# Post x_377646946569453568

- Post ID: `x_377646946569453568`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-09-11T04:17:03.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @Drake4444444
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_377646946569453568
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_377646946569453568/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_377646946569453568.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

_Quotes @Drake4444444, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @Drake4444444's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._

> "@Drake4444444: Youre welcome. We did it! @realDonaldTrump: Thank you to all of my Twitter followers for helping to defeat Weiner and Spit-

## Engagement

- Likes: 15
- Reposts: 16
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.281Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-26T09:07:07.795Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

Posted at 12:17 AM EDT on the anniversary of September 11, 2013, this post enacts a narcissistic supply-harvesting loop following the defeat of Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer in NYC Democratic primaries. Trump rebroadcasts a follower's praise ("We did it!") to his full audience, manufacturing social proof of his political kingmaker status. The core reality distortion — that his Twitter followers causally contributed to Democratic primary outcomes — is logically incoherent: Trump's audience had no vote in these contests, and both losses were driven by scandal dynamics independent of Trump's activity. The companion posts construct a retroactive redemption arc: lone-voice prophet → vindicated leader. Mild hypomanic texture is evident in the sustained five-post victory-celebration cluster spanning the day. Most psychologically notable is the affect dissociation: on the national 9/11 mourning anniversary, Trump's primary emotional investment is political self-aggrandizement, alongside his widely criticized "haters and losers" 9/11 tweet from the same day — suggesting limited prosocial affect calibration to collective grief norms. No danger indicators. Patterns are consistent with Trump's 2013 baseline; no cognitive deviation detected. This post is useful as a longitudinal data point documenting supply-harvesting mechanics, false causal attribution, and redemption narrative architecture in a non-adversarial, triumphant state.

## Post Analysis: x_377646946569453568
**Date:** September 11, 2013 | **Local Time:** 12:17 AM EDT | **Subject Age:** 67

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### Structural Note

This post is a manual retweet (Twitter's old-style RT-by-copy convention) of @Drake4444444's reply praising Trump, which itself re-quotes Trump's earlier tweet verbatim. The trailing "Spit-" is a formatting artifact of Twitter's 140-character limit truncating "Spitzer" — not a cognitive marker. The full source tweet, visible in the same-day post cluster, reads: *"Thank you to all of my Twitter followers for helping to defeat Weiner and Spitzer. Remember, in the beginning they said it couldn't be done!"*

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### Authorship Attribution

**Conversion:** UTC 04:17:03 → EDT 00:17 AM (September 11, 2013 is well within EDT, UTC−4). This places the post squarely in the **late-night authentic window** (10 PM–6 AM local). Trump was almost certainly in New York City at Trump Tower, his default residence in non-campaign periods. The manual RT format — amplifying a single fan's praise back to the full audience — is a behavioral signature of authentic Trump, not staff. No aide manages midnight RT-of-praise loops. **Assessment: authentic Trump, high confidence.**

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### Political Context

The NYC Democratic primaries concluded September 10, 2013. Anthony Weiner finished **5th in the mayoral race with only 5% of the vote** following continued revelations of the "Carlos Danger" sexting scandal (new disclosures emerged July 2013, torpedoing a brief polling recovery). Eliot Spitzer **narrowly lost** the comptroller race to Scott Stringer, 48%–52%, after a late entry into the race. Trump had publicly opposed both candidates, primarily via Twitter.

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### Psychological Analysis

**Primary Dynamic: Narcissistic Supply Harvesting**

This post enacts a textbook narcissistic supply loop: Trump broadcasts a fan's validation ("Youre welcome. We did it!") back to the full audience, performing multiple operations simultaneously:
1. Collects praise from follower
2. Amplifies that praise to maximize audience witness
3. Reinforces the parasocial community's identity as political agents
4. Maintains grandiose self-narrative as kingmaker

**False Attribution of Causation (Core Distortion)**

The claim that Trump's Twitter followers "helped defeat" Weiner and Spitzer is logically incoherent: these were Democratic primaries. Trump's 2013 Twitter following skewed Republican and would have had no vote in the contests. Weiner's collapse was driven by the July 2013 Carlos Danger sexting scandal revelations — a development entirely independent of Trump's activity. Spitzer's narrow loss was driven by the prostitution scandal's lingering toxicity among Democratic base voters. Trump's causal attribution is a motivated distortion inflating his role to near-zero from zero.

