# Post x_387309175866290176

- Post ID: `x_387309175866290176`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-10-07T20:11:18.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_387309175866290176
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_387309175866290176/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_387309175866290176.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> “We build too many walls and not enough bridges.” - Isaac Newton

## Engagement

- Likes: 28,537
- Reposts: 33,782
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.279Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-26T23:02:58.054Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Inspirational Quote Post — October 7, 2013

### Authorship Attribution

**UTC 20:11:18 → Local (EDT, NYC): 4:11 PM** — solidly within business hours. Trump was almost certainly in New York City on Monday, October 7, 2013, operating from Trump Tower. Eastern Daylight Time = UTC−4 through the first Sunday of November.

This post bears **zero authentic Trump stylistic markers**:
- No ALL CAPS emphasis passages
- No exclamation points in his own voice
- No typos or phonological misspellings
- No stream-of-consciousness digressions
- Clean, correctly formatted attribution line

The format is characteristic of a **scheduled social media management strategy** common in 2013: seeding a primarily political feed with inspirational quotes to broaden engagement and soften brand perception. Dan Scavino had been working with Trump since the early 2000s and by this period managed his social accounts. Authorship by aide is the strongly preferred hypothesis.

The contrast with the same day's other posts is stark: those posts display Trump's authentic markers — "He needs to focus on his job!", "Room for cuts." — while this one is tonally inert and stylistically clean. The divergence reinforces delegated authorship.

**Authorship confidence: Medium.** Circumstantial case is strong; direct confirmation unavailable.

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### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Quote attributed to Isaac Newton: 'We build too many walls and not enough bridges'" | **False** | The quote does not originate with Sir Isaac Newton (1643–1727). It is well-documented as a misattribution. The actual source is Joseph Fort Newton (1876–1950), an American Masonic clergyman, whose similar phrasing appears in 'The One Great Church: Adventures of Faith' (1948). The misattribution likely proliferated following Dominique Pire's 1958 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, where he cited 'Newton' without specifying which one. Goodreads and Wikiquote both flag this as a misattributed Newton quote. |

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 10%)

### Indicators

- Post time converts to 4:11 PM EDT (business hours, not Trump's authentic late-night window)
- No ALL CAPS passages
- No exclamation points in Trump's own voice
- No typos or misspellings
- Perfectly formatted quote with clean attribution — characteristic of social media management

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.55

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 5%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 100%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- inspirational quote sharing to maintain audience engagement

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Quote attributed to Isaac Newton: 'We build too many walls and not enough bridges'

**FALSE**

The quote does not originate with Sir Isaac Newton (1643–1727). It is well-documented as a misattribution. The actual source is Joseph Fort Newton (1876–1950), an American Masonic clergyman, whose similar phrasing appears in 'The One Great Church: Adventures of Faith' (1948). The misattribution likely proliferated following Dominique Pire's 1958 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, where he cited 'Newton' without specifying which one. Goodreads and Wikiquote both flag this as a misattributed Newton quote.

Sources: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/misattributed-to-isaac-newton; https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Isaac_Newton; https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/105991-men-build-too-many-walls-and-not-enough-bridges

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Tags

- aide-written (85%)
- inspirational-quote (95%)
- misattributed-quote (95%)
- walls-vs-bridges (90%)
- longitudinal-irony (85%)
- pre-campaign-brand-mode (80%)
- government-shutdown-context (50%)
- scheduled-content (80%)

## That day

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

**Shutdown Strategist: Trump Auditions as GOP Dealmaker-in-Chief While Obama Takes Fire**

Trump spent the day hammering Obama over the government shutdown, casting the president as an incompetent non-negotiator while positioning himself as the dealmaker America needs. A morning Fox News appearance set the tone, followed by a rapid-fire burst of retweets from fans urging him to run in 2016 — which he pointedly didn't rule out. The rest of the day was steady political commentary mixed with brand promotion, all delivered in a calm, expansive mood with no flashes of real anger. The most notable thread was the early-stage construction of a presidential persona: every Obama attack doubled as an implicit argument for Trump himself.

Full digest for 2013-10-07: https://trump.fm/date/2013-10-07/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, October 7). “We build too many walls and not enough bridges.”... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_387309175866290176
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "“We build too many walls and not enough bridges.” - Isaac..." X (Twitter), 7 Oct. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_387309175866290176. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "“We build too many walls and not enough bridges.” - Isaac...," X (Twitter), October 7, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_387309175866290176.

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