# Post x_367370608356511744

- Post ID: `x_367370608356511744`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-08-13T19:42:33.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_367370608356511744
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_367370608356511744/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_367370608356511744.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> I missed the PGA Championship because it was not broadcast by TimeWarner @TWC. Why aren’t they giving subscribers major discounts?

## Engagement

- Likes: 24
- Reposts: 38
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.284Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-23T01:46:28.753Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Trump Twitter — August 13, 2013

## Overview

A low-intensity, clinically non-significant consumer complaint. Trump missed the 2013 PGA Championship (won by Jason Dufner at Oak Hill) due to the then-ongoing CBS/TWC carriage dispute that blacked out CBS — and potentially TNT — for Time Warner Cable subscribers in major markets including New York. The post is factually grounded in a real and documented service disruption.

## Authorship

**Likely authentic (0.75).** Posted at 3:42 PM EDT — technically business hours — but the content is idiosyncratic personal venting about missed golf, a topic no communications aide would proactively draft. The consumer-grievance idiom and direct brand tagging are consistent with Trump's spontaneous Twitter behavior patterns from this period.

## Psychological Profile

The post activates a **mild entitlement schema**: disruption of expected gratification (golf broadcast) automatically generates an expectation of corporate remediation (discounts). This is characterologically consistent but at minimal intensity — sub-clinical in isolation, contextually meaningful as a data point in the longitudinal pattern.

**Narcissistic state:** Mildly vulnerable (consumer-victim positioning). **Defense mechanism:** Displacement (personal sports disappointment → consumer rights complaint) and rationalization (frames entitled demand as reasonable remedy).

## Narrative Identity

Trump casts himself as an aggrieved-but-savvy consumer. Golf functions as a status and identity anchor; missing the PGA Championship is a small contamination event (expected pleasure denied). The rhetorical question positions TWC as accountable to him personally.

## Level 3 (Narrative)

The contrasting other is Time Warner Cable as negligent corporate actor. No political or interpersonal conflict is present. This sits entirely within the consumer-grievance narrative frame Trump deploys across categories.

## Contextual Note

The same-day posts show considerably higher political intensity (Breitbart/HuffPost battle, Obamacare defunding support). This post's mundanity is notable by contrast — it represents the domestic, leisure-focused register of Trump's Twitter persona operating alongside the combative political one without apparent cognitive dissonance.

## Clinical Significance

None. No summary generated.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "I missed the PGA Championship because it was not broadcast by TimeWarner @TWC" | **Mostly True** | The 2013 PGA Championship (won by Jason Dufner at Oak Hill, August 8-11) was broadcast on TNT and CBS. Time Warner Cable and CBS were engaged in a carriage dispute in 2013 that resulted in CBS being blacked out for TWC subscribers in several major markets including New York City for approximately a month (roughly August–September 2013). The TNT broadcasts would have been similarly affected if TWC carried them under a separate dispute. Trump's claim of missing the event due to TWC is plausible in this context. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Personal consumer grievance consistent with Trump's well-documented golf obsession
- Mid-afternoon EDT (19:42 UTC = 15:42 EDT) is business hours — slight aide indicator — but content is too personal and petty for aide-drafted copy
- No typos but sentence structure is conversational and informal
- Direct @TWC tagging without strategic framing suggests impulsive venting rather than coordinated comms
- The rhetorical question ('Why aren't they...') is idiosyncratic Trump consumer-grievance idiom, not polished PR language

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Time Warner Cable / missed PGA Championship broadcast)

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 15%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- displacement (neurotic)
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Sharing personal leisure frustration to create intimacy and relatability with audience
- Implicit appeal to shared consumer grievance to generate audience identification

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> I missed the PGA Championship because it was not broadcast by TimeWarner @TWC

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The 2013 PGA Championship (won by Jason Dufner at Oak Hill, August 8-11) was broadcast on TNT and CBS. Time Warner Cable and CBS were engaged in a carriage dispute in 2013 that resulted in CBS being blacked out for TWC subscribers in several major markets including New York City for approximately a month (roughly August–September 2013). The TNT broadcasts would have been similarly affected if TWC carried them under a separate dispute. Trump's claim of missing the event due to TWC is plausible in this context.

Sources: Known events: Jason Dufner PGA Championship win; 2013 CBS-TWC carriage dispute (training knowledge)

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- consumer_grievance (90%)
- golf_identity (70%)
- corporate_criticism (60%)
- entitlement_schema (30%)
- low_intensity (90%)

## That day

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

**Huffington Obsession Consumes a 60-Post Day as Trump Oscillates Between Rage Bursts and Supply Harvesting**

Trump spent the day locked in a prolonged feud with Arianna Huffington and the Huffington Post, firing off personal attacks across multiple sessions from late evening through the following afternoon. Between rage bursts, he enthusiastically retweeted fans floating a 2016 presidential run, collecting flattery with brief, warm replies. An early-morning session before 6 AM included disproportionate attacks on anonymous users -- calling one a "LOSER" and warning another that "HE HITS BACK REALLY HARD" -- before the day settled into calmer promotional and political content. The Huffington Post grudge never fully resolved, resurfacing in the afternoon with fresh jabs hours after the initial provocation.

Full digest for 2013-08-13: https://trump.fm/date/2013-08-13/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, August 13). I missed the PGA Championship because it was not... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_367370608356511744
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I missed the PGA Championship because it was not broadcast..." X (Twitter), 13 Aug. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_367370608356511744. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "I missed the PGA Championship because it was not broadcast...," X (Twitter), August 13, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_367370608356511744.

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