**Redemption Narrative Architecture**

The companion post — *"For a while, when Spitzer was way up, it seemed that I was a lone voice! Good power"* — reveals the narrative scaffolding: underdog prophet → validated victor. This is a psychologically salient identity structure for Trump, deployed repeatedly across contexts. The "lone voice" positioning retroactively constructs a heroic arc that culminates in collective triumph ("We did it!").

**9/11 Dissociation**

The timing is psychologically notable. On the anniversary of September 11, while also posting the widely-criticized "best wishes to all, even the haters and losers, on this special date, September 11th" tweet, Trump's primary emotional investment is in a political victory celebration. The juxtaposition suggests either marked emotional dissociation from collective mourning norms or a functional indifference to situational affect calibration — both consistent with low-agreeableness, high-narcissism profile. The date is instrumentalized rather than solemnized.

**Narcissistic State: Grandiose**

This post cluster shows Trump in an elevated, expansive grandiose state — high energy, multiple posts on the same theme, broadcasting victory, collecting and re-broadcasting praise. No vulnerability state is visible. Mild hypomanic texture is present in the sustained celebratory posting across the day.

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### Rhetorical Analysis

**Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc:** Core logical fallacy — Trump opposed Weiner and Spitzer *and then* they lost, therefore Trump caused the loss. Presented as self-evident without argument.

**Collective "We" Construction:** "We did it!" manufactures tribal belonging and political agency among followers. Parasocial audience transformed into a pseudo-political movement.

**Retroactive Vindication:** "In the beginning they said it couldn't be done" positions Trump against an unnamed skeptical establishment, then claims prophetic correctness. No specific critics or evidence required.

**Dismissal by Dehumanization (companion post):** "Absolutely nothing!" in response to what he'd miss about Weiner is a contemptuous erasure — brief, sadistic, with the pleasure of a final word.

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### Cognitive Assessment

No cognitive markers detected. Language is syntactically simple, declarative, and consistent with Trump's established 2013 Twitter baseline. Truncation is a formatting artifact. Complexity score nominal — short declarative sentences, no embedded clauses, straightforward vocabulary. **No deviation from 2013 baseline.**

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### Danger Assessment

**Level: None.** This post is celebratory, not threatening. No dehumanizing language directed at population groups, no mobilization calls, no eliminationist imagery. The mild sadistic pleasure in opponents' electoral failure does not rise to a danger indicator.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Weiner was defeated" | **True** | Anthony Weiner finished 5th in the NYC Democratic mayoral primary on September 10, 2013, receiving only 5% of the vote. Bill de Blasio won with ~40%. |
| "Spitzer was defeated" | **True** | Eliot Spitzer lost the NYC Democratic comptroller primary to Scott Stringer, 48% to 52%, on September 10, 2013. |
| "Twitter followers helped defeat Weiner and Spitzer" | **False** | Both losses occurred in Democratic primaries. Trump's Twitter following skewed non-Democrat and would have had no vote in these contests. Weiner's collapse was driven by the July 2013 'Carlos Danger' sexting scandal revelations. Spitzer's loss reflected lingering toxicity from his 2008 prostitution scandal among Democratic primary voters. No credible evidence Trump's tweets had any causal electoral impact. |
| "In the beginning they said it couldn't be done (defeating Weiner and Spitzer)" | **Unverifiable** | This is a vague retrospective claim about unnamed skeptics. It cannot be verified or falsified without identification of specific sources. |
| "Trump was a lone voice when Spitzer was way up" | **Unverifiable** | Personal retrospective claim about Trump's uniqueness in opposing Spitzer. While Trump did tweet against both candidates, the claim of being a singular voice is unverifiable. |

