# Post x_355176062096916480

- Post ID: `x_355176062096916480`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-07-11T04:05:46.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @nikkio
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_355176062096916480
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_355176062096916480/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_355176062096916480.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

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

> "@nikkio: @realDonaldTrump Spitzer thinks since Wiener did it - so can he. I hope the good citizens of NYC show both the door.

## Engagement

- Likes: 27
- Reposts: 38
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.290Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-24T10:01:12.635Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

A low-intensity, maintenance-mode post in which Trump amplifies a supporter's comparative dismissal of two NYC Democratic comeback candidates—Eliot Spitzer (NYC Comptroller, announced July 7) and Anthony Weiner (NYC Mayor)—both running post-scandal. Late-night timing (12:05 AM EDT) and retweet format are consistent with authentic Trump authorship. No acute narcissistic triggers are visible; psychological state is opportunistically grandiose: leveraging others' public humiliation to reinforce Trump's brand as NYC's moral arbiter without expending original rhetorical effort. The "Wiener" pun endorsement suggests mild ego-syntonic enjoyment of the targets' degradation. The outsourced-aggression retweet structure—full communicative attack payload with formal deniability—is a stable behavioral adaptation in this period. Surrounding posts confirm a consistent baseline: fan-validation retweets interspersed with confident political pronouncements. No cognitive deviation from 2013 baseline detectable. No danger indicators. Clinically unremarkable by this subject's standards; the post is notable primarily as a clean illustration of his proxy-attack pattern and the narrative identity framework in which he positions himself as aligned with virtuous "good citizens" against scandal-contaminated political elites.

## Psychological Analysis: Trump Twitter Post, July 11, 2013 (04:05:46 UTC)

### I. Authorship Attribution

**Timestamp conversion:** 04:05:46 UTC → **12:05 AM EDT** (Trump's local timezone, New York City, July 2013)

This post arrives squarely in Trump's documented authentic posting window. In July 2013 he was operating from Trump Tower, Manhattan. The retweet format with zero added original commentary is characteristic of his 2012–2014 Twitter behavior, where he frequently amplified supporter voices rather than exclusively authoring original content. No aide-authorship signals are present (no event announcements, no professional formatting, no polished sentence structure). **Assessment: likely authentic, moderate-high confidence.**

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### II. Political Context

This post amplifies @nikkio's comparison of two disgraced NYC Democratic politicians attempting political comebacks:

- **Eliot Spitzer** had resigned as New York Governor in March 2008 following a prostitution scandal. On **July 7–8, 2013**—just three days before this tweet—he announced his candidacy for NYC Comptroller, submitting a petition the following day and collecting over 27,000 signatures by the July 11 deadline. The announcement was widely described as stunning given the recency of his disgrace.
- **Anthony Weiner** had resigned from Congress in June 2011 after a sexting scandal, then announced his NYC mayoral bid in May 2013. At the time of this tweet (July 11), he was already in the mayor's race. The subsequent "Carlos Danger" revelations did not break until July 22–23, 2013—eleven days later. So this tweet responds to Weiner's *attempted comeback* generically, not to any fresh news.

The @nikkio tweet's "Wiener" misspelling is a deliberate crude double-entendre (slang for penis, pointed at a politician whose scandal involved genital imagery). By retweeting without correction or commentary, Trump implicitly endorses both the political judgment and the scatological humor.

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### III. Multi-Level Personality Analysis (McAdams & Pals, 2006)

**Level 1 – Dispositional Traits**

The act of selecting and amplifying this specific content reveals:
- **Low Agreeableness (antagonism)**: Willingness to publicly mock opponents' humiliation through a surrogate voice; no charitable interpretation offered.
- **High Extraversion (assertiveness facet)**: Trump maintains political public commentary posture despite not being a declared candidate—staying visible in NYC civic discourse.
- **Low Openness** (values rigidity): Moralistic, binary framing of electoral fitness based on personal conduct history.
- **Subdued Neuroticism**: Compared to more reactive posts, this reads as *cool and opportunistic* rather than emotionally agitated. No apparent rage trigger.

