# Post ts_115055190585472069

- Post ID: `ts_115055190585472069`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-08-19T11:28:03.682Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115055190585472069
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115055190585472069/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_115055190585472069.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> STUPID AND UGLY WINDMILLS ARE KILLING NEW JERSEY. Energy prices up 28% this year, and not enough electricity to take care of state. STOP THE WINDMILLS!

## Engagement

- Likes: 36,969
- Reposts: 8,298
- Replies: 4,166
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.299Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T03:40:45.396Z (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: "STUPID AND UGLY WINDMILLS" Post

### Authorship
Posted at 11:28 UTC = 7:28 AM ET. Trump announced a Fox & Friends interview at 8:00 AM in a prior post, placing him likely at the White House or similar East Coast location. The 7:28 AM timing fits his known early-morning posting pattern. The ALL CAPS style, emotional adjectives ("STUPID AND UGLY"), imperative command structure, and lack of polish all strongly indicate authentic Trump authorship. This reads as a pre-interview warm-up rant.

### Psychological State
This is a **maintenance-mode** post recycling a long-standing grievance. Wind energy opposition is one of Trump's most durable obsessions, dating back to his Scottish golf course dispute (~2012). The post exhibits classic perseverative fixation on windmills — a topic he returns to with remarkable consistency regardless of external events.

### Rhetorical Analysis
The post deploys a simple three-part structure: (1) emotional labeling ("STUPID AND UGLY"), (2) factual-sounding claim (28% energy price increase), (3) imperative call to action ("STOP THE WINDMILLS!"). The anthropomorphization of windmills as agentive killers ("ARE KILLING") is characteristic hyperbole. The 28% claim requires verification but fits a pattern of citing statistics without sourcing.

### Defense Mechanisms
Splitting is evident: windmills are all-bad, presented as the singular cause of New Jersey's energy problems — a gross simplification of energy market dynamics. Externalization attributes blame to a concrete, visual target.

### Clinical Notes
The perseverative return to windmills is notable but well within Trump's established baseline. No cognitive markers of concern in this brief post.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Energy prices up 28% this year in New Jersey" | **Unverifiable** | No sourcing provided. NJ energy prices have fluctuated but a 28% single-year increase would be extraordinary and likely conflates specific rate hikes with overall energy costs. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- ALL CAPS throughout
- Emotional adjectives (STUPID AND UGLY)
- Early morning timing (7:28 AM ET)
- Imperative command structure
- No links or formatting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

**Rage:** Intensity 40% targeting windmills / wind energy policy
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.70

### Clinical

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

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

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

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance framing
- imperative mobilization call

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-22._

> Energy prices up 28% this year in New Jersey

**UNVERIFIABLE**

No sourcing provided. NJ energy prices have fluctuated but a 28% single-year increase would be extraordinary and likely conflates specific rate hikes with overall energy costs.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- windmill-fixation (80%)
- energy-policy (60%)
- new-jersey (50%)
- scapegoating (60%)

## That day

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

**Grandiose Maintenance Day Punctuated by Museum Censorship Threat and Powell Attack**

Trump spent the day in a self-congratulatory groove, sharing flattering links and supporter posts in the early morning before pivoting to policy grievances in the afternoon. The most striking moment was an attack on the Smithsonian and American museums for being too focused on slavery and hardship — paired with a directive to have attorneys intervene in museum content. A batch of roughly a dozen political endorsements dropped all at once in the late afternoon, almost certainly staff-produced. The day closed with a familiar broadside against Fed Chair Jerome Powell over interest rates, but nothing spiraled — the mood stayed confident and combative throughout.

Full digest for 2025-08-19: https://trump.fm/date/2025-08-19/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, August 19). STUPID AND UGLY WINDMILLS ARE KILLING NEW JERSEY.... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115055190585472069
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "STUPID AND UGLY WINDMILLS ARE KILLING NEW JERSEY. Energy..." Truth Social, 19 Aug. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115055190585472069. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "STUPID AND UGLY WINDMILLS ARE KILLING NEW JERSEY. Energy...," Truth Social, August 19, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115055190585472069.

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