# Post x_387322936350105600 - Post ID: `x_387322936350105600` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2013-10-07T21:05:58.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_387322936350105600 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_387322936350105600/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_387322936350105600.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > My sense is that people are far angrier at the President than they are at Congress re the shutdown—an interesting turn! ## Engagement - Likes: 169 - Reposts: 322 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.279Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-26T23:06:22.573Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Psychological Analysis: October 7, 2013 **Post:** *"My sense is that people are far angrier at the President than they are at Congress re the shutdown—an interesting turn!"* --- ### Authorship Attribution UTC 21:05:58 converts to **5:05 PM EDT** (Trump was almost certainly at Trump Tower, New York City during this pre-campaign period). This falls within business hours, modestly elevating aide-authorship probability. However, several stylistic markers favor authentic or minimally-edited authorship: the casual abbreviation **"re"** reflects Trump's characteristic informal register; the evaluative **"interesting turn!"** aligns with his celebrity pundit persona; and the absence of promotional or scheduling content argues against structured aide drafting. The hedged qualifier **"My sense is that"** is somewhat atypical of Trump's usual declarative confidence but may represent an intentional performance of observational authority — the wise commentator who *senses* what others miss. **Confidence: medium; leans authentic.** --- ### Multi-Level Personality Analysis **Level 1 — Dispositional Traits:** Assertiveness (high extraversion facet) dominates: Trump broadcasts political judgment to followers as newsworthy personal insight. Low agreeableness manifests as implicit oppositional framing toward Obama without direct hostility. Neuroticism is notably *absent*: the tone is calm and measured, indicating a **grandiose** rather than **vulnerable** narcissistic state. The author is comfortable positioning, not reacting defensively. **Level 2 — Characteristic Adaptations:** The driving motive is **agency/status**: by declaring "my sense is" with apparent confidence about national public opinion, Trump performs privileged access to political reality. This is squarely consistent with his 2013 identity as celebrity political commentator during The Apprentice era — a man who treats his own perceptions as inherently authoritative. Communion motives are essentially absent. **Level 3 — Narrative Identity:** - **Protagonist role:** The astute political sage — someone who reads the national mood before others articulate it. - **Contrasting other:** President Obama (implicit primary villain of the shutdown narrative). - **Identity claim:** "I have my finger on the pulse of the American public; my political intuitions merit broadcast." - **Narrative sequence:** Mild contamination arc — functional governance contaminated by Obama's mishandling. - **Longitudinal note:** This post functions as the capstone of a coordinated same-day narrative. Trump's Fox News appearance + multiple same-day tweets collectively argue: (1) Obama bears primary blame, (2) Republicans have leverage, (3) the public agrees. This post closes the loop by asserting public consensus for the preceding political framing. --- ### Clinical Indicators **Narcissistic features (subclinical, baseline):** The "my sense is" construction represents soft grandiosity — naturalistically assuming personal political intuitions are newsworthy and reliable. No acute narcissistic injury or rage is present. This is low-intensity baseline supply-seeking. **Trigger:** Supply-seeking/status validation, reinforced by the same-day Fox News appearance. Cross-platform narrative reinforcement is the primary behavioral pattern in evidence. **Defense mechanisms:** Mild **rationalization** — the claim that anger is directed more at Obama than Congress is presented as neutral, hedged observation while serving motivated political positioning contradicted by contemporaneous polling. --- ### Rhetorical Analysis - **Hedged authority:** "My sense is that" performs epistemic humility while broadcasting confident political judgment — pre-empts pushback ("it's just my sense") while still implanting the narrative frame. - **Implicit blame attribution:** Frames shutdown public anger as residing primarily with the President, directly advantaging the Republican positioning Trump was simultaneously advancing on Fox News. - **Feigned neutrality:** "Interesting turn!" performs journalistic detachment; the content is transparently oppositional toward Obama. - **False framing:** Presents a minority (and likely motivated) reading of public sentiment as a notable "turn" in opinion, manufacturing narrative momentum. No dehumanizing language, violent imagery, or stochastic terrorism indicators are present. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "People are far angrier at the President than they are at Congress re the shutdown" | **Mostly False** | Multiple polls from early October 2013 show Republicans in Congress receiving significantly more shutdown blame than Obama. Pew Research Center (Oct. 3-6, 2013): 38% blamed Republican leaders, 30% blamed Obama, 19% blamed both equally. CNN/ORC and ABC/Washington Post polls showed consistent results with Congress receiving approximately 8-15 percentage points more blame than the President. | Overall Veracity: 20% ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 62%) ### Indicators - Casual 're' abbreviation consistent with Trump's informal register - Evaluative 'interesting turn!' aligns with celebrity pundit persona - 5:05 PM EDT timing falls within business hours (mild aide indicator) - Hedged 'my sense is that' is somewhat atypical of Trump's usual declarative confidence, though may be intentional rhetorical positioning - Absence of promotional, scheduling, or formatted content argues against structured aide drafting ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Government shutdown political discourse; same-day Fox News appearance on identical topic) Sentiment: -0.25 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 42% - Antisocial: 8% - Paranoid: 10% - Sadism: 4% **Defense Mechanisms:** - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 45% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Political insider positioning ('my sense is' implies privileged access to national mood) - Shared grievance validation via anti-Obama framing - Audience cast as political constituency affirming his commentary ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-02-26._ > People are far angrier at the President than they are at Congress re the shutdown **MOSTLY FALSE** Multiple polls from early October 2013 show Republicans in Congress receiving significantly more shutdown blame than Obama. Pew Research Center (Oct. 3-6, 2013): 38% blamed Republican leaders, 30% blamed Obama, 19% blamed both equally. CNN/ORC and ABC/Washington Post polls showed consistent results with Congress receiving approximately 8-15 percentage points more blame than the President. Sources: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2013/10/09/government-shutdown-blame/ Overall Veracity: 20% ## Tags - anti-obama (82%) - government-shutdown (92%) - supply-seeking (62%) - false-framing (67%) - political-pundit (74%) - hedged-authority (58%) - cross-platform-narrative-coordination (70%) ## 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). My sense is that people are far angrier at the... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_387322936350105600 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "My sense is that people are far angrier at the President..." X (Twitter), 7 Oct. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_387322936350105600. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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