# Post x_377638435500359681

- Post ID: `x_377638435500359681`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-09-11T03:43:13.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @MiketheScrew
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_377638435500359681
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_377638435500359681/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_377638435500359681.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

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

> "@MiketheScrew: @realDonaldTrump Give credit where it is due. NYC voters chose correctly."

## Engagement

- Likes: 10
- Reposts: 14
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.281Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-26T08:55:57.945Z (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: Fan Retweet / Supply Amplification (2013-09-11)

### Context & Timing

The UTC timestamp of 03:43:13 on September 11, 2013 converts to approximately **11:43 PM EDT** (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-4) on September 10, 2013. Trump was almost certainly in New York City that evening, given his simultaneous commentary on the NYC Democratic primary elections. Late-night timing is a primary authenticator of direct Trump authorship.

The post is a manual retweet (the pre-native-RT format: quoting `@User: @realDonaldTrump [text]`) of a fan validating the NYC electoral outcome. The surrounding post cluster is revealing: Trump had moments earlier tweeted celebratory content about Eliot Spitzer's loss in the NYC Comptroller Democratic primary to Scott Stringer ("Wow, Eliot Spitzer has lost - great news for New York City!"). The fan's "NYC voters chose correctly" is almost certainly referencing Spitzer's defeat, which Trump amplifies by retweeting rather than asserting directly.

### Level 1: Dispositional Traits

Minimal direct trait signal due to retweet format. However, the *selection behavior* is itself diagnostically informative. The choice to amplify this specific fan message indexes:

- **Extraversion** (high facet: attention-seeking, audience cultivation, social dominance signaling)
- **Agreeableness** (low: implicit approval of a politically charged outcome framed as objectively correct)
- **Conscientiousness** (low deliberation: impulsive endorsement via retweet rather than considered statement)
- **Neuroticism** (low in this instance: no hostility or anxiety markers present)

### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations

The dominant active motive is **status affirmation via social proof**. By retweeting a fan's validation, Trump accomplishes: (1) receipt of narcissistic supply, (2) implicit confirmation that his implied political judgment (anti-Spitzer) was vindicated by voters, and (3) reinforcement of a parasocial incentive loop — followers learn that producing validating content earns amplification and visibility.

The underlying schema is consistent with Trump's documented cognitive framework: *his assessments are correct, and events subsequently confirm them*. Electoral outcomes become external proof of his prescience.

### Level 3: Narrative Identity

**Protagonist role**: The Oracle/Validator — implicitly cast as a political observer whose judgments are vindicated by the electorate. The retweet performs the narrative work without requiring direct self-assertion.

**Narrative sequence**: Mild redemption arc — a bad actor (Spitzer) is appropriately rejected by wise voters; credit is given (to Trump's implied position) where it is "due."

**Contrasting other**: Spitzer, established as the repudiated figure in the adjacent tweet.

**Identity claim**: Implicit — *my political assessments are correct, and the public agrees*.

### Level 4: Clinical Assessment

No significant clinical indicators are present in this post. This is low-intensity, routinized narcissistic supply acquisition with no aggression, paranoid ideation, cognitive disorganization, or elevated emotional register. Narcissistic features are present only at the level of selection and amplification pattern. No malignant triad elements (antisocial features, paranoia, sadism) are activated.

### Authorship Attribution

**Local time: ~11:43 PM EDT** — squarely within Trump's documented late-night posting window. The behavior itself (amplifying supportive fan retweets) is a well-established authentic Trump behavioral signature, observed consistently throughout his Twitter tenure. The surrounding post cluster shows emotionally engaged, first-person stream-of-consciousness commentary on Syria and NYC elections, consistent with an authentic, active posting session. Confidence is medium rather than high because retweets carry less stylometric signal than composed text.

### Rhetorical Analysis

The retweet format functions as a **third-party validation device** — presenting an external voice's affirmation is more persuasive and less overtly self-aggrandizing than direct self-praise. The phrase "Give credit where it is due" subtly frames withholding such credit as a failure of fairness, positioning potential critics as ungracious. "Chose correctly" encodes a binary correct/incorrect frame for electoral behavior, consistent with Trump's pervasive black-and-white worldview. No dehumanizing language, violent imagery, or danger indicators are present.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "NYC voters chose correctly (implied: Spitzer's defeat in the NYC Comptroller Democratic primary, September 10, 2013)" | **Unverifiable** | Eliot Spitzer did lose the NYC Comptroller Democratic primary to Scott Stringer on September 10, 2013 — the factual basis is accurate. Whether this constitutes 'correctly' is an opinion claim not subject to factual verification. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Late-night local time (~11:43 PM EDT) strongly consistent with authenticated Trump posting pattern
- Manual retweet format (pre-native RT: '@User: @realDonaldTrump text') is authentic Trump Twitter behavior from this era
- Occurs mid-session with clearly authentic first-person posts about NYC elections and Syria
- No aide-typical markers: not an event announcement, not polished prose, not business-hours timing

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (NYC primary election results — Spitzer's defeat provides occasion for implicit self-validation)

Sentiment: +0.35

### Clinical

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

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Amplification of fan content rewards followers who produce validating messages, training the parasocial audience
- Third-party validation used as indirect self-affirmation with plausible deniability
- Retweet incentive loop: followers learn that supply-providing content earns public visibility

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-02-26._

> NYC voters chose correctly (implied: Spitzer's defeat in the NYC Comptroller Democratic primary, September 10, 2013)

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Eliot Spitzer did lose the NYC Comptroller Democratic primary to Scott Stringer on September 10, 2013 — the factual basis is accurate. Whether this constitutes 'correctly' is an opinion claim not subject to factual verification.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- retweet (95%)
- supply-seeking (72%)
- nyc-politics (85%)
- parasocial-amplification (75%)
- late-night-post (85%)
- fan-validation (80%)
- low-intensity (90%)
- spitzer-defeat (70%)

## That day

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

**On 9/11 Anniversary, Trump Celebrates Political Enemies' Defeats, Praises Putin, and Targets His Own Investigator**

Trump spent the 12th anniversary of September 11 live-tweeting Obama's Syria speech, celebrating the primary defeats of Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer, and launching repeated attacks on New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman — who had just sued him over Trump University. Genuine 9/11 commemoration was minimal and arrived late in the day, sandwiched between political score-settling and relentless fan engagement. The mood was overwhelmingly self-congratulatory, with Trump casting himself as a lone prophetic voice who predicted his enemies' downfalls. A sustained thread of anger surfaced in attacks on Schneiderman, whom he called a crook, a lightweight, and predicted would be next to fall — transparently retaliating against the man investigating his business.

Full digest for 2013-09-11: https://trump.fm/date/2013-09-11/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, September 11). "@MiketheScrew: @realDonaldTrump Give credit... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_377638435500359681
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@MiketheScrew: @realDonaldTrump Give credit where it is..." X (Twitter), 11 Sep. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_377638435500359681. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@MiketheScrew: @realDonaldTrump Give credit where it is...," X (Twitter), September 11, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_377638435500359681.

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