# Post x_690890625722396672

- Post ID: `x_690890625722396672`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2016-01-23T13:35:35.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @noamscheiber
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_690890625722396672
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_690890625722396672/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_690890625722396672.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

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

> "@noamscheiber: Dow down almost 2000 pts since start of year, but still outperforming Wall Street's investment in Jeb. JEB wants Common Core

## Engagement

- Likes: 3,180
- Reposts: 1,057
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.382Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-09T11:28:52.535Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

A routine devaluation episode in Trump's sustained campaign to reduce Jeb Bush from "inevitable frontrunner" to punchline. The post retweets a journalist's financial metaphor comparing Jeb's Super PAC ROI unfavorably to a crashing stock market, with Trump adding ALL CAPS emphasis and a trailing Common Core attack. Grandiose narcissistic state, no injury evident. Defense mechanisms: devaluation and splitting. Rhetorically notable for the borrowed-voice technique — using a mainstream journalist's framing to deliver an attack while maintaining deniability as mere retweeter. The financial schema (rivals as investments, worth measured in returns) is consistent across Trump's rhetorical universe. Early-morning Iowa timing (7:35 AM CST) and ALL CAPS fingerprint suggest authentic posting. Fact-check: the "almost 2,000 point" Dow decline is exaggerated — actual drop was ~1,332 points. Jeb's Common Core support and Wall Street backing are mostly accurate. No danger indicators. Archetypal reading: Trickster-Warrior dismantling the "inevitable" establishment candidate. Clinically unremarkable relative to baseline — this is Trump operating comfortably within his characteristic attack repertoire.

# Psychological Analysis: Twitter/X — 2016-01-23T13:35:35Z

## Post Context

Trump retweets @noamscheiber (NYT labor reporter) amplifying a financial-metaphor attack on Jeb Bush, noting that even a Dow Jones declining nearly 2,000 points since January 1 outperforms Wall Street's "investment" in Jeb's campaign. The post appears truncated, with "JEB wants Common Core" beginning a second attack that was cut off.

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## Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five)

| Trait | Salience | Evidence |
|-------|----------|----------|
| Extraversion | High | Public competition, dominance display |
| Agreeableness | Very Low | Contemptuous dismissal of rival |
| Conscientiousness | Low | Hasty retweet, truncated post |
| Neuroticism | Low-Moderate | No apparent distress; cool devaluation |
| Openness | Low | Rigid zero-sum competitive framing |

The post operates in grandiose extraversion mode — expansive, competitive, socially dominant. No vulnerability is detectable.

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## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations (Motives & Schemas)

**Dominant motive: Power/Status.** The post is not defensive; it is predatory. Trump isn't responding to a Jeb attack — he is simply administering another blow in a sustained devaluation campaign.

**Schema revealed:** Political competition = financial transaction. Rivals are investments; investments either pay off or they don't. Jeb is a failed stock. This schema is consistent across Trump's rhetorical universe — worth, value, and ROI are the organizing metaphors for human beings.

**Supply-seeking element:** The early-morning Iowa post-rally retweet reads partly as maintenance engagement — feeding the audience's appetite for Jeb mockery, which was a reliable crowd-pleaser.

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## Level 3: Narrative Identity

**Protagonist role:** The Dealmaker-Assessor. Trump is not directly in the text, yet his presence is implicit — he is the one who sees clearly that Jeb is a bad investment while others wasted money on him.

**Narrative sequence:** Contamination → the Republican establishment poured hundreds of millions into Jeb (good → bad). Trump implicitly positions himself as the corrective counter-narrative.

**Contrasting other:** Jeb Bush, rendered as a declining equity. The "Wall Street" framing is double-edged — it invokes both the financial elite (bad, in populist framing) and their losing bet on Jeb.

**Identity claims:** Implicit claim of financial discernment, superior political judgment, contrast with establishment failure.

