# Post x_667440398948810800

- Post ID: `x_667440398948810800`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-11-20T01:32:46.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_667440398948810800
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_667440398948810800/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_667440398948810800.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Just the beginning &amp, it is going to get worse. Rates &amp, deductibles are so high nobody is going to be able to use it. https://t.co/iwqLODke50

## Engagement

- Likes: 0
- Reposts: 1,170
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:24.953Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-08T08:23:54.688Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: ACA/Obamacare Criticism (2015-11-20)

This post is a relatively routine policy attack on the Affordable Care Act, fitting within a series of posts attacking John Kasich (who expanded Medicaid under the ACA in Ohio). The post links to what is likely a news article about rising ACA premiums/deductibles.

### Authorship
Posted at 8:32 PM ET (Trump likely in NYC during campaign season). This is evening but not late-night. The post has a minor encoding artifact ("&amp,") suggesting possible copy-paste or platform issue. The tone is authentic Trump — declarative, catastrophizing, colloquial ("nobody is going to be able to use it").

### Psychological Pattern
This is maintenance-level content — routine policy criticism consistent with campaign messaging. It follows a string of Kasich attacks, with this post providing the policy substance behind the "Kasich fell into Obama's trap on ObamaCare" post.

### Rhetorical Structure
Classic fear-appeal structure: current bad → will get worse. Hyperbolic ("nobody") but within normal political rhetoric bounds. The "just the beginning" framing creates urgency and positions Trump as the one who sees what others don't.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "ACA rates and deductibles are so high nobody can use it" | **Half True** | ACA premiums and deductibles did rise significantly in many markets by 2015, but millions continued to use ACA plans. The 'nobody' framing is hyperbolic. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 70%)

### Indicators

- Evening posting time (8:32 PM ET)
- Colloquial phrasing
- Catastrophizing tone typical of authentic posts
- Encoding artifact suggests less polished production

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (ACA/campaign messaging)

Sentiment: -0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 5%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance framing
- positioning as truth-teller

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> ACA rates and deductibles are so high nobody can use it

**HALF TRUE**

ACA premiums and deductibles did rise significantly in many markets by 2015, but millions continued to use ACA plans. The 'nobody' framing is hyperbolic.

Sources: CMS data on 2015-2016 premium increases

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- ACA criticism (80%)
- campaign rhetoric (60%)
- Kasich attack series (40%)

## That day

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

**Kasich Ad Buy Triggers 13-Post Attack Salvo as Muslim Database Denial Reveals Reality Distortion Pattern**

November 20, 2015 was dominated by a sustained, perseverative attack on John Kasich, triggered by reports of a $2.5 million negative ad buy. Thirteen of the day's 31 posts targeted Kasich — a remarkably disproportionate response to a candidate polling in low single digits who posed no meaningful competitive threat. The attack cluster began at 8:04 PM ET on the evening of November 19 (01:04 UTC Nov 20) with nine posts in two minutes, escalated through a litigation threat framed as recreational sadism ("sue him just for fun"), and continued with reposted content at 1:04 AM ET — suggesting rumination and an inability to disengage from the perceived slight. The volume and velocity of this response, combined with the triviality of the trigger, represents a textbook narcissistic injury response with perseverative features.

The day's second major psychological thread was damage control around the Muslim database controversy. Two posts (x_667777348029292544 at 1:51 PM ET and x_667777348029292500 at 6:51 PM ET) deployed pathological denial of documented on-camera statements to NBC News, employing a deny-pivot-reframe structure: deny suggesting the database, blame the reporter, then pivot to broadly popular counter-terrorism framing. This DARVO-adjacent pattern — observable in its early, less-refined form — would become a signature communication strategy. The day also featured attacks on a Fox News contributor, Mayor de Blasio, and Hillary Clinton, along with ISIS-related commentary positioning the subject as a strategic authority. The overall pattern is one of reactive, multi-front combativeness sustained across a full waking day, with grandiose self-positioning as the throughline and a brief mixed-state vulnerability emerging only around the database denial.

Post frequency was notably elevated at 31 posts (including approximately 3 duplicate/repost pairs), with posting activity spanning from 8:04 PM ET (Nov 19) through 6:57 PM ET (Nov 20), including late-night activity at 1:04–1:47 AM ET. While not definitively hypomanic, the volume, velocity of the Kasich cluster, and late-night reposting behavior suggest elevated arousal and possible sleep disruption consistent with campaign-trail stress and narcissistic activation.

Full digest for 2015-11-20: https://trump.fm/date/2015-11-20/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, November 20). Just the beginning &amp, it is going to get... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_667440398948810800
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Just the beginning &amp, it is going to get worse. Rates..." X (Twitter), 20 Nov. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_667440398948810800. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Just the beginning &amp, it is going to get worse. Rates...," X (Twitter), November 20, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_667440398948810800.

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