# Post x_666079811257913345

- Post ID: `x_666079811257913345`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-11-16T02:26:16.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @SarahPalinUSA
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## Post text

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

> "@SarahPalinUSA: From St. Patrick's Cathedral, NYC: blessings, prayers and heartfelt concern for those in Paris.

## Engagement

- Likes: 3,647
- Reposts: 1,264
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.340Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-08T08:17:46.611Z (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 Sarah Palin's Paris Prayer Post

This is a retweet of Sarah Palin expressing prayers and concern for Paris attack victims, posted from St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC. Posted at ~9:26 PM ET on November 15, 2015 — two days after the devastating Paris attacks that killed 130 people.

### Authorship
The post is a simple retweet rather than original content. The timing (Sunday evening ~9:26 PM ET) is consistent with authentic Trump engagement. Retweeting Palin — a political ally — requires minimal composition effort and is consistent with Trump's habitual retweet behavior.

### Psychological Context
This post is notably restrained compared to the surrounding posts, which include self-aggrandizing "I TOLD YOU SO" claims about ISIS and attacks on T-Mobile's CEO. The retweet of a prayer/sympathy message serves a performative empathy function — demonstrating appropriate emotional response to tragedy without requiring Trump to generate empathetic language himself. The choice to retweet rather than compose original condolences is characteristic.

### Strategic Function
Retweeting Palin accomplishes multiple goals: signals communion with a conservative ally, demonstrates appropriate solemnity after a major tragedy, and associates Trump with a prominent religious/patriotic setting (St. Patrick's Cathedral) without requiring personal vulnerability or emotional depth.

### Rhetorical Notes
The post is entirely derivative — no original Trump language to analyze. The juxtaposition with his other posts from the same day (attacking businesses, claiming vindication on ISIS) reveals the performative nature of the empathy display.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 60%)

### Indicators

- Sunday evening ~9:26 PM ET consistent with personal phone use
- Simple retweet requiring no composition
- Palin is a known political ally he frequently amplified

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Paris attacks requiring public response)

Sentiment: +0.20

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- association with religious authority
- alliance signaling with Palin

## Tags

- retweet (100%)
- paris_attacks (80%)
- performative_empathy (70%)
- alliance_signaling (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). "@SarahPalinUSA: From St. Patrick's Cathedral,... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_666079811257913345
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@SarahPalinUSA: From St. Patrick's Cathedral, NYC:..." X (Twitter), 16 Nov. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_666079811257913345. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@SarahPalinUSA: From St. Patrick's Cathedral, NYC:...," X (Twitter), November 16, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_666079811257913345.

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