# Post x_377779651126763520

- Post ID: `x_377779651126763520`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-09-11T13:04:22.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
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## Post text

> I said that Eliot Spitzer was going to lose when he was way up in the polls. I fought him when others retreated out of fear. NEVER GIVE UP!

## Engagement

- Likes: 23
- Reposts: 28
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- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.281Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-26T09:30:40.053Z (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 the morning after Eliot Spitzer's primary defeat (September 10, 2013), this post exemplifies narcissistic supply-extraction: Trump converts an external political outcome into personal validation of his unique prescience and courage. The retroactive prophecy claim ("I said that Eliot Spitzer was going to lose when he was way up in the polls") has partial factual grounding — Spitzer led 44%–36% in July before the race tightened to essentially even by September 4 — but the framing inflates Trump's predictive boldness and omits the competitive trajectory. The heroic warrior narrative ("I fought him when others retreated out of fear") positions Trump against unnamed cowards as a lone courageous actor, a recurrent narrative template across the documented record. The ALL CAPS motivational coda ("NEVER GIVE UP!") is a documented authentic Trump rhetorical device: packaging self-aggrandizement as shareable wisdom. Notably, the post appears on the 12th anniversary of 9/11, which Trump had already addressed with a separate, widely criticized tweet. He pivots immediately to political score-settling with no acknowledgment of the date's national significance. The surrounding context reveals a coordinated attack on NY Democratic figures — Spitzer, Weiner, and Schneiderman — with Schneiderman's targeting at least partially self-interested (he had sued Trump over Trump University in August 2013). Clinically, this post is illustrative but not deviant: consistent with Trump's established 2013 baseline of supply-seeking, retroactive prescience claims, and heroic self-narrative.

## Post Analysis: September 11, 2013 | 09:04 AM EDT

### Context

Published the morning after Eliot Spitzer's defeat in the NYC Democratic Comptroller primary (September 10, 2013), where Spitzer lost to Scott Stringer 48%–52%. Spitzer had led polls significantly in July (44% vs. 36%) before collapsing as his scandal history resurfaced. Anthony Weiner had also lost his NYC mayoral bid the same night. This post appears on the 12th anniversary of 9/11, a date Trump had already addressed earlier that morning with his widely criticized "haters and losers" tweet — a markedly different affective register.

**Critical subtext:** Trump's animus toward Spitzer is likely not purely political. In the surrounding post cluster, Trump also attacks AG Eric Schneiderman, who had sued Trump over Trump University just weeks prior (August 2013). Trump is pattern-matching three NY Democratic figures (Spitzer, Weiner, Schneiderman) into a single narrative of corrupt opponents being destroyed — with Schneiderman, his most immediate legal adversary, positioned as "next."

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### Authorship Attribution

**Local time: 09:04 AM EDT (UTC−4, New York City).** Early business hours create mild authorship ambiguity. However, surrounding posts document Trump was posting actively from at least 7:10 AM local time, suggesting continuous early-morning engagement. The ALL CAPS coda ("NEVER GIVE UP!") is a documented authentic Trump rhetorical fingerprint; the first-person stream-of-consciousness narrative is unpolished and emotionally reactive to the previous night's results; motivational self-branding idioms of this type are consistently associated with authentic Trump. **Assessment: authentic Trump, high confidence.**

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

- **Extraversion (high):** Forceful assertion, high positive affect in victory state, declarative self-proclamation  
- **Agreeableness (very low):** Zero empathy or acknowledgment of Spitzer as human; self-referential framing throughout; competitive zero-sum orientation  
- **Conscientiousness (moderate):** Achievement-striving evident; deliberation and epistemic care absent  
- **Neuroticism (low in this post):** This is a triumph state, not a threat state. The anxious hostility characteristic of other posts is suppressed by vindication  
- **Openness (very low):** Rigid binary worldview — fight or retreat, win or lose — no complexity acknowledged

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### Level 2 — Characteristic Adaptations (Motives & Schemas)

**Agency motives overwhelmingly dominant.** The post is structured entirely around Trump's personal power, foresight, and courage. Communion motives (connection, belonging, care) are conspicuously absent. The implied audience functions as a mirror for dominance display, not genuine community.

