# Post x_376328560002486272

- Post ID: `x_376328560002486272`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-09-07T12:58:15.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_376328560002486272/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_376328560002486272.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> @lucindamac  Thank you, but we are dealing with many very stupid people!

## Engagement

- Likes: 7
- Reposts: 2
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.282Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-26T06:31:51.027Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Authorship Assessment

Posted at 12:58 UTC on September 7, 2013. Trump was almost certainly in New York City (Trump Tower) at this date—not yet a political candidate and based primarily in his primary residence. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) places this post at **8:58 AM local time**, within morning business hours.

Despite the timing, multiple indicators strongly favor authentic authorship: the post is a direct, informal reply to an individual follower; it employs Trump's characteristic adverbial intensifier pattern ("many very stupid people"); and the reactive gratitude-plus-contempt structure mirrors documented 2013 Trump Twitter behavior. Aide-written posts in this era typically announce events or provide polished commentary rather than casual follower engagement. **Confidence: high for authentic Trump.**

## Context

This reply appears within a dense cluster of Syria-opposition tweets. Trump was vocally criticizing the Obama administration's push for military strikes following confirmed chemical weapons use. The @lucindamac exchange likely follows that supporter's validation of Trump's Syria commentary. Trump briefly acknowledges the supply before pivoting to contemptuous characterization of those who disagree — most plausibly Syria-intervention proponents, Obama administration officials, or the political establishment broadly.

## Multi-Level Personality Analysis

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

The dominant signature is **very low agreeableness**: categorical derogation of a large class of people ("many very stupid") with zero qualification or empathy. **Low openness** is evidenced by the binary framing — no acknowledgment of reasonable disagreement exists. **High assertiveness** (extraversion facet) characterizes the blunt public broadcast of contempt. Mild **angry hostility** (neuroticism facet) underlies the contemptuous register without reaching acute rage.

### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations

**Agency motives dominate**: the post constructs a status hierarchy (Trump and supporter as superior, "stupid people" as inferior). The "we are dealing with" construction recruits the follower into Trump's in-group, creating a parasocial alliance of the competent few managing an incompetent many. This reflects a stable **dominance schema**: the world sorted by intelligence with Trump at the summit.

**Communion motives are instrumental**: the "Thank you" is a brief acknowledgment of narcissistic supply before pivoting to shared contempt — intimacy in service of status reinforcement rather than genuine connection.

### Level 3: Narrative Identity

- **Protagonist role**: Wise, burdened leader dealing with the foolishness of the masses
- **Contrasting other**: "many very stupid people" — unnamed but numerous, constituting an implicit threat to sensible outcomes
- **Identity claim**: "I am among the clear-sighted few; disagreement with my position is evidence of stupidity"
- **Narrative sequence**: Neutral to contamination-adjacent — correct positions surrounded and undermined by the incompetence of the many

### Level 4: Clinical Indicators

**Narcissistic features** are moderately present: entitlement (implicit equation of disagreement with stupidity), absence of empathy, contempt. **Splitting** is the primary defense — the world sorted into smart (us) and stupid (them) with no intermediate category. **Devaluation** operates as the mechanism for neutralizing opposition: rather than engage arguments, opponents are categorically dismissed as cognitively deficient. **Paranoid features** are mild but consistent: "many" implies perception of being outnumbered by incompetent opponents, a vigilant adversarial orientation documented across this period.

## Defense Mechanisms

1. **Splitting** (immature): Binary smart/stupid categorization eliminates cognitive complexity and insulates the self-concept from challenge
2. **Devaluation** (immature): Opponents dismissed as "very stupid" rather than engaged substantively — argument neutralized by attacking the arguer's perceived intelligence

## Rhetorical Analysis

The post is rhetorically efficient: in 14 words, Trump accepts validation, establishes an in-group, and derogates the out-group. "Many" implies numerical threat (we are outnumbered by fools), while "very stupid" maximizes the contempt register. The **"we" construction** deploys **in-group/out-group framing**, inviting the follower into an elite epistemic circle. No overt persuasive argument is made — the rhetorical work is entirely emotional and relational rather than logical. No violent imagery or dehumanizing language approaches a threat threshold.

## Archetypal Analysis

The post embodies the **King archetype's shadow** — not the benevolent sovereign bringing order, but the exasperated monarch burdened by the inadequacy of subjects. The "we are dealing with" construction positions Trump not as a disruptive agitator but as a weary, superior steward managing incompetence from below. This complements the **Warrior** archetype visible in the surrounding Syria tweets.

