# Post x_668075223443447808

- Post ID: `x_668075223443447808`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-11-21T14:35:20.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_668075223443447808
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_668075223443447808/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_668075223443447808.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> To show you how politicians act, Bobby Jindal spent $1,000 to register in New Hampshire & dropped out the next day. Such a waste!

## Engagement

- Likes: 3,139
- Reposts: 1,203
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.340Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-09T02:48:15.466Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: x_668075223443447808 (2015-11-21)

## Authorship
Local time 9:35 AM EST (business hours) introduces mild ambiguity, but the post's style — punchy contempt, specific dollar figure as punchline, exclamatory closer — is characteristic of authentic Trump dictation rather than polished aide composition. Assessed as likely authentic with medium confidence.

## Psychological State
Low activation, grandiose mode. This is opportunistic status-maintenance: Jindal is already down (dropped out Nov. 17), making this a low-cost dominance display against a defeated rival. No narcissistic injury is evident as a trigger — Trump is not defending, he is exploiting. Mild ego-syntonic sadism is visible in the pleasure of reducing a rival's presidential ambitions to a wasted $1,000 registration fee.

## Narrative & Identity
The framing device "To show you how politicians act" is the post's psychological center of gravity. By casting himself as the knowing instructor revealing insider foolishness, Trump simultaneously performs outsider authenticity, claims epistemic superiority, and draws the audience into conspiratorial solidarity. This is the Trickster/Knower archetype: the one who sees what others miss.

## Rhetorical Notes
The specific dollar figure is weaponized for concreteness — abstractions don't humiliate; $1,000 does. The timeline is distorted ("next day" rather than four days later) for comic effect, collapsing the irony into a sharper punchline.

## Context Note
The post arrives during the Muslim database controversy. While possibly functioning as agenda displacement, no deliberate strategic intent can be established from this text alone.

## Danger
None. Standard political mockery; no eliminationist or mobilizing language.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Bobby Jindal spent $1,000 to register in New Hampshire" | **Mostly True** | New Hampshire's 2016 presidential primary filing fee was $1,000. Jindal did file. The specific figure is plausible and consistent with public records of that filing fee. |
| "Jindal dropped out the next day" | **Mostly False** | Jindal dropped out of the race on November 17, 2015 — four days before this tweet, not the 'next day.' Trump compresses the timeline for rhetorical effect, making the waste seem more immediate and absurd. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 72%)

### Indicators

- 9:35 AM EST (business hours) slightly favors aide involvement
- However: punchy single-sentence structure is authentically Trump
- Specific dollar figure ($1,000) deployed as rhetorical weapon — characteristic Trump precision for humiliation
- 'Such a waste!' exclamatory closer is highly characteristic of authentic Trump cadence
- Attack on a named rival is emotionally reactive, not a polished aide formulation

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Bobby Jindal's recent dropout (November 17, four days prior))

Sentiment: -0.35

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 55%
- Antisocial: 15%
- Paranoid: 5%
- Sadism: 30%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 28%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Conspiratorial 'let me show you what they're really like' framing invites audience into insider knowledge
- Uses 'you' directly to create intimacy with followers

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-09._

> Bobby Jindal spent $1,000 to register in New Hampshire

**MOSTLY TRUE**

New Hampshire's 2016 presidential primary filing fee was $1,000. Jindal did file. The specific figure is plausible and consistent with public records of that filing fee.

Sources: New Hampshire Secretary of State 2016 primary filing records

> Jindal dropped out the next day

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Jindal dropped out of the race on November 17, 2015 — four days before this tweet, not the 'next day.' Trump compresses the timeline for rhetorical effect, making the waste seem more immediate and absurd.

Sources: Bobby Jindal campaign suspension announcement, November 17, 2015

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- rival_devaluation (90%)
- anti_politician_positioning (85%)
- outsider_identity (80%)
- opportunistic_attack (75%)
- factual_distortion_minor (50%)

## That day

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

**Supply-Flooded Saturday: 59 Posts Drown Out Muslim Database Backlash with Fan Praise and Rally Euphoria**

Trump flooded his feed with fan praise and media promotion on a day dominated by two events: a Barbara Walters family special and a massive Birmingham, Alabama rally. Underneath the wall of feel-good retweets, he was quietly managing fallout from his Muslim database proposal -- never addressing it directly but amplifying conservative commentators who denied he'd said it at all. A brief flash of anger at New York's mayor and a swipe at Hillary Clinton were the only real heat in an otherwise self-congratulatory day, though the sheer volume of posts -- nearly 60, many after midnight -- suggested restless energy and very little sleep.

Full digest for 2015-11-21: https://trump.fm/date/2015-11-21/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, November 21). To show you how politicians act, Bobby Jindal... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_668075223443447808
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "To show you how politicians act, Bobby Jindal spent $1,000..." X (Twitter), 21 Nov. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_668075223443447808. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "To show you how politicians act, Bobby Jindal spent $1,000...," X (Twitter), November 21, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_668075223443447808.

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