# Post x_314055774617878528 - Post ID: `x_314055774617878528` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2013-03-19T16:48:26.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_314055774617878528 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_314055774617878528/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_314055774617878528.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > l still think @Boeing should just bite the bullet & get rid of the new batteries in the 787. Those batteries will always be a problem! ## Engagement - Likes: 13 - Reposts: 20 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.305Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-19T05:32:10.237Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ # Analysis: Trump on Boeing 787 Battery Crisis (March 19, 2013) ## Authorship Attribution The post opens with lowercase **"l"** instead of capital **"I"** — a recurring authentic Trump typographic error pattern documented across confirmed posts. Aide-written content is virtually always spell-checked before posting. Although the UTC timestamp (16:48) converts to **11:48 AM EST** on a weekday — nominally business hours favoring aide authorship — the typographic error, the casual imperative tone ("just bite the bullet"), and the reactive opinionating on a news story all override that signal. The "I still think" framing implies a prior stated position being reiterated, consistent with Trump's habitual return to earlier opinions rather than a staffed communications strategy. **Assessment: likely authentic Trump, medium-high confidence.** **Location/timezone note:** In March 2013 Trump was a private citizen based primarily at Trump Tower, NYC (EST = UTC−5). Post time: 11:48 AM EST. --- ## Contextual Background The Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet had been fully grounded since **January 17, 2013**, following two lithium-ion battery fire/smoke incidents (Japan Airlines, Boston Logan; All Nippon Airways, emergency landing at Takamatsu). The FAA grounded all 50 operational 787s — the first full-fleet grounding since the DC-10 in 1979. By mid-March, Boeing was finalizing a containment fix (fireproof encasement, revised charging protocols) and was approximately one month from returning the fleet to service (April 19, 2013). Trump's post intervenes in an active public and technical debate by rendering a confident engineering verdict with no disclosed domain expertise. --- ## Level 1 — Dispositional Traits (Big Five) - **Low Agreeableness (salient):** Dismisses Boeing's engineering judgment with a one-sentence verdict. No acknowledgment of complexity, no hedging. - **Moderate-High Extraversion:** Voluntarily enters the Boeing debate with no apparent prompt — characteristic of assertive, excitement-seeking social engagement. - **Low Openness:** The absolutism — "will *always* be a problem" — forecloses nuance entirely. Rigid categorical thinking is present. - **Low Conscientiousness (facet: deliberation):** "Just bite the bullet" performs decisiveness but elides the technical, regulatory, and financial complexity of replacing an aircraft component mid-certification cycle. - **Low-Moderate Neuroticism:** No significant emotional arousal; tone is stable and confident rather than agitated. This is cool grandiosity rather than reactive. --- ## Level 2 — Characteristic Adaptations The **"I still think"** framing is diagnostically interesting. It signals that Trump had previously expressed this view (likely an earlier tweet) and is re-asserting it independent of any new evidence. This is a **perseverance-of-conviction** schema: authority is performed through repetition rather than argumentation. The implicit message is not "here is new evidence" but "my prior judgment stands, and Boeing should listen." **Dominant motive: Agency (status/authority).** The post functions as an unsolicited advisory to a Fortune 100 corporation — a characteristic adaptation in which Trump positions himself as a superior strategic mind whose prescriptions corporations ignore at their peril. --- ## Level 3 — Narrative Identity Trump casts himself in the **pragmatic business expert/dealmaker** protagonist role: the outsider who sees clearly what insiders overcomplicate. Boeing (the contrasting other) is implicitly framed as slow, stubborn, or captured by sunk-cost thinking. The narrative subtext is mild redemptive: *if they had listened to me earlier, this would be resolved.* No contamination sequence; no victimhood framing. This is the stable grandiose arc — the wise authority whose advice is underutilized. Identity claims present: "I have superior business judgment on complex decisions"; "I predicted this before." --- ## Clinical Indicators This post **does not reach clinical significance** and does not deviate from baseline for this subject's 2013 Twitter behavior. Mild grandiosity (prescribing solutions to complex engineering problems without domain expertise) is **normative baseline** for this dataset. No narcissistic rage is present. No devaluation cascade. No paranoid features. The post is stable and low-amplitude within the grandiose register. **Narcissistic state: mildly grandiose** — expansive, authority-claiming, unperturbed. **Trigger type: Maintenance** — routine engagement with a news cycle event. No identifiable narcissistic injury. **Defense mechanisms:** Rationalization is the primary mechanism — an oversimplified prescriptive solution is offered as though it constitutes logical business analysis. This renders the grandiose authority claim cognitively palatable. --- ## Rhetorical Analysis - **Colloquial imperative ("just bite the bullet"):** Performs pragmatic simplicity against corporate complexity; populist framing implying the solution is obvious if you're not overthinking it. - **Absolutism ("will *always* be a problem"):** Categorical prediction that forecloses all engineering remediation as futile. This is rhetorical overreach that exceeds any available evidence. - **Persistence framing ("I *still* think"):** Signals prior wisdom — implies Trump said this before and was not heeded. - **Implicit authority claim:** No credentials offered, but the advisory posture itself asserts expertise. - **No dehumanizing language, no violent imagery, no stochastic terrorism indicators.