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- Post timestamp converts to 12:17 AM EDT — squarely in the authentic late-night window
- Manual RT-of-fan-praise format is a characteristic authentic Trump behavior pattern
- Trump almost certainly in New York City (Trump Tower) on this date
- Informal, reactive, audience-engagement style inconsistent with aide posting
- No aide manages midnight validation-amplification loops

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Electoral defeat of Weiner and Spitzer in NYC Democratic primaries (Sept 10, 2013))

Sentiment: +0.65

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- At least five posts on the same victory theme within a single day
- Elevated, expansive celebratory mood sustained across hours
- Midnight posting activity on non-urgent personal vindication content
- Superlative self-framing ('lone voice', 'Good power') across multiple posts

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 72%
- Antisocial: 15%
- Paranoid: 18%
- Sadism: 28%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- distortion (pathological)
- rationalization (neurotic)
- idealization (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 28%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Collective 'we' construction: 'We did it!' — follower and leader merged into unified political agent
- Mutual validation loop: rebroadcasting fan praise to full audience creates social proof of leader's importance
- Shared victory narrative: followers given ownership stake in the outcome to deepen parasocial bond
- Supply harvesting: midnight broadcast of praise maximizes validation return

## Fact Checks (5)

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

> Weiner was defeated

**TRUE**

Anthony Weiner finished 5th in the NYC Democratic mayoral primary on September 10, 2013, receiving only 5% of the vote. Bill de Blasio won with ~40%.

Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/11/politics/nyc-mayoral-primary/index.html; https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/york-city-voters-reject-spitzer-weiner/story?id=20219454

> Spitzer was defeated

**TRUE**

Eliot Spitzer lost the NYC Democratic comptroller primary to Scott Stringer, 48% to 52%, on September 10, 2013.

Sources: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/york-city-voters-reject-spitzer-weiner/story?id=20219454; https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0912/Anthony-Weiner-Eliot-Spitzer-fail-at-polls.-Is-redemption-after-a-sex-scandal-possible-in-NY

> Twitter followers helped defeat Weiner and Spitzer

**FALSE**

Both losses occurred in Democratic primaries. Trump's Twitter following skewed non-Democrat and would have had no vote in these contests. Weiner's collapse was driven by the July 2013 'Carlos Danger' sexting scandal revelations. Spitzer's loss reflected lingering toxicity from his 2008 prostitution scandal among Democratic primary voters. No credible evidence Trump's tweets had any causal electoral impact.

Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/11/politics/nyc-mayoral-primary/index.html

> In the beginning they said it couldn't be done (defeating Weiner and Spitzer)

**UNVERIFIABLE**

This is a vague retrospective claim about unnamed skeptics. It cannot be verified or falsified without identification of specific sources.

> Trump was a lone voice when Spitzer was way up

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Personal retrospective claim about Trump's uniqueness in opposing Spitzer. While Trump did tweet against both candidates, the claim of being a singular voice is unverifiable.

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Tags

- narcissistic-supply-harvesting (90%)
- false-causal-attribution (85%)
- grandiose-state (80%)
- redemption-narrative (75%)
- parasocial-community-construction (75%)
- kingmaker-identity-claim (70%)
- 9-11-anniversary-dissociation (65%)
- mild-hypomania (55%)
- midnight-authentic-posting (50%)
- victory-celebration-cluster (50%)

## 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). "@Drake4444444: Youre welcome. We did it!... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_377646946569453568
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@Drake4444444: Youre welcome. We did it! @realDonaldTrump:..." X (Twitter), 11 Sep. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_377646946569453568. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@Drake4444444: Youre welcome. We did it! @realDonaldTrump:...," X (Twitter), September 11, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_377646946569453568.

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