**Schemas revealed:**
- *Self:* Uniquely prescient, uniquely courageous — a prophet vindicated  
- *Others:* Either enemies (Spitzer) or moral cowards ("those who retreated out of fear")  
- *World:* Zero-sum; winners and losers, fighters and retreaters, those who see clearly and those who are fooled

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### Level 3 — Narrative Identity

**Protagonist role:** Vindicated prophet and lone warrior. Trump casts himself as the sole figure who saw clearly and stood firm while unnamed others cowered.

**Redemption sequence (compressed):** "I predicted the fall when others doubted → I stood alone when others fled → I was proven right." The "NEVER GIVE UP!" coda universalizes this personal narrative, positioning Trump as moral exemplar for the reader.

**Identity claims:** Courageous, prescient, persistent, unafraid

**Contrasting other:** Spitzer (fallen, proven wrong); unnamed "others" (cowardly retreaters who validate Trump's exceptionalism by contrast)

**Conspicuous absence:** No acknowledgment that this is September 11th. Trump discharged his obligatory 9/11 content with the earlier "haters and losers" tweet and pivoted entirely to political score-settling. The juxtaposition — 9/11 anniversary as backdrop for personal political triumph narrative — is jarring but consistent with the pattern of subordinating collective meaning to personal narrative.

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### Level 4 — Clinical Indicators

**Narcissistic supply-seeking:** Spitzer's election loss is a validating external event. Trump converts an outcome he did not control into personal proof of unique insight and valor. This is retroactive supply extraction: another person's failure becomes Trump's triumph.

**Retroactive prescience as chronic rhetorical pattern:** The claim "I said... when he was way up in the polls" belongs to a documented Trump rhetorical repertoire of after-the-fact prophecy. Partial factual basis exists: Spitzer led 44%–36% in July polls. However, by September 4 the race had tightened to 47%–45% within the margin of error, making "way up" an inflation of the peak advantage and an omission of subsequent competitive dynamics.

**Grandiosity:** "I fought him when others retreated out of fear" renders Trump the sole courageous actor in a drama of widespread cowardice. This structural move — positioning self as uniquely willing to do what others fear — recurs consistently across the documented record.

**Malignant narcissism component assessment:**
- *Narcissistic features:* Prominent — grandiosity, retroactive claim of special insight, entitlement to credit for opponent's defeat  
- *Antisocial features:* Minimal in this specific post  
- *Paranoid features:* Mild — "others retreated out of fear" implies ambient hostility that only Trump navigated  
- *Ego-syntonic sadism:* Low — this post is triumphant rather than cruelly degrading; gloating is present but understated

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### Rhetorical Analysis

- **Retroactive prophecy:** "I said... when he was way up in the polls" — positions Trump as uniquely perceptive among the naive  
- **Heroic contrast with unnamed cowards:** "Others retreated out of fear" — unnamed moral failures serve as foils to amplify Trump's standing  
- **Motivational packaging as Trojan horse:** "NEVER GIVE UP!" converts naked self-promotion into a shareable, aspirational aphorism — socially palatable delivery mechanism for self-aggrandizement  
- **Compression and punch:** Two crisp declarative sentences + imperative finale — performative authority compressed into three movements

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### Cognitive Status

Clear, coherent, syntactically simple but internally consistent. Vocabulary is basic; logical flow is direct. No markers of word-finding difficulty, perseveration, or semantic confusion detected. Consistent with 2013 Trump baseline — punchy declarative style, high message density per word count. No deviation from established pattern.

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### Danger Assessment

No eliminationist language, dehumanizing terms, or violence indicators in this post. Adjacent posts contain political threat ("he will be challenged in the PRIMARY") directed at Schneiderman, but that remains within normal political speech. **Danger level: none** for this specific post.

