# Post x_317109873517158401

- Post ID: `x_317109873517158401`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-03-28T03:04:20.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @kalevans
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## Post text

_Quotes @kalevans, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @kalevans's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._

> "@kalevans: @realDonaldTrump Iowa is the second leading state in the nation when it comes to wind energy! Sad distinction, farm land lost!"

## Engagement

- Likes: 20
- Reposts: 29
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.304Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T19:56:05.518Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: March 28, 2013 — Retweet of @kalevans on Iowa Wind Energy

## Overview

This post is a straight retweet (no added commentary) of a follower's message framing Iowa's wind energy leadership as a "sad distinction" tied to farmland loss. It is low-intensity, low-complexity content that only gains meaning from its surrounding cluster of posts. On its own it is analytically thin; in context it is a textbook **supply amplification** behavior — Trump selectively signals to followers which perspectives merit elevation, reinforcing an ideologically coherent anti-wind narrative that serves a documented private business interest.

## Contextual Frame: The Aberdeen Wind Farm Campaign

The surrounding posts make the motive explicit. March 27–28, 2013 forms a tightly coordinated messaging cluster:
- Calls journalists to investigate Scottish Parliament financial dealings with Vattenfall (a wind energy developer)
- Declares "they won't be built!" regarding Aberdeenshire turbines
- Tells Blackdog residents their "home values & lives will be destroyed"
- Retweets Iowa anti-wind sentiment to generalize the issue nationally

This is not organic concern for Iowa farmland. Trump was at this time actively litigating and lobbying against the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre off the Aberdeenshire coast, which he claimed would spoil views from his Trump International Golf Links. The Iowa retweet extends a personal grievance into a national rhetorical posture.

## Authorship Attribution

**UTC 03:04:20 → ~10:04 PM EST (New York, March 27)**. Consistent with Trump's documented late-night posting pattern. The unpolished, no-commentary retweet format — essentially a "yes, this" gesture — is consistent with authentic Trump behavior. Aide-drafted content typically involves structured announcements or polished statements; this is reactive amplification. Confidence: **medium-high for authentic Trump**.

## Psychological Dynamics

**Trigger:** Supply-seeking combined with issue maintenance. The post adds no argument; it rewards a follower who provides ideologically useful content, which also serves as a signal to other followers about approved framings.

**Narcissistic state:** Maintenance/grandiose. The campaign against Aberdeen wind turbines was one Trump pursued with notable personal intensity over several years, framing himself as a defender of Scottish heritage against corporate and governmental corruption — a Warrior/Hero configuration.

**Defense mechanisms:** Primarily **rationalization and displacement**. The actual motivation (protecting golf course aesthetics and property value) is displaced onto environmental concern ("farm land lost") and community welfare. This retweet amplifies the rationalization without Trump having to articulate it himself — the follower does the rhetorical work.

**Schema revealed:** Zero-sum view of land use. Wind energy is coded as inherently destructive — to farmland, to home values, to landscapes. No cost-benefit complexity is permitted. This is consistent with the splitting pattern seen elsewhere in Trump's public communications.

## Rhetorical Analysis

- **Amplification by curation**: Retweeting without comment is itself a rhetorical act — it confers authority and legitimacy on the chosen voice
- **Implied false dichotomy**: Wind energy = farmland destroyed (no acknowledgment that turbines and agriculture typically coexist)
- **Appeal to agrarian nostalgia**: "Farm land lost" activates rural identity and loss-aversion without requiring Trump to make the argument himself
- **Grievance attribution**: Wind energy is framed as something done *to* communities, not chosen by them

No dehumanizing language, violent imagery, or stochastic terrorism indicators are present.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Iowa is the second leading state in the nation when it comes to wind energy" | **Mostly True** | In early 2013, Iowa was among the top 2-3 states in installed wind capacity nationally. Texas held the top position; Iowa competed closely with California for second. The ranking is approximately correct for the period. |
| "farm land lost (implied: wind turbines destroy or remove farmland)" | **Mostly False** | Wind turbines in Iowa and other agricultural states typically occupy only the turbine base and access road footprint. Crops are routinely grown around turbine bases. The framing of wholesale 'farmland lost' is misleading and not supported by land-use data from Iowa wind installations. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Cognitive Assessment

No original language to assess. The retweet format yields no direct cognitive data. Baseline comparison impossible from this post in isolation.

## Danger Assessment

None. The post contains no targets, no violent imagery, no eliminationist language.

## Summary

*Not clinically significant in isolation.* The post is a minor node in a well-documented pattern of Trump using anti-wind rhetoric to serve a personal business interest (Aberdeen golf course), while publicly performing environmental and community concern. The Iowa retweet generalizes what is functionally a private grievance into a national political posture. Analytically notable only for the efficiency of the rationalization: a follower provides the cover argument; Trump amplifies it without exposing himself to the contradiction of articulating concern for farmland while championing golf course development.

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 72%)

### Indicators

- Late evening EST posting time (~10:04 PM local), consistent with Trump's documented nocturnal Twitter habits
- No-commentary retweet format — reactive amplification rather than structured message
- Fits the obsessive anti-wind cluster of March 27-28 posts suggesting personal emotional investment
- Absence of polished formatting or event announcement structure that characterizes aide-written content

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Follower @kalevans)

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

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

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 100%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Selective amplification — retweeting signals to followers which perspectives are approved
- Reward mechanism — elevating a follower's content incentivizes others to produce agreeable material
- Issue generalization — extending a local Scottish business grievance into a national populist frame

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Iowa is the second leading state in the nation when it comes to wind energy

**MOSTLY TRUE**

In early 2013, Iowa was among the top 2-3 states in installed wind capacity nationally. Texas held the top position; Iowa competed closely with California for second. The ranking is approximately correct for the period.

Sources: General knowledge of U.S. wind energy capacity rankings circa 2013

> farm land lost (implied: wind turbines destroy or remove farmland)

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Wind turbines in Iowa and other agricultural states typically occupy only the turbine base and access road footprint. Crops are routinely grown around turbine bases. The framing of wholesale 'farmland lost' is misleading and not supported by land-use data from Iowa wind installations.

Sources: General knowledge of wind turbine agricultural coexistence practices

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- wind_energy_opposition (90%)
- business_interest_rationalization (85%)
- supply_amplification (70%)
- aberdeen_golf_course (80%)
- retweet_no_commentary (60%)
- agrarian_nostalgia (50%)

## That day

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

**Letterman Afterglow: 50+ Fan Retweets Fuel a Grandiose Marathon, Punctuated by Petty Media Vendettas**

Trump spent most of the day basking in praise after his Late Show appearance, retweeting dozens of fan compliments with brief thank-yous in what amounted to a prolonged self-congratulation session. Several followers urged him to run for president in 2016, which he warmly acknowledged without committing. The good mood was interrupted twice — first by a sharp insult aimed at MSNBC's Chris Matthews, and then by a sustained four-post attack on New York Magazine, which he declared "lifeless and dead" and warned its employees to update their resumes. Earlier in the evening before, he'd been amplifying Scottish locals opposed to wind turbines near his golf resort, continuing a years-long personal grievance dressed up as community advocacy.

Full digest for 2013-03-28: https://trump.fm/date/2013-03-28/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, March 28). "@kalevans: @realDonaldTrump Iowa is the second... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_317109873517158401
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@kalevans: @realDonaldTrump Iowa is the second leading..." X (Twitter), 28 Mar. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_317109873517158401. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@kalevans: @realDonaldTrump Iowa is the second leading...," X (Twitter), March 28, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_317109873517158401.

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