# Post x_258311801484226560

- Post ID: `x_258311801484226560`
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- Posted: 2012-10-16T21:01:47.000Z (UTC)
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## Post text

> If the @yankees can somehow beat Verlander tonight then they can still salvage the series. And I will go to games 6& 7 so they will win!

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-13T00:24:43.563Z (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 October 16, 2012 post (age 66) exemplifies **grandiose magical thinking** as stable personality trait: Trump asserts that his attendance at potential Yankees playoff Games 6&7 will cause victory ("so they will win!"). This ego-syntonic belief reveals **narcissistic grandiosity** - the conviction that personal presence determines external outcomes beyond reasonable influence.  **Psychological Function:** Maintenance of grandiose self-concept through (1) association with prestige brand (Yankees), (2) assertion of special causal powers, and (3) positioning self as victory-causing agent rather than spectator.  **Defense Mechanisms:** Automatic deployment of **pathological-level defenses** even in low-stakes context - **distortion** (reshaping reality: games determined by his presence vs. player performance) and **denial** (minimizing Yankees' dire 0-2 deficit against Verlander). The use of primitive defenses in casual sports commentary suggests characterological pattern.  **Same-Day Pattern:** Six posts spanning politics (Romney debate support, Obama birther conspiracy), business (Scotland golf, Miss USA), and sports, with emotional range from hostile ("stupid fool") to grandiose. Pattern shows **mild hypomanic indicators**: high productivity, flight of ideas, topic-switching, mood elevation.  **Authorship:** Very high confidence (95%) authentic Trump. The magical causation claim is psychological fingerprint - aides would not fabricate grandiose belief about personal victory-causing powers.  **Clinical Significance:** Low for this individual post, but valuable as **baseline comparator**. Shows that at age 66 (2012), Trump publicly expressed grandiose magical thinking with absolute certainty, distinguishing ego-syntonic narcissism from playful sports superstition. No darker malignant narcissism elements (paranoia, sadism, antisocial features) present - this represents "pure" grandiose narcissism in benign expression. No cognitive impairment; language production intact. Useful longitudinal baseline for tracking potential future deterioration or escalation.

