# Post x_365662432598822913

- Post ID: `x_365662432598822913`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-08-09T02:34:52.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @big1john
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_365662432598822913
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_365662432598822913/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_365662432598822913.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

_Quotes @big1john, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @big1john's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._

> "@big1john: @realDonaldTrump wind turbine blades will slice 14 million birds and bats to death in mid-flight during the next decade.

## Engagement

- Likes: 20
- Reposts: 57
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.287Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-23T01:38:17.708Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Post Analysis: x_365662432598822913 | 2013-08-09

### Overview

This post is a retweet/amplification of a third-party claim about wind turbine avian mortality. Trump adds no original text, simply elevating and implicitly endorsing @big1john's anti-wind statistic. In isolation, the post is low-intensity — but it fits squarely within Trump's well-documented anti-wind obsession rooted in his prolonged legal battle against an offshore wind farm near his Trump International Golf Links development in Aberdeenshire, Scotland (ongoing since 2012). The bird-mortality argument was one of his signature rhetorical tools in that campaign and later became a recurring feature of his political communication.

### Authorship Attribution

**Local time conversion:** UTC 02:34 = 22:34 EDT (10:34 PM) in New York, where Trump resided in August 2013. Late evening posting is consistent with his documented authentic posting window. No aide is likely manning the account at 10:34 PM to amplify niche anti-wind content. Style is consonant with his habit of retweeting content that validates preexisting grievances without adding commentary — a pattern seen throughout his 2012–2013 Twitter history. **Assessment: Authentic Trump, high confidence.**

### Psychological State and Triggers

The trigger here is **supply-seeking via grievance amplification** rather than narcissistic injury. Trump is not defending against a personal attack; he is using a third-party claim to bolster his anti-wind position. This is consistent with **agency-motive dominance** — specifically the drive to control outcomes (his Scottish development) and accumulate rhetorical ammunition. The retweet format without commentary is notable: the statistic does the work for him, allowing plausible deniability while still propagating the claim.

No acute narcissistic rage is present. The broader post context on this date shows a mix of benign Twitter engagement (thanking supporters, answering a follower's question with "66" — potentially a golf score, height, or other number rather than his age, as he was 67 at this point). The tone is calm and routine.

### Narrative Identity (Level 3)

In the context of his broader wind turbine narrative, Trump casts himself as:
- **Environmental protector** (ironic inversion — using bird mortality to oppose green energy)
- **Fighter against elite/establishment interests** pushing renewable energy policy
- **Contrasting other:** renewable energy advocates, Scottish government, environmental regulators

This constitutes a **contamination sequence**: clean Scottish landscape/successful golf development → corrupted by wind turbines. The bird-mortality statistic functions as a rhetorical prop reinforcing that narrative.

### Defense Mechanisms

- **Rationalization (neurotic):** Using environmental concern (bird deaths) to justify opposition to wind energy driven primarily by personal commercial interest. The logic is post-hoc justification for a pre-existing grievance.
- **Projection (immature):** Implicit — casting wind energy proponents as the real environmental threat.

### Rhetorical Techniques

- **Statistical appeal with unverified specificity:** The "14 million" figure has false precision — specific numbers feel more credible than round estimates.
- **Emotional imagery:** "slice...to death in mid-flight" is visceral and vivid, designed to generate disgust and sympathy for birds rather than engage policy trade-offs.
- **Laundering via retweet:** Trump amplifies the claim without owning it, gaining the rhetorical benefit while maintaining distance from the factual burden.

### Cognitive Status

Insufficient original language production to assess cognitive markers. Surrounding posts show standard conversational Twitter behavior. The "66" response to an unidentified question is uninterpretable without the original context — insufficient to infer any cognitive significance.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Wind turbine blades will slice 14 million birds and bats to death in mid-flight during the next decade" | **Mostly False** | Mainstream peer-reviewed estimates for US annual wind turbine bird mortality circa 2013 ranged from approximately 140,000 to 500,000 birds/year; bat mortality added separately. The 14 million/decade (1.4 million/year) figure significantly exceeds scientific consensus and appears to originate from advocacy literature rather than peer-reviewed studies. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 82%)

### Indicators

- 10:34 PM local time (EDT) — within authentic late-evening posting window
- No original text added — consistent with Trump's retweet-without-comment pattern
- Anti-wind content directly aligned with his personal commercial interest in Scottish golf development
- No aide would amplify niche anti-wind statistics late evening without direction

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (anti-wind grievance narrative)

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Retweet amplification — elevating a follower's claim as implicit validation of shared grievance

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-23._

> Wind turbine blades will slice 14 million birds and bats to death in mid-flight during the next decade

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Mainstream peer-reviewed estimates for US annual wind turbine bird mortality circa 2013 ranged from approximately 140,000 to 500,000 birds/year; bat mortality added separately. The 14 million/decade (1.4 million/year) figure significantly exceeds scientific consensus and appears to originate from advocacy literature rather than peer-reviewed studies.

Sources: American Bird Conservancy estimates (2013); US Fish & Wildlife Service wind energy mortality assessments; Peer-reviewed ornithology literature on turbine mortality

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- anti-wind (90%)
- bird-mortality (80%)
- retweet-amplification (70%)
- rationalization (60%)
- motivated-reasoning (70%)
- commercial-interest-proxy (60%)

## That day

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

**Grandiose Stability With Targeted Bursts: Chuck Todd Devaluation and Scottish Wind Turbine Obsession Define the Day**

A routine day of self-promotion and fan engagement was punctuated by two sharp but brief attack sequences — one targeting a TV host for insufficient deference, the other targeting Scotland's leader over wind farms near Trump's golf course. Trump spent much of the day retweeting praise, thanking followers, and promoting his brand while mixing in Obama criticism and gleeful mockery of Anthony Weiner's political collapse. The wind energy topic surfaced repeatedly throughout the day, always framed as environmental concern while concealing a direct financial interest. Overall mood was confident and combative without any sustained escalation.

Full digest for 2013-08-09: https://trump.fm/date/2013-08-09/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, August 9). "@big1john: @realDonaldTrump wind turbine blades... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_365662432598822913
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@big1john: @realDonaldTrump wind turbine blades will slice..." X (Twitter), 9 Aug. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_365662432598822913. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@big1john: @realDonaldTrump wind turbine blades will slice...," X (Twitter), August 9, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_365662432598822913.

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