# Post x_662688974872424448

- Post ID: `x_662688974872424448`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-11-06T17:52:18.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @TrumpsMyHomeboy
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_662688974872424448
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_662688974872424448/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_662688974872424448.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

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

> "@TrumpsMyHomeboy: @realDonaldTrump @Robostop10 @politico The #MSM straw man candidate is falling apart!👊🏽"

## Engagement

- Likes: 1,040
- Reposts: 432
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.341Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-08T07:52:51.616Z (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 of Supporter Attacking Ben Carson

This is a quote-tweet/retweet of a supporter (@TrumpsMyHomeboy) celebrating Ben Carson's difficulties during the West Point scholarship fabrication controversy. The post uses the hashtag #MSM and the phrase "straw man candidate is falling apart" to frame Carson as a media-created front-runner now collapsing.

### Context
Carson was leading Trump in several polls at this time. The Politico story about Carson's fabricated West Point scholarship claim gave Trump ammunition. This post is one of several in a rapid-fire series amplifying attacks on Carson, using the retweet-as-endorsement technique to maintain plausible deniability while intensifying the assault.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post reflects narcissistic supply-seeking through proxy aggression. By retweeting supporters, Trump amplifies attacks without directly making them, a characteristic pattern. The framing of Carson as an "MSM straw man candidate" serves dual purposes: delegitimizing Carson and delegitimizing media that elevated Carson above Trump in polls.

### Rhetorical Note
"Falling apart" language reflects splitting — the rival is not merely struggling but disintegrating. The fist emoji (👊🏽) adds combative energy, though this was the supporter's addition, not Trump's.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Ben Carson is an MSM straw man candidate" | **Mostly False** | Carson's rise was driven by grassroots evangelical support, not media promotion. He led in polls due to genuine voter enthusiasm. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 70%)

### Indicators

- Part of rapid-fire retweet series
- 12:52 PM ET (business hours)
- No added commentary beyond the quote
- Pattern of bulk retweets during this period

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

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

Sentiment: -0.50

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- rapid-fire posting series targeting single rival

### Clinical

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

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- amplifying supporter voices to create appearance of grassroots movement
- retweet-as-endorsement for plausible deniability

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Ben Carson is an MSM straw man candidate

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Carson's rise was driven by grassroots evangelical support, not media promotion. He led in polls due to genuine voter enthusiasm.

Sources: 2015 GOP primary polling data

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- proxy-aggression (70%)
- carson-rivalry (80%)
- media-delegitimization (50%)

## 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). "@TrumpsMyHomeboy: @realDonaldTrump @Robostop10... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_662688974872424448
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@TrumpsMyHomeboy: @realDonaldTrump @Robostop10 @politico..." X (Twitter), 6 Nov. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_662688974872424448. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@TrumpsMyHomeboy: @realDonaldTrump @Robostop10 @politico...," X (Twitter), November 6, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_662688974872424448.

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