# Post x_391758145271627776

- Post ID: `x_391758145271627776`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-10-20T02:49:55.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @stchristopher18
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## Post text

_Quotes @stchristopher18, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @stchristopher18's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._

> "@stchristopher18: @realDonaldTrump @michaltellos @NYMag Bury them fake journalists"

## Engagement

- Likes: 4
- Reposts: 8
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.278Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-27T05:40:21.324Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

A late-night (10:49 PM EDT) retweet amplifying a follower's call to "bury them fake journalists," arriving 48 hours after NYMag editor Dan Amira publicly insulted Trump's marriage and implied his imminent death. The post is the penultimate node in a sustained injury-repair campaign: Trump spent two days retweeting every follower who canceled an NYMag subscription, farming supply while directing audience pressure against an identified target. The indirect amplification of violent imagery via retweet — rather than direct authorship — is structurally significant: violent sentiment enters the discourse with Trump's endorsement but retains plausible deniability. The "fake journalists" frame is a historically notable early deployment of the delegitimization apparatus that scales into his 2016–2021 "fake news" strategy. Stochastic terrorism structural elements are present at low threshold: named target, moral delegitimization, violent framing, large-audience amplification. Danger level elevated. No cognitive deviation from baseline; post is entirely consistent with established Trump social media patterns. Clinically significant primarily as longitudinal documentation of early rhetorical infrastructure.

## Psychological Analysis: Trump Twitter Post — October 20, 2013 (02:49 UTC)

### Contextual Reconstruction

This post cannot be evaluated in isolation. It is the tail end of a **sustained two-day grievance mobilization campaign** against New York Magazine and specifically its senior editor Dan Amira. On October 18, Trump posted "I love watching the dishonest writers @NYMag suffer the magazine's failure." Amira replied: *"Your wife is waiting for you to die."* Trump responded with outrage, calling the remark "terrible" and "reprehensible," then pivoted to a multi-day follower-mobilization drive — retweeting every fan who announced a subscription cancellation, validating each with brief affirmations ("Smart move," "Smart!"). The October 20 post amplifies a follower calling to "bury them fake journalists," arriving approximately 48 hours after the triggering insult. The wound has not healed; the retaliatory loop continues.

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### Authorship Attribution

**High confidence: Authentic Trump.**

UTC 02:49:55 converts to **10:49 PM EDT** (New York, October 2013, pre-DST rollback). This is peak authentic-Trump posting window. The surrounding cluster — five posts on the same date, all reactive, all validating followers with terse approvals ("Smart move, thanks," "Thank you-smart!") — is the characteristic impulsive retweet-bombardment signature. No aide would manage a sustained mass-retweet campaign of fan subscription-cancellation announcements over 48 hours. The emotional logic is transparently personal.

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### Narcissistic Dynamics

**Trigger:** Severe narcissistic injury. The Amira quip — *"Your wife is waiting for you to die"* — struck at multiple vulnerability nodes simultaneously: his masculinity, his marriage (Melania as indifferent partner), and his mortality. For a figure whose self-concept centers on vitality, dominance, and desirability, this was an unusually precise attack. Two days later, the retaliatory cycle has not concluded.

**Injury-repair sequence (ongoing):** Rather than a single reactive outburst, this cluster represents a **protracted supply-restoration effort**. Each retweeted cancellation announcement functions as a small unit of narcissistic supply — external validation that his counterattack is righteous and effective. The fan who calls him "the Greatest businessman in the world" receives amplification alongside the fan urging journalists be "buried" — the two serve the same function: ego repair.

**Narcissistic state: Mixed.** The grandiose register ("Greatest businessman in the world!! I want to be like him" — retweeted with "Thank you") alternates with the vindictive-vulnerable register (calls for journalist burial, "failing fast" forecasts). This oscillation is diagnostic: the injury produced a destabilized self-state requiring both inflationary supply and target destruction simultaneously.

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### Defense Mechanisms

**1. Devaluation (immature):** NYMag is transformed from legitimate publication into "trash" and a magazine "failing fast." The object — the source of the wound — must be degraded to neutralize its authority. If NYMag is worthless and dying, its editor's insult carries no weight.

**2. Projection (immature):** The "fake journalists" label applied to reporters who have been covering and criticizing him. The word "fake" is doing complex work here: it pre-empts the critic's credibility on authenticity grounds, attributing inauthenticity to those scrutinizing Trump's own relationship to performance and fabrication.

**3. Denial (pathological):** "Failing fast!" asserts the magazine's imminent demise without evidence. Reality (a functioning, established publication) is replaced with wished-for reality (the persecutor is self-destructing).

