# Post x_358299564563890200

- Post ID: `x_358299564563890200`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-07-19T22:57:27.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_358299564563890200
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_358299564563890200/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_358299564563890200.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Some good news for New York – Weiner has dropped 12 points in the polls &amp, that is before more of the pervert’s old texts are released.

## Engagement

- Likes: 0
- Reposts: 148
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:24.904Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T21:16:40.969Z (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 brief, dominant post expressing ego-syntonic sadism over Anthony Weiner's polling decline. The clinically significant element is not the content per se but the rhetorical technique: "the pervert" (definite article + noun identity) represents a devaluation move that permanently reduces Weiner to a single shameful attribute. The absence of ambivalence about this framing is consistent with Kernberg's description of ego-syntonic sadism — the pleasure in another's humiliation is fully integrated and uncontested internally. The anticipatory construction ("before more texts are released") transforms decline into spectacle to be savored, generating audience engagement through shared contempt. Defense mechanisms are devaluation (immature) and thin rationalization ("good news for New York"). No narcissistic injury is evident; this is grandiose baseline functioning, not a wounded response. Authorship indicators — including a malformed HTML entity — lean authentic. Cognitively unremarkable for this period. Historically, this post is an early instance of the permanent pejorative-label technique Trump would later deploy at national scale against political rivals, with substantially greater consequences. Danger level: none. The post is clinically interesting primarily as a documented, low-stakes example of sadistic devaluation as routine political communication.

# Psychological Analysis: Twitter/X Post — July 19, 2013

## Overview

A brief, targeted post about Anthony Weiner's mayoral polling decline. Low intensity relative to Trump's baseline but clinically interesting for its clean display of ego-syntonic sadism and efficient devaluation technique. No narcissistic injury is driving this — this is a dominant, grandiose post expressing pleasurable contempt.

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## Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five)

| Trait | Salience | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| **Agreeableness (low)** | High | Permanent pejorative labeling; zero empathy for subject |
| **Extraversion** | Moderate | Assertive public commentary, audience-directed framing |
| **Neuroticism** | Low-moderate | No evident distress; affect is pleasurable rather than anxious |
| **Conscientiousness** | Low | Impulsive framing, technical encoding error |
| **Openness** | Low | Reductive, categorical judgment |

Most salient facet: **low agreeableness / antagonism**, expressed through devaluation rather than hostility. The affect is closer to contempt than anger.

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## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations

**Dominant motive:** Agency/status — watching a rival descend validates Trump's own standing in the civic hierarchy.

**Schema revealed:**
- *Self-schema:* Savvy New York insider with superior judgment, positioned as civic commentator
- *Other-schema:* Public figures are either winners or losers; losers become permanent objects of contempt
- *World-schema:* Politics is a zero-sum arena where others' failure is inherently good news

**Goal structure:** Supply-seeking via shared contempt. The post invites followers into a collective schadenfreude experience, generating social bonding through mutual devaluation of a third party.

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## Level 3: Narrative Identity

**Protagonist role:** The sharp-eyed civic observer — not personally involved in Weiner's scandal, but positioned as the one who sees it clearly and names it plainly.

**Narrative sequence:** Contamination imposed on Weiner (his arc has gone irreversibly bad), while Trump's narrative remains cleanly separate and dominant.

**Identity claims:** 
- *I am a New Yorker who cares about the city's political health*
- *I call things what they are, without hedging*

**Contrasting other:** Weiner as the permanent "pervert" — the figure defined entirely by shame, against whom Trump's own non-scandalized identity implicitly shines.

**Note:** This is 2013. The rhetorical architecture Trump deploys here — permanent noun-identity labeling, anticipatory scandal priming — will become vastly more politically consequential when applied to national political rivals in 2015–2016.

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## Level 4: Clinical Indicators

### Malignant Narcissism Components

**A. Narcissistic Features (moderate, 0.55/1.0):**
- Grandiosity expressed as elevated civic observer
- No empathy; pleasure in subject's humiliation
- Contemptuous register

**B. Antisocial Features (low-moderate, 0.35/1.0):**
- Dehumanizing label suggests casual disregard for subject's dignity
- No direct rule violation, but contempt for social norms around public decorum

**C. Paranoid Features (absent, 0.05/1.0):**
- No persecution content; this is outward-directed contempt, not defensive

**D. Ego-Syntonic Sadism (moderate, 0.50/1.0):**
- The pleasure in Weiner's decline is not concealed or conflicted
- Anticipation of "more texts" being released is savored as entertainment
- The definite article construction ("the pervert") signals settled, comfortable contempt — sadism integrated into identity rather than experienced as transgressive

*This is the cleanest indicator in the post: the absence of ambivalence. The sadistic pleasure is fully ego-syntonic.*

### Defense Mechanisms

1. **Devaluation (immature):** "The pervert" reduces Weiner to a single attribute, permanently. The definite article is key — it signals completion, a finished verdict rather than an ongoing assessment.

2. **Rationalization (neurotic):** "Good news for New York" provides civic cover for what is functionally personal pleasure in a rival's humiliation. The rationalization is thin and appears perfunctory rather than deeply believed.

### Narcissistic State

**Grandiose.** No vulnerability markers. The post is authored from a position of confident superiority, not wounded defensiveness. This is baseline grandiosity in comfortable expression.

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## Cognitive Status Assessment

**Complexity score:** 3.5/10 (intentionally simple register, not indicative of impairment at this date)

**Markers:** None detected. The HTML encoding error ("&amp," missing semicolon) is a technical platform artifact, not a linguistic/cognitive marker. Syntax is simple but internally consistent. Temporal coherence is intact.

