# Post x_377752159909330944 - Post ID: `x_377752159909330944` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2013-09-11T11:15:07.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @TheTeflonDante - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_377752159909330944 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_377752159909330944/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_377752159909330944.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text _Quotes @TheTeflonDante, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @TheTeflonDante's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._ > "@TheTeflonDante: @realDonaldTrump who should be the AG replacement? Any thoughts?" There are a number of very good people! ## Engagement - Likes: 7 - Reposts: 6 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.281Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-26T09:23:51.410Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Comprehensive Analysis: September 11, 2013 — AG Replacement Reply ### Authorship Attribution Timestamp: 11:15 UTC = **7:15 AM EDT** in New York (Trump Tower, his established base in September 2013). This falls within Trump's documented early-morning Twitter window. The format — a direct @-reply to a follower who picked up on his earlier Schneiderman attack — is quintessentially authentic Trump: reactive, brief, exclamatory, and vague. No aide-written markers are present: no event announcements, no polished grammar, no organizational structure. The exclamation mark and the deliberately non-committal affirmation ("a number of very good people!") are characteristic registers. Confidence is medium-high given the stylometric consistency, modestly discounted by the extreme brevity limiting available evidence. --- ### Critical Context: The Trump-Schneiderman Legal War This post cannot be properly analyzed without its immediately preceding context. On **August 25, 2013** — just 17 days before these tweets — NY AG Eric Schneiderman filed a **$40 million civil fraud lawsuit** against Trump, Trump University, and Michael Sexton, alleging a "bait-and-switch scheme" defrauding thousands of consumers. Trump publicly called Schneiderman a "political hack" and "lightweight" in response. The September 11 tweet cluster — culminating in this exchange — therefore represents **targeted social media warfare against an active litigation adversary**, framed as disinterested political commentary. This is a crucial distinction: what appears to be casual political opining is in fact a coordinated reputation-attack campaign against someone actively pursuing civil fraud charges against Trump. An additional layer emerged in 2018 when attorney Peter Gleason claimed that Trump and Cohen were informed as early as 2013 of Schneiderman's alleged abuse of women by a mutual contact — a claim disputed by the alleged intermediary. If accurate, Trump's September 11 "prediction" about Schneiderman's downfall may have reflected **adversarial intelligence** rather than pattern-matching alone. This remains unresolved but materially affects interpretation of the post's psychological significance. --- ### Psychological State and Triggers The primary trigger for the broader morning tweet cluster is a **narcissistic injury**: being sued for $40 million by a state official. Trump's response is a **preemptive attack** — using Twitter to damage the credibility, reputation, and public standing of his legal adversary before that adversary can land further legal blows. This specific post (the AG replacement reply) is a **second-order reinforcement** of that attack. A follower absorbed Trump's narrative that Schneiderman would fall, then lobbed the premise back at him ("who should be the AG replacement?"). By engaging with this question rather than deflecting it, Trump: 1. **Validates the overthrow premise** — treating Schneiderman's departure as fait accompli 2. **Claims kingmaker authority** — the "very good people" formulation implies privileged knowledge of qualified replacements 3. **Generates narrative momentum** — the tweet loop (Trump attacks → follower extends → Trump affirms) constitutes a distributed reality-manufacturing process The psychological state is **grandiose** rather than vulnerable. There is no rage in this specific post; the rage was deposited in the preceding "is he a crook?" tweet. This post is the cooler, self-satisfied follow-through. --- ### Multi-Level Personality Analysis **Level 1 — Dispositional Traits:** - **Low agreeableness**: Implicitly celebrating an adversary's anticipated downfall while maintaining surface positivity - **Moderate-high extraversion**: Direct audience engagement with exclamatory register - **Low neuroticism (in isolation)**: Controlled, unhurried — the affective heat was expressed earlier **Level 2 — Characteristic Adaptations:** - **Agency/power motive dominant**: Positions himself as arbiter of political succession - **Schema of entitlement**: Questions about NY AG succession are treated as naturally within his domain of influence — a man being actively sued by the AG nonetheless considers himself the appropriate assessor of the AG's replacement - **Competitive derogation schema**: The entire exchange depends on treating the current AG as disqualified — a schema Trump introduced and the follower accepted without friction **Level 3 — Narrative Identity:** - **Protagonist role**: Political insider and kingmaker - **Contamination sequence** (contextual): The established order (state AG) is tainted, corrupt — awaiting replacement by "very good people" Trump would presumably select - **Identity claim**: "I see through corrupt officials before they fall" — whether by pattern-recognition, adversarial intelligence, or prescience, Trump is constructing a narrative of superior knowledge - **Contrasting other**: Schneiderman (corrupt, soon-to-fall legal adversary) The later-confirmed accuracy of Trump's 2013 prediction (Schneiderman resigned in 2018 following abuse allegations) creates a retrospective interpretive problem: the prediction could reflect (a) adversarial intelligence via the Cohen channel, (b) pattern-matching on political vulnerability, or (c) coincidence. The psychologically relevant point is that in 2013, Trump was **treating an active legal adversary as already defeated** — a grandiose schema that, whatever its basis, is consistent with the