# Post x_665253317304524800

- Post ID: `x_665253317304524800`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-11-13T19:42:05.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @DRUDGE_REPORT
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_665253317304524800/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_665253317304524800.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

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

> "@DRUDGE_REPORT: REUTERS 5-DAY ROLLING POLL: TRUMP 34%, CARSON 19.6%, RUBIO 9.7%, CRUZ 7.7%..." Thank you - a great honor!

## Engagement

- Likes: 3,332
- Reposts: 1,562
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.340Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-08T08:13:26.828Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Poll Number Retweet with Gratitude

A routine supply-seeking post in which Trump quotes a Drudge Report tweet showing him leading the Republican primary field by a wide margin (34% vs. Carson's 19.6%). The appended "Thank you - a great honor!" is formulaic.

### Authorship
Posted at 2:42 PM ET (Trump likely in Iowa based on surrounding posts). Business-hours timing, clean formatting, polished brevity — consistent with aide-assisted posting, though the content (sharing favorable polls) is core Trump behavior.

### Psychological State
Straightforward narcissistic supply-seeking. The 14-point lead over Carson is particularly gratifying given the concurrent Carson/West Point fabrication controversy that was eroding Carson's standing. Trump lets the numbers speak rather than attacking — a relatively restrained approach.

### Rhetorical Techniques
Appeal to authority (Reuters poll, Drudge Report amplification), social proof via polling dominance. The quote-tweet format lets Trump broadcast favorable data while maintaining a veneer of humility ("a great honor").

### Context
This post fits a consistent pattern visible across the surrounding posts: gratitude expressions ("Thank you Iowa!", "An honor - thank you!") paired with self-promotion. The repetitive structure across multiple posts on this date suggests a managed social media cadence during campaign travel.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Reuters 5-day rolling poll shows Trump at 34%, Carson 19.6%, Rubio 9.7%, Cruz 7.7%" | **Mostly True** | Reuters/Ipsos did conduct rolling tracking polls during this period and Trump was consistently leading Carson by significant margins in mid-November 2015. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 30%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (2:42 PM ET)
- Clean grammar and punctuation
- Formulaic gratitude expression
- Professional quote-tweet formatting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Reuters/Drudge poll showing commanding lead)

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 15%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- direct gratitude to audience

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Reuters 5-day rolling poll shows Trump at 34%, Carson 19.6%, Rubio 9.7%, Cruz 7.7%

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Reuters/Ipsos did conduct rolling tracking polls during this period and Trump was consistently leading Carson by significant margins in mid-November 2015.

Sources: Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- supply-seeking (80%)
- poll-sharing (90%)
- campaign-primary (70%)

## That day

_From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._

**Six-Tweet Fiorina Barrage Reveals Textbook Narcissistic Injury Cascade as Paris Attacks Unfold**

November 13, 2015 was dominated by a sustained six-tweet counterattack against Carly Fiorina, triggered by her fact-checking of Trump's claims during and after the fourth Republican debate in Milwaukee three days prior. The barrage—concentrated between 3:16 and 4:04 PM ET—escalated from specific rebuttals to wholesale character assassination, culminating in the declaration that her "campaign is dead" (x_665273935508938753, rage 0.60). This sequence represents the day's core psychological event: a textbook narcissistic injury response featuring devaluation, projection, and serial impulsive posting. The escalation trajectory was gradual but sustained, with intensity rising from 0.25 to 0.55 and rage peaking at 0.60 over 48 minutes.

The day's most striking contextual feature is temporal: the coordinated Paris terrorist attacks—the deadliest on French soil since World War II—began at approximately 3:20 PM ET, placing their onset squarely within Trump's Fiorina rage spiral. His sole acknowledgment of 130 murdered civilians came nearly three and a half hours later at 6:52 PM ET in a formulaic, staff-composed statement (x_665316238806007809, authorship 0.15). Between the Fiorina barrage and the Paris post, Trump pivoted to narcissistic supply-seeking—celebrating a boxing hall of fame induction, claiming vindication on oil-field bombing strategy, and attacking Fox News anchor Shepard Smith. The priority hierarchy is clinically revealing: personal grievance over geopolitical crisis, self-congratulation over empathic response. The day's narrative arc is best characterized as mixed, oscillating between reactive aggression and self-promotion without coherent throughline.

Full digest for 2015-11-13: https://trump.fm/date/2015-11-13/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, November 13). "@DRUDGE_REPORT: REUTERS 5-DAY ROLLING POLL:... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_665253317304524800
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@DRUDGE_REPORT: REUTERS 5-DAY ROLLING POLL: TRUMP 34%,..." X (Twitter), 13 Nov. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_665253317304524800. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@DRUDGE_REPORT: REUTERS 5-DAY ROLLING POLL: TRUMP 34%,...," X (Twitter), November 13, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_665253317304524800.

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