**Baseline comparison:** For 2013, this is entirely within normal range for Trump's Twitter register. Short, punchy, contemptuous political commentary is his established mode at this period. No deviation noted.

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## Authorship Attribution

**Score: 0.72 (leaning authentic)**

Key indicators favoring authenticity:
- Malformed HTML entity ("&amp," — missing closing semicolon) is a posting artifact consistent with direct platform access, not aide-prepared copy
- Crude pejorative register ("pervert") without diplomatic hedging
- Anticipatory/speculative framing reflects spontaneous thinking-aloud quality
- Timing: 6:57 PM ET is borderline; slightly late for peak aide hours but ambiguous

The encoding error is the strongest single authenticity signal. A professional communications aide formatting a post for publication would not produce this error.

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## Rhetorical Techniques

1. **Dehumanizing identity label:** "The pervert" (definite article + noun identity) — most rhetorically significant element. This terminates personhood and forecloses complexity, preparing the audience to process all future information about Weiner through a contempt frame.

2. **Anticipatory priming:** "Before more of the pervert's old texts are released" — transforms a one-time observation into the opening of an ongoing narrative, creating engagement incentive for return consumption.

3. **Civic altruism masking sadism:** "Good news for New York" — provides moral legitimation for pleasurable contempt. Technically accurate (a flawed candidate losing ground arguably benefits the city) but emotionally dishonest about what is actually being communicated.

4. **Precision polling reference (12 points):** Lends statistical credibility, signals that Trump is tracking the race closely — positions him as a serious political analyst rather than an entertainer.

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## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Weiner has dropped 12 points in the polls" | **Mostly True** | Weiner's polling in the 2013 NYC mayoral race did decline significantly in July 2013 as the second sexting scandal emerged. The specific 12-point figure is plausible and consistent with polling trends of the period. |
| "More of the pervert's old texts are released (anticipatory)" | **Unverifiable** | At the time of posting this was a prediction/inference. The 'Carlos Danger' sexting materials did emerge publicly around July 23, 2013, suggesting Trump had advance knowledge or was making an informed inference based on media reporting. |

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Danger Assessment

**Level: None**

No eliminationist language, no mobilization framing, no violent imagery. This is political contempt expressed through devaluation — significant clinically but not a danger indicator.

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## Longitudinal Context

This post is consistent with other same-day content: Trump is actively engaged in political commentary (ObamaCare, immigration, O'Reilly appearance). The Weiner post is the most emotionally charged of the day's output, distinguished by its sadistic pleasure register. The other posts are more transactional (quote promotion, congratulations, GDP commentary).

The devaluation technique ("the pervert") will appear in far more consequential contexts in subsequent years — "Crooked Hillary," "Sleepy Joe," "Crazy Nancy" all follow the same rhetorical architecture: permanent noun-identity labels deployed with contempt and repeated until they displace the original name. This 2013 post is an early, low-stakes instance of what becomes a signature political weapon.

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- HTML entity encoding error ('&amp,' missing semicolon) is consistent with unpolished, direct posting rather than aide-prepared copy
- Crude pejorative label ('pervert') reflects unfiltered register typical of authentic Trump
- Anticipatory framing ('before more...are released') has the speculative, schadenfreude-inflected quality of authentic posts
- 6:57 PM Eastern — borderline business hours, slightly late for aide but within range; the informal tone outweighs timing ambiguity

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Anthony Weiner's political difficulties)

Sentiment: -0.35

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 55%
- Antisocial: 35%
- Paranoid: 5%
- Sadism: 50%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Invites followers into shared contempt through 'we' framing ('good news for New York')
- Anticipatory priming ('before more...are released') creates narrative momentum and encourages return engagement

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Weiner has dropped 12 points in the polls

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Weiner's polling in the 2013 NYC mayoral race did decline significantly in July 2013 as the second sexting scandal emerged. The specific 12-point figure is plausible and consistent with polling trends of the period.

Sources: General knowledge of 2013 NYC mayoral polling

> More of the pervert's old texts are released (anticipatory)

**UNVERIFIABLE**

At the time of posting this was a prediction/inference. The 'Carlos Danger' sexting materials did emerge publicly around July 23, 2013, suggesting Trump had advance knowledge or was making an informed inference based on media reporting.

Sources: General knowledge of Weiner 2013 scandal timeline

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Tags

- devaluation (90%)
- ego_syntonic_sadism (75%)
- schadenfreude (85%)
- identity_labeling (90%)
- supply_seeking (70%)
- grandiose_state (65%)
- weiner_scandal (95%)
- civic_altruism_masking (60%)

## That day

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

**A Quiet Day of Brand Maintenance, Book Plugs, and Savoring Weiner's Collapse**

A calm, routine day of brand management and light political commentary. Trump promoted his O'Reilly Factor appearance multiple times, scattered motivational quotes throughout the day, plugged his books and golf course, and thanked fans. The sharpest moment came when he went after Anthony Weiner's polling collapse with evident relish, calling him "the pervert" — a post he liked enough to repeat. Notably absent: any reaction to President Obama's deeply personal remarks about Trayvon Martin and race, despite being active on social media all day.

Full digest for 2013-07-19: https://trump.fm/date/2013-07-19/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, July 19). Some good news for New York – Weiner has dropped... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_358299564563890200
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Some good news for New York – Weiner has dropped 12 points..." X (Twitter), 19 Jul. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_358299564563890200. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Some good news for New York – Weiner has dropped 12 points...," X (Twitter), July 19, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_358299564563890200.

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