# Post x_665673643637215233

- Post ID: `x_665673643637215233`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-11-14T23:32:18.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @MikeOG_
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_665673643637215233
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_665673643637215233/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_665673643637215233.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

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

> "@MikeOG_: @realDonaldTrump was right! close the borders! #Trump2016"

## Engagement

- Likes: 4,096
- Reposts: 1,705
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.340Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-08T08:15:24.955Z (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 Endorsing Border Closure (Nov 14, 2015)

This post is a retweet of a supporter validating Trump's border policy stance, posted the evening of the November 13 Paris terror attacks. The timing is significant — Trump is amplifying "close the borders" messaging while Paris casualties are still being counted.

### Context
The Paris attacks killed 130 people the previous evening. Trump had already been campaigning on immigration restriction. This retweet leverages the attack to validate his position through a supporter's voice rather than making the claim directly — a form of rhetorical distancing.

### Pattern
This is one of several rapid-fire retweets of supporter praise on this date, all serving as narcissistic supply while simultaneously amplifying his policy positions. The pattern of retweeting supporters rather than crafting original content suggests routine audience maintenance with opportunistic exploitation of the Paris tragedy.

### Rhetorical Function
By retweeting "@realDonaldTrump was right!" Trump achieves third-party validation of his predictive authority without directly claiming it himself. The supporter does the argumentative work; Trump merely amplifies.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Trump was right about closing the borders" | **Mostly False** | Trump had advocated immigration restriction but the Paris attackers were primarily EU nationals, not border-crossers in the conventional sense. The 'close the borders' framing oversimplifies the security failure. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 50%)

### Indicators

- Retweet requires minimal composition
- Evening posting time (~6:30 PM ET)
- Part of rapid retweet burst
- Could be either Trump or aide curating supportive tweets

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Paris attacks validating immigration stance)

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- third-party validation amplification
- crowd-sourced authority

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Trump was right about closing the borders

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Trump had advocated immigration restriction but the Paris attackers were primarily EU nationals, not border-crossers in the conventional sense. The 'close the borders' framing oversimplifies the security failure.

Sources: Paris attacks investigation reports

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- retweet (100%)
- paris_attacks (80%)
- immigration (90%)
- supply_seeking (70%)
- crisis_exploitation (60%)

## That day

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

**Paris Attacks Fuel Day-Long Grandiose Self-Positioning as World's Needed Leader**

On November 14, 2015—the day after coordinated ISIS attacks killed 130 people in Paris—Trump's social media output followed a textbook opportunistic pattern: a brief evening-prior jab at a primary rival (Carson), a morning pivot to exploit the tragedy by attacking Obama's credibility, and then hours of retweeting supporters who framed him as the indispensable savior for America and, notably, "for humanity." The day's 11 posts maintained a uniformly grandiose psychological state with no escalation, no contradictions, and no danger indicators, but the underlying strategic arc is striking in its instrumentalization of mass-casualty terrorism for narcissistic supply.

The posting pattern—converted to Eastern Time, where Trump was most likely located—shows normal activity windows (8:17 PM the prior evening, then 8:39 AM to 6:32 PM on the 14th) with no evidence of sleep deprivation or hypomanic frequency. The most psychologically revealing feature of the day is the ratio of original to amplified content: only 4 of 11 posts appear to be primarily authored by Trump, while 7 are retweets of supporter praise, several escalating the grandiosity to messianic levels ("you need to win for not just America, but for humanity"). This selective amplification of the most extreme adulation—curated in the shadow of a major terrorist attack—suggests a deliberate strategy to absorb the emotional energy of a global crisis into his personal political brand.

Cognitively, the day's output is simple and repetitive, dominated by short declarative assertions and the passive endorsement mechanism of retweeting. No complex policy positions are articulated; the Paris attacks are reduced to a binary of Obama's weakness versus Trump's implied strength. The absence of empathy-focused language regarding the victims is notable, though not unusual for this communicator's baseline.

Full digest for 2015-11-14: https://trump.fm/date/2015-11-14/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, November 14). "@MikeOG_: @realDonaldTrump was right! close the... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_665673643637215233
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@MikeOG_: @realDonaldTrump was right! close the borders!..." X (Twitter), 14 Nov. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_665673643637215233. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@MikeOG_: @realDonaldTrump was right! close the borders!...," X (Twitter), November 14, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_665673643637215233.

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