# Post x_662693619430723584

- Post ID: `x_662693619430723584`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-11-06T18:10:45.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @swargcoming
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_662693619430723584
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_662693619430723584/analysis
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## Post text

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

> "@swargcoming:  @AnnCoulter @rushlimbaugh @greta @OANN @FoxNews IS CARSON HALLUCINATING? NOW LIES ABOUT WESTPOINT? https://t.co/lvv0MRfgtH"

## Engagement

- Likes: 1,714
- Reposts: 993
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.340Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-08T07:54:12.388Z (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 Over West Point Controversy

This is a retweet/quote of another user's post attacking Ben Carson over the West Point scholarship fabrication story. Trump amplifies the attack by sharing it with his larger audience, a common technique of using others' words to deliver attacks while maintaining plausible deniability.

### Context
On November 6, 2015, Politico published its report questioning Carson's claim of a "full scholarship" offer to West Point. Carson was leading Trump in several national polls at this time, making him Trump's primary rival. The post tags conservative media figures (Coulter, Limbaugh, Greta Van Susteren) and outlets (OANN, Fox News) to maximize signal-boosting.

### Key Observations
- The original poster's language is aggressive: "HALLUCINATING" and "LIES" — Trump chose to amplify this specific framing
- Tagging media figures serves as an implicit directive to cover the story
- This is one of several retweets Trump used during this period to attack Carson indirectly
- The word "HALLUCINATING" adds a layer beyond mere dishonesty — it questions Carson's mental fitness

### Timing
6:10 PM UTC = 1:10 PM EST. Trump was likely in New York preparing for his SNL hosting appearance the next day (November 7). Business hours posting during a news cycle suggests possible aide involvement, though the content selection is characteristically Trumpian.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Carson lied about West Point scholarship offer" | **Half True** | Carson claimed he was offered a 'full scholarship' to West Point. West Point doesn't charge tuition (all attendees get free education), and Carson later clarified he was told he could likely get in but never formally applied. The claim was exaggerated but had some basis in conversations Carson had with military figures. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- Business hours (1:10 PM EST)
- Retweet format common to both Trump and aides
- Content selection targeting rival is characteristically Trump-directed
- Preparing for SNL appearance next day

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

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

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

Sentiment: -0.70

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid-fire posting throughout the day
- Multiple retweets targeting rivals and boosting self

### Clinical

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

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- media tagging to direct coverage
- proxy aggression via retweet

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Carson lied about West Point scholarship offer

**HALF TRUE**

Carson claimed he was offered a 'full scholarship' to West Point. West Point doesn't charge tuition (all attendees get free education), and Carson later clarified he was told he could likely get in but never formally applied. The claim was exaggerated but had some basis in conversations Carson had with military figures.

Sources: Politico November 6, 2015 report; Carson campaign clarification

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- rival_attack (90%)
- proxy_aggression (70%)
- media_manipulation (60%)
- campaign_2016 (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). "@swargcoming: @AnnCoulter @rushlimbaugh @greta... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_662693619430723584
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@swargcoming: @AnnCoulter @rushlimbaugh @greta @OANN..." X (Twitter), 6 Nov. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_662693619430723584. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@swargcoming: @AnnCoulter @rushlimbaugh @greta @OANN...," X (Twitter), November 6, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_662693619430723584.

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