broader narcissistic pattern of refusing to recognize adversaries as legitimate threats. --- ### Defense Mechanisms - **Projection** (contextual, preceding tweet): Trump is defending himself in a $40M fraud lawsuit while labeling the AG prosecuting that lawsuit a "crook" — a textbook example of attributing one's own imputed qualities to the adversary - **Splitting** (contextual): Schneiderman = all bad (crook, worse than Spitzer/Weiner); future replacements = "very good people" — no middle ground - **Acting out** (pattern): Using a public Twitter platform to attack a current litigation adversary is a direct expression of hostile impulse that crosses normal procedural and legal norms - **Rationalization** (this post): "Very good people" sounds like civic-minded engagement; it functions as legitimization of the fantasy that the sitting AG is removable --- ### Rhetorical Analysis The post is rhetorically minimalist but precise. "There are a number of very good people!" performs three simultaneous functions: 1. **Validates the premise**: Engaging with the replacement question treats Schneiderman's departure as settled 2. **Claims authority without evidence**: Trump asserts insider knowledge of qualified replacements without naming anyone — a power move that cannot be falsified 3. **Creates no quotable commitment**: Should Schneiderman survive, Trump has said nothing specific; should he fall, this tweet becomes proof of Trump's foresight The exclamation point is characteristic — it injects enthusiasm into a deliberately empty statement, manufacturing the *feeling* of substantive engagement with none of its risk. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Weiner is gone, Spitzer is gone (contextual preceding tweet)" | **True** | Anthony Weiner resigned from Congress June 2011 following sexting scandal. Eliot Spitzer resigned as Governor March 2008 following prostitution scandal. Both verified historical facts. | | "Schneiderman will be next to fall (contextual preceding tweet)" | **Unverifiable** | Retrospectively confirmed — Schneiderman resigned May 2018 following New Yorker report on physical abuse of women. However, basis for the 2013 prediction is disputed. Attorney Peter Gleason claimed Trump/Cohen were told of Schneiderman abuse allegations in 2013 via intermediary Steve Dunleavy; Dunleavy denied the account. Jane Mayer (New Yorker) stated none of their 2018 sources had ties to Trump/Cohen. The prediction's basis — adversarial intelligence vs. pattern-matching vs. coincidence — cannot be resolved from available evidence. | | "There are a number of very good people (to replace Schneiderman)" | **Unverifiable** | Pure speculative opinion. No factual content. No names provided. No commitment that could be evaluated. | Overall Veracity: 67% ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 78%) ### Indicators - 7:15 AM EDT local time — consistent with Trump's documented early-morning Twitter habits - Direct @-reply to follower extending his own narrative — authentic reactive behavior pattern - Exclamatory punctuation ('very good people!') — characteristic Trump register - Deliberately vague non-commitment ('a number of') — classic Trump maintaining deniability - No polished sentence structure, no event announcement format — absence of aide markers ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Preemptive Attack — Criticism (Active $40M civil fraud lawsuit filed by Schneiderman against Trump University (August 25, 2013)) Sentiment: +0.20 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 60% - Antisocial: 35% - Paranoid: 45% - Sadism: 20% **Defense Mechanisms:** - projection (immature) - splitting (immature) - acting out (immature) - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 20% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Direct @-reply engagement reinforcing follower loyalty and encouraging continued monitoring - Implicit invitation to extend and amplify the Schneiderman-as-crook narrative - Positioning self as insider-kingmaker with privileged knowledge of qualified replacements - Narrative loop construction: Trump attacks → follower extends premise → Trump affirms → reality is manufactured iteratively ## Fact Checks (3) _The model's verdicts from 2026-02-26._ > Weiner is gone, Spitzer is gone (contextual preceding tweet) **TRUE** Anthony Weiner resigned from Congress June 2011 following sexting scandal. Eliot Spitzer resigned as Governor March 2008 following prostitution scandal. Both verified historical facts. > Schneiderman will be next to fall (contextual preceding tweet) **UNVERIFIABLE** Retrospectively confirmed — Schneiderman resigned May 2018 following New Yorker report on physical abuse of women. However, basis for the 2013 prediction is disputed. Attorney Peter Gleason claimed Trump/Cohen were told of Schneiderman abuse allegations in 2013 via intermediary Steve Dunleavy; Dunleavy denied the account. Jane Mayer (New Yorker) stated none of their 2018 sources had ties to Trump/Cohen. The prediction's basis — adversarial intelligence vs. pattern-matching vs. coincidence — cannot be resolved from available evidence. Sources: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/11/trump-and-michael-cohen-previously-told-about-schenidermans-abuse.html; https://abcnews.go.com/US/calling-lawsuits-trump-schneidermans-turbulent-history/story?id=55012785 > There are a number of very good people (to replace Schneiderman) **UNVERIFIABLE** Pure speculative opinion. No factual content. No names provided. No commitment that could be evaluated. Overall Veracity: 67% ## Tags - litigation-adversary-attack (80%) - kingmaker-positioning (65%) - narrative-reinforcement (70%) - preemptive-attack (75%) - projection-crook-labeling (70%) - splitting (60%) - adversarial-prediction (65%) - parasocial-engagement (55%) - vague-affirmation-power-move (65%) - trump-university-litigation-context (85%) ## 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). "@TheTeflonDante: @realDonaldTrump who should be... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_377752159909330944 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@TheTeflonDante: @realDonaldTrump who should be the AG..." X (Twitter), 11 Sep. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_377752159909330944. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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