# Post x_248863811891777537

- Post ID: `x_248863811891777537`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2012-09-20T19:18:51.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_248863811891777537
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_248863811891777537/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_248863811891777537.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> @JesseStroup  Nice to hear--and good luck!

## Engagement

- Likes: 1
- Reposts: 0
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.266Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-11T10:36:36.459Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Comprehensive Analysis: September 20, 2012 - Reply to @JesseStroup  ### Context  This post was published on **September 20, 2012, at 3:18 PM EDT** (19:18 UTC), during a politically charged period in the 2012 presidential election. Two days earlier, on September 17, Mother Jones had released secretly recorded video from May showing Mitt Romney's controversial "47 percent" comments at a Florida fundraiser, where he stated that 47% of Americans "are dependent upon government" and "believe that they are victims." This became a major campaign controversy that dominated news cycles.  On this same day, Trump posted multiple substantive tweets: - Defending Romney on CNN with Piers Morgan, arguing Romney should not apologize - Promoting an article praising Trump's political influence   - Announcing his visit to Washington DC to inspect the Old Post Office renovation project (which the Trump Organization had won rights to develop in February 2012) - Questioning the narrative around Islamic militant attacks and the Benghazi controversy  Trump was physically in **Washington, DC** on this date, visiting the Old Post Office building.  ### Authorship Attribution: **Aide-Written (95% confidence)**  This post exhibits all hallmarks of staff-managed social media engagement:  **Timing Analysis:** - Posted at **3:18 PM EDT** - solidly within business hours - Trump was conducting business in Washington DC (Old Post Office site visit) - Timing consistent with aide monitoring/responding to social media during Trump's business activities  **Stylistic Markers:** - **Perfect grammar and punctuation** - no characteristic Trump errors - **Generic well-wishing formula** - "Nice to hear--and good luck!"  - **No Trump linguistic signatures**: no superlatives ("great," "fantastic," "tremendous"), no self-reference, no emphasis techniques (caps, exclamation marks beyond one closing punctuation) - **Brevity without substance** - pure phatic communication - **Professional, neutral tone** - lacks Trump's emotional intensity  **Behavioral Pattern:** Comparing to Trump's other posts from this same day reveals stark contrast. His authentic tweets show: - Political commentary with strong opinions ("Mitt should not apologize") - Rhetorical questions with edge ("What was the excuse before the movie?") - Self-promotion ("It will be magnificent") - Substantive content with links  This reply is formulaic social media management - likely **Dan Scavino** responding to a follower while Trump was occupied with business matters. The identity of @JesseStroup remains unclear from available research, but the interaction pattern suggests a supporter who tweeted at Trump and received a staff-generated acknowledgment.  ### Psychological Analysis: **Non-Significant**  **No assessable psychological content.** This post does not represent Trump's direct communication and therefore cannot be analyzed for his mental state, personality expression, or emotional dynamics.  **Parasocial Function:** The post serves a **parasocial maintenance function** - creating the illusion of personal accessibility and direct engagement with followers. This is standard social media strategy for public figures: staff respond to routine interactions to maintain follower investment in the relationship, while the principal focuses on substantive communications.  **Trigger Classification:** Maintenance (routine account management, not driven by narcissistic injury or supply-seeking)  ### Personality Expression: **Aide Profile, Not Trump**  The Big Five profile reflected here is that of professional social media management: - **High Agreeableness** (0.7) - polite, accommodating - **Low Neuroticism** (0.1) - emotionally neutral - **Moderate Extraversion** (0.5) - social but not assertive  This contrasts sharply with Trump's baseline: - **Low Agreeableness** - combative, uncompromising - **High Extraversion** - dominant, attention-seeking - **Low Conscientiousness** (impulsiveness) combined with High Agency motives (power, status)  ### Rhetorical Analysis: **Phatic Communication**  **Rhetorical Function:** Purely phatic (social grooming language without substantive content)  **Techniques Employed:** - Direct address (@mention) - Well-wishing formula  **What's Absent:** - No persuasion - No propaganda techniques - No political content - No self-promotion - No us/them framing  This is the social media equivalent of "nice weather we're having" - language designed to acknowledge presence and maintain social connection without communicating information.  ### Cognitive Assessment: **Not Applicable**  Cannot assess cognitive function from aide-written content.  ### Clinical Indicators: **None**  No malignant narcissism features, no defense mechanisms, no narcissistic rage, no paranoid features present - because this is not Trump's communication.  ### Danger Assessment: **None**  No concerning content whatsoever.  ### Longitudinal Context  September 2012 represents Trump's **pre-political phase** as a businessman and media personality. He was 66 years old, four years before announcing his presidential campaign. His Twitter activity at this time shows:  1. **Political commentary** - actively engaging with 2012 Romney vs. Obama race 2. **Business promotion** - highlighting Trump Organization projects 3. **Media presence** - promoting TV appearances and interviews 4. **Social media strategy** - mixture of Trump's direct engagement and staff management of routine interactions  This post falls squarely in category #4 - the invisible infrastructure of social media presence maintenance.  ### Baseline Comparison  To understand Trump's **actual** communication style from September 20, 2012, examine his other posts from that day:  **Political assertiveness:** "My @CNN interview with @piersmorgan explaining why Mitt should not apologize" - Clear opinion, directive language, self-promotion of media appearance  **Rhetorical questioning:** "Now every time Islamic militants attack they will use that movie as an excuse http://t.co/ZmOrBZsC What was the excuse before the movie?" - Critical thinking, challenging narratives, edge in tone  **Self-aggrandizement:** "Yesterday I was in Washington, D.C. visiting the #TRUMP Old Post Office renovation. It will be magnificent." - Superlative ("magnificent"), branding emphasis, promotional  These demonstrate Trump's baseline: **assertive, opinionated, self-promotional, substantive.** The reply to @JesseStroup shows none of these characteristics.  ### Academic Frameworks Applied  **McAdams Multi-Level Personality Theory:** - **Level 1 (Traits):** Cannot assess - not Trump's communication - **Level 2 (Motives):** Aide motive is communion (maintaining social bonds with followers) - **Level 3 (Narrative):** Post contributes to Trump's constructed narrative as "accessible" public figure, though mediated through staff  **Stylometry & Forensic Linguistics:** High confidence aide attribution based on: - Temporal factors (business hours, during business activity) - Linguistic markers (grammar, vocabulary, tone) - Content analysis (generic vs. characteristic) - Behavioral context (Trump's other posts from same day provide contrast)  ### Research Notes  **Limited Information:** - Identity of @JesseStroup not established through available sources - Original tweet Trump is replying to not accessible - Without the initial message, we cannot know what Trump is responding "Nice to hear" about  **Methodological Consideration:** This analysis demonstrates the importance of **authorship attribution** in studying public figures' social media. Including aide-written content in psychological analysis would **contaminate the dataset** and yield invalid conclusions. Approximately 20-40% of Trump's tweets from this era (2012-2015) were likely aide-written, requiring systematic exclusion for valid personality research.  ### Sources  - [Fact-checking Romney's "47 percent" comment - CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fact-checking-romneys-47-percent-comment/) - [Romney's Wrong And Right About The '47 Percent' - NPR](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/09/18/161333783/romneys-wrong-and-right-about-the-47-percent) - [Old Post Office (Washington, D.C.) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Post_Office_(Washington,_D.C.)) - [How the Trumps landed the Old Post Office Pavilion - The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/how-the-trumps-landed-the-old-post-office-pavilion/2012/08/17/54cbf1da-bbdd-11e1-9134-f33232e6dafa_story.html)  ---  ## Conclusion  This post is **psychologically non-significant** for Trump personality research. It represents routine social media management by staff, not Trump's direct communication. The post functions to maintain parasocial relationships with followers - a standard practice for public figures' social media presence.  For longitudinal personality analysis, this post should be **excluded from the dataset** and flagged as aide-written. Trump's authentic communication from this same day - his political commentary, business promotion, and rhetorical questioning - provides the appropriate data for understanding his personality structure, motives, and narrative identity during this pre-political phase of his career.