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## Level 4: Clinical Indicators

### Narcissistic Dynamics

This is a **maintenance/supply-seeking** episode in **grandiose narcissistic state**. No injury is apparent; this is routine devaluation of an already-diminished rival. The sadistic pleasure in the "still outperforming Wall Street's investment in Jeb" construction — the elegance of the insult — is consistent with ego-syntonic cruelty as dominance display.

**Defense mechanisms:**
- **Devaluation (immature):** Jeb is reduced from a former governor and scion of a political dynasty to a failed financial instrument — less valuable than a crashing stock market.
- **Splitting (immature):** Binary framing — winners (Trump) vs. losers (Jeb). No nuance, no acknowledgment of Jeb's actual political record.

### Archetypal Analysis

**Trickster + Warrior hybrid.** The Trickster disrupts the established order (Jeb was the presumptive frontrunner; Trump is gleefully dismantling that narrative). The Warrior element is present in the relentlessness of the attacks. The Jeb devaluation campaign is one of Trump's most sustained Trickster performances — systematically making the "inevitable" candidate seem absurd.

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## Authorship Attribution

**Score: 0.72 (lean authentic)**

Trump was in Iowa (self-confirmed in adjacent post). Local time: **7:35 AM CST** — within the early-morning authentic posting window. The ALL CAPS "JEB" is a Trump fingerprint. The truncated ending suggests hasty, unconsidered posting. However, surfacing a specific journalist's tweet to use as attack ammunition suggests possible Scavino-assisted curation. On balance, authentic Trump amplifying a tweet that was flagged for him.

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## Rhetoric & Propaganda

The financial metaphor is the structural backbone: Dow Jones (down ~1,300–1,400 pts by this date) vs. Jeb's Super PAC spend (~$100M+, with poor polling returns). The framing is clever — it uses market anxiety (relatable economic fear) to humiliate a political rival. The journalist retweet provides borrowed credibility: it's not Trump calling Jeb worthless, it's a NYT reporter doing the math.

The trailing "JEB wants Common Core" is a rapid pivot to a separate grievance targeting educational policy — a known trigger for the conservative base. The truncation may reflect character limits, suggesting the tweet was longer in intent if not in execution.

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## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Dow down almost 2000 pts since start of year" | **Mostly False** | Dow Jones Industrial Average opened 2016 at approximately 17,425. By January 23, 2016, it had declined to approximately 16,093 — a drop of roughly 1,332 points, not 'almost 2,000.' The claim overstates the decline by approximately 33-50%. |
| "Wall Street invested heavily in Jeb Bush" | **Mostly True** | Jeb Bush's Right to Rise Super PAC raised approximately $103 million through mid-2015, with significant contributions from financial sector donors. Despite this fundraising, Bush's polling had collapsed to low single digits by January 2016, making the 'bad investment' framing rhetorically apt. |
| "JEB wants Common Core" | **Mostly True** | Jeb Bush was a vocal supporter of Common Core educational standards as Florida governor and into his presidential campaign. By late 2015 he was attempting to rebrand his position, but his historical support was well-documented and a genuine liability with the conservative base. |

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Danger Assessment

**Level: None.** Standard campaign devaluation rhetoric. No eliminationist language, no mobilization call, no stochastic elements. Cold mockery, not incitement.

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## Cognitive Status

Post is a retweet; the linguistic content is the journalist's, not Trump's. The "JEB wants Common Core" tail and ALL CAPS are the only direct Trump additions. Insufficient original text to assess cognitive markers. Consistent with 2016 baseline.

