# Post x_662688893146386437

- Post ID: `x_662688893146386437`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-11-06T17:51:58.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @BornToBeGOP
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_662688893146386437
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_662688893146386437/analysis
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## Post text

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

> "@BornToBeGOP: @realDonaldTrump @Robostop10 @politico How anyone could see him as president baffles me. Lies and insane theories.

## Engagement

- Likes: 1,122
- Reposts: 478
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.341Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-08T07:53:42.936Z (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 Ben Carson (November 6, 2015)

Trump retweets a supporter's post disparaging Ben Carson: "How anyone could see him as president baffles me. Lies and insane theories." This is part of a sustained attack pattern against Carson on this date, coinciding with the Politico story about Carson's fabricated West Point scholarship claim.

### Context
Carson was leading Trump in several polls at this time. The West Point story provided Trump ammunition to attack his chief rival. This post is one of at least three anti-Carson retweets in rapid succession, indicating a coordinated burst of aggression.

### Psychological Pattern
The retweet-as-weapon technique is characteristic: Trump amplifies others' attacks rather than making the claim directly, maintaining plausible deniability while ensuring the message reaches his larger audience. The words "lies and insane theories" are projection-adjacent — accusations frequently leveled at Trump himself.

### Authorship
Posted at 12:51 PM ET (Trump likely in NYC preparing for SNL hosting that weekend). Business hours timing and the retweet format make this ambiguous — could be Trump or an aide, though the sustained anti-Carson barrage pattern is consistent with Trump's personal engagement when attacking a rival.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Ben Carson told lies (implicit reference to West Point scholarship fabrication)" | **Mostly True** | Politico reported Carson's claim of a 'full scholarship' offer to West Point was fabricated. Carson's campaign acknowledged he never applied to or was admitted to West Point. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 60%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (12:51 PM ET)
- Part of rapid-fire retweet barrage typical of Trump attacking rivals
- Simple retweet format could be either Trump or aide

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

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

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting Ben Carson
- Proportionality: 60%

Sentiment: -0.60

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid-fire posting pattern with multiple anti-Carson retweets in short succession

### Clinical

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

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- acting out (immature)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Amplifying supporter voices to create impression of consensus
- Using others as proxy attackers

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Ben Carson told lies (implicit reference to West Point scholarship fabrication)

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Politico reported Carson's claim of a 'full scholarship' offer to West Point was fabricated. Carson's campaign acknowledged he never applied to or was admitted to West Point.

Sources: Politico report, November 6, 2015

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- proxy_attack (80%)
- rival_targeting (90%)
- retweet_weapon (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). "@BornToBeGOP: @realDonaldTrump @Robostop10... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_662688893146386437
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@BornToBeGOP: @realDonaldTrump @Robostop10 @politico How..." X (Twitter), 6 Nov. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_662688893146386437. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@BornToBeGOP: @realDonaldTrump @Robostop10 @politico How...," X (Twitter), November 6, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_662688893146386437.

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