**4. Indirect amplification (acting out, immature):** Rather than writing "bury them fake journalists" himself, Trump retweets a follower who says it. This is structurally significant: the violent sentiment enters his audience's feed with his editorial endorsement, but with a layer of deniability — it is, technically, someone else's words. This indirect-amplification-of-violence pattern becomes a more refined signature technique in later years.

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### Rhetorical & Propaganda Analysis

**"Fake journalists" (2013):** This is a historically notable early deployment of the delegitimization frame Trump later scales into the "fake news" apparatus of 2016–2021. In 2013 it appears as a local tactic — neutralizing specific critics by attacking their professional authenticity rather than engaging their content. The rhetorical logic: if the journalist is "fake," their critique of me is not a factual matter requiring refutation; it is evidence of their fraudulence. This forecloses substantive engagement while positioning Trump as authentic against a corrupt media establishment.

**"Bury them":** Violent imagery, even if the colloquial register is "defeat comprehensively." The choice to amplify rather than ignore this phrase — to broadcast it to millions of followers in the context of an ongoing feud with identified journalists — is the operative fact. This is not incidental endorsement.

**Subscription-cancellation retweeting:** A sophisticated pressure tactic. By retweeting multiple cancellation announcements and approving each, Trump is using his follower base as a coercive financial lever against the magazine. This is audience-as-weapon rhetoric, distinct from the violent imagery but equally instrumentalizing.

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### Danger Assessment: Elevated

The structural elements of stochastic terrorism are present in nascent form:

1. **Target identification:** NYMag journalists, Dan Amira specifically
2. **Moral/professional delegitimization:** "fake journalists"
3. **Violent framing amplified to large audience:** "bury them"
4. **Sustained grievance mobilization:** ongoing 48-hour campaign

In 2013, Trump had a substantial Twitter following. The amplification effect of a celebrity retweeting violent rhetoric toward named journalists in the context of an active conflict is non-trivial. "Bury" retains plausible metaphorical interpretation (marketplace defeat), which keeps the danger level at elevated rather than high — but the structural pattern is present and documented here for longitudinal tracking.

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### Narrative Identity (Level 3)

Trump casts himself as the powerful authentic figure whose critics expose themselves as frauds through the act of criticism. The narrative sequence is **contamination**: legitimate success and greatness (his identity claim) is attacked by a corrupt media establishment operating in bad faith. The contrasting other is the "fake journalist" — defined not by argument but by character flaw. Followers who cancel subscriptions and praise Trump are cast as the discerning public who sees through the fraud.

The archetype is **Warrior/Trickster dyad**: the Warrior mobilizes followers against the enemy press; the Trickster deploys plausible-deniability amplification — the chaos (violent imagery) enters discourse via the retweet mechanism rather than direct authorship.

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### Longitudinal Significance

This cluster is **infrastructure-level documentation** of rhetorical patterns that scale massively during his 2015–2021 political career. The "fake" delegitimization frame for media critics, the devaluation-and-doom-forecast for critical publications, the use of the follower base as a coercive and potentially dangerous instrument against identified journalists — all present here in 2013, three years before "fake news" becomes a political weapon of national consequence.

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*Sources: [NY Mag Editor Spars With Trump — Twitchy, Oct. 18, 2013](https://twitchy.com/sd-3133/2013/10/18/your-wife-is-waiting-for-you-to-die-ny-mag-editor-spars-with-donald-trump/)*

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "New York Magazine is 'failing fast'" | **False** | New York Magazine was a functioning, established publication in October 2013 with no reported financial crisis. The claim is a wishful projection following a personal dispute with the magazine's editor. |
| "NYMag journalists are 'fake'" | **Unverifiable** | This is an opinion/characterization deployed as rhetorical weapon rather than a factual claim. No factual basis offered in post or surrounding context; applied in direct retaliation to an insult from an identified NYMag editor. |

Overall Veracity: 25%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 88%)

### Indicators

- UTC 02:49:55 = 10:49 PM EDT in New York — peak authentic Trump late-night window
- Part of impulsive multi-post retweet cluster across same date
- Characteristic terse approvals in surrounding posts ('Smart move, thanks', 'Thank you-smart!')
- Emotionally reactive content driven by sustained personal grievance (Amira insult 48 hours prior)
- No aide-managed account would sustain a 48-hour subscription-cancellation retweet bombardment

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (NYMag editor Dan Amira — 'Your wife is waiting for you to die' tweet (Oct 18, 2013))

**Rage:** Intensity 55% targeting NYMag journalists, specifically Dan Amira
- Proportionality: 20%

Sentiment: -0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 65%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 45%
- Sadism: 20%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- devaluation (immature)
- projection (immature)
- denial (pathological)
- acting out (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 15%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- retweet amplification of follower praise as supply restoration
- collective grievance mobilization — followers as coercive financial pressure instrument
- validation loop: approve each cancellation announcement to sustain campaign momentum
- identity mirroring: retweeting 'Greatest businessman' framing to self-supply grandiosity

