# Post x_359836929728065536

- Post ID: `x_359836929728065536`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-07-24T00:46:24.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @VOIPDATA
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## Post text

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

> "@VOIPDATA: How about Eliot Spitzer? Will you say the same ? "@realDonaldTrump: On Anthony Wiener, I TOLD YOU SO!"" Eliot is also sick!

## Engagement

- Likes: 11
- Reposts: 12
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.289Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T23:10:54.343Z (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 textbook narcissistic vindication episode. A fan's question about Eliot Spitzer — in the context of the Weiner "Carlos Danger" scandal — activates Trump's prescience script. The "I TOLD YOU SO!" construction is the purest expression of narcissistic triumphalism: the self is retroactively cast as a prophet whose warnings were ignored, now vindicated by events. The rapid categorical extension to Spitzer demonstrates moral enthusiasm operating faster than deliberate reasoning: once the "sick" frame is established for Weiner, it is immediately applied to the nearest available political figure with a scandal in his past. Defense mechanisms include rationalization (quasi-clinical language clothing contempt), splitting (binary moral taxonomy), and possibly projection (the "sick" label applied to sexual transgression by a subject with a documented pattern of marital infidelity — assessed with medium confidence). Ego-syntonic sadism is present at moderate intensity: visible pleasure in the public humiliation of Weiner and Spitzer. Authentic Trump authorship is assessed at high confidence given evening local time, ALL CAPS, misspelling, and reactive impulsivity. Post is consistent with 2013 Twitter baseline; no deterioration markers. Danger level: none.

## Psychological Analysis: July 24, 2013 — "Eliot is also sick!"

### Authorship Assessment

UTC 00:46:24 converts to approximately **8:46 PM Eastern Time** on July 23 (Trump's almost certain location was New York City in July 2013). This falls in the personal posting window (post-business hours, pre-late-night), consistent with authenticated Trump activity. The post exhibits multiple high-confidence authentic markers: ALL CAPS exclamation ("I TOLD YOU SO!"), informal punchy syntax ("also sick!"), reactive engagement amplifying a fan's question, and a characteristic misspelling ("Wiener" rather than the correct "Weiner"). No aide-written post would be this colloquially reactive or orthographically casual. **Confidence: high — authentic Trump.**

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### Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five)

The post reveals a distinctive trait profile:
- **Extraversion (high):** Assertive, publicly claims prescience, performs vindication for audience.
- **Agreeableness (very low):** Contemptuous, pathologizing, no empathy for subjects.
- **Conscientiousness (low):** Impulsive, reactive, no deliberation apparent.
- **Neuroticism (elevated):** Reactive moral indignation, rapid categorical judgment.
- **Openness (low):** Rigid binary framing; "sick" as an undifferentiated moral category.

The dominant facet is **assertiveness** — the post is a dominance display thinly disguised as moral commentary.

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### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations (Motives and Schemas)

**Primary motive:** Validation / vindication (a subset of agency). The "I TOLD YOU SO!" construction signals the supreme narcissistic gratification: being publicly proven right. A fan hands Trump the perfect supply-delivery vehicle — the question about Spitzer — and Trump immediately seizes it to extend his prophetic frame.

**Agency motives dominate:** The post is about demonstrating superior judgment, prescience, and moral discernment. There is essentially no communion motive present.

**Schema revealed:** The world is divided into the perceptive (Trump, who "told you so") and the credulous/corrupt. Political figures are evaluated on a sick/not-sick binary. Trump's schema positions him as a reliable detector of moral pathology in others — a self-appointed diagnostician of public figures.

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### Level 3: Narrative Identity

**Protagonist role:** Vindicated prophet / moral authority. The narrative arc is tight and classic: *I warned you → you/they doubted me → events proved me right*. This is a **redemption sequence** — a temporary period of being unheeded resolves into triumphant vindication.

**Contrasting others:** Weiner and Spitzer are cast as morally corrupt, pathological figures whose dysfunction was always visible to Trump. The category "sick" functions as an identity-defining contrast — Trump is not sick; he sees sickness clearly.