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### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Eliot Spitzer lost the NYC Comptroller race" | **True** | Scott Stringer defeated Eliot Spitzer 52%–48% in the NYC Democratic Comptroller primary on September 10, 2013 |
| "Spitzer was 'way up in the polls' when Trump predicted his loss" | **Mostly True** | Spitzer led 44%–36% in a July 2013 Marist poll, an 8-point advantage. However, by September 4 the race had tightened to 47%–45% within the margin of error. 'Way up' accurately describes the July peak but omits the subsequent competitive trajectory. |
| "Trump 'fought' Spitzer 'when others retreated out of fear'" | **Unverifiable** | No contemporaneous evidence retrieved documenting specific, documented public Trump opposition to Spitzer's 2013 comptroller campaign. May reference general political positioning or private dealings not captured in available records. |

Overall Veracity: 77%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- ALL CAPS coda ('NEVER GIVE UP!') is a documented authentic Trump rhetorical fingerprint
- Stream-of-consciousness first-person narrative, unpolished quality
- Surrounding tweets document active early-morning posting from ~7:10 AM local time
- Emotional reactivity to overnight primary results (Spitzer's defeat)
- Motivational self-branding idiom ('NEVER GIVE UP') consistent with authentic Trump posting pattern

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Eliot Spitzer's defeat in NYC Comptroller Democratic primary, September 10, 2013)

Sentiment: +0.65

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Multiple early-morning tweets showing sustained high energy across several hours
- Expansive self-congratulatory tone without restraint
- Rapid affective pivoting from 9/11 acknowledgment to political gloating within same morning
- Accelerated posting tempo documented in surrounding tweet cluster

### Clinical

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

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- 'NEVER GIVE UP!' — direct emotional address packaged as universal wisdom creates shared identity and implied mentorship relationship with audience
- Heroic contrast with unnamed cowards positions audience as co-perceivers of Trump's unique courage, flattering their judgment for recognizing it

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Eliot Spitzer lost the NYC Comptroller race

**TRUE**

Scott Stringer defeated Eliot Spitzer 52%–48% in the NYC Democratic Comptroller primary on September 10, 2013

Sources: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-09-11/stringer-defeats-insurgent-spitzer-in-race-for-nyc-comptroller; https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/york-city-voters-reject-spitzer-weiner/story?id=20219454

> Spitzer was 'way up in the polls' when Trump predicted his loss

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Spitzer led 44%–36% in a July 2013 Marist poll, an 8-point advantage. However, by September 4 the race had tightened to 47%–45% within the margin of error. 'Way up' accurately describes the July peak but omits the subsequent competitive trajectory.

Sources: https://maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/711-a-second-chance-for-spitzer-takes-lead-in-nyc-comptrollers-race/; https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-09-04/spitzer-stringer-almost-tied-in-nyc-comptroller-poll

> Trump 'fought' Spitzer 'when others retreated out of fear'

**UNVERIFIABLE**

No contemporaneous evidence retrieved documenting specific, documented public Trump opposition to Spitzer's 2013 comptroller campaign. May reference general political positioning or private dealings not captured in available records.

Overall Veracity: 77%

## Tags

- supply-seeking (88%)
- retroactive-prescience (82%)
- vindicated-prophet (85%)
- heroic-self-contrast (80%)
- self-aggrandizement (82%)
- political-gloating (92%)
- NEVER-GIVE-UP-motif (75%)
- 9/11-anniversary-pivot (65%)
- self-interested-targeting (72%)

## 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). I said that Eliot Spitzer was going to lose when... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_377779651126763520
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I said that Eliot Spitzer was going to lose when he was way..." X (Twitter), 11 Sep. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_377779651126763520. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "I said that Eliot Spitzer was going to lose when he was way...," X (Twitter), September 11, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_377779651126763520.

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