# Post x_662563472060850177

- Post ID: `x_662563472060850177`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-11-06T09:33:36.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @DeeMcNa
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_662563472060850177
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_662563472060850177/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_662563472060850177.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

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

> "@DeeMcNa: @FoxNews Silent majority did not try to kill their mothers, like Ben Carson, but wants America rebuilt by only one capable:TRUMP"

## Engagement

- Likes: 1,504
- Reposts: 835
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.341Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-08T07:51:40.041Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Retweeted Attack on Ben Carson via Supporter Quote

This post is a retweet of a supporter (@DeeMcNa) that accomplishes two things simultaneously: (1) amplifies a distorted reference to Ben Carson's autobiography—where Carson described attempting to stab a family member (his mother, per some accounts)—and (2) positions Trump as the only capable candidate. The timing coincides with the Ben Carson West Point scholarship controversy, when Carson was leading Trump in several polls.

### Authorship
Posted at 4:33 AM ET (Trump's likely NYC local time), firmly in the authentic late-night/early-morning window. The retweet-as-attack pattern—using supporter quotes to deliver attacks with plausible deniability—is a well-documented Trump technique from this era.

### Psychological Dynamics
This is a classic narcissistic injury response to being surpassed in polls by Carson. Rather than attacking directly, Trump amplifies a supporter's attack, maintaining deniability while ensuring the damaging narrative circulates. The reference to Carson's violent adolescent episode (from Carson's own memoir, where he described it as a redemption story) is weaponized to disqualify him.

### Rhetorical Function
The "silent majority" framing positions Trump supporters as normal Americans contrasted against Carson's aberrant past. The closing "only one capable: TRUMP" reduces a complex primary to a single legitimate option.

### Context Pattern
This post fits within a cluster of retweets on this date, all amplifying pro-Trump supporter voices—a supply-seeking maintenance pattern combined with strategic opposition attacks.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Ben Carson tried to kill his mother" | **Mostly False** | Carson's autobiography describes attempting to stab a close relative (accounts vary between mother and friend) during his violent youth—a story he told as evidence of divine transformation. The supporter's framing strips all redemptive context and may conflate the target. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- 4:33 AM ET posting time
- Retweet-as-weapon pattern characteristic of authentic Trump
- Strategic timing during Carson polling surge

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Ben Carson leading in polls)

**Rage:** Intensity 40% targeting Ben Carson
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 40%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- amplifying supporter voices
- proxy attack via retweet
- silent majority invocation

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Ben Carson tried to kill his mother

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Carson's autobiography describes attempting to stab a close relative (accounts vary between mother and friend) during his violent youth—a story he told as evidence of divine transformation. The supporter's framing strips all redemptive context and may conflate the target.

Sources: Carson's autobiography 'Gifted Hands'

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- opponent_attack (80%)
- proxy_attack (90%)
- ben_carson (90%)
- silent_majority (50%)
- primary_rivalry (70%)

## 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). "@DeeMcNa: @FoxNews Silent majority did not try... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_662563472060850177
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@DeeMcNa: @FoxNews Silent majority did not try to kill..." X (Twitter), 6 Nov. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_662563472060850177. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@DeeMcNa: @FoxNews Silent majority did not try to kill...," X (Twitter), November 6, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_662563472060850177.

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