# Psychological Analysis: Yankees/Verlander Tweet (October 16, 2012)  ## Context and Timing  This post was published at 21:01:47 UTC (approximately 5:01 PM EDT) on October 16, 2012, hours before the second Obama-Romney presidential debate at Hofstra University and on the evening of Yankees vs Tigers ALCS Game 3. Earlier that day, Trump posted advice to Romney about the debate ("ask for [Obama's] college records & transcripts--he will quiet down quickly"), revealing his political engagement with that evening's events.  The Yankees were facing elimination, down 0-2 in the series, with Detroit's ace Justin Verlander pitching Game 3. The Tigers would win 2-1, eventually sweeping the series 4-0.  **Sources:** - [2012 ALCS - Detroit Tigers over New York Yankees (4-0) | Baseball-Reference.com](https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/2012_ALCS.shtml) - [October 16, 2012 Debate Transcript - CPD](https://www.debates.org/voter-education/debate-transcripts/october-16-2012-the-second-obama-romney-presidential-debate/) - [Verlander dominates as Tigers inch closer to World Series - Sports Illustrated](https://www.si.com/more-sports/2012/10/17/tigers-yankees-alcs-game-3-justin-verlander)  ## Multi-Level Personality Analysis  ### Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five)  **Extraversion (High):** The post demonstrates several extraversion facets: - **Assertiveness:** Declaring his attendance will guarantee victory ("so they will win!") - **Excitement-seeking:** Eagerness to attend high-stakes playoff games - **Positive affect:** Optimistic framing despite Yankees' dire situation (down 0-2)  **Agreeableness (Low-Moderate):**  - Shows communion with Yankees fans (in-group identification) - No hostility in this particular post (contrast with earlier "stupid fool" tweet same day)  **Neuroticism (Low on this post):** - Despite high-pressure situation (Yankees facing elimination), maintains optimistic tone - No angry hostility evident here  **Openness (Low):** - Conventional sports fan narrative - Values: in-group loyalty (Yankees), local/regional identification (New York)  **Conscientiousness (Moderate):** - Achievement striving implied (wanting Yankees to win) - Conditional planning ("If... then... And I will...")  ### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations  **Dominant Motives:** - **Power/Status (High):** Central psychological dynamic is the assertion that his mere presence causes victory. This reveals grandiose beliefs about his personal influence on external events beyond his control. - **Agency (High):** Self as causal agent ("I will go... so they will win") - **Communion (Moderate):** Identification with Yankees as shared New York identity marker  **Revealed Schemas:** - **Self-schema:** Magical/grandiose - belief that his attendance determines game outcomes - **Causality schema:** Personal presence → team victory (illusory control) - **Social influence schema:** His participation changes reality  This represents a form of **magical thinking** - the belief that one's thoughts, words, or presence can influence external events through non-physical means. In personality psychology, this is associated with narcissistic grandiosity when the magical thinking specifically centers on one's special powers or influence.  ### Level 3: Narrative Identity  **Protagonist Role:** The Good Luck Charm / The Winner - Casts himself as possessing special properties that influence outcomes - Not just a spectator but an active causal force  **Identity Claims:** - Implicitly: "I am someone whose presence matters" - "I am a winner who brings winning" - "I am sufficiently important that my attendance changes reality"  **Narrative Function:** - This is a **maintenance narrative** - routine expression of grandiose self-concept - No redemption/contamination sequence (too brief/casual)  **Contrasting Other:** None explicit in this post (contrast with same-day "stupid fool" tweet)  ### Level 4: Clinical Indicators  **Malignant Narcissism Assessment:**  **A. Narcissistic Features (Present, Mild-Moderate):** - ✓ Grandiosity: Belief that personal attendance determines game outcomes - ✓ Fantasies of power: Magical influence over professional sports outcomes - ✓ Special/unique: Possesses victory-causing properties - ✗ Need for admiration: Not explicit in this post - ✓ Sense of entitlement: Implicit assumption his presence matters to Yankees organization/universe - ✗ Interpersonal exploitation: N/A - ✗ Lack of empathy: N/A - ✗ Envy: N/A - ✗ Arrogant behaviors: Mild (the grandiose claim itself)  **Severity Assessment:** The grandiosity here is relatively benign - many sports fans engage in superstitious thinking about their influence on games. However, the complete confidence in the causal claim ("so they will win!") rather than hopeful/superstitious framing ("maybe it will help") suggests ego-syntonic grandiosity rather than playful fan ritual.  **B. Antisocial Features:** None present  **C. Paranoid Features:** None present  **D. Ego-Syntonic Sadism:** None present  **Overall Malignant Narcissism:** This post shows grandiosity but none of the darker elements (antisocial, paranoid, sadistic features). Score: Narcissistic features 4/10, others 0/10.  ## Narcissistic Dynamics  **Trigger Type:** Maintenance / Supply-seeking - Not reactive to injury - Proactive assertion of grandiose self-concept - Possible mild supply-seeking (hoping for validation/recognition from Yankees or fans)  **Narcissistic State:** Grandiose (expansive, self-aggrandizing) - No vulnerability, victimhood, or persecution themes - Pure confident assertion of special influence  **Narcissistic Rage:** Absent - No rage indicators - Tone is optimistic, enthusiastic  **Supply Function:** The post serves to: 1. Assert special status (VIP access to potential Games 6&7) 2. Claim magical influence (presence causes victory) 3. Associate self with Yankees brand/prestige 4. Position self as team asset  ## Defense Mechanisms  **Dominant Defense: Distortion (Pathological Level 1)** - Grossly reshaping reality to meet inner needs - Objective reality: Game outcomes determined by player performance, strategy, luck - Distorted reality: Game outcomes determined by Trump's attendance - This meets Vaillant's criteria for distortion: "gross reshaping of external reality to meet internal needs"  **Secondary Defense: Denial (Pathological Level 1)** - Implicit denial of Yankees' dire situation (0-2 deficit, facing Verlander) - "Can somehow beat Verlander" acknowledges difficulty but... - "...then they can still salvage" (they can, but unlikely) - "...so they will win!" (categorical certainty despite odds)  The progression shows: acknowledge difficulty → minimize → assert grandiose certainty  **Note on Defense Level:** The use of pathological-level defenses (distortion, denial) in a low-stakes sports context (2012, age 66) is noteworthy. Most adults use neurotic or mature defenses in non-threatening situations. The automatic deployment of reality-distorting defenses even in casual sports commentary suggests these are characterological (trait-level) rather than situational.  ## Cognitive Status Assessment  **Language Production:** - No word-finding difficulty - No paraphasias - No tangentiality - Grammar/syntax: Informal but coherent - Logical structure: If-then conditional reasoning intact  **Content:** - No confabulation - No temporal confusion - No name confusion  **Complexity:** - Vocabulary: Simple, appropriate to context (casual sports tweet) - Syntax: Compound sentence with conditional logic - Coherence: Logical flow maintained  **Baseline Comparison:** This represents Trump's normal baseline for casual Twitter communication in 2012. No deviation detected.  **Overall Assessment:** No cognitive impairment markers. Cognitively intact for age 66.  ## Authorship Attribution  **Timestamp Analysis:** - UTC: 21:01:47 (October 16, 2012) - EDT: ~17:01:47 (5:01 PM) - Context: Posted in late afternoon, before debate and game  **Authentic Trump Indicators (Strong):** - ✓✓ Magical thinking / grandiosity (signature pattern) - ✓✓ Casual, spontaneous tone - ✓ Sports content (personal interest) - ✓ "And I will go to games 6& 7" (space before "&", missing space after) - ✓ Minor formatting irregularity (& vs &) - ✓ Personal pronoun emphasis ("I will") - ✓ Exclamation point ending - ✓ Stream of consciousness quality  **Aide Indicators (Weak):** - Correct spelling - Reasonable grammar - Business hours timing (but late afternoon, not mid-morning)  **Location Evidence:** - Almost certainly in New York area (Yankees are NYC team, personal identification) - 5 PM timing consistent with end of business day personal tweet  **Confidence Assessment: HIGH (90%+) that this is authentic Trump**  **Reasoning:** The grandiose magical thinking ("I will go... so they will win!") is a signature Trump pattern that aides would not fabricate. The casual tone, minor formatting quirks, personal sports interest, and characteristic grandiosity all point to authentic authorship. While the spelling/grammar are cleaner than some Trump tweets, the psychological content is unmistakably his.  ## Rhetorical & Propaganda Analysis  **Rhetorical Devices:** - **Hyperbole:** "so they will win!" (categorical certainty about unknowable future) - **Magical causation:** Personal attendance → victory - **Conditional logic:** "If... then... And... so..." (creates appearance of reasoned analysis while embedding magical premise)  **Persuasion Techniques:** - **Association:** Links self to Yankees brand (prestige transfer) - **Confidence projection:** Absolute certainty despite uncertainty - **Authority implication:** Suggests insider status (can get Games 6&7 tickets)  **Propaganda Techniques:** None (apolitical sports content)  **Dehumanizing Language:** None  **Violent Imagery:** None  **RAND Firehose Indicators:** None (single coherent message)  **Assessment:** Benign sports commentary with characteristic grandiosity. No manipulation beyond self-aggrandizement.  ## Reality Distortion & Gaslighting  **Reality Distortion Present:** Yes (Mild) - **Type:** Magical thinking / grandiose causality - **Severity:** Low (common in sports fan culture, but expressed with unusual certainty) - **Intent:** Likely not deliberately manipulative; appears to be genuine belief or at minimum ego-syntonic self-presentation  **Gaslighting:** No - Not attempting to manipulate others' perception of reality - Not denying documented events - Not using DARVO - Simply asserting grandiose belief  **Epistemic Status:**  - Does not require followers to accept false claims - Does not attack others' perception - No loyalty test embedded  **Assessment:** This represents ego-syntonic grandiosity (belief congruent with self-concept) rather than strategic reality manipulation. The line can blur with narcissistic individuals, as what begins as ego inflation becomes believed.  ## Shared Psychosis Risk  **Delusional Transmission:** None - No political content - No call for followers to accept reality distortions - Benign sports superstition context  **Epistemic Closure:** None  **Assessment:** Zero risk in this post. Casual sports tweet without cultic dynamics.  ## Archetypal Analysis  **Primary Archetype:** The Winner - "They will win" because "I will go" - Victory through presence - Association with winning as identity core  **Secondary Archetype:** The King/Benefactor - Royal magical properties (touch of the king) - Bestows victory through presence - Not Trickster (no rule-breaking) - Not Warrior (no combat/struggle) - Not Hero (no rescue narrative)  **Shadow Projection:** None in this post  **Mythological Pattern:**  - **The Royal Touch:** Medieval belief that king's touch could heal scrofula - **Midas Myth:** What one touches transforms (though here it's presence not touch) - **Lucky Charm:** Possessing inherent victory-causing properties  **Collective Resonance:** Taps into: - Sports fan superstition (widespread) - Winner identification (American cultural value) - Special individual belief (American individualism)  **Assessment:** Relatively benign archetypal expression. "The Winner" archetype is culturally normative in American context, especially business/sports domains.  ## Order/Chaos Dynamics  **Positioning:** N/A (apolitical sports content)  **Hierarchy Dynamics:** Mild - Subtle status claim: Has access to potential Games 6&7 (wealth/connections) - Associates with Yankees (prestige brand) - Elevates self (victory-causer) above ordinary fans (mere spectators)  **Grievance Mapping:** None  **Assessment:** Minimal order/chaos relevance. Hierarchy claim is implicit and conventional (wealthy person has game access).  ## Danger Assessment  **Danger Level:** NONE  **Eliminationist Language:** None  **Dehumanization:** None  **Stochastic Terrorism Pattern:** None  **Targets Identified:** None  **Calls to Action:** None  **Historical Parallels:** N/A  **Assessment:** Completely benign sports commentary. Zero danger indicators.  ## Fact-Checking  **Claim 1:** "If the @yankees can somehow beat Verlander tonight then they can still salvage the series"  - **Factual Status:** True - **Evidence:** Yankees were down 0-2. A Game 3 win would make it 1-2, keeping series alive. No team has won ALCS after going down 0-3, so Game 3 was critical salvage point. - **Verdict:** TRUE  **Claim 2:** "I will go to games 6& 7"  - **Factual Status:** Conditional future statement (unfalsifiable at time of posting) - **Context:** This was Game 3. Games 6&7 would only happen if Yankees won Games 3, 4, and 5. - **Outcome:** Yankees lost Game 3 (2-1) and were swept 4-0. Games 6&7 never occurred. - **Verdict:** CONDITIONAL STATEMENT (not factually evaluable; events did not materialize)  **Claim 3:** "so they will win!" (implied: if Trump attends Games 6&7, Yankees will win them)  - **Factual Status:** Unfalsifiable (games never occurred) - **Magical Causation Assessment:** No evidence that Trump's attendance at sporting events causes victories - **Verdict:** UNVERIFIABLE (magical causality claim; also events never occurred to test)

