# Post x_646515072681050116

- Post ID: `x_646515072681050116`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-09-23T02:42:59.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @Mark60644
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## Post text

_Quotes @Mark60644, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @Mark60644's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._

> "@Mark60644:  @megynkelly still cannot figure out this massive base of support for Trump is because he is anti- politician. #Trump2016"

## Engagement

- Likes: 3,554
- Reposts: 1,598
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.344Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T21:15:20.228Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Trump RT of @Mark60644 — September 22, 2015 (10:42 PM EDT)

## Authorship Attribution

**Verdict: Authentic Trump (High Confidence)**

UTC timestamp 02:42:59 on September 23 converts to **10:42 PM EDT on September 22** — squarely within Trump's documented late-night posting window. The post uses early Twitter's raw RT syntax (prepended @username quote), consistent with Trump's manual retweeting habit of this era. It sits within a coherent impulsive stream of same-session Kelly-directed posts, none of which display aide-writing markers (no event announcements, no polished grammar, no scheduling content).

## Psychological State & Triggers

This RT represents the **supply-seeking beat** within a broader narcissistic rage sequence directed at Megyn Kelly. The rage itself is expressed in adjacent posts ("lightweight," "unscheduled vacation" suggestion); this retweet is the grandiose recovery mechanism — crowd validation deployed as salve against narcissistic injury.

**Trigger:** Kelly's sustained critical coverage constitutes ongoing narcissistic injury. The response pattern — multiple posts, same target, same session, oscillating between rage and supply-seeking — is consistent with Kohut's description of narcissistic rage as disproportionate and persistent.

**Narcissistic State:** Oscillating. Adjacent posts show the vulnerable state (Kelly "going after" him, sexism deflection). This RT represents a swing toward grandiose state by invoking crowd loyalty as mirror-validation.

## Defense Mechanisms

- **Rationalization (neurotic):** Kelly's attacks are reframed as logical byproducts of his anti-politician identity — criticism is neutralized by explanation rather than refuted.
- **Projection via third party (immature):** Trump gains the admiration-supply effect of self-praise while achieving plausible deniability by amplifying a fan's words.
- **Idealization of supporters (immature):** Fans become validators of correct perception ("cannot figure out"), implicitly contrasted against Kelly's deficient understanding.

## Rhetorical Techniques

The central move is **third-party validation** — a structurally sophisticated supply mechanism. Rather than asserting his own greatness, Trump amplifies a supporter's praise, appearing merely to "share" an observation while achieving the same aggrandizement. The **anti-politician** framing collapses complex policy positions into a single tribal identity signifier — a binary that converts all attacks into confirmation of authenticity. The crowd's size ("massive") functions as **argumentum ad populum**, treating popularity as epistemological proof.

## Archetypal Dynamics

The **Trickster** archetype dominates: Trump's support is framed as arising from his disruption of the political order, not despite it. Kelly represents the establishment gatekeeper whose incomprehension confirms his outsider legitimacy — a **contamination-reframed-as-redemption** narrative sequence.

## Clinical Notes

Pattern is consistent with narcissistic personality features, particularly crowd-as-mirror dynamics (Kohut's "mirroring transference" extended to mass audience). No individual clinical alarm, but the density of same-session Kelly posts — multiple attacks across a single evening — illustrates the persistence and disproportionality characteristic of narcissistic injury responses. Consistent with September 2015 baseline; no deviation flagged.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Trump has a massive base of support" | **Mostly True** | As of September 2015 Trump led Republican primary polling by a significant margin; Scott Walker exited the race on this same date citing Trump's dominance. 'Massive' is hyperbolic but directionally accurate. |
| "Trump's support is because he is anti-politician" | **Unverifiable** | Contemporary polling suggested outsider status was a significant driver of Trump support, consistent with this framing, but no single causal claim about voter motivation is verifiable. |

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 92%)

