# Post x_372053275018682371

- Post ID: `x_372053275018682371`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-08-26T17:49:47.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_372053275018682371
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_372053275018682371/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_372053275018682371.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> @MichaelPMulhall @CNBC I don't think he can!

## Engagement

- Likes: 0
- Reposts: 1
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.283Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-25T21:07:39.616Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Contextual Overview

This is a six-word reply tweet — "@MichaelPMulhall @CNBC I don't think he can!" — the least semantically dense post in the day's sustained Schneiderman campaign cluster. The referent of "he" is unspecified without access to the originating @MichaelPMulhall tweet, but the surrounding context strongly implies Eric Schneiderman, New York's Attorney General, who was actively pursuing the Trump University fraud investigation. The post functions as a brief rhetorical punctuation mark appended to a coordinated multi-platform attack.

## Authorship Attribution

Posted at 17:49 UTC / **1:49 PM EDT** — squarely within business hours. Trump's most authentically attributed posts cluster in late-night or early-morning local windows. The grammatical correctness and brevity are ambiguous signals: aide-written posts tend toward polish, but Trump also fired off terse reactive replies. The day's aggregate Schneiderman campaign (CNBC media appearances + four coordinated attack tweets in close succession) suggests some degree of staffed operation. The direct @CNBC tag is consistent with a reply sent while monitoring media reaction post-appearance. **Confidence: low.** Score placed at 0.50 — insufficient signal for confident attribution either direction.

## Psychological Context

The aggregate posting pattern for August 26, 2013 is far more clinically legible than this post in isolation. Schneiderman's Trump University investigation represents a narcissistic injury — legal exposure of alleged fraudulent claims, a direct threat to the grandiose self-image and to material interests. The day's response is a textbook delegitimization campaign: attack the adversary's competence, character, and motives across multiple platforms before the adversary can establish narrative dominance. This post is a minor addendum — a confident dismissal that borrows credibility from the preceding salvos.

The grandiose narcissistic state is briefly evident: "I don't think he can!" positions the author as authoritative judge of Schneiderman's capacity, asserting certainty without evidence or argument, in a forum (CNBC-tagged) where perception of authority is commercially and legally significant.

## Rhetorical Note

The construction is a confident dismissal — a low-cost, high-confidence assertion that costs nothing to make but contributes to the cumulative portrait of Schneiderman as ineffective. The exclamation mark signals conviction. No complex rhetorical machinery is needed given the day's groundwork.

## Limitations

Six words are insufficient for meaningful cognitive, rhetorical, or clinical assessment in isolation. All substantive analysis depends on contextual inference from the surrounding posting cluster. No summary is warranted for this post individually; clinical significance, if any, resides in the aggregate day's pattern.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 50%)

### Indicators

- Business hours timing (1:49 PM EDT)
- Grammatically correct construction
- Direct reply format consistent with reactive impulsive tweeting
- Day's coordinated Schneiderman campaign suggests staffed activity
- @CNBC tag consistent with monitoring own media appearance

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (AG Eric Schneiderman (Trump University investigation))

Sentiment: -0.25

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 5%

## Tags

- Schneiderman-campaign (80%)
- dismissal (70%)
- reply-tweet (60%)
- legal-threat-response (65%)
- grandiose-state (40%)

## 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). @MichaelPMulhall @CNBC I don't think he can! [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_372053275018682371
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "@MichaelPMulhall @CNBC I don't think he can!" X (Twitter), 26 Aug. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_372053275018682371. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "@MichaelPMulhall @CNBC I don't think he can!," X (Twitter), August 26, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_372053275018682371.

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