# Post x_324558896079454208 - Post ID: `x_324558896079454208` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2013-04-17T16:24:05.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_324558896079454208 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_324558896079454208/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_324558896079454208.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Great to see @RedSox win big yesterday. Good for Boston and the country. Yesterday we were all @RedSox fans. ## Engagement - Likes: 131 - Reposts: 227 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.298Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-22T04:02:20.795Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Contextual Background This post appears **48 hours after the Boston Marathon bombing** (April 15, 2013), in which two pressure-cooker IEDs detonated near the finish line, killing three people (Martin Richard, 8; Krystle Campbell, 29; Lu Lingzi, 23) and injuring 264 others. The reference to the Red Sox winning "yesterday" is accurate: on April 16, Boston defeated the Cleveland Indians in an away game, with both teams wearing black armbands in solidarity with victims. The tweet participates in the post-tragedy national solidarity cycle. --- ## Authorship Attribution: **High probability aide-written** **Timestamp analysis:** UTC 16:24:05 converts to **12:24 PM EDT** (Trump's presumed location: New York City, Trump Tower). Solidly midday — well within standard business hours for communications staff. **Stylistic markers:** - Grammatically complete sentences, zero typos or misspellings - No ellipses, ALL CAPS, or emotional eruptions - Empathetic, communal, self-effacing framing ("we were all") — structurally alien to Trump's authentic voice - Genre: professional crisis communication / solidarity statement **Contrast with same-day authentic posts:** The reply "@dandeloof @mcuban Wrong--he started it, I finished it!" displays competitive defensiveness and terse sentence fragments characteristic of Trump's genuine voice. "@Y0itsbeau Well, I would make America great again." appears reactive and colloquial. The Red Sox tweet belongs to an entirely different register — that of polished PR management. Confidence: **High** that this was drafted by a communications aide (likely Dan Scavino or equivalent staff). --- ## Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five) As an aide-authored document, trait signals reflect the *idealized public persona* rather than Trump's authentic dispositional profile: - **Agreeableness**: Elevated (solidarity, inclusion, communal "we") - **Neuroticism**: Minimal (no hostility, no volatility) - **Extraversion**: Moderate (public engagement as national commentator) The profile reads as a deliberate inversion of Trump's authentic high-neuroticism, low-agreeableness baseline — confirming aide authorship through the very perfection of its civic virtue. --- ## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations Even in staff-managed posts, implicit motivational architecture is visible. The phrase "Good for Boston **and the country**" performs a subtle **agency/status motive**: it positions Trump as a figure whose perspective on national well-being carries weight. This is passive supply-seeking — attaching his brand to universally sympathetic sentiment without overt self-promotion. The mechanism is supply acquisition through association. --- ## Level 3: Narrative Identity - **Protagonist role:** Empathetic national commentator; a public figure who tracks collective American sentiment - **Identity claims:** Implicit claim to national standing; "I am someone whose view of American welfare is relevant" - **Narrative sequence:** Neutral — post-tragedy solidarity arc with no redemptive or contamination structure - **Contrasting other:** Absent — conspicuously non-adversarial (further evidence of aide authorship; authentic Trump almost always defines self against an enemy) --- ## Level 4: Clinical Indicators No clinically significant markers are present. The post is low-intensity, communion-oriented, and free of narcissistic, paranoid, or antisocial features. It is consistent with routine crisis communication management by staff. The absence of self-insertion and competitive framing is itself diagnostically interesting — these are structural absences from Trump's behavioral baseline. --- ## Rhetorical Analysis The phrase "Yesterday we were all @RedSox fans" invokes the **solidarity formula** — a well-established rhetorical device deployed after collective trauma (cf. "Nous sommes tous Américains" post-9/11, "Je suis Charlie" post-2015). The structure: - **Collective identification** ("we were all") dissolves individual difference into shared identity - **Metonymic chain**: Red Sox → Boston → American resilience and community - **Positive reframe**: The win is cast as national uplift, not mere sports result This is competent, professional framing. It lacks Trump's characteristically superlative vocabulary ("greatest," "best ever," "total disaster") and adversarial architecture. No propaganda techniques, no dehumanization, no violent imagery. --- ## Longitudinal Note Of notable interest in the same-day corpus: the reply "@Y0itsbeau Well, I would make America great again" — posted April 17, 2013, over **two years before** the June 2015 campaign announcement — suggests "Make America Great Again" was already in Trump's active vernacular as a casual, off-the-cuff phrase rather than a carefully engineered campaign slogan. This has implications for understanding the phrase's origins as an organic expression of his worldview rather than a consultant-crafted message. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Red Sox won big yesterday (April 16, 2013)" | **True** | The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians on April 16, 2013, in an away game played two days after the Boston Marathon bombing. Both teams wore black armbands in solidarity with victims. | Overall Veracity: 100% ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 10%) ### Indicators - 12:24 PM EDT local posting time — midday business hours - Grammatically complete sentences, zero typos or misspellings - Empathetic communal tone ('we were all') structurally absent from Trump's authentic voice - No ALL CAPS, ellipses, or emotional reactivity - Polished crisis-communication genre inconsistent with Trump's personal posting style ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Maintenance (Boston Marathon bombing / Red Sox April 16 win) Sentiment: +0.78 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 5% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 30% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Passive solidarity identification — attaches personal brand to collective grief without overt self-promotion ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-02-22._ > Red Sox won big yesterday (April 16, 2013) **TRUE** The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians on April 16, 2013, in an away game played two days after the Boston Marathon bombing. Both teams wore black armbands in solidarity with victims. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Boston_Red_Sox_season; https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/04/14/sports/2013-red-sox-reunite-fenway-10-years-after-boston-marathon-bombings-connected-team-city-like-never-before/ Overall Veracity: 100% ## Tags - Boston Marathon bombing (95%) - aide-written (88%) - national solidarity (85%) - crisis communication (82%) - passive supply-seeking (40%) - sports metonymy (60%) - low intensity (90%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **A Textbook Day of Narcissistic Supply Collection, Punctuated by One Clean Injury Response and the Quiet Birth of "Make America Great Again"** Trump spent a full business day collecting and broadcasting compliments from fans — at least a dozen retweets of praise calling him a "legend," "genius," and "role model," each rewarded with a warm "Thanks!" The only flash of anger came when a random user claimed Mark Cuban was wealthier, prompting an instant "Wrong moron" counterattack. The day's most historically notable moment was a throwaway reply to an anonymous follower: "Well, I would make America great again" — the earliest known Twitter appearance of the slogan that would reshape American politics. Meanwhile, two days after the Boston Marathon bombing and on the same day as the deadly West Texas fertilizer plant explosion, Trump made no mention of victims or national grief, instead using the bombing's backdrop to attack Obama's budget priorities. Full digest for 2013-04-17: https://trump.fm/date/2013-04-17/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, April 17). Great to see @RedSox win big yesterday. Good for... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_324558896079454208 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Great to see @RedSox win big yesterday. Good for Boston and..." 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