**Level 2 – Characteristic Adaptations**

Agency motives predominate. Trump uses this retweet to maintain political relevance in NYC discourse while expending minimal rhetorical effort—a classically efficient move. The structure—amplifying a supporter's criticism of opponents—constitutes *outsourced aggression*: full communicative effect of a direct attack with formal deniability ("I'm sharing what others say"). This is a recurring adaptation in Trump's Twitter behavior throughout this period.

Communion motives are nearly absent. The implicit in-group ("good citizens") is invoked instrumentally, not warmly.

**Level 3 – Narrative Identity**

- **Protagonist role:** Observer-judge. Trump positions himself above the fray—a principled civic voice aligned with authentic New Yorkers, watching from elevation as the corrupt stumble.
- **Narrative sequence:** Contamination (implied). Weiner and Spitzer represent trajectories from public power to public disgrace. Their attempted returns are framed as additional evidence of moral failure rather than redemption—a contamination arc that cannot reverse itself through mere persistence.
- **Identity claim:** Aligned with "good citizens" who exercise proper democratic judgment.
- **Contrasting other:** Weiner and Spitzer as scandal-compromised politicians who presume too much.

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### IV. Clinical Indicators

**Narcissistic Dynamics**

No acute narcissistic injury or rage is visible. The psychological state is **maintenance-mode grandiose**: Trump leverages others' public humiliation to implicitly elevate himself by contrast without direct self-reference. The trigger is *opportunistic maintenance*—Spitzer's July 7 announcement creates a ready vehicle for political commentary that reinforces Trump's brand as a plain-speaking, morally clear New York public figure.

The surrounding posts on the same day exhibit consistent *mild supply-seeking*: multiple retweets of fan praise ("has the realest tweets," "great American," "he's a closer"), interspersed with political commentary. This symbiotic exchange—validation in, attacks out—is a stable baseline pattern for this period.

**Ego-Syntonic Sadism (mild):** There is evident pleasure in both Weiner's and Spitzer's predicament. Choosing to amplify the "Wiener" pun suggests delight in the target's humiliation as entertainment, not neutral civic commentary. This is characteristic rather than situationally extreme.

**Defense Mechanisms**

- **Projection (mild):** The framing implies Weiner and Spitzer lack the self-awareness to recognize their own disqualification. This attribution is not reflexively applied to Trump's own contemporaneous controversies and legal history.
- **Displacement:** Engagement operates entirely at the personal-scandal level rather than substantive policy critique, redirecting civic framing to character dismissal.
- **Outsourced aggression (behavioral):** The retweet structure delivers the attack's communicative payload while preserving plausible deniability about authorship of the judgment.

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### V. Rhetorical Analysis

- **Ad hominem via proxy:** Attack on personal character delivered through a third-party voice, insulating Trump from direct attribution.
- **Innuendo endorsement:** Amplifying "Wiener" (pun) without correction signals knowing, deliberate participation in the crude humor.
- **Appeal to civic virtue:** "Good citizens" language reframes a political attack as democratic responsibility.
- **False moral equivalence:** Collapses two structurally distinct scandals—solicitation of prostitution (Spitzer) versus exhibitionist sexting (Weiner)—into a single disqualifying moral category.
- **Narrative shortcut:** The tweet assumes audience familiarity with both scandal histories; compression into a single sentence relies on that shared knowledge to pack maximum rhetorical punch.

No violent imagery, dehumanizing language, or eliminationist rhetoric present.

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### VI. Cognitive Status

Original language in this post is minimal (pure retweet). Surrounding same-day posts demonstrate **coherent, grammatically intact sentences, clear argumentative structure** ("Snowden has given serious information to China and Russia—anyone who thinks otherwise is a dope!"), and typical 2013-era Trump rhetorical patterns (direct assertion, simple declarative sentences, confident moral judgment). No word-finding difficulty, tangentiality, perseveration, or confabulation detectable. **Fully consistent with established 2013 baseline. No deviation.**

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### VII. Danger Assessment

**None.** Conventional electoral commentary on candidates' fitness for office based on documented public conduct. No dehumanizing language, eliminationist framing, mobilization calls, or stochastic terrorism patterns. Target of the post is electoral outcome ("show both the door"), not personal harm.

