# Post x_273460086544932865

- Post ID: `x_273460086544932865`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2012-11-27T16:15:39.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_273460086544932865
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_273460086544932865/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_273460086544932865.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Wind turbines are totally destroying the areas in which they are located—all for unreliable, bad & expensive energy!

## Engagement

- Likes: 59
- Reposts: 221
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.259Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T09:15:59.868Z (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 Post (2012-11-27)

A brief, declarative post attacking wind energy — a consistent hobby horse for Trump dating to his legal battles over wind turbines near his Scottish golf course (Aberdeen). The post is stylistically simple and emotionally charged.

### Authorship
Posted at 11:15 AM EST (Trump likely in New York). Business hours, but the style — hyperbolic, opinionated, no links or formatting — is consistent with authentic Trump. The topic is a known personal grievance (Scottish wind farm dispute). Likely authentic despite daytime posting.

### Psychological Patterns
This is a maintenance-level post reinforcing a persistent grievance. The wind turbine issue is personally motivated (property/business interests) but framed as public concern. Classic pattern of converting personal interest into populist messaging.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- **Catastrophizing hyperbole**: "totally destroying"
- **Stacking negatives**: "unreliable, bad & expensive" — triple disparagement
- **Absolutist framing**: No nuance or qualification

### Context
Surrounded by motivational quote posts (Carnegie, Truman, his own book), this opinion post breaks the pattern, suggesting spontaneous expression rather than scheduled content.

### Dispositional Profile
Low complexity, high assertiveness. Characteristic of Trump's social media voice in this period — short declarative claims with superlative/absolute language.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Wind turbines are totally destroying the areas in which they are located" | **Mostly False** | While wind turbines have localized impacts (noise, visual, bird mortality, property value debates), 'totally destroying' is a gross exaggeration unsupported by evidence. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 75%)

### Indicators

- Personal grievance topic (Scottish golf course wind farm dispute)
- Hyperbolic language typical of authentic voice
- No links or professional formatting
- Business hours posting slightly lowers confidence

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Ongoing wind turbine grievance tied to Scottish golf course)

Sentiment: -0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- rationalization (neurotic)
- distortion (pathological)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- populist framing of personal interest

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Wind turbines are totally destroying the areas in which they are located

**MOSTLY FALSE**

While wind turbines have localized impacts (noise, visual, bird mortality, property value debates), 'totally destroying' is a gross exaggeration unsupported by evidence.

Sources: General knowledge of wind energy impact studies

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- wind-energy (100%)
- personal-grievance (70%)
- scottish-golf-course (50%)

## That day

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

**A Routine Day of Brand Maintenance: Quotes, Wind Turbines, and China Complaints**

A calm, business-as-usual day of tweeting from New York. The morning opened with motivational quotes, followed by media self-congratulation and friendly fan replies in the early afternoon. The main policy themes were wind turbines (a recurring personal grievance tied to his Scottish golf course), China's economic and military rise, and a brief swipe at Egypt's Morsi. The day closed with a charitable signal boost, and nothing came close to a confrontation or meltdown.

Full digest for 2012-11-27: https://trump.fm/date/2012-11-27/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2012, November 27). Wind turbines are totally destroying the areas in... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_273460086544932865
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Wind turbines are totally destroying the areas in which..." X (Twitter), 27 Nov. 2012. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_273460086544932865. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Wind turbines are totally destroying the areas in which...," X (Twitter), November 27, 2012, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_273460086544932865.

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