# Post x_1305154297596792800 - Post ID: `x_1305154297596792800` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2020-09-13T18:40:07.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_1305154297596792800 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_1305154297596792800/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1305154297596792800.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > They just don’t get it! https://t.co/kGV9geK4l8 ## Engagement - Likes: 0 - Reposts: 12,284 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:24.803Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T14:42:43.420Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Analysis: "They just don't get it!" — September 13, 2020 ### Preliminary Note on Link Resolution The attached t.co link returned ECONNREFUSED and could not be resolved. The post's referent — whatever "they just don't get" — is therefore indeterminate. Analysis proceeds from post text, same-day posting pattern, and known contextual events. Confidence on several dimensions is accordingly reduced. --- ### Authorship Attribution Posted at 18:40 UTC on September 13, 2020 (Sunday). Trump was most likely in or near Henderson, Nevada, based on the indoor rally held there around September 12–13. Local time (PDT, UTC−7): **11:40 AM** — solidly mid-morning business hours. The post structure — a single dismissive reactive caption appended to a media link — is consistent with a media-share template aides frequently use, attaching a brief emotionally charged phrase to a clip or article. The phrase itself ("They just don't get it!") is idiomatically consistent with Trump's voice and could represent a dictated caption. Attribution is ambiguous; lean slightly aide-assisted for the format, but the phrasing is authentically Trumpian. --- ### Level 1: Big Five Trait Expression Extraversion (assertiveness) is mildly elevated — the exclamation mark signals affect. Agreeableness is markedly low — the phrase positions an unnamed outgroup as fundamentally incomprehending. Neuroticism (hostile dismissal) is present but at low intensity. Conscientiousness is minimal — the post is perfunctory, non-specific. Openness is rigid — the framing assumes singular correct comprehension (Trump's) against universal failure by "they." --- ### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Agency motive dominant**: The post asserts epistemic superiority. "They don't get it" positions Trump as the one who *does* get it — a knowledge-superiority claim consistent with chronic power/status motivation. **Schema**: World divided into comprehenders (Trump, his base) and incomprehenders (undefined outgroup — likely media, Democrats, critics). This binary schema is habitual and dispositionally stable across his posting history. --- ### Level 3: Narrative Identity - **Protagonist role**: The Knower — sole possessor of correct understanding. - **Contrasting other**: "They" — amorphous, unspecified, collectively incompetent. - **Narrative sequence**: Contamination-adjacent — the implicit narrative is that the correct reality exists but is being persistently misunderstood or misrepresented by a hostile/foolish outgroup. - **Identity claim**: "I understand; they do not" — competence and perceptual superiority over critics. Given same-day posts attacking COVID statistics (defending downward trend narrative), Bloomberg ("Mini Mike"), and NYC crime, "they" most plausibly refers to COVID critics or media commentators dismissing the COVID numbers Trump cited earlier. The Woodward "Rage" revelations — published days prior — constituted a major narcissistic injury, and this dismissive framing is consistent with defensive contempt in response. --- ### Level 4: Clinical Indicators #### Malignant Narcissism - **Narcissistic features**: Epistemic grandiosity (implicit: I alone understand). Mild-moderate. - **Antisocial features**: Not evident in isolation. - **Paranoid features**: Mild — vague "they" implies unnamed, diffuse persecutory force. - **Sadism**: Not apparent. #### Narcissistic Dynamics - **Trigger**: Probable narcissistic injury from Woodward revelations and ongoing media criticism of COVID management and rally behavior. The "they don't get it" dismissal is a contempt-based defense against criticism that cannot be directly refuted. - **State**: Grandiose — not wounded/vulnerable framing; asserts superiority rather than victimhood. - **Rage**: Absent in this post; contemptuous dismissal rather than rage. #### Defense Mechanisms - **Denial (Pathological Level 1)**: Refusing to engage with the substance of criticism, condensing it to "they just don't get it" — a wholesale invalidation of the critic's comprehension. - **Projection (Immature Level 2)**: Critics who question his COVID management or Woodward admissions are cast as cognitively deficient rather than factually correct. - **Rationalization (Neurotic Level 3)**: The linked content presumably provided supporting "evidence" — rationalization embedded in the link structure. --- ### Cognitive Status Post is too brief (seven words + link) to meaningfully assess language production. No word-finding errors, perseveration, or paraphasia detectable. Syntactic complexity is minimal but consistent with baseline short reactive posts. No deterioration signal. --- ### Rhetorical Analysis - **False dichotomy**: Implicit binary — those who "get it" vs. those who don't. - **Vague enemy**: "They" — maximally inclusive, non-falsifiable attribution of error to an undefined group. - **Implied appeal to in-group**: Followers who *do* "get it" are flattered by contrast. - **Dismissal as rhetoric**: The exclamation-point cadence signals exasperation, inviting sympathetic readers to share contempt for the unnamed "they." - No dehumanizing language. No violent imagery. No stochastic terrorism indicators. --- ### Gaslighting / Reality Distortion Without link content, cannot assess specific reality claims. The broader "they just don't get it" framing is a soft epistemic closure move — positioning critics as comprehensively wrong without engaging specific claims — but falls short of active gaslighting in isolation. --- ### Danger Assessment No indicators of elevated danger. No dehumanization, no eliminationist language, no target identification, no mobilization call. --- ### Archetypal Frame Primary archetype: **Knower/Sage** (shadow of Trickster). Trump positions himself as the one who sees clearly while others remain blind. This is a lower-activation post — no Warrior or King energy — more the quiet superiority of someone who believes he has already won the argument. --- ### Summary Note Post is clinically sub-threshold for significant analysis given minimal content and unresolvable link. No summary generated. ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 45%) ### Indicators - 11:40 AM local time (PDT) — mid-morning business hours, consistent with aide posting - Format (reactive caption + media link) is a common aide-managed template - Phrase 'They just don't get it!' is idiomatically authentic Trump — could be dictated caption - Exclamation mark emotional punctuation consistent with Trump's authentic style - No typos or spelling errors — slightly favors aide, but post too brief to draw firm conclusions ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Probable: Woodward 'Rage' revelations and ongoing media criticism of COVID management) Sentiment: -0.35 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 35% - Antisocial: 5% - Paranoid: 20% - Sadism: 5% **Defense Mechanisms:** - denial (pathological) - projection (immature) - rationalization (neurotic) **Parasocial Techniques:** - In-group flattery by contrast — followers who 'get it' are implicitly affirmed - Vague enemy construction inviting audience projection of their own specific grievances ## Tags - epistemic_closure (70%) - contemptuous_dismissal (80%) - grandiose_state (50%) - vague_enemy_construction (70%) - media_share_format (60%) - narcissistic_injury_response (50%) - low_content_post (90%) ## 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). They just don’t get it! https://t.co/kGV9geK4l8 [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_1305154297596792800 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "They just don’t get it! https://t.co/kGV9geK4l8" X (Twitter), 13 Sep. 2020. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1305154297596792800. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "They just don’t get it! https://t.co/kGV9geK4l8," X (Twitter), September 13, 2020, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1305154297596792800. ## For agents - Site overview: https://trump.fm/llms.txt - API specification: https://trump.fm/openapi.json - MCP server: https://trump.fm/mcp (search and fetch tools, no auth) - This post as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/posts/x_1305154297596792800 - Analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/x_1305154297596792800 - All citation formats: https://trump.fm/api/cite/x_1305154297596792800 - Same day: https://trump.fm/date/2020-09-13 - The record alone, without the analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_1305154297596792800.md?analysis=false _Markdown view of a trump.fm page. 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