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### VIII. Fact-Checks

1. **Spitzer announced candidacy for NYC Comptroller:** TRUE. Announced July 7–8, 2013. Filed petitions July 8, submitted over 27,000 signatures by July 11 deadline.
2. **Weiner was running for NYC Mayor in 2013:** TRUE. Announced May 2013.
3. **Weiner had a prior scandal ("did it"):** TRUE. Resigned from Congress June 2011 following sexting scandal.
4. **Spitzer had a prior scandal:** TRUE. Resigned as Governor March 2008, "Client 9" prostitution scandal (Emperors Club VIP).
5. **"Spitzer thinks since Wiener did it—so can he":** MOSTLY TRUE. Spitzer explicitly stated his belief in public forgiveness; political analysts widely characterized his decision as analogous to Weiner's political rehabilitation attempt. Causation from Weiner's example to Spitzer's decision is inferential but well-documented in contemporaneous reporting.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Spitzer announced candidacy for NYC Comptroller" | **True** | Spitzer announced his NYC Comptroller candidacy on July 7-8, 2013, filed petitions July 8, and submitted over 27,000 signatures by the July 11 deadline—three days before this tweet. |
| "Weiner was running for NYC Mayor in 2013" | **True** | Anthony Weiner announced his NYC mayoral candidacy in May 2013. At the time of this July 11 tweet, the 'Carlos Danger' revelations had not yet occurred (they broke July 22-23, 2013). |
| "Weiner 'did it' (returned to politics post-scandal)" | **True** | Weiner resigned from Congress June 2011 following sexting scandal, then launched NYC mayoral bid May 2013—a direct political comeback attempt. |
| "Spitzer thinks he can return to politics because Weiner did" | **Mostly True** | Spitzer explicitly cited belief in public forgiveness and his desire to return to public service. Political analysts widely characterized his decision as analogous to and likely emboldened by Weiner's attempt. Direct causal inference from Weiner's example is reasonable but not explicitly confirmed by Spitzer. |

Overall Veracity: 95%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 75%)

### Indicators

- Late-night posting (12:05 AM EDT, New York)
- Pure retweet with no appended original commentary
- Informal fan-amplification format consistent with early Twitter behavior (2012-2014)
- No professional grammar, event framing, or aide-authorship signals
- Crude pun endorsement inconsistent with aide-managed content

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Spitzer's July 7-8 NYC Comptroller announcement coinciding with Weiner's ongoing mayoral campaign)

Sentiment: -0.32

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 35%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 5%
- Sadism: 20%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- displacement (neurotic)
- acting out (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 38%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Alignment with 'good citizens' to create shared moral community with followers
- Validation loop: retweeting fan praise alongside political attacks reinforces mutual admiration exchange

## Fact Checks (4)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-02-24._

> Spitzer announced candidacy for NYC Comptroller

**TRUE**

Spitzer announced his NYC Comptroller candidacy on July 7-8, 2013, filed petitions July 8, and submitted over 27,000 signatures by the July 11 deadline—three days before this tweet.

Sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/five-years-after-scandal-eliot-spitzer-announces-new-run-for-office-in-new-york/2013/07/08/a90d49d2-e7f2-11e2-a301-ea5a8116d211_story.html; https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/7/eliot-spitzer-comeback-disgraced-ex-gov-launches-n/

> Weiner was running for NYC Mayor in 2013

**TRUE**

Anthony Weiner announced his NYC mayoral candidacy in May 2013. At the time of this July 11 tweet, the 'Carlos Danger' revelations had not yet occurred (they broke July 22-23, 2013).

