# Post x_317114031091621890

- Post ID: `x_317114031091621890`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-03-28T03:20:51.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @nicla_b
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_317114031091621890
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## Post text

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

> "@nicla_b: @realDonaldTrump @AlexSalmond @pressjournal @JohnDuthie1 was doing the same, thinking, salmond has lost his mind

## Engagement

- Likes: 3
- Reposts: 8
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.304Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-19T11:14:48.228Z (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 late-night authentic post marks a peak moment in Trump's obsessive two-year campaign against Scotland's approval of an offshore wind farm adjacent to his Menie Estate golf course. Rather than adding commentary, Trump retweets @nicla_b's claim that First Minister Alex Salmond has "lost his mind" — a classic devaluation-by-proxy tactic achieving ad hominem attack with authorial distance. The retweet selection is deliberate: it seeds a mental-unfitness narrative through a private citizen's voice, constructing social proof while insulating Trump from direct attribution.

The broader context is the more clinically significant data point. Trump dispatched 16 letters to a head of government over 2+ years, publicly pledged unlimited financial resources to reverse a routine planning decision, and conducted sustained social media mobilization — a response grossly disproportionate to a commercial setback that courts at every level would ultimately dismiss as without legal merit. The core dynamic is narcissistic entitlement: the expectation that a national government should defer to his aesthetic and financial preferences. That this expectation was disappointed constitutes a narcissistic injury of the defeat subtype, activating the devaluation defense visible in this post.

The rationalization schema (financial self-interest dressed as environmental altruism) runs consistently through the entire campaign and appears partially ego-syntonic. This 2013 episode is clinically interesting as an early-period illustration of disproportionate grievance response, institutional-authority devaluation, and obsessive fixation — patterns that would intensify significantly on a national stage.

## Authorship Attribution

**Timestamp conversion:** UTC 03:20:51 on 2013-03-28 → **11:20 PM EDT, March 27, 2013** in New York (DST began March 10, 2013; UTC−4 applies). Trump's primary residence in 2013 was Trump Tower, Manhattan. Late-night local timing is a strong authentic indicator. The format — a raw retweet-with-quote using Twitter's legacy quotation syntax (opening `"` with no corresponding close, username chain, incomplete sentence structure) — matches the unpolished, stream-of-consciousness posting style documented as authentic. No aide-drafted announcement or event framing is present. **High confidence: authentic Trump.**

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## Contextual Background

The post arrives days after the Scottish government's **March 2013 approval** of the Aberdeen offshore wind farm (European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre), an 11-turbine array visible from Trump International Golf Links at Menie Estate, Aberdeenshire — a property Trump had invested heavily in since 2006. Trump had already waged an obsessive written campaign against the project, sending **16 letters to First Minister Alex Salmond** between 2011 and 2013. He had publicly called Salmond "mad" in the British press and vowed to "spend whatever monies are necessary" to block construction. The surrounding same-day tweets confirm a burst of emotional engagement: tagging Salmond and regional journalists, retweeting anti-wind-energy voices, and narrating the Aberdeenshire coastline as environmentally imperiled — a framing that rationalized financial self-interest as environmental stewardship.

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## Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five)

The post and its surrounding cluster reveal:
- **Low Agreeableness** (0.15): opponent devaluation (indirectly), antagonism toward governmental authority
- **High Extraversion** (0.75): rapid-fire engagement, multiple same-day posts, active audience mobilization
- **Elevated Neuroticism** (0.65): emotional activation following a concrete defeat; urgency and repetition in the cluster suggest genuine dysregulation
- **Low Openness** (0.20): rigid refusal to accept a legitimate governmental decision; values inflexibility
- **Moderate-Low Conscientiousness** (0.35): impulsive retweet chain, no strategic coordination visible

The dominant facet is **angry hostility** (neuroticism subscale), activated by a recent perceived defeat.

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## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations

The operative motive is **agency/power** — specifically the protection of a significant financial and brand investment. Trump's golf course at Menie Estate carried both economic value and identity-brand significance ("the greatest golf course anywhere in the world," per his public statements). Wind turbines threatening the view threatened not just aesthetics but brand equity.

The **rationalization schema** deployed throughout this period is particularly notable: opposition to wind turbines is framed as concern for Scotland's natural heritage, wildlife, and community property values — altruistic arguments that functionally serve financial self-interest. This schema was applied consistently across Trump's 16 letters to Salmond, his newspaper editorial, and this Twitter campaign. The schema is not inconsistent, suggesting it may be partially sincere (or at minimum, deeply ego-syntonic).

