# Post x_1305151865697435600

- Post ID: `x_1305151865697435600`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2020-09-13T18:30:27.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_1305151865697435600
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_1305151865697435600/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1305151865697435600.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> But people don’t want to get mugged, beaten up, or killed. Let New York’s Finest (who proudly endorsed me!) do their job. Rehire crime squad and fired police. They will bring safety back to NYC, FAST!!! https://t.co/u14t0oSNVN

## Engagement

- Likes: 0
- Reposts: 16,768
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:24.795Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T14:42:11.984Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

This post operates as a polished law-and-order campaign message targeting NYC voters anxious about crime following the summer 2020 police reform movement. Its most clinically noteworthy feature is a mid-argument parenthetical — "(who proudly endorsed me!)" — that interrupts the civic argument to deliver narcissistic supply: a textbook intrusion of ego-maintenance into ostensibly outward-directed communication. The post is in grandiose mode (confidence, authority, simple solutions, urgency) rather than vulnerable or rage-driven mode, consistent with a subject seeking to project competence during a period of real political stress (Woodward revelations, Biden's 5-to-1 ad spending advantage). Authorship is mixed: business-hours timing and URL suggest staff involvement, but the parenthetical self-reference and 'FAST!!!' emphatics are strong authentic signatures. Critically, this post cannot be read in isolation: the same-day cluster includes "Animals that must be hit hard!" and calls for expedited capital punishment, revealing that this relatively measured post is the retail-political face of a broader rhetorical escalation. The law-and-order cluster as a whole follows a classic mobilization arc — dehumanize (animals), threaten (death penalty), legitimate (police endorsement) — which, while not reaching stochastic terrorism threshold individually, represents a structured fear-and-order campaign strategy. No cognitive deviation from established baseline.

# Psychological Analysis: Trump Tweet, September 13, 2020

## Level 1: Dispositional Traits

High extraversion and dominant assertiveness are salient throughout — the post speaks with unqualified authority on policing and municipal governance. Agreeableness is minimal; the framing is adversarial (failed Democrats vs. endorsed police). Openness is absent; the solution is simple, obvious, and has already been decided.

## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations

The dominant motive is **agency/power**, specifically status-maintenance. The NYPD endorsement is not merely a rhetorical device but a supply-seeking pivot: the argument is framed as civic concern, but the narrator cannot complete a sentence without reporting a personal accolade. This is consistent with chronic supply-seeking behavior documented across the broader corpus.

## Level 3: Narrative Identity

Trump casts himself as the **competent sovereign** in contrast to implicitly failed Democratic leadership. The narrative sequence is classic redemption: disorder (crime, "mugged, beaten up, or killed") → intervention (Trump/police) → restoration ("bring safety back"). The opening "But" implies this post responds to a Democratic position or news item, positioning him as the corrective voice.

## Level 4: Clinical Indicators

The intra-sentence endorsement aside — "(who proudly endorsed me!)" — is a reliable narcissistic signature: the ego cannot sustain an outward-directed argument without redirecting to self-referential validation. This micro-pattern recurs consistently across the corpus and merits tracking as a baseline behavior.

## Contextual Cluster Assessment

Viewed in isolation, this post is moderate. In the day's cluster context, it represents the most polished expression of a broader theme that includes explicit dehumanization ("Animals that must be hit hard!") and calls for accelerated capital punishment ("fast trial death penalty for the killer"). The cluster together constitutes an escalating law-and-order mobilization sequence, with this post serving the retail political function while the flanking posts serve the base-energizing function.

## Danger Assessment

This specific post: **none**. The broader same-day cluster: **elevated**, due to dehumanization and death penalty advocacy for not-yet-convicted individuals.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "New York's Finest proudly endorsed me" | **True** | The NYPD Police Benevolent Association endorsed Trump in August 2020, a notable and publicized endorsement. |
| "NYC disbanded/fired crime squad" | **Mostly True** | The NYPD did dissolve its approximately 600-officer plainclothes anti-crime unit in June 2020 following Floyd protests, though 'fired police' overstates dismissals. |

Overall Veracity: 90%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 65%)

### Indicators

- 2:30 PM EDT (business hours) reduces authentic probability
- Contains outbound URL suggesting staff curation
- Parenthetical '(who proudly endorsed me!)' is a quintessentially authentic self-referential aside mid-sentence
- Opening 'But' implies continuation of thread/reactive stream, consistent with authentic posting behavior
- Mixed register: structured policy prescription alongside impulsive ALL-CAPS 'FAST!!!'

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (NYPD endorsement and NYC crime narrative)

Sentiment: -0.20

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 55%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 15%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- rationalization (neurotic)
- splitting (immature)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to NYC residents
- Endorsement leveraged as social proof for undecided voters
- Presenting self as sole competent actor ('They will bring safety back')

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-19._

> New York's Finest proudly endorsed me

**TRUE**

The NYPD Police Benevolent Association endorsed Trump in August 2020, a notable and publicized endorsement.

Sources: NYPD PBA public endorsement statement, August 2020

> NYC disbanded/fired crime squad

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The NYPD did dissolve its approximately 600-officer plainclothes anti-crime unit in June 2020 following Floyd protests, though 'fired police' overstates dismissals.

Sources: NYPD public announcement, June 2020

Overall Veracity: 90%

## Tags

- law-and-order (90%)
- NYPD (80%)
- supply-seeking (70%)
- campaign-messaging (85%)
- grandiose-state (65%)
- fear-appeal (75%)
- NYC-crime (80%)

## That day

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

**Post-Rally Grandiosity Masks Woodward Crisis as Late-Night Dehumanization Escalates to "Animals That Must Be Hit Hard"**

Trump spent the day barnstorming Nevada with indoor rallies that violated the state's pandemic gathering limits, posting dozens of times between campaign stops. The mood was overwhelmingly boastful and combative, fueled by crowd energy, but punctuated by flashes of real anger -- particularly at a Biden campaign ad using the "losers and suckers" story and at the ambush shooting of two LA deputies. The most alarming moment came well after 2 AM local time, when a burst of posts escalated from religious nationalism to outright dehumanization, calling unnamed people "animals that must be hit hard." Notably absent all day: any direct engagement with the Woodward recordings showing he knowingly downplayed COVID, the single most damaging story of the week.

Full digest for 2020-09-13: https://trump.fm/date/2020-09-13/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2020, September 13). But people don’t want to get mugged, beaten up,... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_1305151865697435600
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "But people don’t want to get mugged, beaten up, or killed...." X (Twitter), 13 Sep. 2020. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1305151865697435600. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "But people don’t want to get mugged, beaten up, or killed....," X (Twitter), September 13, 2020, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1305151865697435600.

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