# Post x_662776134019506176 - Post ID: `x_662776134019506176` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2015-11-06T23:38:38.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @PhinsDiehard - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_662776134019506176 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_662776134019506176/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_662776134019506176.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text _Quotes @PhinsDiehard, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @PhinsDiehard's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._ > "@PhinsDiehard: @CNN Only Donald Trump can #MakeAmericaGreatAgain" Thank you! ## Engagement - Likes: 1,766 - Reposts: 657 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.340Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-08T07:53:52.449Z (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 Praise (2015-11-06) This is a simple retweet-with-comment of a supporter's praise, a routine supply-seeking behavior during the early campaign period. The post consists entirely of quoting a fan who declares "Only Donald Trump can #MakeAmericaGreatAgain" followed by "Thank you!" ### Authorship Posted at 6:38 PM ET (Trump likely in NYC, promoting his book on O'Reilly Factor that evening). The timing, brevity, and simple "Thank you!" append are consistent with either Trump or an aide. The lack of elaboration or emotional intensity makes this ambiguous. ### Psychological Function This is textbook narcissistic supply maintenance — curating and amplifying praise from followers. The selection of a post containing "Only Donald Trump" is notable: it positions him as uniquely capable, reinforcing grandiose self-concept. The "Thank you!" is minimal reciprocal acknowledgment that maintains the parasocial bond. ### Campaign Context On a day when Ben Carson's West Point fabrication story was breaking (and Trump was amplifying it in other posts), this post serves as routine brand maintenance alongside the more aggressive anti-Carson messaging. ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 40%) ### Indicators - Business hours posting (6:38 PM ET) - Brief and formulaic - Simple retweet-with-thanks pattern used by both Trump and aides ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (supporter praise) Sentiment: +0.50 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 40% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 10% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Direct acknowledgment of supporter - Amplifying fan content to validate supporter identity ## Tags - supply-seeking (80%) - campaign-slogan (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). "@PhinsDiehard: @CNN Only Donald Trump can... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_662776134019506176 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@PhinsDiehard: @CNN Only Donald Trump can..." X (Twitter), 6 Nov. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_662776134019506176. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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