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "If the Yankees can somehow beat Verlander tonight then they can still salvage the series" | **True** | Yankees were down 0-2 in ALCS. A Game 3 victory would make it 1-2, keeping the series alive. Game 3 was critical salvage point as no team has won ALCS after going down 0-3. |
| "I will go to games 6& 7 so they will win (implied: Trump's attendance will cause Yankees victories)" | **Unverifiable** | This is a conditional future statement about games that never occurred (Yankees lost Game 3 2-1 and were swept 4-0). The causal claim (attendance → victory) represents magical thinking with no empirical basis. No evidence exists that Trump's attendance at sporting events causes team victories. |

Overall Veracity: 75%

## Longitudinal Context  **Same-Day Posts Pattern (October 16, 2012):**  1. Insult tweet: "@antbaxter Thanks for helping promote... Trump International Golf Links Scotland so successful--you stupid fool!" 2. Support tweet: "Good luck @MittRomney tonight--have no doubt you will be great." 3. Advice tweet: "if Obama gets wise tonight just ask for his college records & transcripts--he will quiet down quickly" 4. Praise tweet: "@MissUSA Olivia--we love you. You are doing a great job." 5. Excitement tweet: "Get ready for tonight!" 6. **This tweet: Yankees/Verlander magical thinking**  **Pattern Observed:** High-volume posting day with rapid topic switching: - Politics (Romney support, Obama birther conspiracy) - Business (Scotland golf, Miss USA) - Sports (Yankees) - Emotional range: hostile ("stupid fool") → supportive → conspiratorial → warm → excited → grandiose  **Interpretation:** Hypomanic indicators present: - Increased productivity (6+ tweets) - Flight of ideas (topic jumping) - Elevated mood (excitement, confidence) - Increased goal-directed activity (political engagement, sports, business) - Decreased need for social filtering (insult, conspiracy theory, magical thinking in public forum)  **Baseline Comparison (2012):** This appears consistent with Trump's normal Twitter behavior in 2012 era - high volume, diverse topics, unfiltered content, characteristic grandiosity. Not a deviation but rather typical pattern.  ## Hypomania Assessment  **Indicators Present (this specific post):** - ✓ Elevated/expansive mood (optimism despite dire situation) - ✓ Grandiosity (magical causation belief) - ✓ Increased goal-directed activity (planning Games 6&7 attendance) - ? Decreased need for sleep (unknown, but 5 PM post doesn't indicate) - ? More talkative (not applicable to written post) - ? Flight of ideas (not in this single post, but evident across same-day posts)  **Indicators Present (same-day pattern):** - ✓✓ Flight of ideas (6 posts, 6 different topics) - ✓ Increased productivity - ✓ Increased goal-directed activity (political advice, business promotion, sports planning) - ✓ Distractibility (topic switching)  **Severity:** Mild (if present) - Functioning maintained - Content coherent - No marked impairment  **Confidence:** Low-Moderate - Could also represent: (a) normal high-energy personality, (b) multiple team members posting, (c) strategic social media engagement - Insufficient evidence for clinical-level hypomania - Consistent with narcissistic baseline energy and grandiosity  **Assessment:** Some hypomanic indicators present, but could represent personality baseline rather than mood episode. Would need physiological correlates and functional impairment to assess clinically.  ## Psychological Summary  This post reveals **grandiose magical thinking** as a stable personality feature: the ego-syntonic belief that his personal attendance will cause the Yankees to win playoff games. At age 66 in 2012, this represents characterological narcissistic grandiosity rather than age-related cognitive decline.  The psychological function is **maintenance of grandiose self-concept** through association with prestige brands (Yankees) and assertion of special causal powers. The defense mechanism is **distortion** (pathological level) - reshaping external reality (game outcomes determined by player skill) to meet internal needs (self as victory-causer).  The same-day posting pattern shows **high energy, distractibility, and topic-switching** spanning business, politics, and sports, with emotional range from hostile to warm to grandiose - potentially hypomanic but more likely representing baseline personality in 2012.  The magical thinking here is **benign and culturally normative** (sports fan superstition) but expressed with **characteristic absolute certainty** that distinguishes it from playful ritual. This post provides a clean example of grandiose narcissism in a low-stakes, apolitical context, useful for baseline comparison.  **Clinical Significance:** Low. This represents stable personality expression, not acute pathology or deterioration. The grandiosity is mild, contextually somewhat appropriate (sports fandom), and non-dangerous. Useful as baseline for longitudinal comparison but not clinically remarkable on its own.  ## Key Takeaways for Research  1. **Grandiosity Baseline (2012, age 66):** Magical thinking about personal causation is ego-syntonic and publicly expressed even in casual contexts 2. **Defense Pattern:** Automatic use of pathological-level defenses (distortion) even in low-stakes situations suggests characterological pattern 3. **Authorship Signature:** The magical causation claim is a reliable Trump marker - aides would not fabricate this 4. **Cognitive Status:** No impairment; represents baseline 5. **Archetypal Consistency:** "Winner" identity core stable across contexts (business, politics, sports) 6. **Benign Expression:** Demonstrates that narcissistic grandiosity can be expressed in harmless forms when not combined with paranoia, sadism, or antisocial features  ---  *This analysis applies established personality psychology frameworks to public communications for academic research purposes. Observations note patterns consistent with clinical constructs without claiming diagnostic certainty.*