**Deterioration trajectory: Stable** (no deviation from expected 2016 patterns).

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- ALL CAPS 'JEB' consistent with Trump's signature mockery style
- Posted at 7:35 AM CST (Iowa local time) - early morning consistent with authentic Trump posting window
- Retweet format with quote marks was Trump's standard 2016 amplification method for attacks on rivals
- Post truncated mid-sentence ('JEB wants Common Core') suggesting hasty, unpolished engagement
- Content aligns with Trump's sustained Jeb devaluation campaign

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance — Comparison (Jeb Bush campaign / primary competition)

Sentiment: -0.58

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 55%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 35%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Flattery of audience ('great folks on the East Coast' in adjacent post)
- Amplifying external voice to attack rival while maintaining deniability as mere retweeter

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Dow down almost 2000 pts since start of year

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Dow Jones Industrial Average opened 2016 at approximately 17,425. By January 23, 2016, it had declined to approximately 16,093 — a drop of roughly 1,332 points, not 'almost 2,000.' The claim overstates the decline by approximately 33-50%.

Sources: Dow Jones historical data, January 2016

> Wall Street invested heavily in Jeb Bush

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Jeb Bush's Right to Rise Super PAC raised approximately $103 million through mid-2015, with significant contributions from financial sector donors. Despite this fundraising, Bush's polling had collapsed to low single digits by January 2016, making the 'bad investment' framing rhetorically apt.

Sources: FEC filings, Right to Rise Super PAC 2015

> JEB wants Common Core

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Jeb Bush was a vocal supporter of Common Core educational standards as Florida governor and into his presidential campaign. By late 2015 he was attempting to rebrand his position, but his historical support was well-documented and a genuine liability with the conservative base.

Sources: Bush campaign statements 2015-2016

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Tags

- devaluation (90%)
- jeb_bush_attack (95%)
- financial_metaphor (85%)
- splitting (70%)
- grandiose_state (75%)
- borrowed_voice_attack (80%)
- common_core (65%)
- iowa_campaign (70%)
- trickster_archetype (75%)

## That day

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

**Iowa Blitz: Grandiose Dominance Amid Conservative Revolt and the Fifth Avenue Doctrine**

On January 23, 2016 — nine days before the Iowa caucuses — Trump produced 29 posts from a position of sustained grandiose narcissistic dominance while barnstorming Iowa. The day was shaped by two converging threats: National Review's unprecedented "Against Trump" symposium and Ted Cruz's Iowa polling surge. Both triggered retaliatory but controlled attacks rather than vulnerable-state destabilization. The same day Trump made his infamous "Fifth Avenue shooting" comment at a rally, the social media output reveals a subject operating at peak felt invulnerability — attacking multiple targets simultaneously (Cruz, Bozell, Beck, Kelly, Bush), celebrating poll numbers, and dispatching crowd-validating rally reports across the state.

The psychological architecture is notable for its consistency rather than its volatility. Rage appeared in 7 of 29 posts but peaked early in the evening attack cluster (Bozell dehumanization at 0.72 rage intensity) and declined across the day, indicating controlled discharge rather than escalating spiral. The day's most clinically significant features are the ego-syntonic sadism in the "begging like a dog" formulation directed at Brent Bozell, the sustained five-month retaliatory campaign against Megyn Kelly resurfacing with quasi-institutional language, and the projection defense deployed against Cruz — a Manhattan real estate mogul with deep institutional finance ties attacking a senator for Wall Street entanglement. Three posts reached elevated danger levels through dehumanization of named individuals and targeted delegitimization before a mass audience, though no posts approached critical thresholds.

No cognitive deterioration markers were detected across any posts; the subject operated comfortably within 2016 baseline parameters throughout. The overall narrative arc is stable-grandiose: no state collapse, no redemption sequence, no contamination arc — simply sustained dominance-assertion punctuated by strategic retaliatory strikes against a widening roster of perceived enemies.

Full digest for 2016-01-23: https://trump.fm/date/2016-01-23/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2016, January 23). "@noamscheiber: Dow down almost 2000 pts since... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_690890625722396672
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@noamscheiber: Dow down almost 2000 pts since start of..." X (Twitter), 23 Jan. 2016. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_690890625722396672. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@noamscheiber: Dow down almost 2000 pts since start of...," X (Twitter), January 23, 2016, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_690890625722396672.

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