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Weiner_sexting_scandals; https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/24/politics/weiner-timeline/index.html

> Weiner 'did it' (returned to politics post-scandal)

**TRUE**

Weiner resigned from Congress June 2011 following sexting scandal, then launched NYC mayoral bid May 2013—a direct political comeback attempt.

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Weiner

> Spitzer thinks he can return to politics because Weiner did

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Spitzer explicitly cited belief in public forgiveness and his desire to return to public service. Political analysts widely characterized his decision as analogous to and likely emboldened by Weiner's attempt. Direct causal inference from Weiner's example is reasonable but not explicitly confirmed by Spitzer.

Sources: https://goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/disgraced-york-gov-eliot-spitzer-win-19610270; https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2013/07/08/eliot-spitzer-is-running-for-office-again-and-yes-he-can-win/

Overall Veracity: 95%

## Tags

- NYC_Democrats (80%)
- proxy_attack_retweet (90%)
- crude_pun_endorsement (70%)
- maintenance_mode_grandiosity (60%)
- outsourced_aggression (85%)
- pre_candidacy_2013 (70%)
- NYC_scandal_politics (80%)
- likely_authentic_late_night (75%)

## That day

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

**Brand Maintenance and Applause-Harvesting: Trump's Psychologically Stable Pre-Campaign Baseline on Full Display**

The July 11, 2013 posting record presents one of Trump's psychologically quietest days in the observable dataset — a study in narcissistic homeostasis rather than turbulence. Fourteen posts spanning roughly 21.5 hours (8:08 PM to 5:45 PM EDT) consist overwhelmingly of low-intensity fan retweets functioning as structured narcissistic supply harvesting and clearly automated brand-maintenance posts, with authorship scores as low as 0.10 on three posts signaling scheduled or staff-managed content. The sole original political assertion — a confident, binary-framed verdict on Edward Snowden as "a traitor who fled" (post x_355119266317615105, intensity 0.52) — arrives at 8:20 PM EDT and constitutes the day's only authentic rhetorical effort of substance. Its certainty-without-evidence structure is consistent with Trump's established splitting defense, but it neither escalates into a rage spiral nor triggers follow-on engagement, leaving it as an isolated political salvo rather than a symptom of acute distress.

The posting rhythm, converted to EDT (Trump inferred at Trump Tower, NYC on this Thursday), reveals a rational and psychologically stable pattern: an evening cluster of five posts (8:08–8:48 PM), a single late-night post at 12:05 AM (the Spitzer/Weiner proxy retweet, x_355176062096916480), an inferred sleep window of approximately seven to eight hours, a morning cluster of five posts (8:01–8:39 AM), and two midday promotional posts followed by an automated end-of-day inspirational quote. The ~8-hour sleep window decisively rules out sleep deprivation. No pressured speech, no flight of ideas, no hyperconnected thematic leaping — the hallmarks of hypomanic states are entirely absent.

Thematically, the day orbits narcissistic supply collection: seven of fourteen posts are retweets of fan admiration, functioning as a curated highlight reel of adulation requiring minimal emotional labor. The Snowden and Spitzer/Weiner posts represent opportunistic political positioning — staking out "common sense patriot" stances against easy cultural targets without meaningful engagement risk. No internal contradictions, no escalation trajectory, no elevated danger indicators, and no hypomanic markers are detected. Trump engaged exclusively with domestic controversies offering clear binary framing while ignoring all international and humanitarian events occurring simultaneously. This day represents the subject's 2013 resting state: grandiose, self-reinforcing, substantially automated, and psychologically unremarkable — valuable primarily as baseline documentation against which more acute days can be benchmarked.

Full digest for 2013-07-11: https://trump.fm/date/2013-07-11/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, July 11). "@nikkio: @realDonaldTrump Spitzer thinks since... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_355176062096916480
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@nikkio: @realDonaldTrump Spitzer thinks since Wiener did..." X (Twitter), 11 Jul. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_355176062096916480. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@nikkio: @realDonaldTrump Spitzer thinks since Wiener did...," X (Twitter), July 11, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_355176062096916480.

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