** --- ## Cognitive Status No markers of concern at this age (66) or this period. Sentence is grammatically well-formed. The idiom "bite the bullet" is deployed appropriately. The lowercase "l" is a mechanical/keyboard typo consistent with the subject's documented error patterns, not a cognitive signal. Syntactic complexity is low but normative for the subject's Twitter baseline across this period. **No deviation from established baseline.** --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Those batteries will always be a problem" | **Mostly False** | Boeing implemented a successful containment fix (fireproof encasement, revised charging protocols) and the 787 fleet returned to service April 19, 2013. No subsequent battery-related groundings occurred. The 787 went on to commercial success with hundreds of deliveries. Trump's categorical prediction proved largely incorrect. | Overall Veracity: 20% ## Day-of Context (March 19, 2013 Twitter activity) The surrounding posts on this date reveal a consistent behavioral pattern: Trump cycles rapidly between self-promotion (India real estate venture, Apprentice plug for Arsenio Hall), ad hominem attacks on media figures (Chris Matthews called "dumb," Erin Burnett's ratings mocked with link), a commentary on papal decorum, and now a Boeing advisory. This is a **scattered, reactive, attention-driven posting pattern** — consistent with authentic unmediated posting rather than a communications strategy. The volume and tonal range across these posts in a single day reinforces the authenticity assessment. --- ## Danger Assessment **None.** This is routine business commentary on a public aviation safety story. No eliminationist language, no target identification, no mobilization rhetoric. ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 72%) ### Indicators - Lowercase 'l' instead of capital 'I' at post opening — a recurring authentic Trump typographic error - Casual imperative tone ('just bite the bullet') inconsistent with polished aide drafting - 'I still think' framing implies reactive reiteration of prior opinion rather than staffed messaging - Business hours posting (11:48 AM EST) is a weak counter-indicator but outweighed by the above ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Maintenance (Boeing 787 battery crisis news coverage) Sentiment: -0.22 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 32% - Antisocial: 5% - Paranoid: 4% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 28% **Parasocial Techniques:** - authority positioning without credentials - persistence framing as implicit wisdom ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-02-19._ > Those batteries will always be a problem **MOSTLY FALSE** Boeing implemented a successful containment fix (fireproof encasement, revised charging protocols) and the 787 fleet returned to service April 19, 2013. No subsequent battery-related groundings occurred. The 787 went on to commercial success with hundreds of deliveries. Trump's categorical prediction proved largely incorrect. Sources: https://simpleflying.com/boeing-787-battery-issues/; https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/boeing-787-dreamliner-investigation-report/index.html Overall Veracity: 20% ## Tags - boeing (90%) - aviation-safety (70%) - unsolicited-expertise (75%) - grandiosity-mild (50%) - absolutism (65%) - authentic-trump (72%) - maintenance-posting (80%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Cuban Derangement Syndrome: 22 Attacks in 24 Hours Over a Billionaire Rivalry** Trump spent nearly the entire day locked in an obsessive one-sided feud with Mark Cuban, unleashing more than twenty insults about Cuban's golf game, physical strength, appearance, and basketball team. The sharpest attacks came first thing in the morning, including a gendered insult and an implied threat directed at a random bystander who sided with Cuban. Between volleys, he weighed in on the Iraq War's 10th anniversary, rejected the Republican Party's new reform blueprint on immigration, and took shots at CNN and MSNBC hosts. Despite agreeing with a follower mid-afternoon that he was "wasting time" on Cuban, he kept circling back — ending the day with a profane warning dressed up as a truce. Full digest for 2013-03-19: https://trump.fm/date/2013-03-19/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, March 19). l still think @Boeing should just bite the bullet... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_314055774617878528 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "l still think @Boeing should just bite the bullet & get..." X (Twitter), 19 Mar. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_314055774617878528. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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