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## Level 3: Narrative Identity

- **Protagonist role:** The lone voice of reason confronting an irrational, power-drunk government; defender of Scotland's scenic and historic integrity (altruistic masking of self-interest)
- **Contrasting other:** Alex Salmond — a First Minister characterized as having "lost his mind," reduced from legitimate governmental authority to a figure of ridicule
- **Narrative sequence:** Active **contamination arc** — a beautiful and historically significant landscape (Trump's golf setting) is being ruined by governmental folly; Trump positions himself as would-be restorer
- **Identity claims:** Implicit assertion of superior aesthetic, environmental, and economic judgment over elected officials; claim to speak for the people of Aberdeenshire ("Blackdog folks are very smart")

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## Level 4: Clinical Indicators

### Malignant Narcissism (Kernberg)

| Feature | Observed Evidence | Score |
|---|---|---|
| **Narcissistic** | Entitlement (governmental deference to his aesthetics), grandiosity ("spend whatever necessary"), interpersonal exploitation (using followers as surrogates) | 0.55 |
| **Antisocial** | Disregard for democratic/legal process (vowing to reverse a legitimate governmental decision), deceitful framing (altruistic rationalization of financial motive) | 0.25 |
| **Paranoid** | Framing Salmond as irrational/malicious rather than as a legitimate authority; preoccupation with perceived persecution of his investment | 0.35 |
| **Sadism** | Minimal in this post; no evident pleasure in Salmond's suffering | 0.10 |

### Narcissistic Dynamics

**Trigger:** The March 2013 governmental approval of the wind farm constitutes a **narcissistic injury** of the *defeat* subtype — his extensive personal campaign failed, his financial interests were overridden, and a governmental authority publicly disregarded his influence.

**Narcissistic rage:** Present but mild in this specific post (intensity: 0.30). The rage is channeled through proxy — Trump amplifies @nicla_b's "lost his mind" rather than emitting it directly. This represents **modulated** (not acute) rage expression, consistent with someone who has been processing this defeat over a period of days.

**Proportionality:** Low (0.20). A multi-year obsessive letter-writing campaign, vows to spend unlimited funds, legal challenges, and sustained Twitter mobilization in response to a planning decision constitutes a grossly disproportionate response to a routine (if commercially inconvenient) governmental outcome.

**Narcissistic state:** Primarily **grandiose** — even in defeat, the framing positions Trump as a powerful actor who *will* prevail ("they won't be!," "will be destroyed") rather than as a powerless victim.

### Defense Mechanisms

1. **Rationalization (neurotic):** Environmental/wildlife/scenic framing deploys logical justification for economically self-interested opposition. Partially sincere but functionally serves to elevate the argument from "businessman protecting view" to "defender of national heritage." *Evidence: "historic value & wildlife will be tarnished"*

2. **Devaluation (immature):** Amplifying "Salmond has lost his mind" reduces a legitimate governmental decision-maker to a figure of mental unfitness. *Evidence: retweet selection and endorsement of mental fitness attack*

3. **Projection (immature, possible):** The accusation that Salmond has "lost his mind" is noteworthy given that Trump's own conduct — 16 letters to a head of government, vow to spend unlimited funds, social media mobilization — could be characterized as obsessive or disproportionate. The most troubling quality of the adversary may mirror disowned aspects of the self.

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## Rhetorical Analysis

The post employs **retweet-as-endorsement mechanics** to achieve ad hominem attack while maintaining authorial distance:

1. **Ad hominem via proxy:** The mental fitness attack originates from @nicla_b; Trump amplifies without authoring, maintaining plausible deniability while endorsing the attack
2. **Social proof construction:** Presenting the attack as coming from the public ("was doing the same, thinking") signals consensus and normalizes the devaluation
3. **Authority dismissal:** A First Minister's governmental decision is reframed as evidence of insanity rather than legitimate exercise of democratic authority
4. **In-group solidarity:** Surrounding retweets of anti-wind-energy voices from Iowa, Aberdeenshire, and elsewhere construct a coalition of the aggrieved

No dehumanizing language or violence-adjacent framing is present.

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## Cognitive Status

This is a 2013 data point, prior to the established presidential-era baseline. The post contains no extended language production to assess — it is a raw retweet with no appended text. The surrounding posts exhibit simple but coherent syntax, consistent with Trump's documented early-Twitter communication style. **No cognitive markers are assessable from this post.** Baseline comparison is not yet applicable.

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## Danger Assessment

**None.** This is a political and business dispute prosecuted through social media engagement. Language is dismissive and devaluating but not eliminationist, mobilizing, or violence-adjacent. The dispute would proceed through legal channels.

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## Summary

*The post falls within a clinically notable period of obsessive campaign behavior; brief summary follows.*

This late-night authentic post occurs at the peak of Trump's multi-year personal campaign against the Scottish government's approval of an offshore wind farm adjacent to his Menie Estate golf course. The retweet amplifies a follower's claim that First Minister Alex Salmond has "lost his mind" — a classic devaluation-by-proxy tactic that achieves ad hominem attack with authorial distance. 

