# Post x_392356298949271552 - Post ID: `x_392356298949271552` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2013-10-21T18:26:45.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_392356298949271552 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_392356298949271552/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_392356298949271552.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Where’s the global warming? 2013 was one of the least extreme years in weather on record http://t.co/foGcQyOIZy ## Engagement - Likes: 58 - Reposts: 115 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.278Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-27T06:05:29.957Z (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 compact climate denial maintenance post operating through the rhetorical question — propaganda's most efficient mode, guiding followers to self-produce the intended conclusion. Factually misleading: 2013 ranked among the 4th–7th warmest years globally (NOAA/NASA), was the 346th consecutive above-average month, and Typhoon Wipha had struck Japan with 33 inches of rain just days before posting. The narrower claim that the US experienced fewer tornadoes in 2013 appears to inform the linked article — but this regional single-metric data point is distorted into a dismissal of the global climate system. Psychologically, the grandiose narcissistic state is in maintenance rather than reactive mode: no acute injury, no rage, just routine epistemic status-assertion and supply-seeking. The post constructs a durable epistemic closure loop: followers endorsing the dismissal perform in-group membership, reinforcing a shared reality distortion field. Defense mechanisms are denial and distortion at the pathological level. No cognitive concerns at this 2013 baseline — clean, simple, coherent language appropriate to the register. This post establishes a useful pre-presidential reference point for longitudinal comparison. ## Post Analysis: Climate Denial Maintenance Post (October 21, 2013) ### Authorship Attribution Posted at **18:26 UTC = 2:26 PM EDT** on a Monday. Trump's operational base in October 2013 was Trump Tower, New York. Critically, same-day context shows multiple personal @reply tweets ("Thanks, good luck," "Hi Ryan") confirming Trump was himself on Twitter that afternoon. The post is polished — clean link formatting, correct spelling and grammar — consistent with deliberate content-sharing rather than impulsive posting. The rhetorical question framing and climate skepticism are, however, deeply characteristic of Trump's documented worldview and Twitter register. **Assessment: Genuinely near-50/50; slight lean toward aide-assisted given business-hours timing and absence of typos/capitalization bursts, but authentic Trump origin cannot be excluded given same-day personal activity.** Confidence: medium. --- ### Level 1: Dispositional Traits Most salient: **low Openness** — rigid rejection of scientific consensus via selective data. The cool, sardonic dismissal ("Where's the global warming?") reflects **low Agreeableness** (contemptuous rather than hostile). Willingness to publicly contradict expert consensus reflects **high Extraversion** (assertiveness, dominance). No anxious or impulsive quality; this is deliberate contrarianism, not reactive emotion. --- ### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Agency motive dominant.** The post positions the speaker as epistemically superior to credulous experts and media elites. Schema revealed: official/credentialed sources are presumptively suspect; a common-sense glance at weather data refutes elaborate institutional claims. The underlying goal is **status-assertion via contrarianism** — "I see what captured experts won't admit." Trigger assessment: **supply-seeking**, not narcissistic injury. No specific provocation; this is routine audience engagement and identity-brand maintenance for a climate-skeptic constituency. --- ### Level 3: Narrative Identity Protagonist role: **Skeptic/Truth-Teller** — the one who asks the obvious question cowardly elites won't ask. The rhetorical question encodes an entire narrative: climate believers are duped by establishment propaganda; the skeptic cuts through it with plain observation. Contrasting other: the implicit **climate alarmist** — either naïve (credulous toward experts) or corrupt (agenda-driven). Narrative sequence: **contamination** — good common sense has been contaminated by elite scientific groupthink, and the truth-teller must resist. --- ### Defense Mechanisms **Denial (pathological):** Wholesale rejection of the documented global warming evidence base. The rhetorical question form maintains plausible deniability ("I'm just asking") while enacting refusal to engage with the evidence. **Distortion (pathological):** Cherry-picking a narrow US meteorological metric (fewer tornadoes in the continental US) to dismiss a global, multi-decadal statistical trend — grossly reshaping the factual record to conform to a pre-existing belief. --- ### Rhetorical Analysis The **rhetorical question** is the post's central propaganda engine — more powerful than direct assertion because it guides the audience to supply the intended conclusion themselves, increasing psychological ownership and reducing resistance. Unlike "global warming is fake," the question form creates the experience of independent reasoning in the reader. The linked article provides **sourcing theater** — a veneer of epistemic responsibility while the framing has already loaded the interpretation. The post exploits the **weather/climate conflation**: weather is observable, daily, local; climate is a statistical aggregate over decades and across the globe. This conflation is a cornerstone of climate denial rhetoric — not accidental. Supporting this is **cherry-picking** (one regional metric against a global trend) and **false equivalence** (a single year's US tornado count vs. 37 consecutive above-average global temperature years). --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "2013 was one of the least extreme years in weather on