# Post x_268385605841457152

- Post ID: `x_268385605841457152`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2012-11-13T16:11:29.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_268385605841457152
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_268385605841457152/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_268385605841457152.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> ...they are costly, inefficient, bird killing, community destroying machines. They are obsolete! @maddow

## Engagement

- Likes: 38
- Reposts: 100
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.260Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T09:13:37.410Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Anti-Wind Turbine Tweet @Maddow (2012-11-13)

This is a continuation of a thread (begins with "...they are") attacking wind turbines, directed at Rachel Maddow. The ellipsis opening indicates this is a multi-part tweet, with the first part likely making the initial claim about wind energy.

### Authorship
Posted at 16:11 UTC = 11:11 AM EST. Trump was likely in New York. Business hours, but the emotional intensity, lack of polish, and direct tagging of a media figure he disagrees with suggest authentic Trump. The staccato declarative style and escalating adjective chains are characteristic.

### Psychological Analysis
This post targets both wind energy and Maddow (liberal media figure). The chain of negative descriptors ("costly, inefficient, bird killing, community destroying") builds rhetorically to the dismissive "They are obsolete!" — a classic devaluation pattern. Tagging Maddow serves as a dominance display, picking a fight with a prominent liberal commentator days after Obama's re-election victory.

### Context
Coming just days after Obama's re-election (a narcissistic injury), Trump's aggression toward liberal targets and clean energy policy is consistent with displaced frustration. His deleted election-night tweetstorm shows the injury was acute; this post channels residual anger into policy grievance.

### Rhetorical Devices
The list structure creates an illusion of comprehensive evidence. "Bird killing" and "community destroying" are emotionally loaded compound modifiers designed to reframe environmental technology as environmentally destructive — an ironic reversal.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Wind turbines are obsolete" | **False** | Wind energy was growing rapidly in 2012 and continues to expand globally. US wind capacity grew 28% in 2012 alone. |
| "Wind turbines are bird killing" | **Half True** | Wind turbines do kill birds (estimated 140,000-500,000 per year in US at the time) but far fewer than cats, buildings, or fossil fuel pollution. |

Overall Veracity: 25%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 80%)

### Indicators

- Direct tagging of adversarial media figure
- Emotional intensity and staccato style
- Escalating negative descriptors
- Picking fights characteristic of authentic Trump

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Obama re-election)

**Rage:** Intensity 40% targeting Wind energy / Rachel Maddow / Obama energy policy
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.70

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Picking fights with media figures
- Rapid-fire posting across multiple topics

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 20%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- displacement (neurotic)
- devaluation (immature)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- direct provocation of media figure
- positioning as truth-teller against establishment consensus

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Wind turbines are obsolete

**FALSE**

Wind energy was growing rapidly in 2012 and continues to expand globally. US wind capacity grew 28% in 2012 alone.

Sources: US Energy Information Administration data

> Wind turbines are bird killing

**HALF TRUE**

Wind turbines do kill birds (estimated 140,000-500,000 per year in US at the time) but far fewer than cats, buildings, or fossil fuel pollution.

Sources: US Fish and Wildlife Service estimates

Overall Veracity: 25%

## Tags

- wind-energy (80%)
- media-provocation (60%)
- post-election-displacement (70%)

## That day

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

**Celebrity feuds, scandal gossip, and brand promotion fill a scattershot mid-November day**

Trump spent a busy Tuesday afternoon bouncing between self-promotion, political commentary, and celebrity feuds. He plugged his fragrance at Macy's, took shots at Rachel Maddow over wind turbines, and got into a back-and-forth with Cher that ended with a jab about plastic surgery and a complaint about double standards. The Petraeus affair dominated his news commentary, with a pointed joke about the title of Paula Broadwell's book. The overall mood was scattered but upbeat -- a typical day of brand-building and pot-stirring with no real escalation.

Full digest for 2012-11-13: https://trump.fm/date/2012-11-13/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2012, November 13). ...they are costly, inefficient, bird killing,... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_268385605841457152
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "...they are costly, inefficient, bird killing, community..." X (Twitter), 13 Nov. 2012. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_268385605841457152. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "...they are costly, inefficient, bird killing, community...," X (Twitter), November 13, 2012, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_268385605841457152.

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