# Post x_662688794806755328

- Post ID: `x_662688794806755328`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-11-06T17:51:35.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @CaptainMark_
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_662688794806755328
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_662688794806755328/analysis
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## Post text

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

> "@CaptainMark_:  @Robostop10 KEEP IT COMMING TRUMP!!!! People need to be warned about that Carson figure who is not who they think!"

## Engagement

- Likes: 1,292
- Reposts: 566
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.341Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-08T07:53:29.321Z (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 Amplifying Anti-Carson Supporter Message

This is a quote-retweet of a supporter urging Trump to continue attacking Ben Carson, framed as "warning" people. It follows Trump's own tweet calling out Carson's "lies" regarding the West Point scholarship fabrication story broken by Politico.

### Context
Carson was leading Trump in several polls at this time, making the West Point controversy a strategic opportunity. Trump is amplifying supporter voices that validate his attack line, creating a feedback loop of criticism.

### Authorship
Posted at 12:51 PM ET (Trump likely in NYC preparing for SNL hosting that weekend). Business hours, simple retweet — could be either Trump or aide. The lack of added commentary and the retweet-as-endorsement pattern was common for both.

### Psychological Dynamics
This is a proxy attack — letting a supporter do the devaluation work ("not who they think") while Trump amplifies. This provides plausible deniability while achieving the same goal as a direct attack. The framing of Carson as a deceptive figure ("not who they think") is classic splitting: Carson is recast from respected neurosurgeon to fraudulent "figure."

### Rhetorical Function
The word "warned" frames Carson as dangerous, not merely dishonest. "That Carson figure" is deliberately depersonalizing — reducing a rival from a person to a suspicious entity.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Carson is 'not who they think' (implying fabrication/deception)" | **Half True** | The West Point scholarship claim was genuinely problematic — Carson admitted no formal application was made — but characterizing him broadly as fraudulent overstates the evidence. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- Business hours (12:51 PM ET)
- Simple retweet without added commentary
- Pattern consistent with both Trump and aide behavior
- Part of coordinated anti-Carson messaging sequence

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

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

Sentiment: -0.40

### Clinical

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

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Amplifying supporter voice to create grassroots legitimacy
- Using retweet to endorse attack without owning it

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Carson is 'not who they think' (implying fabrication/deception)

**HALF TRUE**

The West Point scholarship claim was genuinely problematic — Carson admitted no formal application was made — but characterizing him broadly as fraudulent overstates the evidence.

Sources: Politico report on Carson West Point claims, November 2015

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- proxy_attack (80%)
- rival_devaluation (70%)
- carson_rivalry (90%)
- retweet_endorsement (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). "@CaptainMark_: @Robostop10 KEEP IT COMMING... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_662688794806755328
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@CaptainMark_: @Robostop10 KEEP IT COMMING TRUMP!!!!..." X (Twitter), 6 Nov. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_662688794806755328. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@CaptainMark_: @Robostop10 KEEP IT COMMING TRUMP!!!!...," X (Twitter), November 6, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_662688794806755328.

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