Psychologically, the broader context is the more significant data point: 16 letters to a head of government, vows to spend "whatever monies are necessary," and a sustained Twitter mobilization campaign constitute a response grossly disproportionate to a commercial setback. This obsessive, entitlement-driven pattern — expecting a national government to defer to his aesthetic and financial preferences — illustrates core narcissistic dynamics that would intensify on a national stage. The rationalization schema (framing financial self-interest as environmental altruism) is consistent and ego-syntonic. No acute clinical concern; the post is clinically interesting primarily as an early-period illustration of disproportionate grievance response and devaluation of institutional authority, patterns that would become more consequential in later years.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Salmond has 'lost his mind' (implied endorsement via retweet)" | **Unverifiable** | This is an ad hominem opinion claim, not a factual proposition subject to verification. It functions as devaluation rhetoric, not as an empirical assertion. |
| "Aberdeenshire coast has 'historic value & wildlife' that would be tarnished by wind turbines (surrounding post, same cluster)" | **Half True** | The Aberdeenshire coast does have genuine scenic and ecological significance. However, the specific claim that the offshore wind farm would materially 'tarnish' it is contested; environmental assessments were conducted and the project was approved. Trump's golf course itself involved significant landscape alteration that drew environmental objections. |
| "Implicit claim that Scottish government approval of the Aberdeen offshore wind farm was improper or irrational" | **Mostly False** | The Scottish government followed standard planning processes. The approval survived legal challenge through the Court of Session, the Inner House, and the UK Supreme Court, which unanimously dismissed Trump's appeal in December 2015. |

Overall Veracity: 40%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 88%)

### Indicators

- UTC 03:20:51 = 11:20 PM EDT March 27 in New York (primary residence: Trump Tower); late-night timing consistent with authentic posting
- Legacy Twitter retweet-with-quote syntax (opening quotation mark, no close) matches authenticated Trump style from this era
- Part of emotional engagement burst: 5+ posts on wind turbine topic within 24-hour window
- No polish, no event announcement, no professional formatting
- Unfiltered endorsement of a mental-fitness attack on a head of government; aides would not draft this

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Scottish government March 2013 approval of Aberdeen offshore wind farm near Trump's Menie Estate golf course)

**Rage:** Intensity 30% targeting Alex Salmond / Scottish government
- Proportionality: 20%

Sentiment: -0.52

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Burst posting pattern: 5+ tweets on same topic within 24-hour window
- Late-night engagement (11:20 PM local time)
- Emotional activation and urgency in surrounding posts ('they won't be!', 'will be destroyed')
- Broad tagging of journalists, politicians, and community figures across multiple posts

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 55%
- Antisocial: 25%
- Paranoid: 35%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- rationalization (neurotic)
- devaluation (immature)
- projection (immature)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- retweet-as-endorsement to construct social proof
- follower instrumentalized as surrogate attacker
- shared grievance solidarity construction via anti-wind-energy retweet cluster

## Fact Checks (3)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-02-19._

> Salmond has 'lost his mind' (implied endorsement via retweet)

**UNVERIFIABLE**

This is an ad hominem opinion claim, not a factual proposition subject to verification. It functions as devaluation rhetoric, not as an empirical assertion.

> Aberdeenshire coast has 'historic value & wildlife' that would be tarnished by wind turbines (surrounding post, same cluster)

**HALF TRUE**

The Aberdeenshire coast does have genuine scenic and ecological significance. However, the specific claim that the offshore wind farm would materially 'tarnish' it is contested; environmental assessments were conducted and the project was approved. Trump's golf course itself involved significant landscape alteration that drew environmental objections.

Sources: https://www.npr.org/2013/07/01/196352470/thar-he-blows-trump-tussles-with-scots-over-wind-turbines

> Implicit claim that Scottish government approval of the Aberdeen offshore wind farm was improper or irrational

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The Scottish government followed standard planning processes. The approval survived legal challenge through the Court of Session, the Inner House, and the UK Supreme Court, which unanimously dismissed Trump's appeal in December 2015.

Sources: https://www.trump-scotland-windfarm-lawsuit-2641325439.html; https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-organization-ordered-to-pay-290000-after-losing-battle-against-scottish-wind-farm/2019/11/12/3657cdd4-0561-11ea-ac12-3325d49eacaa_story.html

Overall Veracity: 40%

## Tags

- Scotland wind turbines (95%)
- Alex Salmond devaluation (85%)
- narcissistic injury response (80%)
- retweet-as-proxy-attack (80%)
- financial self-interest rationalized as environmentalism (75%)
- obsessive grievance fixation (70%)
- institutional authority devaluation (65%)
- late-night authentic posting (60%)

## 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). "@nicla_b: @realDonaldTrump @AlexSalmond... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_317114031091621890
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@nicla_b: @realDonaldTrump @AlexSalmond @pressjournal..." X (Twitter), 28 Mar. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_317114031091621890. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@nicla_b: @realDonaldTrump @AlexSalmond @pressjournal...," X (Twitter), March 28, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_317114031091621890.

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