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 95%)

### Indicators

- Magical thinking / grandiose causation ('I will go... so they will win!') is signature Trump pattern
- Casual, spontaneous tone with personal sports enthusiasm
- Minor formatting irregularities (space before '&', '&' encoding)
- Personal pronoun emphasis and exclamation point characteristic of authentic tweets
- Posted late afternoon (5 PM EDT) - end of business day personal content timing

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Yankees ALCS Game 3 (down 0-2 vs Tigers, Verlander pitching); same evening as Romney-Obama debate)

Sentiment: +0.72

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Elevated/expansive mood (optimism despite Yankees' dire 0-2 deficit)
- Grandiosity (magical causation belief, special powers)
- Increased goal-directed activity (planning Games 6&7 attendance)
- Same-day pattern: 6+ posts across diverse topics (flight of ideas, increased productivity)
- Emotional range on same day: hostile → supportive → conspiratorial → warm → excited → grandiose (mood elevation, distractibility)

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- distortion (pathological)
- denial (pathological)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 60%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Associates self with Yankees brand for prestige transfer
- Claims special status (VIP access to potential Games 6&7)
- Positions self as team asset rather than ordinary spectator

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-02-13._

> If the Yankees can somehow beat Verlander tonight then they can still salvage the series

**TRUE**

Yankees were down 0-2 in ALCS. A Game 3 victory would make it 1-2, keeping the series alive. Game 3 was critical salvage point as no team has won ALCS after going down 0-3.

Sources: https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/2012_ALCS.shtml

> I will go to games 6& 7 so they will win (implied: Trump's attendance will cause Yankees victories)

**UNVERIFIABLE**

This is a conditional future statement about games that never occurred (Yankees lost Game 3 2-1 and were swept 4-0). The causal claim (attendance → victory) represents magical thinking with no empirical basis. No evidence exists that Trump's attendance at sporting events causes team victories.

Sources: https://www.si.com/more-sports/2012/10/17/tigers-yankees-alcs-game-3-justin-verlander; https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/2012_ALCS.shtml

Overall Veracity: 75%

## Tags

- grandiose_narcissism (80%)
- magical_thinking (90%)
- distortion (80%)
- denial (50%)
- winner_archetype (70%)
- high_extraversion (75%)
- power_agency (90%)
- sports (100%)
- authentic_trump (95%)
- baseline_2012 (80%)

## That day

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

**Debate-Night Performance: Trump Oscillates Between Political Punditry and Vindictive Retaliation**

October 16, 2012 captures Trump in a characteristic dual mode: disciplined political commentator positioning himself as debate analyst while simultaneously launching sadistic attacks against a documentary filmmaker who exposed his Scottish misconduct. The day's 39 posts span from measured political analysis to pathological rage, revealing the coexistence of strategic self-promotion and compulsive retaliation. Trump announced he would live-tweet the second presidential debate, offered strategic advice to Romney about demanding Obama's college records (birther conspiracy), and maintained steady political commentary. However, this controlled performance was punctuated by three venomous attacks on filmmaker Anthony Baxter, whose BBC documentary about Trump's controversial Scottish golf development threatened his grandiose self-image. The attacks—calling Baxter a 'stupid fool' with 'zero talent' whose award-winning film 'died many deaths'—represent textbook narcissistic injury response with ego-syntonic sadism. The day demonstrates Trump's 2012 baseline: more reality-based and disciplined than his later political persona, but with underlying pathological defenses always available when his self-image is threatened.

Full digest for 2012-10-16: https://trump.fm/date/2012-10-16/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2012, October 16). If the @yankees can somehow beat Verlander... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_258311801484226560
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "If the @yankees can somehow beat Verlander tonight then..." X (Twitter), 16 Oct. 2012. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_258311801484226560. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "If the @yankees can somehow beat Verlander tonight then...," X (Twitter), October 16, 2012, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_258311801484226560.

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