# Post x_233965158521778177

- Post ID: `x_233965158521778177`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2012-08-10T16:36:55.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_233965158521778177
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_233965158521778177/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_233965158521778177.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Watch my video blog to see if your questions from my Facebook page were answered- http://t.co/8iYmgpP6

## Engagement

- Likes: 14
- Reposts: 26
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.270Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T08:23:43.006Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Routine Cross-Platform Promotion (2012-08-10)

This post is a brief, formulaic call-to-action directing Twitter followers to a video blog where Facebook-sourced questions are answered. It is among the least psychologically revealing post types — a standard cross-platform content funnel.

### Context
Posted at 12:36 PM EDT (Trump likely in NYC), this sits among a cluster of posts on the same day covering convention news, Scottish tourism, Olympics commentary, and infrastructure complaints. The video blog format was a regular Trump feature during this period.

### Psychological Content
The post is essentially content marketing. The only notable element is the implicit parasocial dynamic: followers submit questions on Facebook, Trump answers on video, promotion happens on Twitter. This creates a pseudo-interactive relationship that feeds narcissistic supply (people asking him questions, positioning him as authority/oracle) while maintaining complete asymmetry of power in the exchange.

### Authorship
Business hours, correct grammar, promotional/logistical nature — consistent with aide-authored or at minimum aide-polished content. No emotional reactivity, no caps, no typos.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 20%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (12:36 PM EDT)
- Correct grammar and punctuation
- Promotional/logistical content
- No emotional reactivity or stylistic markers

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking

Sentiment: +0.10

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 15%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- pseudo-interactive Q&A format
- cross-platform engagement funnel

## Tags

- cross-platform-promotion (100%)
- low-content (90%)

## That day

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

**A Routine Friday of Political Posturing Interrupted by a Defensive Flurry Over Convention Snub**

Trump spent a routine Friday divided between political attacks on President Obama and an extended defensive sequence over a New York Daily News report about his role at the upcoming Republican National Convention. After categorically denying the paper's claim that he wanted to speak at the convention, he quickly pivoted to insisting he'd turned down an invitation in favor of "something much bigger" — which turned out to be a local award ceremony in Florida. The rest of the day was typical fare: anti-China rhetoric tied to the London Olympics, infrastructure complaints, self-promotion, and a congratulatory note for the U.S. women's soccer team. Mood was overwhelmingly self-assured, briefly punctured by wounded defensiveness over the convention reporting.

Full digest for 2012-08-10: https://trump.fm/date/2012-08-10/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2012, August 10). Watch my video blog to see if your questions from... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_233965158521778177
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Watch my video blog to see if your questions from my..." X (Twitter), 10 Aug. 2012. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_233965158521778177. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Watch my video blog to see if your questions from my...," X (Twitter), August 10, 2012, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_233965158521778177.

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