# Post x_662672380561661952

- Post ID: `x_662672380561661952`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-11-06T16:46:22.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @Robostop10
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_662672380561661952
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_662672380561661952/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_662672380561661952.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

_Quotes @Robostop10, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @Robostop10's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._

> "@Robostop10: @realDonaldTrump This is not good. https://t.co/lvv0MRfgtH"  WOW, one of many lies by Ben Carson! Big story.

## Engagement

- Likes: 1,489
- Reposts: 982
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.341Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-08T07:52:16.309Z (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 Amplifies Ben Carson "Lies" via Retweet

This post is part of a sustained attack campaign against Ben Carson on November 6, 2015, coinciding with the Politico report on Carson's fabricated West Point scholarship claims. Trump quote-tweets a supporter sharing negative Carson content, adding his own editorial: "WOW, one of many lies by Ben Carson! Big story."

### Context
Carson was leading or closely competitive with Trump in several polls at this time. The West Point scholarship controversy provided Trump an opportunity to attack his chief rival's credibility. This post is one of at least five Carson-related posts on this date, indicating a coordinated offensive.

### Authorship
Posted at 11:46 AM ET (Trump likely in NYC). Business hours, but the impulsive style, exclamation marks, and brevity are consistent with authentic Trump posting. The quote-tweet-plus-commentary format is a signature Trump technique.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post reveals competitive aggression toward a rival who threatens his polling position. "One of many lies" escalates beyond the specific West Point claim, attempting to establish a pattern narrative. The "Big story" framing seeks to amplify media coverage.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- Amplification via retweet (using supporter content as evidence)
- Generalization ("one of many")
- Excitement/urgency framing ("WOW," "Big story")
- Labeling ("lies" rather than "inaccuracies" or "exaggerations")

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Ben Carson told many lies" | **Half True** | The West Point scholarship claim was indeed fabricated/embellished. Carson admitted he never applied to or was formally offered admission. However, 'many lies' is an escalation beyond what was documented at the time. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 75%)

### Indicators

- Exclamation marks
- WOW interjection
- Short punchy commentary
- Quote-tweet attack pattern
- Business hours but impulsive style

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Preemptive Attack — Comparison (Ben Carson polling competitiveness)

Sentiment: -0.60

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Multiple posts on same topic in rapid succession
- Exclamatory emphasis

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 30%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- amplifying supporter content to validate own position
- creating shared narrative of opponent dishonesty

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Ben Carson told many lies

**HALF TRUE**

The West Point scholarship claim was indeed fabricated/embellished. Carson admitted he never applied to or was formally offered admission. However, 'many lies' is an escalation beyond what was documented at the time.

Sources: Politico report Nov 6 2015; Carson campaign acknowledgment

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- rival_attack (90%)
- carson_controversy (80%)
- retweet_amplification (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). "@Robostop10: @realDonaldTrump This is not good.... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_662672380561661952
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@Robostop10: @realDonaldTrump This is not good...." X (Twitter), 6 Nov. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_662672380561661952. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@Robostop10: @realDonaldTrump This is not good....," X (Twitter), November 6, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_662672380561661952.

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