# Post x_666049518295605249

- Post ID: `x_666049518295605249`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-11-16T00:25:54.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @davenorthYV
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_666049518295605249
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_666049518295605249/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_666049518295605249.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

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

> "@davenorthYV: Does anybody ever realize that HillaryClinton doesn't make eye contact with anyone, even the camera. That's a sign of lying"

## Engagement

- Likes: 5,722
- Reposts: 2,205
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.340Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-08T08:18:29.022Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Retweeted Attack on Hillary Clinton's Eye Contact

This post is a quote-retweet of another user's claim that Hillary Clinton's lack of eye contact is "a sign of lying." Trump amplifies this folk-psychology assertion without adding commentary, using the retweet-as-endorsement technique common in his 2015 campaign strategy.

### Timing & Authorship
Posted at 00:25 UTC on Nov 16 = 7:25 PM EST Sunday evening. Trump was likely in New York. This is evening but not late-night; however, the content style (amplifying an attack tweet, no original commentary, casual endorsement of pseudoscientific claim) is consistent with authentic Trump browsing and retweeting.

### Psychological Context
This falls within a cluster of attack-oriented posts: Vanity Fair/Graydon Carter, Ronda Rousey, and now Clinton. The common thread is devaluation of others. The Clinton attack is strategic (primary opponent) but delivered through proxy voice, providing plausible deniability.

### Rhetorical Function
The "eye contact = lying" claim is pop-psychology with no scientific basis (research consistently shows eye contact is not a reliable deception cue). By retweeting rather than stating directly, Trump plants the seed while maintaining distance from the claim itself.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Hillary Clinton doesn't make eye contact with anyone, even the camera" | **Mostly False** | Video evidence from debates and speeches shows Clinton regularly making eye contact with audiences and cameras |
| "Lack of eye contact is a sign of lying" | **False** | Meta-analyses of deception research consistently show eye contact is not a reliable indicator of deception (DePaulo et al., 2003) |

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 75%)

### Indicators

- Sunday evening timing
- retweet-as-endorsement pattern
- no original commentary added
- attack content consistent with authentic behavior

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Preemptive Attack (Hillary Clinton as primary Democratic opponent)

Sentiment: -0.50

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 20%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- devaluation (immature)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- amplifying supporter voice to create appearance of grassroots consensus
- plausible deniability through retweet

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Hillary Clinton doesn't make eye contact with anyone, even the camera

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Video evidence from debates and speeches shows Clinton regularly making eye contact with audiences and cameras

> Lack of eye contact is a sign of lying

**FALSE**

Meta-analyses of deception research consistently show eye contact is not a reliable indicator of deception (DePaulo et al., 2003)

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Tags

- opponent-attack (80%)
- retweet-as-endorsement (70%)
- devaluation-cluster (60%)

## That day

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

**Prophet Without Empathy: Paris Tragedy Becomes Vehicle for Personal Vindication**

On November 16, 2015—three days after the Paris attacks that killed 130 people—Trump's 25 posts reveal a uniformly grandiose psychological state with no discernible vulnerability, empathy, or acknowledgment of human suffering. The day's central psychological operation is the conversion of a mass casualty event into narcissistic supply: multiple posts claim prophetic foresight on ISIS oil strategy ("I TOLD YOU SO!"), while not a single original post offers condolence or mourning. The only Paris-related expression of sympathy is a retweet of Sarah Palin. This pattern—instrumentalizing tragedy for self-aggrandizement—is the day's defining clinical feature.

Beyond the ISIS vindication theme, Trump engages in a characteristic multi-front pattern: celebrating Ronda Rousey's defeat in apparent retaliation for a prior slight, attacking T-Mobile's CEO and Macy's stock price with grandiose causal attribution, praising Tom Brady as a proxy for elite association, and retweeting a high volume of supporter adulation. The day closes with campaign rally posts from Knoxville, Tennessee. Rage levels remain low (only 3/25 posts flagged, all below 0.50), and no posts reach elevated danger thresholds. The absence of escalation or state transitions suggests a psychologically stable but clinically notable day—stable in its sustained grandiosity, and notable for the complete dissociation of empathic response from a global tragedy unfolding in real time.

Full digest for 2015-11-16: https://trump.fm/date/2015-11-16/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, November 16). "@davenorthYV: Does anybody ever realize that... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_666049518295605249
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@davenorthYV: Does anybody ever realize that..." X (Twitter), 16 Nov. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_666049518295605249. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@davenorthYV: Does anybody ever realize that...," X (Twitter), November 16, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_666049518295605249.

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