# Post x_314157124492066800 - Post ID: `x_314157124492066800` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2013-03-20T03:31:09.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_314157124492066800 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_314157124492066800/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_314157124492066800.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > ""@lfoshie: There are 2 people with whom you don't want to be on their bad side- God's... &, @realDonaldTrump's!"" I want to be on God's side! ## Engagement - Likes: 0 - Reposts: 52 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:24.915Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-19T06:14:16.250Z (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 post exemplifies Trump's characteristic strategy of passive narcissistic supply amplification: retweeting a fan's comparison of him to God, then appending a superficially humble comment that provides plausible deniability while broadcasting the grandiose framing to his full audience. The rhetorical move is diagnostic — a person without strong grandiose features would reject such a comparison; Trump amplifies it. Late-night timing (11:31 PM EDT) and informal production quality support authentic authorship. No antisocial, paranoid, or sadistic features are present; this is routine admiration-seeking consistent with narcissistic personality features. The post illustrates the stable self-as-supreme-authority schema and the characteristic use of fan content as a vehicle for grandiose self-presentation with plausible deniability. No cognitive deviation from 2013 baseline is noted. Danger level is none. The post is notable primarily as a clean early-career exemplar of a social media behavior pattern that would intensify over subsequent years as the audience and political stakes grew. ## Post Analysis: March 19, 2013 (11:31 PM EDT) ### Timing & Authorship UTC timestamp 03:31:09 on March 20, 2013 converts to **11:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time on March 19** (DST had already begun March 10, 2013; New York = UTC−4). This places the post squarely in Trump's documented late-night posting window. In March 2013 Trump was a civilian businessman/reality TV host, based primarily at Trump Tower, Manhattan. The informal retweet-with-comment structure, a production artifact in the HTML entity (`&,` with a comma rather than the correct `&`), and the brief reactive comment all strongly indicate **authentic Trump authorship**. The prior-day dataset entry contains the same content with the correct encoding (`&`), suggesting this post-ID represents either a re-post or a UTC/local timezone artefact in the dataset — the substantive content is identical. --- ### Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five) - **Extraversion (high):** The post is fundamentally an act of self-broadcast — amplifying audience flattery to a larger audience. - **Agreeableness (low):** The original framing positions Trump as a figure *to be feared* ("their bad side"), which Trump passively accepts. - **Conscientiousness (low):** Reactive, impulsive, unpolished posting. - **Neuroticism (low for this instance):** Trump appears in a satisfied, supply-gratified affective state — no hostility or agitation. - **Openness (low):** The grandiose self-schema is rigid; the framing is accepted uncritically. --- ### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations The dominant motive is **status/power**. The tweet reveals a stable self-schema positioning Trump as a supreme authority whose displeasure carries cosmic weight — literally placed in a two-entity hierarchy alongside God. The supply type here is pure reverence, and Trump functions as the passive conduit who distributes fan-generated flattery to a broader audience, maximizing reach while minimizing explicit ownership of the claim. --- ### Level 3: Narrative Identity - **Protagonist role:** Near-divine sovereign — a figure of ultimate consequence whose bad side ranks alongside God's. - **Identity claims:** "I belong in a category apart from ordinary people; my disfavor carries existential weight." - **Contrasting other:** Implicitly, every other human being not mentioned in this two-entity hierarchy. - **Narrative sequence:** Neutral/maintenance — no redemption or contamination arc. This is routine supply-gratification, not a triggered narrative episode. --- ### Level 4: Clinical Indicators **Narcissistic Personality Features (present, moderate):** The core clinical signal is the *retweeting behavior itself*, not the fan's comment. A person without strong grandiose features would either not retweet such content or would explicitly disclaim the comparison. Trump instead amplifies it — accepting the framework in which he and God are the two figures of ultimate authority — while appending a thin piety deflection ("I want to be on God's side!") that provides plausible deniability. This maneuver is transparent: the comment does not reject the comparison; it merely re-orders the hierarchy (God first, Trump second) while still broadcasting the two-entity frame. **Antisocial features:** Absent. **Paranoid features:** Absent. **Ego-syntonic sadism:** Absent. This is a *low-intensity, maintenance-level* narcissistic supply event — unremarkable within Trump's 2013 baseline but illustrative of a behavioral pattern that intensifies over subsequent years. --- ### Defense Mechanisms - **Rationalization (neurotic):** The "I want to be on God's side!" comment rationalizes the act of broadcasting self-deification as actually an expression of humility and piety. The defense is thin and largely transparent. - **Reaction formation (mild/neurotic):** The humble comment is structurally in tension with the grandiose act it accompanies. --- ### Rhetorical Techniques The post's most powerful technique is **implicit endorsement via retweet**: no explicit grandiose claim is authored by Trump — the claim is formally the fan's — yet by amplifying it, Trump gains the full psychological and reputational benefit while retaining deniability. This is a characteristic early-Twitter rhetorical form that Trump used frequently in this period. **Pious deflection** ("I want to be on God's side!") borrows religious framing to appear modest, but functions rhetorically to *anchor* the two-entity comparison rather than dissolve it. **Parasocial bonding:** Public acknowledgment of a fan creates warmth and loyalty among followers who observe Trump responding to an ordinary person's tweet. No dehumanizing language, violent imagery, or dangerous rhetoric is present. --- ### Cognitive Status The post is syntactically simple, emotionally flat, and coherent. The HTML entity error is a minor production artifact. No word-finding difficulty, paraphasia, tangentiality, perseveration, or confabulation is present. **No deviation from Trump's 2013 baseline** is observed. Complexity scores low but is appropriate for a reactive retweet-comment. --- # ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 90%) ### Indicators - Late-night timing: 11:31 PM EDT on March 19, 2013 — within Trump's documented late-night posting window - HTML entity production error (&, with comma rather than &) consistent with unedited posting - Brief, reactive, terse comment style characteristic of personal Trump posts - Informal retweet-with-comment structure without professional polish - Fan acknowledgment behavior pattern consistent with Trump's 2013 Twitter baseline ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (fan @lfoshie) Sentiment: +0.65 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 55% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - rationalization (neurotic) - reaction formation (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 100% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Public acknowledgment of fan tweet to reward and model desired follower behavior - Using fan content as vehicle for grandiose self-presentation with plausible deniability ## Tags - narcissistic supply (90%) - passive amplification (85%) - false humility (75%) - grandiosity (70%) - parasocial bonding (60%) - late-night posting (55%) - fan acknowledgment (50%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **A Routine Day of Brand Maintenance Punctured by Two Brief Defensive Flare-Ups** Trump spent the day promoting his businesses and Celebrity Apprentice while fielding fan messages, fitting the profile of a busy media personality in self-promotion mode. A sharp attack on MSNBC's Chris Matthews stood out as the day's angriest moment, calling him "very very dumb" in what read as payback for a perceived slight. The evening brought a rapid-fire burst of tweets defending his bankruptcy record against unnamed critics, briefly shifting from confident to defensive before snapping back to promotional mode. Overall, a calm and largely unremarkable day dominated by brand-building and light audience management. Full digest for 2013-03-20: https://trump.fm/date/2013-03-20/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, March 20). ""@lfoshie: There are 2 people with whom you... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_314157124492066800 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. """@lfoshie: There are 2 people with whom you don't want to..." X (Twitter), 20 Mar. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_314157124492066800. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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