# Post x_619218062995230720

- Post ID: `x_619218062995230720`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-07-09T18:54:25.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_619218062995230720
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_619218062995230720/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_619218062995230720.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> The elites want Common Core so they can take education out of parental control. NO! Let's Make America Great Again! https://t.co/u25yI5T7E8

## Engagement

- Likes: 1,740
- Reposts: 1,205
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.348Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T10:24:20.861Z (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: Common Core / MAGA Post (July 9, 2015)

A standard campaign-mode post combining a policy position (opposition to Common Core) with the emerging "Make America Great Again" slogan. The post frames education policy as elite control versus parental autonomy—a populist us-vs-them construction.

### Authorship
Posted at 2:54 PM EDT (Trump likely in NYC during this period). Business-hours timing, polished grammar, complete sentences, and a linked image/video suggest aide involvement, though the content aligns with Trump's known positions and the exclamatory "NO!" adds some authentic flavor.

### Psychological Pattern
Routine campaign maintenance post. The framing positions "the elites" as adversaries seeking control, with Trump/followers as defenders of parental rights. This is standard populist positioning rather than evidence of acute psychological state.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- **False dichotomy**: Elites vs. parents (ignores nuance of education policy)
- **Appeal to fear**: "take education out of parental control"
- **Populist framing**: "the elites" as out-group
- **Slogan anchoring**: MAGA tagline reinforcement

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The elites want Common Core so they can take education out of parental control" | **Mostly False** | Common Core established shared academic standards but did not remove parental involvement; implementation remained at state and local level. The standards were developed by state governors and education commissioners, not imposed by 'elites' to remove parental control. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 30%)

### Indicators

- Business hours (2:54 PM EDT)
- Clean grammar and punctuation
- Polished structure with linked media
- Policy-focused messaging typical of campaign staff

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: -0.20

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- inclusive 'Let's' creating shared mission
- positioning as voice of the people against elites

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-07._

> The elites want Common Core so they can take education out of parental control

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Common Core established shared academic standards but did not remove parental involvement; implementation remained at state and local level. The standards were developed by state governors and education commissioners, not imposed by 'elites' to remove parental control.

Sources: general knowledge of Common Core State Standards Initiative

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- campaign_messaging (80%)
- anti_elite (70%)
- education_policy (60%)
- maga_slogan (50%)

## That day

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

**Under Siege, Under Spotlight: Trump's 40-Post Immigration Defense Blitz Reveals Early Campaign Narcissistic Warfare Template**

On July 9, 2015—barely three weeks after his presidential announcement—Donald Trump produced a torrent of 40 posts across an approximately 11-hour window (7:14 AM to 5:59 PM EDT), dominated by an overwhelmingly grandiose psychological state. The day reveals the crystallization of a durable campaign communication template: open with attacks on media critics and political rivals, amplify the most extreme supporter rhetoric via retweets (including eliminationist "traitor" language), flood the timeline with validating supporter messages, minimize business fallout from his immigration comments, and close by promoting his media dominance. Two distinct mini rage spirals emerged—one targeting Charles Krauthammer that escalated from "dope" to "traitor to this nation" via proxy amplification, and a rapid-fire four-post-in-two-minutes assault on Forbes journalist Clare O'Connor—both triggered by narcissistic injury and both featuring the characteristic pattern of devaluing the critic's platform ("failing Forbes," "dummy writer") before attacking the person.

The day's most clinically significant post (x_619116301705969664) saw Trump retweet a follower calling Krauthammer "an openly declared traitor to this nation," grouping him with Univision and Macy's executives, and appending a mobilization hashtag (#LETSDOTHISAMERICA). This represents an early instance of the proxy aggression pattern—outsourcing eliminationist rhetoric while maintaining plausible deniability—combined with target designation and collective action framing that constitutes a stochastic terrorism-adjacent communication pattern. The day's narrative arc is fundamentally redemptive: besieged by corporate abandonment, media criticism, and establishment resistance, Trump constructs a counter-narrative of populist triumph validated by polls, supporter passion, and wall-to-wall television coverage.

Notably, the day features at least four apparent duplicate posts (same content reposted hours later with near-identical IDs), which may indicate either technical issues with the posting platform, compulsive content recycling, or deliberate timeline management. The overall posting volume of ~36 unique posts in a single day is substantially elevated above typical baseline, though consistent with a campaign-launch honeymoon period rather than a clinical hypomanic episode. No evidence of sleep deprivation was observed, as the posting window falls entirely within normal business hours for the Eastern time zone.

Full digest for 2015-07-09: https://trump.fm/date/2015-07-09/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, July 9). The elites want Common Core so they can take... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_619218062995230720
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The elites want Common Core so they can take education out..." X (Twitter), 9 Jul. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_619218062995230720. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The elites want Common Core so they can take education out...," X (Twitter), July 9, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_619218062995230720.

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