# Post x_372052422710947841 - Post ID: `x_372052422710947841` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2013-08-26T17:46:24.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_372052422710947841 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_372052422710947841/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_372052422710947841.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Via @InverurieHerald: "Trump’s new course plans on display" http://t.co/IroevQoXZT ## Engagement - Likes: 3 - Reposts: 9 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.283Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-25T21:06:25.923Z (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: August 26, 2013 — Trump Scotland Golf Course PR Share ### Overview This post is a simple repost of a local Scottish newspaper article (the *Inverurie Herald*, covering Aberdeenshire) about Trump's plans for expansion of his Trump International Golf Links course at Menie Estate, Balmedie, Aberdeenshire — specifically, a second 18-hole course announced in early 2013. It contains no political, emotional, or psychologically complex content and is of minimal clinical interest in isolation. Its primary value is as a **contrast marker** within the day's posting pattern. --- ### Authorship Attribution **Verdict: Aide-written (high confidence)** - **Timing**: 17:46 UTC = **13:46 EDT** (1:46 PM on a Monday) — squarely in business hours - **Format**: The "Via @InverurieHerald:" attribution prefix is a stylistic convention associated with staff-managed social media management, not Trump's typically reactive, first-person posting style - **Content type**: Pure business PR — press clipping amplification with no emotional charge - **Surface quality**: No typos, no ALL CAPS, no exclamation points, syntactically complete - **Context**: Same day, Trump was active in TV appearances ("Fox and Friends") and producing a string of emotionally charged Schneiderman attacks; a staff member plausibly queued this business-related post concurrently This is consistent with the Scavino/communications staff pattern of interspersing brand/business content with the subject's personally authored political posts. --- ### Contrast with Day's Authentic Posts The other four posts from August 26 are likely authentic and display a markedly different psychological signature: - Active **narcissistic injury response** to AG Schneiderman (Trump University litigation was a live threat at this time) - **Projection**: accusing Schneiderman of corruption, deflecting onto Corzine - **Paranoid framing**: "shaking down those under investigation" - **Grandiosity**: "I really enjoyed doing the show circuit" — self-congratulatory - **Rage** at a specific identified persecutor This golf course post is a *psychological non-event* by comparison. It functions as a scheduling artifact, not an emotional communication. --- ### Personality (Multi-Level Framework) **Trait observation is unreliable for aide-written content.** However, the *choice* to amplify this story reflects the subject's characteristic focus on business brand-building and self-promotional ecosystem maintenance — consistent with high achievement motivation and status concern. **Level 2 (Motives)**: The amplification of a positive press clipping is mild narcissistic supply-seeking — acquisition of external validation for business achievement — but at low intensity and via a delegated process. **Level 3 (Narrative Identity)**: The post contributes, at microscale, to the ongoing self-narrative of builder/developer/dealmaker. The Scotland golf development was personally significant to Trump (tied to his maternal heritage in Lewis, Scotland) and represented a major, publicly contested achievement. --- ### Rhetorical Analysis Essentially none. The post is informationally neutral — a citation share. There are no rhetorical devices, no persuasion techniques, no emotional appeals. This is the baseline null case for this subject's social media output. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Trump has new course plans for his Scottish golf development" | **True** | In early 2013, the Trump Organization submitted indicative plans to Aberdeenshire Council for a second 18-hole course at Trump International Golf Links Scotland (Menie Estate, Balmedie). Plans were publicly announced circa February 2013. | Overall Veracity: 100% ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 7%) ### Indicators - 1:46 PM EDT — standard business hours, Monday - Formal 'Via @Source:' attribution prefix — staff convention - No typos, ALL CAPS, or emotional content - Pure press clipping / business PR function - Polished, complete, impersonal formatting ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Maintenance Sentiment: +0.12 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 5% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 30% ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-02-25._ > Trump has new course plans for his Scottish golf development **TRUE** In early 2013, the Trump Organization submitted indicative plans to Aberdeenshire Council for a second 18-hole course at Trump International Golf Links Scotland (Menie Estate, Balmedie). Plans were publicly announced circa February 2013. Sources: https://www.todays-golfer.com/news-and-events/course-news/2013/february/second-trump-course-plans-revealed-for-aberdeen-/; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_International_Golf_Links,_Scotland Overall Veracity: 100% ## Tags - aide-authored (95%) - business-pr (90%) - scotland-golf (90%) - null-psychological-content (85%) - brand-maintenance (80%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Trump Mounts 19-Post Siege Against AG Schneiderman, Deploying Full DARVO Arsenal Two Days After Fraud Lawsuit** Trump spent nearly the entire day attacking New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who had filed a $40 million fraud lawsuit against Trump University two days earlier. He kicked off with a morning media blitz on Fox & Friends and the Today Show, then hammered the same message across a dozen-plus posts: the AG is a "lightweight hack," the lawsuit is "frivolous," and the whole thing was orchestrated by President Obama. Several factual claims were wrong -- he said no one was going after Jon Corzine (federal regulators already had), touted a misleading 98% approval rating for Trump University, and insisted Schneiderman ignored Wall Street fraud (the AG was actively suing major banks). The mood was aggressive but controlled, more sustained siege than explosive meltdown, with Trump oscillating between combative confidence and a persecution narrative throughout. Full digest for 2013-08-26: https://trump.fm/date/2013-08-26/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, August 26). Via @InverurieHerald: "Trump’s new course plans... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_372052422710947841 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Via @InverurieHerald: "Trump’s new course plans on display"..." X (Twitter), 26 Aug. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_372052422710947841. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Via @InverurieHerald: "Trump’s new course plans on display"...," X (Twitter), August 26, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_372052422710947841. ## For agents - Site overview: https://trump.fm/llms.txt - API specification: https://trump.fm/openapi.json - MCP server: https://trump.fm/mcp (search and fetch tools, no auth) - This post as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/posts/x_372052422710947841 - Analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/x_372052422710947841 - All citation formats: https://trump.fm/api/cite/x_372052422710947841 - Same day: https://trump.fm/date/2013-08-26 - The record alone, without the analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_372052422710947841.md?analysis=false _Markdown view of a trump.fm page. Post, analysis, date, feed, contradictions, search and about pages answer in markdown at their URL with `.md` appended (`/index.md` for the home page), or when sent `Accept: text/markdown`._