# Post x_600485611804467200

- Post ID: `x_600485611804467200`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-05-19T02:18:20.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @lancebagley1
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_600485611804467200
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_600485611804467200/analysis
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## Post text

_Quotes @lancebagley1, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @lancebagley1's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._

> "@lancebagley1: Great Article, DonaldTrump   ISIS in competition w/ Trump #MakeAmericaGreatAgain & Kill Islambies!!! http://t.co/69DeTcEfat"

## Engagement

- Likes: 50
- Reposts: 31
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.353Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T04:39:18.513Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

Trump retweets a supporter post containing the dehumanizing neologism "Islambies" and explicit violent language ("Kill Islambies!!!") alongside praise positioning Trump as a rival to ISIS. Posted at 10:18 PM ET during a late-night supply-seeking session of retweeting supporter praise, this post exemplifies Trump's pattern of amplifying extreme rhetoric through retweets while maintaining plausible deniability. The grandiose framing — that ISIS is "in competition" with Trump — satisfies narcissistic supply needs by elevating his significance to that of a global threat actor. The willingness to amplify explicitly violent, dehumanizing content targeting Muslims without editorial comment or distancing is clinically notable, consistent with low agreeableness (particularly low tender-mindedness) and reduced empathic concern. This pattern of using retweets as a rhetorical laundering mechanism — signaling alignment with extreme positions without direct authorship — would become a signature technique throughout his political career. Danger level is elevated due to the normalization of eliminationist rhetoric to a large audience during a period of heightened anti-Muslim sentiment following ISIS territorial gains.

## Analysis: Retweet of Supporter Post Linking Trump to ISIS Competition

### Post Type
Quote-retweet of @lancebagley1 referencing a article framing ISIS as "in competition" with Trump, including the hashtag #MakeAmericaGreatAgain and the phrase "Kill Islambies!!!" — a derogatory neologism combining "Islam" with a pejorative suffix.

### Context
This post occurs during a period of intense ISIS-related news (ISIS captured Ramadi on May 17, 2015) and in the weeks before Trump's June 16 presidential announcement. Trump was actively retweeting supporter praise, as seen in the surrounding posts — a pattern of narcissistic supply gathering.

### Authorship
Posted at 10:18 PM ET (Trump likely in New York). Late-night timing, retweet-of-praise pattern, and lack of editorial filtering all suggest authentic Trump. The willingness to amplify inflammatory language without commentary is consistent with his established pattern.

### Key Observation
By retweeting this post without comment, Trump amplifies both flattery (being compared favorably against ISIS) and dehumanizing language ("Islambies," "Kill"). This is a recurring pattern: using retweets to disseminate inflammatory content while maintaining plausible deniability ("I didn't say it, I just retweeted it"). The retweet functions simultaneously as supply-intake and as a signal to followers about acceptable rhetoric.

### Danger Assessment
The retweeted content contains explicit violent language ("Kill Islambies!!!") and dehumanizing terminology targeting Muslims. While Trump did not author the language, amplification to his large audience functions as endorsement and normalization.

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- Late night posting (10:18 PM ET)
- Retweet-of-praise pattern consistent with other posts in sequence
- No editorial filtering of inflammatory content
- Fits supply-seeking browsing pattern

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (supporter praise)

Sentiment: +0.20

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 30%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- amplifying supporter voices
- implicit endorsement through retweet

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Amplification of explicit violent language ('Kill Islambies!!!')
- Dehumanizing neologism targeting Muslims
- Normalization of eliminationist rhetoric through large-platform amplification

**Dehumanizing Language Present**

**Violent Imagery Present**

## Tags

- dehumanizing_language (70%)
- supply_seeking (80%)
- ISIS (60%)
- violent_rhetoric_amplified (60%)

## That day

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

**Pre-Campaign Narcissistic Harvest: A Day of Relentless Self-Worship Punctuated by Amplified Eliminationist Rhetoric**

On May 19, 2015 — four weeks before his formal campaign announcement — Donald Trump produced approximately 27 unique posts (31 including apparent data duplicates) across a 21-hour span from 9:54 PM EDT on May 18 through 7:21 PM EDT on May 19. The day was overwhelmingly dominated by narcissistic supply-seeking, with nearly half of all posts consisting of retweeted supporter praise urging him to run for president. The psychological profile is monotonically grandiose with zero rage events, zero state transitions, and an average intensity of just 0.16 — a day of contented self-admiration rather than reactive aggression. The most clinically notable feature is a 2:11 AM EDT posting cluster (4 posts in 9 minutes) that suggests possible sleep disruption, though not definitively.

The single most alarming post of the day was a retweet (x_600485611804467200) amplifying a supporter's use of the dehumanizing neologism "Islambies" alongside the explicit phrase "Kill Islambies!!!" — posted just two days after ISIS captured the Iraqi city of Ramadi. This post, buried within a stream of innocuous flattery retweets, exemplifies the rhetorical laundering technique that would become a hallmark of Trump's social media strategy: amplifying extreme, violent, dehumanizing content through retweets while maintaining plausible deniability of authorship. The remainder of the day's content alternated between pre-campaign political positioning (attacks on Jeb Bush's Iraq War stance, opposition to TPP, tough-on-China trade rhetoric), business self-promotion (Trump Doral, Trump Tower Uruguay), and generic entrepreneurial platitudes — a portfolio approach to brand management in the final weeks before formal candidacy.

No escalation pattern, rage spiral, or contamination narrative was detected. The day reads as a stable, strategically oriented pre-campaign maintenance operation, with the subject in a sustained grandiose state drawing psychological fuel from a curated stream of public adulation. The cognitive profile is stable but unremarkable — post content is formulaic, repetitive, and largely borrowed from supporters or staff-drafted material, with original authorship scores frequently below 0.40 for daytime content.

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## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, May 19). "@lancebagley1: Great Article, DonaldTrump ISIS... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_600485611804467200
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@lancebagley1: Great Article, DonaldTrump ISIS in..." X (Twitter), 19 May. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_600485611804467200. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@lancebagley1: Great Article, DonaldTrump ISIS in...," X (Twitter), May 19, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_600485611804467200.

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