# Post x_380036814779588610

- Post ID: `x_380036814779588610`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-09-17T18:33:32.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_380036814779588610
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_380036814779588610/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_380036814779588610.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> "The mind that opens to a new idea never comes back to its original size." -- Einstein

## Engagement

- Likes: 242
- Reposts: 562
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.281Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-26T12:06:24.469Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: September 17, 2013 — Einstein Quote Post

### Authorship Attribution (Confidence: High — Aide)

Posted at **18:33 UTC = 14:33 EDT** (New York City, Trump's operational base during this pre-campaign period as host of *The Apprentice* and head of the Trump Organization). This falls squarely within business hours — a primary aide-authorship indicator. The same-day posting pattern reinforces this conclusion: at minimum two other inspirational quotes (Dale Carnegie; a *Think Big* excerpt) appeared on the same day alongside political commentary, consistent with a **scheduled social media content calendar** rather than spontaneous impulse posting.

Clean em-dash attribution formatting, zero typos, grammatically complete sentence — all structurally distinguish this from Trump's documented authentic posting style (ALL CAPS, exclamation clusters, fragmented syntax, emotional reactivity, late-night timestamps). No authentic Trump indicators are present.

**Authorship score: ~0.15 (strongly aide-leaning)**

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### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "This quote — 'The mind that opens to a new idea never comes back to its original size' — is attributable to Albert Einstein" | **False** | The quote is a modern variant of a passage by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., published in September 1858 in 'The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table' (The Atlantic Monthly): 'Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.' Attribution to Einstein began appearing only after 1998, approximately 140 years after Holmes wrote it. No verified Einstein source exists. |

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 15%)

### Indicators

- Posted at 14:33 EDT — squarely within business hours, primary aide-authorship indicator
- Same-day pattern includes Dale Carnegie quote and Think Big excerpt, consistent with scheduled content calendar
- Clean em-dash attribution formatting uncharacteristic of Trump's impulsive style
- Zero typos or grammatical errors — contrasts with Trump's documented misspelling frequency
- No emotional reactivity, ALL CAPS, or exclamation clusters

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (general follower audience)

Sentiment: +0.72

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 12%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)
- reaction formation (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 32%

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> This quote — 'The mind that opens to a new idea never comes back to its original size' — is attributable to Albert Einstein

**FALSE**

The quote is a modern variant of a passage by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., published in September 1858 in 'The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table' (The Atlantic Monthly): 'Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.' Attribution to Einstein began appearing only after 1998, approximately 140 years after Holmes wrote it. No verified Einstein source exists.

Sources: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2023/03/29/stretch/; https://www.famousscientists.org/einstein-did-not-say-that/

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Tags

- aide_authored (80%)
- inspirational_quote (95%)
- misattribution_einstein (90%)
- supply_seeking_low_intensity (35%)
- borrowed_prestige (65%)
- intellectual_identity_signal (60%)

## That day

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

**Pre-Dawn Validation Binge Meets Navy Yard Tragedy — Empathy Absent, Eliminationist Framing Present**

Trump was up well before 4 AM retweeting fan praise, then shifted to reacting to the Washington Navy Yard mass shooting — not with sympathy for the 12 dead, but with warnings about "garbage" in the country and concerns that Russia was mocking America. In between, he demanded Arsenio Hall pay him 25% of his earnings for supposedly making Hall's career. The day wound down with a string of staff-posted motivational quotes, capping a steady stream of grandiosity with no visible emotional low point.

Full digest for 2013-09-17: https://trump.fm/date/2013-09-17/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, September 17). "The mind that opens to a new idea never comes... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_380036814779588610
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""The mind that opens to a new idea never comes back to its..." X (Twitter), 17 Sep. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_380036814779588610. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""The mind that opens to a new idea never comes back to its...," X (Twitter), September 17, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_380036814779588610.

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