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

**Stochastic Terrorism Pattern Detected**

### Indicators

- Violent imagery ('bury them') directed at identified journalists broadcast to large follower audience
- Active 48-hour grievance mobilization campaign against named target (Dan Amira, NYMag)
- Delegitimization preceding violent framing — 'fake journalists' + 'bury them' sequential structure
- Structural pattern of stochastic terrorism: target identification + moral delegitimization + violent framing + audience amplification
- Plausible deniability mechanism (retweet) reduces inhibition on audience members inclined toward action

### Gaslighting

- 'Fake journalists' attacks critics' epistemic standing without engaging their content — reality-of-criticism denied through character assault
- 'Failing fast' forecasts publication's demise to suggest critics operate from a failing, illegitimate platform

**Dehumanizing Language Present**

**Violent Imagery Present**

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-02-27._

> New York Magazine is 'failing fast'

**FALSE**

New York Magazine was a functioning, established publication in October 2013 with no reported financial crisis. The claim is a wishful projection following a personal dispute with the magazine's editor.

Sources: https://twitchy.com/sd-3133/2013/10/18/your-wife-is-waiting-for-you-to-die-ny-mag-editor-spars-with-donald-trump/

> NYMag journalists are 'fake'

**UNVERIFIABLE**

This is an opinion/characterization deployed as rhetorical weapon rather than a factual claim. No factual basis offered in post or surrounding context; applied in direct retaliation to an insult from an identified NYMag editor.

Overall Veracity: 25%

## Tags

- anti-media (90%)
- fake-journalists (85%)
- violent-imagery (60%)
- narcissistic-injury-response (85%)
- supply-restoration (80%)
- retweet-amplification (75%)
- subscription-cancellation-campaign (70%)
- devaluation (80%)
- NYMag (90%)
- Dan-Amira (70%)

## That day

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

**Wound Management and Savior Cultivation: NYMag Retaliation Enters Resolution While 2016 Presidential Archetypes Are Rehearsed in Parallel**

October 20, 2013 presents a psychologically bifurcated day in which two parallel behavioral circuits operate simultaneously: an acute narcissistic injury response — the 48-hour NYMag/Dan Amira retaliation campaign initiated October 18 when an editor tweeted "Your wife is waiting for you to die" — enters its final dismissal phase, while an industrious presidential identity-construction protocol runs at full capacity across both posting sessions. The day's 24 posts resolve into two distinct local-time clusters: a late-night EDT session (10:29–11:51 PM, October 19) driven by injury-response, and a Sunday evening EDT session (5:19–7:39 PM, October 20) dominated by grandiose supply-seeking and opportunistic ObamaCare commentary. A 17-hour gap between sessions is consistent with normal rest; no sleep deprivation indicators are present.

The day's most clinically significant features are not its highest-intensity moments but its embryonic historical artifacts. The "Ragazine" portmanteau, the "failing" devaluation epithet, the retweet-amplify-reward mobilization loop, the "bury them fake journalists" endorsement-by-proxy, and the audience-curated assembly of proto-MAGA lexical units ("restore this country to its former glory and respect") all appear here in structurally complete but low-amplitude form — a pre-political laboratory session in which the rhetorical and psychological architecture of Trump's 2016–2024 public persona is being tested with a receptive Twitter audience 26 months before campaign announcement.

The maximum danger level for the day is elevated, concentrated in post x_391758145271627776 — Trump's amplification of a follower's "Bury them fake journalists" directed at named target NYMag/Dan Amira. Low-threshold stochastic terrorism structural elements are present (named target, moral delegitimization, violent imagery, large-audience amplification via endorsement-retweet with plausible deniability), though the day as a whole does not constitute a coordinated stochastic terrorism pattern. The dominant state transitions from mixed (injury-response coloring Session One) to grandiose (stable supply-seeking and competence signaling in Session Two), with the narrative arc best characterized as mixed: a contamination thread is progressively overwritten by a redemption thread that achieves primacy by evening.

Full digest for 2013-10-20: https://trump.fm/date/2013-10-20/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, October 20). "@stchristopher18: @realDonaldTrump @michaltellos... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_391758145271627776
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@stchristopher18: @realDonaldTrump @michaltellos @NYMag..." X (Twitter), 20 Oct. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_391758145271627776. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@stchristopher18: @realDonaldTrump @michaltellos @NYMag...," X (Twitter), October 20, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_391758145271627776.

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