# Post x_662560463037841408

- Post ID: `x_662560463037841408`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-11-06T09:21:38.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @SoCal4Trump
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## Post text

_Quotes @SoCal4Trump, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @SoCal4Trump's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._

> "@SoCal4Trump: Wow @megynkelly. You openly LIE about who's ahead in the GOP race. Trump is LEADING in 99% of polls. Shameful... #StopTheLies

## Engagement

- Likes: 1,719
- Reposts: 975
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.341Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-08T07:51:53.466Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Retweet Attacking Megyn Kelly Over Poll Coverage

## Context
At 4:21 AM ET, Trump retweets a supporter accusing Megyn Kelly of lying about GOP polling standings. This continues a pattern of early-morning media attacks and the sustained Megyn Kelly feud originating from the August 2015 Republican debate.

## Personality Framework

**Level 1 (Traits):** Low agreeableness (antagonism toward media), high neuroticism (angry hostility, grudge maintenance), high extraversion (assertive dominance-seeking).

**Level 2 (Motives):** Power and status motives dominate. The post serves to delegitimize a critic while reinforcing Trump's frontrunner narrative. Agency is paramount.

**Level 3 (Narrative):** Trump as persecuted frontrunner whose dominance the media refuses to acknowledge. Kelly serves as the contrasting other—the dishonest gatekeeper. Protagonist role: truth-teller vs. corrupt media.

## Longitudinal Note
This post fits a cluster of retweets on this date amplifying supporter voices against media and rivals (Carson, "MSM lying about Hispanics"). The pattern of using supporter retweets as proxy attacks is a consistent 2015 campaign technique.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Trump is LEADING in 99% of polls" | **Mostly False** | In early November 2015, Ben Carson led or was tied with Trump in multiple major national polls (CNN, CBS, Fox News). Trump led many state and national polls but the 99% figure is a significant exaggeration. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 70%)

### Indicators

- Retweet with no added commentary
- 4:21 AM ET timing suggests authentic
- Attack on specific media figure consistent with personal grudges

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Megyn Kelly / media coverage of polls)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting Megyn Kelly / Fox News
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.60

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- 4:21 AM posting time
- cluster of multiple posts in early morning hours

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 30%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- amplifying supporter voices
- shared grievance against media

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Accusing journalist of 'openly lying' for reporting accurate poll data showing Carson competitive
- Framing accurate reporting as deliberate deception

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-08._

> Trump is LEADING in 99% of polls

**MOSTLY FALSE**

In early November 2015, Ben Carson led or was tied with Trump in multiple major national polls (CNN, CBS, Fox News). Trump led many state and national polls but the 99% figure is a significant exaggeration.

Sources: RealClearPolitics polling averages November 2015

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- media_attack (80%)
- megyn_kelly (90%)
- proxy_attack (70%)
- poll_narrative (60%)

## That day

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

**Carson Obsession Consumes 39-Post Day as West Point Fabrication Story Breaks**

On November 6, 2015 — the eve of his Saturday Night Live hosting appearance — Donald Trump produced an unusually high-volume day of 39 posts dominated by a sustained, perseverative attack campaign against Ben Carson, who was threatening Trump's polling lead at the time. The Politico report alleging Carson fabricated a West Point scholarship offer provided the external catalyst, but Trump's fixation on Carson's autobiographical claims of childhood violence (the hammer and stabbing incidents) preceded the West Point story and continued throughout the day, consuming nearly a third of all posts. The attack pattern — primarily amplifying third-party retweets that mock Carson while preserving plausible deniability — reveals a psychologically gratifying campaign to dismantle a rival's redemption narrative that competes with Trump's own self-mythology.

The day's activity pattern raises concerns about sleep disruption: after posting until 10:22 PM EST on November 5, Trump resumed at 4:18 AM EST on November 6 with a rapid-fire burst of 10 posts in 41 minutes, all from New York City where he was preparing for SNL. The approximately six-hour maximum sleep window, combined with the 39-post total volume and multiple rapid-fire bursts (including 8 posts in 8 minutes during the early afternoon), places this day in the upper range of his posting behavior. Throughout, the psychological state remained uniformly grandiose with no vulnerable periods, defensive retreats, or state transitions — a sustained offensive posture characteristic of narcissistic dominance behavior during a period of perceived competitive threat.

Notably, while the Carson attacks dominate, Trump also distributed fire across multiple secondary targets (Marco Rubio's credit card ethics, Megyn Kelly's polling coverage, the New York Times, Bill Kristol) and interspersed supply-seeking retweets of supporter praise. The policy content was minimal — a single Keystone Pipeline criticism of Obama containing the false claim that the pipeline would be "good for the environment." Despite the aggressive tone, no posts reached elevated danger levels, and the attacks remained within the bounds of political rhetoric rather than crossing into stochastic terrorism territory.

Full digest for 2015-11-06: https://trump.fm/date/2015-11-06/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, November 6). "@SoCal4Trump: Wow @megynkelly. You openly LIE... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_662560463037841408
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@SoCal4Trump: Wow @megynkelly. You openly LIE about who's..." X (Twitter), 6 Nov. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_662560463037841408. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@SoCal4Trump: Wow @megynkelly. You openly LIE about who's...," X (Twitter), November 6, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_662560463037841408.

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