## Order/Chaos Dynamics

Trump positions himself as a force of clarity and order besieged by the chaos of mass stupidity. The "stupid people" represent disorder threatening rational policy outcomes. This framing asymmetrically applies order to the in-group (Trump and supporters who "see clearly") while projecting chaos onto the out-group.

## Cognitive Status

Post is brief and contextually appropriate. Vocabulary is deliberately simple — consistent with Trump's 2013 Twitter baseline. No word-finding difficulty, neologism, perseveration, or temporal confusion is evident. **Baseline deviation: none.** Functions as a useful age-67 baseline data point for longitudinal tracking.

## Danger Assessment

**Level: None.** The post expresses contempt but identifies no specific target for action, makes no threat, and employs no eliminationist or violent imagery. Categorical derogation of opponents as "stupid" is rhetorically corrosive over time but does not approach stochastic terrorism thresholds in this instance.

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Direct informal reply to individual follower — atypical of aide-managed posts which trend toward announcements and polished commentary
- Characteristic Trump adverbial intensifier pattern: 'many very stupid people' — documented stylometric marker
- Reactive gratitude-plus-contempt structure mirrors authenticated 2013 personal Twitter behavior
- 8:58 AM EDT timing is morning hours but 2013-era Trump personally managed his account throughout the day with no dedicated social media team yet established
- No event announcement, schedule reference, or professional formatting typical of aide-drafted content

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Follower validation from @lucindamac)

Sentiment: -0.35

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 55%
- Antisocial: 15%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 20%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)
- devaluation (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 22%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- In-group recruitment via 'we' construction — follower elevated to co-member of elite epistemic circle
- Shared superiority framing to strengthen parasocial bond through joint contempt
- Narcissistic supply acceptance as relational gesture before pivoting to shared adversarial positioning

## Tags

- contempt (85%)
- in-group-out-group (80%)
- splitting (80%)
- devaluation (75%)
- syria-commentary (70%)
- narcissistic-supply (65%)
- status-hierarchy (65%)
- ad-hominem (72%)
- follower-reply (60%)
- parasocial-bonding (65%)

## That day

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

**Three Modes, One Saturday: Syria Oracle by Morning, DARVO Racial Inversion by Afternoon, Macy's Pitchman by Evening — Trump's Pre-Campaign Brand Architecture Laid Bare**

September 7, 2013 reveals a psychologically legible tripartite structure, each phase exposing a distinct mode of Trump's pre-campaign persona. Converting from UTC to EDT (Trump's most probable location: New York City, UTC−4), substantive activity runs from 08:28 to 19:30 EDT. The morning hours were dominated by a 14-post Syria anti-intervention burst in which Trump positioned himself as the prescient strategic outsider whose clarity exposed administration incompetence — a sustained grandiose state, thematically organized and consistent with his 2013 baseline. At 09:14 EDT, post x_376332609150025728 introduced a brief mixed-state DARVO response, establishing an abstract defensive schema ("real racists") that would be selectively re-activated five hours later against a named individual.

The day's sole elevated-danger event (x_376410156277706752, 14:22 EDT) attacked MSNBC critic Touré Neblett as a "very dumb racist — bad ratings," a targeted application of the morning's abstract defense posture. This same-day two-step sequence — schema establishment followed by named-target application — is the most clinically significant pattern of the day and constitutes a mild stochastic terrorism concern. The intra-day contradiction is acute: x_376332609150025728 decried labeling Obama's critics as "racists" and branded those who do so "the real racists," yet x_376410156277706752 deployed precisely that label against Trump's own critic within five hours. The evening cluster (18:40–19:30 EDT) shifted abruptly to sixteen posts of Macy's merchandise promotion, revealing the brand-management imperative underlying all three phases.

Hypomanic threshold is not met despite 33 posts: two dense clusters reflect news-cycle reactivity and a fan-catalyzed promotional session rather than pressured ideation. A 9-hour gap between the last late-night retweets and the morning burst is inconsistent with sleep deprivation. Cognitive output is stable at the 2013 baseline; two authentic misspellings ("intetesting," "polititian's") confirm personal composition of key posts and serve as stylometric anchors. The day's narrative arc is contamination — aspirational geopolitical positioning degrades into reactive personal attack before concluding in transactional commercial self-promotion.

Full digest for 2013-09-07: https://trump.fm/date/2013-09-07/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, September 7). @lucindamac Thank you, but we are dealing with... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_376328560002486272
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "@lucindamac Thank you, but we are dealing with many very..." X (Twitter), 7 Sep. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_376328560002486272. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "@lucindamac Thank you, but we are dealing with many very...," X (Twitter), September 7, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_376328560002486272.

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