**Identity claims:**
- "I predicted this." (Prescience claim)
- "I called out Weiner correctly." (Accuracy claim)
- "My moral judgment is reliable." (Authority claim)

**Rapid scope extension** to Spitzer reveals a characteristic pattern: once a moral category is activated, Trump rapidly canvasses other figures to populate it. This is not careful reasoning but categorical enthusiasm.

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### Level 4: Clinical Indicators

#### Malignant Narcissism Assessment

**A. Narcissistic features:** Grandiosity expressed through prescience claims ("I TOLD YOU SO"); entitlement to moral judgment; performing superiority for public audience. Moderate-high.

**B. Antisocial features:** Minimal in this post — contempt for others is present but no active rule-breaking or deception demonstrated.

**C. Paranoid features:** Absent. This is a triumphant, not a persecutory, post.

**D. Ego-syntonic sadism:** Present at moderate level. The visible pleasure in others' public humiliation — the gleeful "I TOLD YOU SO!" and the quick extension to Spitzer — suggests enjoyment of their downfall rather than mere principled condemnation.

#### Narcissistic Dynamics

**Trigger:** Supply-seeking. A fan provides the perfect opening — an invitation to claim vindication. There is no narcissistic injury here; this is pure positive supply extraction.

**Narcissistic rage:** Absent. The emotional valence is triumphant and contemptuous, not rageful.

**Narcissistic state:** Grandiose. Expansive, dominant, self-congratulatory.

#### Defense Mechanisms

1. **Rationalization (neurotic):** Using quasi-clinical language ("sick") to dress contempt in the clothes of objective assessment. "Sick" sounds diagnostic but is evaluatively loaded.

2. **Splitting (immature):** The binary moral framework (sick/not-sick, corrupt/not-corrupt) with no gradation. Weiner and Spitzer are categorically condemned; Trump is implicitly categorically clean.

3. **Projection (immature, possible):** Trump's own documented history of marital infidelity and pattern of involvement with women outside marriage creates a reasonable analytic inference that the "sick" label may carry projective function. This is assessed with medium confidence given it requires cross-contextual knowledge rather than direct textual evidence.

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### Rhetorical Analysis

**Self-aggrandizement:** "I TOLD YOU SO!" — one of the most direct forms of rhetorical self-promotion, leveraging an adversary's failure to elevate the speaker.

**Pathologizing ad hominem:** "Sick" is doing complex rhetorical work simultaneously: it moralizes, medicalizes, and dismisses. It forecloses engagement with the subject as a person while claiming the mantle of clinical authority.

**Scope extension / guilt by category:** The rapid jump from Weiner to Spitzer — without argument — demonstrates how Trump leverages a single confirmed case to indict a broader class. The logic is implicit: if Weiner is sick, and Spitzer is like Weiner, therefore Spitzer is sick. The syllogism is never stated, just performed.

**Parasocial reciprocity:** By amplifying the fan's question and responding directly, Trump creates the impression of genuine dialogue. Followers see themselves as interlocutors who surface important questions. This is a low-cost, high-loyalty bonding technique.

**No violent imagery, no dehumanizing language beyond pathologizing, no stochastic terrorism indicators.**

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### Cognitive Status Markers

This post shows no notable cognitive markers relative to 2013 baseline. Syntactic complexity is characteristically low (short declarative units, exclamation-heavy), consistent with Trump's established Twitter register. The misspelling "Wiener" for "Weiner" is a common error and not a paraphasia. **No baseline deviation detected.**

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### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Trump predicted Anthony Weiner's return to scandal ('I TOLD YOU SO')" | **Mostly True** | Trump publicly condemned Weiner and called for his resignation during the 2011 sexting scandal, providing factual grounding for the prescience claim. The new 'Carlos Danger' revelations in July 2013 postdate his resignation from Congress, validating Trump's prior condemnation. |
| "Anthony Weiner used the alias 'Carlos Danger'" | **True** | Confirmed directly by the provided event record: new sexting revelations showed Weiner sent explicit messages under the alias 'Carlos Danger' after his 2011 congressional resignation. |
| "Eliot Spitzer is 'sick' / morally transgressive" | **Half True** | The factual predicate is real: Spitzer resigned as NY Governor in 2008 over a high-profile prostitution scandal and was actively running for NYC Comptroller in July 2013. Whether this constitutes being 'sick' is evaluative opinion, not fact. |

