# Post x_247680561727037440

- Post ID: `x_247680561727037440`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2012-09-17T12:57:02.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_247680561727037440/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_247680561727037440.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Hey @KimKardashian--I hear you are undecided in the election. I can explain why you should vote for @MittRomney.

## Engagement

- Likes: 368
- Reposts: 987
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.266Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T08:32:19.850Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Trump Tweet to Kim Kardashian re: Romney (2012-09-17)

### Context
This post is a public appeal to Kim Kardashian, framed as offering to explain why she should vote for Mitt Romney. Posted on the same day Mother Jones released the devastating "47 percent" video. Trump positions himself as a political influencer and dealmaker who can sway celebrity opinion.

### Authorship
Posted at 12:57 UTC = 8:57 AM ET (Trump based in NYC). Business hours, coherent grammar, strategic celebrity engagement — consistent with either aide-drafted or early-morning Trump. The conversational "@" tagging and self-inserting quality feel authentically Trump, though the clean grammar is notable.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a **supply-seeking** post. Trump inserts himself as the intermediary between a major celebrity and a presidential candidate — elevating his own importance. He doesn't just endorse Romney; he positions himself as the explainer, the persuader, the man whose opinion Kardashian should seek. This is classic **agency/status** motivation.

The post is notably light — no aggression, no defensiveness. It's Trump in networking/dealmaker mode, leveraging celebrity culture for political relevance during a period when he was not yet a candidate himself but cultivating political influence.

### Rhetorical Notes
Name-dropping Kim Kardashian (then ~15M Twitter followers) maximizes engagement. The "I can explain" framing positions Trump as authority figure.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Kim Kardashian was publicly undecided in 2012 election" | **Mostly True** | Kardashian had not publicly endorsed either candidate at this point in the 2012 cycle |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 50%)

### Indicators

- Business hours (8:57 AM ET)
- Clean grammar and punctuation
- But conversational celebrity-tagging tone is characteristic Trump
- Strategic self-promotion consistent with personal style

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Kim Kardashian's public indecision about the election)

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Celebrity name-dropping
- Positioning self as authority/explainer

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-22._

> Kim Kardashian was publicly undecided in 2012 election

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Kardashian had not publicly endorsed either candidate at this point in the 2012 cycle

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- celebrity-engagement (80%)
- supply-seeking (60%)
- romney-endorsement (50%)

## That day

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

**Grandiose Monday: Trump Plays Campaign Strategist While Romney's Ship Takes Water**

Trump spent a routine Monday firing off political commentary, self-promotion, and unsolicited advice across 18 posts during normal business hours. The mood was uniformly confident and self-assured, with no flashes of anger or defensiveness. He leaned heavily into anti-Obama attacks on the economy, gas prices, and Benghazi intelligence failures -- notably ignoring the day's biggest political story, the release of Romney's devastating "47 percent" video. A duplicate Johnny Cash quote was the only wrinkle in an otherwise steady, scattershot day of brand maintenance.

Full digest for 2012-09-17: https://trump.fm/date/2012-09-17/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2012, September 17). Hey @KimKardashian--I hear you are undecided in... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_247680561727037440
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Hey @KimKardashian--I hear you are undecided in the..." X (Twitter), 17 Sep. 2012. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_247680561727037440. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Hey @KimKardashian--I hear you are undecided in the...," X (Twitter), September 17, 2012, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_247680561727037440.

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