Analysis: "@deggow: Just heard a 25 year old man say "I would rather w...

10y ago Dec 31, 2015 at 10:53 AM

"@deggow: Just heard a 25 year old man say "I would rather work for Donald Trump than Bernie Sanders"it's time for me to leave this party."

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-09. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

None

Narcissistic State

Grandiose

Authorship

Self-Written

Intensity

18%

Authorship Analysis

Self-Written

Indicators:

UTC 10:53 AM converts to 5:53 AM EST — consistent with Trump's documented early-morning posting pattern
No added commentary (bare retweet), consistent with impulsive, reactive sharing
Self-aggrandizing selection without editorial polish typical of authentic Trump
New Year's Eve — likely at Mar-a-Lago or Trump Tower, both EST

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Grandiose State

Trigger: Supply Seeking (Cross-ideological validation — a self-identified Democrat lamenting that a young person prefers Trump over Sanders)

Sentiment

+0.35

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

40%

Antisocial

10%

Paranoid

Sadism

Defense Mechanisms:

idealization

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

20%

Parasocial Techniques:

Social proof by proxy — implies cross-party appeal without making the claim directlyDeniability: the words belong to someone else; Trump merely amplifies

Fact Checks (1)

"A 25-year-old said they would rather work for Donald Trump than Bernie Sanders"

Unverifiable

Anecdotal, third-hand report from @deggow. No corroboration possible.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Psychological Analysis — x_682514849579057152 (2015-12-31)

Post Character

A bare retweet of @deggow, who reported overhearing a 25-year-old express preference for working under Trump over Sanders, then announced they were leaving the Democratic Party. Trump appends no text. The selection itself constitutes the entire communicative act.

Authorship Attribution

Likely authentic (medium confidence). UTC 10:53 converts to 5:53 AM EST, placing this squarely in Trump's documented pre-dawn posting window. The absence of editorial prose, the impulsive supply-collection logic, and the timing all point to authentic Trump rather than aide-authored content.

Psychological State & Trigger

State is mild grandiose. Trigger is supply-seeking — routine harvesting of cross-ideological validation. No narcissistic injury is present; this is expansive, not defensive.

The most clinically informative feature is the empathic blind spot: @deggow's tweet is an expression of grief (party abandonment). Trump processes only the flattering fragment. The original poster's distress is phenomenologically absent. This is a characteristic object-relations signature: others exist as containers of supply, not subjects with interior states.

Narrative Identity

Trump's implicit identity claim: I am the aspirational employer choice — even young Democrats recognize it. Sanders is cast as the ideological other, economically inferior. The 25-year-old becomes a proxy witness to Trump's cross-demographic appeal.

Rhetorical Function

Structurally elegant low-cost advertising. Third-party attribution provides deniability while delivering the persuasive payload: organic, cross-aisle endorsement.

Danger Assessment

None. Routine supply-collection post with no threatening, dehumanizing, or mobilizing content.

Longitudinal Note

Fits cleanly within the pattern visible across today's prior posts: selective RT amplification of flattering content, supply-seeking as dominant mode, grandiose-stable state. No deviation from apparent baseline. No clinical summary warranted.

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"A 25-year-old said they would rather work for Donald Trump than Bernie Sanders"	Unverifiable	Anecdotal, third-hand report from @deggow. No corroboration possible.

Overall Veracity: 50%