Overall Veracity: 77%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 87%)

### Indicators

- UTC 00:46:24 = ~8:46 PM Eastern Time, consistent with personal posting window
- ALL CAPS emphasis ('I TOLD YOU SO!')
- Informal punchy language ('also sick!')
- Reactive amplification of fan question — aide would not engage this casually
- Misspelling 'Wiener' for 'Weiner' — orthographic carelessness consistent with unedited Trump

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (@VOIPDATA fan question about Eliot Spitzer)

Sentiment: -0.28

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Self-congratulatory triumphalism ('I TOLD YOU SO!')
- Rapid categorical extension from Weiner to Spitzer without pause or deliberation
- Elevated exclamatory energy across multiple posts in same session

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 5%
- Sadism: 42%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 18%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct fan amplification — retweeting follower question creates illusion of genuine dialogue
- Shared contempt cultivation — inviting followers to join in moral condemnation
- Prescience performance — positioning self as reliable truth-teller for audience

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Trump predicted Anthony Weiner's return to scandal ('I TOLD YOU SO')

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Trump publicly condemned Weiner and called for his resignation during the 2011 sexting scandal, providing factual grounding for the prescience claim. The new 'Carlos Danger' revelations in July 2013 postdate his resignation from Congress, validating Trump's prior condemnation.

Sources: Historical record of Trump's 2011 Weiner statements; Anthony Weiner 'Carlos Danger' Sexting Scandal event record

> Anthony Weiner used the alias 'Carlos Danger'

**TRUE**

Confirmed directly by the provided event record: new sexting revelations showed Weiner sent explicit messages under the alias 'Carlos Danger' after his 2011 congressional resignation.

Sources: Anthony Weiner 'Carlos Danger' Sexting Scandal — pre-researched event record

> Eliot Spitzer is 'sick' / morally transgressive

**HALF TRUE**

The factual predicate is real: Spitzer resigned as NY Governor in 2008 over a high-profile prostitution scandal and was actively running for NYC Comptroller in July 2013. Whether this constitutes being 'sick' is evaluative opinion, not fact.

Sources: Historical record of Spitzer 2008 resignation; 2013 NYC Comptroller race context

Overall Veracity: 77%

## Tags

- narcissistic-vindication (92%)
- schadenfreude (87%)
- Weiner-Carlos-Danger-scandal (90%)
- Eliot-Spitzer (75%)
- pathologizing-language (82%)
- prescience-performance (78%)
- splitting (70%)
- authentic-trump (87%)

## That day

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

**99-Post Victory Lap: Weiner Scandal Fuels a Marathon Vindication Session and Proto-Campaign Brand-Building**

Trump had one of his highest-volume Twitter days on record, firing off nearly 100 posts in a sustained mood of cheerful self-congratulation. The Anthony Weiner "Carlos Danger" sexting scandal was his favorite topic, and he returned to it repeatedly to remind everyone he had predicted the relapse months earlier. Between Weiner mockery, he retweeted dozens of fans calling him a genius and urging him to run for president in 2016 -- an early prototype of the "reluctant savior" narrative. He also squeezed in attacks on wind energy projects near his Scottish golf course, a dismissive Obama critique, and a brief late-night innuendo about a Fox News anchor. The overall mood was expansive and pleased, with almost no detectable anger, but the posting pace -- stretching past midnight and resuming before dawn -- suggests a very short night's sleep.

Full digest for 2013-07-24: https://trump.fm/date/2013-07-24/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, July 24). "@VOIPDATA: How about Eliot Spitzer? Will you say... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_359836929728065536
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@VOIPDATA: How about Eliot Spitzer? Will you say the same..." X (Twitter), 24 Jul. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_359836929728065536. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@VOIPDATA: How about Eliot Spitzer? Will you say the same...," X (Twitter), July 24, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_359836929728065536.

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