# Post x_409006133659963392

- Post ID: `x_409006133659963392`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-12-06T17:07:15.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_409006133659963392
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_409006133659963392/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_409006133659963392.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> .@BillBratton was a great choice for NYC Police Commissioner. He will make us proud, and safe!

## Engagement

- Likes: 28
- Reposts: 24
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.276Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-27T18:44:20.220Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Authorship Attribution

Posted at 17:07 UTC / **12:07 PM EST** (New York) — squarely within business hours. The post is grammatically clean, complete, and polished, with no typos, no ALL CAPS, and no stream-of-consciousness quality. These markers collectively suggest aide involvement (Scavino pattern). However, the extreme brevity and civic positioning are stylistically simple enough that Trump could have dictated it. **Confidence: medium; lean aide-assisted.**

## Contextual Background

Mayor-elect de Blasio announced Bratton's appointment on **December 5, 2013** — the day before this tweet. Bratton's original fame was his 1994 appointment under Mayor Giuliani, where he championed "broken windows" policing and presided over significant NYC crime declines. Trump's enthusiasm most plausibly reflects Bratton's Giuliani-era law-and-order credentials rather than any endorsement of the incoming progressive mayor, whose platform Trump would later oppose sharply.

## Multi-Level Personality Analysis

**Level 1 – Dispositional Traits:** The post shows elevated agreeableness relative to Trump's typical baseline — cooperative, civic-minded, supportive, and non-combative. Low neuroticism; no hostile or impulsive markers. The absence of self-referential content is mildly notable against his overall pattern.

**Level 2 – Characteristic Adaptations:** Mild status/agency motivation visible in the implicit claim that Trump's public endorsement carries weight — positioning himself as a knowledgeable New York civic voice. The inclusive pronoun ("make *us* proud, and safe") signals a rare communion-oriented frame; atypical for Trump's more self-referential communications, which slightly increases the prior probability of aide authorship.

**Level 3 – Narrative Identity:** Protagonist cast as established New York community stakeholder and informed civic commentator. No contrasting other, no antagonist, no victim or grievance narrative. Neutral narrative sequence. The identity claim is understated: *I am a New Yorker with standing to comment on who should run our police department.*

**Level 4 – Clinical Indicators:** No clinically significant markers present. The implicit framing that his endorsement is noteworthy reflects mild grandiosity well within the range for a prominent public figure. No paranoid, antisocial, or sadistic features visible.

## Rhetorical Analysis

Minimal complexity. The superlative opener ("great choice") asserts evaluative authority without evidence or justification — a low-cost dominance cue. The dual-outcome closing ("make us proud, *and* safe") offers both emotional and instrumental appeal in a single breath. The public-facing tag (`.@BillBratton`) signals intent to reach Bratton directly while performing civic engagement for a public audience.

## Longitudinal Note

Same-day posts include a global warming denial ("expensive hoax"), enthusiastic engagement with Dubai's Expo 2020 win, and a brief acknowledgment of fan support. The Bratton post is the most measured and establishment-friendly of the cluster — consistent with Trump's pre-political 2013 persona as a prominent New York businessman with a stake in maintaining civic relationships. No clinical deviation from this period's baseline.

## Danger Assessment

None. No eliminationist language, no dehumanization, no stochastic terrorism pattern, no violent imagery.

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Sources:
- [William Bratton returns as NYC police commissioner – CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/05/justice/william-bratton-ny-police-commission)
- [DeBlasio Appoints New Commissioner To Run NYPD – NPR](https://www.npr.org/2013/12/05/249074809/deblasio-appoints-new-commissioner-to-run-nypd)
- [Bratton's Back: Even Progressives Need Police – TIME](http://ideas.time.com/2013/12/06/brattons-back-even-progressives-need-police/)

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Bill Bratton was chosen as NYC Police Commissioner" | **True** | Mayor-elect de Blasio announced Bratton's appointment on December 5, 2013 — one day before this post. Bratton was confirmed and served as NYPD Commissioner from January 2014 to September 2016. |
| "He will make us proud, and safe" | **Unverifiable** | Forward-looking opinion claim; not verifiable at time of posting. Bratton's tenure (2014-2016) showed continued crime reduction, though his relationship with de Blasio grew strained and he resigned in September 2016. |

Overall Veracity: 75%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 25%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (12:07 PM EST / 17:07 UTC)
- Grammatically correct, no typos or misspellings
- Complete, polished sentence structure
- No ALL CAPS, emotional volatility, or stream-of-consciousness style
- Civic endorsement format consistent with managed public relations posting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (De Blasio's December 5 Bratton announcement)

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 15%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- inclusive pronoun appeal ('make us proud, and safe') — positions author as fellow stakeholder in shared civic outcomes

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Bill Bratton was chosen as NYC Police Commissioner

**TRUE**

Mayor-elect de Blasio announced Bratton's appointment on December 5, 2013 — one day before this post. Bratton was confirmed and served as NYPD Commissioner from January 2014 to September 2016.

Sources: https://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/05/justice/william-bratton-ny-police-commission; https://www.npr.org/2013/12/05/249074809/deblasio-appoints-new-commissioner-to-run-nypd

> He will make us proud, and safe

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Forward-looking opinion claim; not verifiable at time of posting. Bratton's tenure (2014-2016) showed continued crime reduction, though his relationship with de Blasio grew strained and he resigned in September 2016.

Sources: https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2016/08/looking-back-at-bratton-a-brief-timeline-of-the-outgoing-nypd-commissioner/178936/

Overall Veracity: 75%

## Tags

- law enforcement (85%)
- NYC politics (80%)
- positive endorsement (70%)
- likely aide-assisted (60%)
- civic stakeholder (55%)
- low significance (90%)

## That day

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

**A Businessman's Friday in LA: Brand Maintenance, Climate Denial, and Obama Jabs on a Calm Day**

Trump spent the day in Los Angeles after flying in from New York to inspect his Palos Verdes golf course. The mood was uniformly self-promotional and upbeat — he cycled through plugs for his global properties, Macy's merchandise, and motivational quotes from his own books. The only edge came from a pair of climate-denial posts triggered by an ice storm hitting the South ("Global warming is a total, and very expensive, hoax!") and a handful of jabs at Obama over Iran and the troubled ObamaCare website. It was a low-intensity, business-as-usual Friday with no anger, no escalation, and nothing out of the ordinary.

Full digest for 2013-12-06: https://trump.fm/date/2013-12-06/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, December 6). .@BillBratton was a great choice for NYC Police... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_409006133659963392
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ".@BillBratton was a great choice for NYC Police..." X (Twitter), 6 Dec. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_409006133659963392. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ".@BillBratton was a great choice for NYC Police...," X (Twitter), December 6, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_409006133659963392.

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