### Indicators

- 10:42 PM EDT local time — within documented late-night window
- Raw early-Twitter RT syntax consistent with manual retweeting habit
- No event announcement or scheduling content
- Emotional continuity with adjacent same-session Kelly posts
- No polished grammar or aide-writing markers

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Megyn Kelly)

Sentiment: +0.15

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 65%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 5%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- rationalization (neurotic)
- projection (immature)
- idealization (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 28%

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- crowd-as-mirror validation
- amplification of fan voice as proxy self-praise
- anti-establishment identity as bonding mechanism

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Trump has a massive base of support

**MOSTLY TRUE**

As of September 2015 Trump led Republican primary polling by a significant margin; Scott Walker exited the race on this same date citing Trump's dominance. 'Massive' is hyperbolic but directionally accurate.

Sources: contemporaneous polling data; Scott Walker suspension noted in events log

> Trump's support is because he is anti-politician

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Contemporary polling suggested outsider status was a significant driver of Trump support, consistent with this framing, but no single causal claim about voter motivation is verifiable.

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Tags

- narcissistic_supply_seeking (80%)
- kelly_feud (90%)
- anti_politician_identity (85%)
- late_night_authentic (92%)
- trickster_archetype (75%)
- grandiose_recovery_beat (70%)
- crowd_as_mirror (72%)

## That day

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

**Day 47 of the Kelly Campaign: Fox News Boycott Caps an Evening of Grievance-Driven Output as Narcissistic Oscillation Defines the Day**

September 23, 2015 (UTC) captures a psychologically dense 24-hour period in which Donald Trump, based in New York City for a Late Show with Stephen Colbert taping, produced 13 posts exhibiting rapid oscillation between grandiose self-promotion and mixed-state narcissistic injury response. The day's most consequential development — a public declaration of boycott against Fox News — crystallized a 47-day grievance cycle originating from Megyn Kelly's August 6 debate questions. Three posts directly targeted Kelly by name within a single hour on the evening of September 22 (EDT), and the Fox boycott announcement at 12:02 PM EDT on September 23 escalated the conflict from individual targeting to institutional punishment. This pattern of narcissistic injury → devaluation → punitive withdrawal is prototypical of narcissistic personality organization, here operating at the scale of national media relationships.

The day's output divides into two distinct clusters: a dense evening burst of 7 posts in 56 minutes (9:46–10:42 PM EDT, September 22) dominated by attack and deflection, and a more spaced daytime sequence of 6 posts across approximately 6 hours (9:53 AM–4:02 PM EDT, September 23) mixing maintenance content with the Fox boycott escalation. Despite the evening post density, the 11-hour overnight gap (10:42 PM to 9:53 AM EDT) argues against sleep deprivation. Clinically, the most significant feature is not any single post but the structural pattern: Fox News/Megyn Kelly content consumed 5 of 13 posts (38%), meeting criteria for obsessive thematic return. The day also contains two documented false claims — the birther origin attribution to Clinton and Trump's Iraq War opposition claim — both deployed as defensive shields against active narcissistic injuries. Three posts reached elevated danger ratings, all connected to the Kelly targeting pattern, which the commentary identifies as meeting structural criteria for stochastic harassment against a named female journalist before a mobilizable audience.

Notably, none of the day's major world events — the Volkswagen emissions scandal, Pope Francis meeting President Obama, or Germany's border control announcement — generated any response. The day's output was entirely internally driven by primary campaign dynamics, media feuds, and narcissistic supply maintenance, suggesting a hermetically sealed attentional field in which external reality registers only when it intersects with the narcissistic economy.

Full digest for 2015-09-23: https://trump.fm/date/2015-09-23/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, September 23). "@Mark60644: @megynkelly still cannot figure out... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_646515072681050116
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@Mark60644: @megynkelly still cannot figure out this..." X (Twitter), 23 Sep. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_646515072681050116. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@Mark60644: @megynkelly still cannot figure out this...," X (Twitter), September 23, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_646515072681050116.

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