# Post x_667128584956461057

- Post ID: `x_667128584956461057`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-11-18T23:53:43.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @FoxNews
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_667128584956461057
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_667128584956461057/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_667128584956461057.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

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

> "@FoxNews New Hampshire Poll: @realDonaldTrump 'Rules GOP Race in New Hampshire.' Trump 27, Rubio 13, Cruz 11, Bush 9, Carson 9, & Kasich 7"

## Engagement

- Likes: 3,575
- Reposts: 1,466
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.340Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-08T08:22:27.227Z (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-Sharing Post (NH Primary)

Routine supply-seeking post broadcasting favorable polling data. Trump shares a Fox News New Hampshire poll showing him leading the GOP field by a wide margin (27 vs. next closest at 13). The post follows a pattern of multiple poll/endorsement shares on the same day.

### Authorship
Posted at 6:53 PM ET — business hours, consistent with either Trump or aide. The format is slightly more polished (attribution to Fox News, clean listing of numbers), but Trump frequently shared polls himself. Mixed signals; slight lean toward aide-assisted.

### Psychological State
Grandiose maintenance mode. The post serves as narcissistic supply — broadcasting dominance over competitors. Listing all rivals with their lower numbers is a subtle dominance display. The quoted phrase "Rules GOP Race" amplifies the grandiosity.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- Appeal to authority (Fox News as source)
- Social proof (polling numbers)
- Implicit comparison/hierarchy (listing competitors' lower numbers)

### Context
This post is one of several poll-sharing posts on the same day, suggesting a coordinated burst of supply-seeking behavior. Notably, global events (Paris attacks, refugee crisis) are entirely absent from this day's posting pattern, reflecting characteristic self-referential focus.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "NH poll shows Trump 27, Rubio 13, Cruz 11, Bush 9, Carson 9, Kasich 7" | **Mostly True** | Multiple polls from mid-November 2015 showed Trump leading NH GOP primary with similar margins. Specific numbers are consistent with polling from this period. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (6:53 PM ET)
- Clean formatting with attribution
- But poll-sharing is a frequent authentic Trump behavior

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (favorable polling data)

Sentiment: +0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 5%
- Paranoid: 5%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- social proof
- authority citation

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> NH poll shows Trump 27, Rubio 13, Cruz 11, Bush 9, Carson 9, Kasich 7

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Multiple polls from mid-November 2015 showed Trump leading NH GOP primary with similar margins. Specific numbers are consistent with polling from this period.

Sources: Fox News/Anderson Robbins Research NH poll November 2015

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- poll-sharing (100%)
- supply-seeking (80%)
- primary-campaign (90%)

## That day

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

**Grandiose Cruise Control: Poll-Pumping and Light Jabs on a Low-Intensity Campaign Day**

November 18, 2015 was a remarkably stable day in Trump's social media output, characterized by near-uniform grandiosity with minimal rage. Against the backdrop of the post-Paris attacks security crisis — the Saint-Denis raid killing attack mastermind Abaaoud and 31 U.S. governors opposing Syrian refugee resettlement — Trump's feed was dominated by self-congratulatory poll sharing and amplification of positive media coverage. The single rage-flagged post, an attack on the Associated Press (x_666719680179085300), opened the evening at 8:48 PM EST on November 17 but registered only moderate intensity (0.40), and the remaining nine posts settled into a steady rhythm of supply-seeking at low intensity.

The day's only strategic offensive move was a pointed question about rival Ben Carson's biographical controversies (x_667002902402179072), framed as a preemptive attack referencing a New York Times front page story. This was measured and calculated rather than impulsive — a hallmark of Trump's more composed campaign-mode behavior. Notably, despite the major terrorism and refugee events dominating the news cycle, Trump engaged only tangentially through a retweeted supporter comment linking Obama's credibility deficit to ISIS (x_666752220290007000), suggesting a deliberate choice to let the political environment work in his favor without direct inflammatory commentary.

Sleep patterns appear normal for Trump's known baseline: the last post before a gap landed at 11:01 PM EST, with the next arriving at 5:27 AM EST — a roughly 6.5-hour window consistent with his frequently reported short sleep schedule. Ten posts across the day is within normal campaign-period frequency. No cognitive concerns, no escalation, and no danger signals were detected. This was a day of disciplined message control during a period when the political environment was already working in the subject's favor.

Full digest for 2015-11-18: https://trump.fm/date/2015-11-18/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, November 18). "@FoxNews New Hampshire Poll: @realDonaldTrump... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_667128584956461057
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@FoxNews New Hampshire Poll: @realDonaldTrump 'Rules GOP..." X (Twitter), 18 Nov. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_667128584956461057. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@FoxNews New Hampshire Poll: @realDonaldTrump 'Rules GOP...," X (Twitter), November 18, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_667128584956461057.

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