# Post x_732570904094347300

- Post ID: `x_732570904094347300`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2016-05-17T17:58:08.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_732570904094347300
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_732570904094347300/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_732570904094347300.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> #VoteTrump at clerk's offices &amp, 185 ballot drop boxes in #ORPrimary!Closes at 8pm! https://t.co/ESGg1Qu68Shttps://t.co/TqcNAWjP5l

## Engagement

- Likes: 0
- Reposts: 2,306
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:25.001Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-10T02:27:34.739Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Oregon Primary GOTV Post — May 17, 2016

## Authorship Attribution

**Verdict: Aide-written (high confidence)**

The post was published at 17:58 UTC. Trump was almost certainly in New York during mid-May 2016 primary campaigning (EDT = UTC−4), placing local time at approximately **1:58 PM** — squarely within business hours and well outside the late-night/early-morning window associated with authentic Trump posts.

Additional aide indicators: the message is purely logistical (clerk locations, drop box count, closing time), uses campaign hashtags (#VoteTrump, #ORPrimary) in a structured, functional manner, and contains no emotional affect, impulsive tangents, or ALL CAPS bursts. The concatenated URLs without a space between them is a minor formatting glitch consistent with rushed campaign staff scheduling rather than authentic Trump composition. A near-identical, cleaner version appears in the same-day post log, suggesting this is a slightly malformed duplicate push of a scheduled campaign message.

## Psychological State

No meaningful psychological signal is present. This is a **maintenance/operational** post — campaign mechanics rather than affect expression. No narcissistic trigger is evident. No grandiosity, rage, or vulnerability state is identifiable from the text alone.

## Rhetorical Techniques

Minimal. The post employs a **call to action** (imperative: "Vote Trump") and **informational specificity** (185 drop boxes, 8pm deadline) to convey urgency and logistical credibility. Hashtags function as audience-targeting mechanisms rather than rhetorical amplifiers.

## Danger Assessment

**None.** The post encourages conventional civic participation (voting at designated locations). No eliminationist language, dehumanization, or stochastic terrorism indicators are present.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Oregon Primary closes at 8pm" | **True** | Oregon's 2016 presidential primary was held on May 17, 2016; standard Oregon drop box/ballot return deadline is 8 PM on election day. |
| "185 ballot drop boxes in Oregon Primary" | **Unverifiable** | Oregon is a vote-by-mail state and deploys drop boxes statewide; the specific count of 185 cannot be confirmed from available knowledge. The figure is operationally plausible and consistent with Oregon's mail-ballot infrastructure. |

Overall Veracity: 75%

## Longitudinal Note

Against the same-day baseline, this post is notably low-temperature. The adjacent posts ("Crooked Hillary can't close the deal," NAFTA attack, anticipation of Megyn Kelly interview) display considerably more affective charge. This GOTV post is an interruption in the emotional register of the day's output — consistent with scheduled staff content inserted between authentic posts.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 5%)

### Indicators

- Posted at 1:58 PM EDT — business hours, outside authentic Trump late-night window
- Purely logistical content with no emotional affect or impulsive tangents
- Structured campaign hashtags (#VoteTrump, #ORPrimary) used functionally
- Near-identical cleaner duplicate exists in same-day post log — suggests scheduled push
- Concatenated URLs without space consistent with scheduling tool artifact, not personal composition

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Oregon Primary GOTV campaign operation)

Sentiment: +0.25

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 0%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-10._

> Oregon Primary closes at 8pm

**TRUE**

Oregon's 2016 presidential primary was held on May 17, 2016; standard Oregon drop box/ballot return deadline is 8 PM on election day.

Sources: Oregon Secretary of State election records

> 185 ballot drop boxes in Oregon Primary

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Oregon is a vote-by-mail state and deploys drop boxes statewide; the specific count of 185 cannot be confirmed from available knowledge. The figure is operationally plausible and consistent with Oregon's mail-ballot infrastructure.

Overall Veracity: 75%

## Tags

- GOTV (90%)
- aide-written (95%)
- Oregon Primary 2016 (80%)
- low-affect (70%)

## That day

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

**Under Fire on Women, Trump Fights Everyone — Except Megyn Kelly**

Trump spent most of the day in reactive mode, battling a New York Times story about his treatment of women and a Clinton campaign ad on the same theme. He personally attacked a former employee by name, pivoted to Bill Clinton's sexual history, and returned to the same grievance across nearly a dozen posts. The one exception to the combative tone was a strikingly conciliatory posture toward Megyn Kelly ahead of their primetime interview — a sharp contrast to the hostility aimed at everyone else. Campaign business continued in the background with Oregon primary promotion and "Crooked Hillary" branding, but the gender-defense siege clearly dominated the day.

Full digest for 2016-05-17: https://trump.fm/date/2016-05-17/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2016, May 17). #VoteTrump at clerk's offices &amp, 185 ballot... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_732570904094347300
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "#VoteTrump at clerk's offices &amp, 185 ballot drop boxes..." X (Twitter), 17 May. 2016. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_732570904094347300. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "#VoteTrump at clerk's offices &amp, 185 ballot drop boxes...," X (Twitter), May 17, 2016, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_732570904094347300.

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