record" | **Mostly False** | NOAA ranked 2013 the 4th warmest year globally (tied with 2003); NASA ranked it 7th warmest since 1880. It was the 346th consecutive month above the 20th-century global temperature average. Typhoon Wipha struck Japan with 33 inches of rain in 24 hours just 5-6 days before this post. The US did record fewer tornadoes (~900, fewest since 1989) which likely informed the linked article, but this narrow regional metric does not support the global claim. | | "Where's the global warming? (rhetorical question implying warming is absent or undetectable)" | **False** | The question presupposes the self-evident absence of warming. In reality, 2013 was among the top 4-7 warmest years since records began in 1880, continuing an unbroken multi-decade warming trend. NASA confirmed 2013 'sustained the long-term climate warming trend.' Nine of the 10 warmest years on record (as of 2013) had all occurred since 2000. | Overall Veracity: 10% ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 45%) ### Indicators - Posted at 2:26 PM EDT — solidly within business hours in New York, a minor aide indicator - Correct spelling, grammar, and clean link formatting throughout - Same-day @reply tweets ('Thanks, good luck,' 'Hi Ryan') confirm Trump was personally active on Twitter that afternoon - Rhetorical question style ('Where's the global warming?') is characteristically Trumpian in tone and structure - Climate skepticism content is deeply aligned with Trump's extensively documented worldview ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (routine audience engagement and anti-establishment brand maintenance) Sentiment: -0.28 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 45% - Antisocial: 22% - Paranoid: 12% - Sadism: 10% **Defense Mechanisms:** - denial (pathological) - distortion (pathological) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 20% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Rhetorical question invites followers to co-author the dismissal, creating shared intellectual ownership - Epistemic flattery — implicitly signals that followers are the perceptive ones who see through the narrative - Shared contempt bonding — unites audience against the common 'alarmist' out-group ## Danger Assessment **NONE** ### Gaslighting - Rhetorical question frames documented scientific consensus as self-evidently absurd, attacking audience confidence in the climate record - Selective presentation of regional US tornado data used to undermine credibility of global temperature measurements - Implied epistemic loyalty test: followers who 'see through' climate science are positioned as the clear-eyed ones - Sourcing theater — link provides false veneer of epistemic responsibility while framing has pre-loaded the conclusion ## Fact Checks (2) _The model's verdicts from 2026-02-27._ > 2013 was one of the least extreme years in weather on record **MOSTLY FALSE** NOAA ranked 2013 the 4th warmest year globally (tied with 2003); NASA ranked it 7th warmest since 1880. It was the 346th consecutive month above the 20th-century global temperature average. Typhoon Wipha struck Japan with 33 inches of rain in 24 hours just 5-6 days before this post. The US did record fewer tornadoes (~900, fewest since 1989) which likely informed the linked article, but this narrow regional metric does not support the global claim. Sources: https://www.climatecentral.org/news/2013-6th-warmest-year-on-record-climate-change-contributes-17218; https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/82918/2013-continued-the-long-term-warming-trend; https://www.wri.org/insights/timeline-2013-year-extreme-weather-events; https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2014/01/22/2013-ranks-in-top-10-warmest-years/ > Where's the global warming? (rhetorical question implying warming is absent or undetectable) **FALSE** The question presupposes the self-evident absence of warming. In reality, 2013 was among the top 4-7 warmest years since records began in 1880, continuing an unbroken multi-decade warming trend. NASA confirmed 2013 'sustained the long-term climate warming trend.' Nine of the 10 warmest years on record (as of 2013) had all occurred since 2000. Sources: https://giss.nasa.gov/research/news/20140121; https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/82918/2013-continued-the-long-term-warming-trend; https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/global/time-series Overall Veracity: 10% ## Tags - climate_denial (100%) - global_warming_skepticism (95%) - supply_seeking (85%) - grandiose_state (65%) - epistemic_contrarianism (90%) - rhetorical_question (95%) - reality_distortion (85%) - epistemic_closure_construction (80%) - cherry_picking (90%) - weather_climate_conflation (90%) - anti_establishment_positioning (75%) - low_openness_rigidity (85%) - 2013_cognitive_baseline (70%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Routine Brand Management Day Punctuated by a Single Flash of Old Grudge** A quiet, business-as-usual Monday dominated by brand promotion for Trump properties and brief social media replies to followers. The only notable flare-up was a jab at Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, a personal nemesis dating back decades, but it fizzled immediately with no follow-up. Trump also floated a joke about banning Edward Snowden from Miss Universe in Moscow, blending showmanship with political commentary. Overall, one of the calmest and most routine days on the timeline — low energy, low conflict, heavily staff-assisted. Full digest for 2013-10-21: https://trump.fm/date/2013-10-21/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, October 21). Where’s the global warming? 2013 was one of the... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_392356298949271552 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Where’s the global warming? 2013 was one of the least..." X (Twitter), 21 Oct. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_392356298949271552. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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