# Post x_678424673231773696 - Post ID: `x_678424673231773696` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2015-12-20T04:00:21.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @ofccadjust - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_678424673231773696 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_678424673231773696/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_678424673231773696.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text _Quotes @ofccadjust, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @ofccadjust's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._ > "@ofccadjust: @kellyz713 @tedb75 @TeresaC85469500 @MichaelCohen212 Right, same old political bullshit year after year, #WhyISupportTrump" ## Engagement - Likes: 2,668 - Reposts: 876 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.338Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-09T07:43:48.276Z (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_678424673231773696 | 2015-12-20 | Twitter ### Authorship Attribution **Verdict: Likely Authentic (medium confidence)** UTC 04:00:21 converts to **~11:00 PM EST / ~10:00 PM CST** — Trump had held a Cedar Rapids, Iowa rally the prior evening and was likely en route to or arrived back in New York. Late-night timing is consistent with authentic Trump posting. The bare retweet format — no added commentary, amplifying an obscure supporter's multi-handle reply chain — aligns with documented 2015–2016 campaign-era behavior. No aide ghostwrites crude supporter retweets of this type. --- ### Psychological State and Triggers **Function: Routine supply-seeking / base maintenance** This post requires minimal psychological unpacking. Trump selects a supporter's expression of systemic disgust — "same old political bullshit year after year" — and amplifies it. The mechanism is efficient: he consumes validation (supporters declaring #WhyISupportTrump), redistributes it for visibility, and reinforces the identity narrative of himself as the solution to a failed political class. No narcissistic injury is evident; there is no rage or threat response. The trigger is positive supply (loyalty affirmation), not injury. Notably, the retweeted thread includes @MichaelCohen212 — Trump's personal attorney and fixer at the time. A supporter was organically tagging Cohen within pro-Trump sentiment; Trump's choice to amplify signals comfort with Cohen's visible association with his brand at this stage of the campaign. --- ### Narrative Identity (Level 3) The retweet functions as **delegated identity expression**. The supporter performs the contamination narrative (political system fails year after year) on Trump's behalf, implying a redemption sequence with Trump as the incoming disruptor. Trump's protagonist role — **system-breaker / outsider** — is affirmed without Trump needing to assert it directly. This is rhetorically efficient: outsider credibility appears organic when it comes from anonymous supporters rather than the candidate himself. **Contrasting other:** The unnamed, undifferentiated "political establishment" — faceless, perennial, corrupt. --- ### Defense Mechanisms None identifiable. No psychological pressure is evident in this post; no defensive maneuver is required. --- ### Rhetorical Techniques - **Parasocial amplification**: Retweeting ordinary supporters performs reciprocity, signaling that Trump notices and rewards loyalty - **Delegated grievance expression**: Crude language ("bullshit") authored by the supporter, not Trump — allows the register of populist disgust without personal accountability - **Hashtag as tribal aggregator**: #WhyISupportTrump functions as a loyalty identity marker and community-building device - **Implicit false dichotomy**: The retweeted sentiment positions the status quo as failed and implies Trump as the singular alternative --- ### Danger Assessment **None.** No violent imagery, eliminationist language, dehumanizing content, or stochastic terrorism indicators. Entirely low-stakes campaign maintenance. --- ### Cognitive Indicators Not assessable — no original language production by Trump in this post. --- ### Clinical Significance **Below threshold for clinical summary.** This is a routine, low-intensity retweet consistent with documented campaign-era Twitter behavior. No marked deviation from baseline. No elevated indicators across any clinical dimension. ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Same old political bullshit year after year" | **Unverifiable** | Sentiment/opinion — not a verifiable factual claim. Anti-establishment frustration is a widely-held subjective view, not an empirical assertion. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 75%) ### Indicators - Late night posting (11:00 PM EST / 10:00 PM CT) - Bare retweet format with no added commentary — consistent with 2015-2016 authentic Trump pattern - No aide would ghostwrite a retweet of obscure supporter content containing crude language - Casual fan content amplification consistent with supply-seeking phase of campaign ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (supporter amplification) Sentiment: +0.15 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 20% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Retweeting supporter validation to signal reciprocal attention - Amplifying anti-establishment grievance to bond with base - Implicit identity ratification through content selection ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-09._ > Same old political bullshit year after year **UNVERIFIABLE** Sentiment/opinion — not a verifiable factual claim. Anti-establishment frustration is a widely-held subjective view, not an empirical assertion. Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - retweet (100%) - anti-establishment (90%) - supply-seeking (80%) - base-maintenance (80%) - parasocial (70%) - campaign-2016 (60%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Post-Rally Dominance Yields to All-Day Fixation on Clinton's Debate-Night ISIS Accusation** Trump spent the day riding high after a Cedar Rapids rally and dominant poll numbers, but couldn't let go of Hillary Clinton's claim at the previous night's Democratic debate that ISIS was using his videos for recruitment. He returned to the topic repeatedly — morning through evening — with escalating intensity, culminating in an all-caps "LIED... SAD!" verdict. In between, he retweeted a stream of fan praise and took a couple of gratuitous shots at a cratering Jeb Bush. Late-night and pre-dawn posting suggests he ran on about four hours of sleep. Full digest for 2015-12-20: https://trump.fm/date/2015-12-20/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, December 20). "@ofccadjust: @kellyz713 @tedb75 @TeresaC85469500... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_678424673231773696 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@ofccadjust: @kellyz713 @tedb75 @TeresaC85469500..." X (Twitter), 20 Dec. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_678424673231773696. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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