# Post x_1262392931962454000

- Post ID: `x_1262392931962454000`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2020-05-18T18:41:43.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_1262392931962454000
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_1262392931962454000/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1262392931962454000.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> We are with them! https://t.co/H7DRHXPJYb

## Engagement

- Likes: 0
- Reposts: 22,500
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:24.805Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T07:31:42.791Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: "We are with them!" — May 18, 2020

## Analytical Limitations

This post presents a significant interpretive obstacle: the linked URL (https://t.co/H7DRHXPJYb) returned a connection refusal, rendering the referent of "them" unrecoverable. Five words of decontextualized text cannot support robust psychological analysis, and any findings should be treated as provisional.

## Authorship Attribution (Medium Confidence: Aide-Written)

The post was published at **14:41 EDT** (UTC 18:41), mid-afternoon during business hours — the strongest single indicator of aide-managed posting. All secondary indicators reinforce this: institutional "We" rather than personal "I," zero typos, clean grammar, pure link-sharing format with minimal gloss text, and no emotional register whatsoever.

Comparison with same-day authenticated Trump posts is instructive. "REOPEN OUR COUNTRY!" and the multi-tweet Afghanistan digression ("We are more of a police force than the mighty military...") display unmistakable Trump signatures — ALL CAPS, run-on syntax, mid-thought pivots, impulsiveness. "We are with them!" shares none of these features. Attribution to Dan Scavino or equivalent staff is the most parsimonious explanation.

## Rhetorical Function

The unanchored deixis ("them") is a deliberate engagement mechanism. Audiences cannot evaluate or affirm the solidarity claim without clicking through. The construction also permits maximal audience projection — viewers insert whichever constituency they personally wish to see supported.

## Contextual Inference

Given same-day tweets demanding reopening and the broader COVID-19 political context (states entering Phase 2 reopening, Operation Warp Speed announcement), "them" most plausibly refers to reopening advocates, essential workers, or a specific constituency amplified in the linked content.

## Summary Assessment

Analytically thin. No clinically significant patterns are detectable in five words; no summary warranted.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 20%)

### Indicators

- Posted at 14:41 EDT (business hours — strong aide indicator)
- Clean grammar, no typos or misspellings
- Uses institutional 'We' rather than personal 'I'
- Link-only post with minimal text — characteristic aide format for sharing content
- No emotional reactivity, no ALL CAPS, no stream-of-consciousness

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.35

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 10%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 5%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- In-group solidarity ('We are with them') mobilizes tribal identification without specifying content

## Tags

- aide-written (75%)
- solidarity-statement (60%)
- dead-link (100%)
- covid-context (50%)
- institutional-voice (70%)

## That day

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

**2 AM Whistleblower Siege Caps a 32-Post Day of Grievance Cycling and COVID Misinformation**

Trump posted heavily throughout the day, with the most intense period coming well after midnight when he launched a sustained attack on a COVID whistleblower featured on 60 Minutes, calling him a "creep" and pressuring a CBS executive by name. Earlier in the evening he pushed the "Obamagate" narrative across several posts, and during the day he falsely claimed COVID cases were declining nationwide and that U.S. testing exceeded all other countries combined. The mood swung between triumphalist sloganeering and rageful defensiveness, with the late-night whistleblower thread representing the day's emotional low point. A rapid-fire midday burst of crowd-size boasts and reopening demands briefly reset the tone, but afternoon posts circled back to the same wounds.

Full digest for 2020-05-18: https://trump.fm/date/2020-05-18/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2020, May 18). We are with them! https://t.co/H7DRHXPJYb [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_1262392931962454000
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "We are with them! https://t.co/H7DRHXPJYb" X (Twitter), 18 May. 2020. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1262392931962454000. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "We are with them! https://t.co/H7DRHXPJYb," X (Twitter), May 18, 2020, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1262392931962454000.

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