends just named the most influential show in...," X (Twitter), December 21, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_943824695144697857.

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