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 95%)

### Indicators

- Posted at 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC) - business hours timing
- Simple, polite, professional response to follower
- Perfect grammar and punctuation
- Generic well-wishing without characteristic Trump flourishes
- No superlatives, no self-reference, no emotional intensity

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct engagement response to follower

## Tags

- aide_written (95%)
- social_media_management (90%)
- follower_engagement (80%)
- formulaic_response (90%)
- non_significant (100%)
- phatic_communication (80%)

## That day

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

**The Calm Before: Trump's Disciplined Brand-Building in Stable Grandiosity**

September 20, 2012 presents Donald Trump in stable grandiose state, executing disciplined brand maintenance across 15 posts during a 172-minute afternoon window (1:39-4:31 PM EDT). Zero rage detection, no obsessive themes, no danger signals—just systematic self-promotion serving clear business objectives. Two posts establish crucial cognitive baselines: his Benghazi commentary demonstrates coherent syllogistic reasoning and strategic rhetoric at age 66, while his "magnanimous mood" remark shows meta-cognitive awareness absent in later years. The day is clinically significant for its unremarkability, capturing a 66-year-old businessman with functional narcissistic traits operating within normal parameters—providing the "before" picture against which later deterioration becomes measurable.

Full digest for 2012-09-20: https://trump.fm/date/2012-09-20/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2012, September 20). @JesseStroup Nice to hear--and good luck! [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_248863811891777537
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "@JesseStroup Nice to hear--and good luck!" X (Twitter), 20 Sep. 2012. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_248863811891777537. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "@JesseStroup Nice to hear--and good luck!," X (Twitter), September 20, 2012, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_248863811891777537.

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