# Post x_665741213891473400

- Post ID: `x_665741213891473400`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-11-15T09:00:48.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_665741213891473400
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_665741213891473400/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_665741213891473400.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> ""@tasteofaz: Poll: Trump Surges to 42% Nationally, ‘Bad News for Marco Rubio’ https://t.co/9IrLrlpjfM @realdonaldtrump""  Great news!

## Engagement

- Likes: 0
- Reposts: 1,471
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:24.953Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-08T08:15:56.596Z (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 Poll Numbers (2015-11-15)

A routine quote-tweet of a follower sharing a poll showing Trump at 42% nationally, with the brief editorial comment "Great news!" This is a minimal-effort supply-seeking post during the Republican primary season.

### Authorship
Posted at 9:00 UTC = 4:00 AM EST. Trump was likely in New York during this period. The 4 AM timing is consistent with his known early-morning posting habits. The brevity and simplicity suggest authentic Trump, though the content is so minimal that attribution confidence is moderate.

### Psychological State
This is straightforward narcissistic supply consumption — amplifying external validation (poll numbers) to his audience. The inclusion of "Bad News for Marco Rubio" in the quoted text serves dual purpose: self-elevation and rival devaluation. The comment "Great news!" is notable for its lack of elaboration — suggesting satisfaction rather than agitation.

### Context
This post appears amid a cluster of retweets and book promotion, all on the same day. The pattern suggests a morning session of scrolling mentions and amplifying favorable content — routine maintenance behavior for the campaign period.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Trump at 42% nationally in polls" | **Mostly True** | During mid-November 2015, Trump was polling in the high 20s to low 40s depending on the poll. Some outlier polls showed him near 42%. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 70%)

### Indicators

- 4 AM EST posting time consistent with authentic Trump
- Brief editorial comment style
- Minimal formatting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (favorable poll numbers)

Sentiment: +0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 5%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- sharing insider victory narrative with followers

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Trump at 42% nationally in polls

**MOSTLY TRUE**

During mid-November 2015, Trump was polling in the high 20s to low 40s depending on the poll. Some outlier polls showed him near 42%.

Sources: RealClearPolitics polling averages November 2015

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- supply-seeking (80%)
- poll-amplification (70%)
- rival-devaluation (30%)

## That day

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

**From Paris Terror to Petty Grudges: Opportunistic Grandiosity Dominates Post-Attack Day**

On November 15, 2015 — two days after the Paris terrorist attacks that killed 130 people — Trump's 24-post day reveals a psychologically coherent but morally dissonant pattern of opportunistic crisis exploitation interspersed with narcissistic supply-gathering. The day opens with late-night live-tweeting of the CBS Democratic debate (10:21 PM–12:27 AM EST on the evening of November 14), pivots to sustained demands that Obama use the phrase "radical Islamic terrorism," and culminates in an eight-minute rage micro-spiral against Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter — a grudge rooted in a 1980s insult. The psychological through-line is uniformly grandiose: every post, whether mocking Democratic rivals, exploiting mass-casualty terrorism for political positioning, or attacking a magazine editor, serves the function of reinforcing the subject's self-image as uniquely prescient, dominant, and victimized.

The most clinically significant feature of the day is the seamless psychological continuity between posts exploiting 130 deaths for narcissistic supply (the "right again" vindication narrative in x_666021135897653248) and posts attacking a magazine editor over a decades-old slight (x_666039755038150656). This compartmentalization — the inability to sustain gravity proportionate to events — is characteristic of narcissistic personality organization. The day's two elevated-danger posts both involve refugee scapegoating and militaristic rhetoric ("BOMB THEIR OIL") during a moment of acute public fear, contributing to systematic dehumanization rather than direct incitement. Cognitive complexity remains low but stable throughout, consistent with campaign-mode messaging rather than deterioration.

Post frequency (24 posts across ~20.5 hours UTC, or ~17 hours in local time) is elevated but within normal campaign-season parameters, particularly given the live-debate context. The 12-post burst during the Democratic debate (70 minutes) reflects strategic engagement rather than disorganized hypomanic output. Sleep appears adequate, with a plausible window of approximately 7–8 hours between 1:20 AM and 9:18 AM EST.

Full digest for 2015-11-15: https://trump.fm/date/2015-11-15/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, November 15). ""@tasteofaz: Poll: Trump Surges to 42%... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_665741213891473400
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. """@tasteofaz: Poll: Trump Surges to 42% Nationally, ‘Bad..." X (Twitter), 15 Nov. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_665741213891473400. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, """@tasteofaz: Poll: Trump Surges to 42% Nationally, ‘Bad...," X (Twitter), November 15, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_665741213891473400.

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