# Post x_317320101470801921

- Post ID: `x_317320101470801921`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-03-28T16:59:42.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_317320101470801921
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_317320101470801921/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_317320101470801921.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> ...At the same time, go through a worst-case scenario but keep it short.  Focus on your goal—look at the solution, not the problem.

## Engagement

- Likes: 134
- Reposts: 270
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.303Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T19:58:45.284Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: x_317320101470801921 | 2013-03-28

## Overview

This post is the second segment of a two-part motivational tweet (the leading ellipsis confirms serialization due to Twitter's 140-character limit). Taken with its predecessor — "Practice positive thinking—this will keep you focused while weeding out anything that is unnecessary, negative or detrimental..." — it constitutes a complete self-help aphorism structurally consistent with material from Trump's motivational books (*Think Big*, *The Art of the Deal*).

## Authorship Attribution

**Assessment: Likely aide-authored or book-excerpt content (score: 0.25 — aide-leaning)**

The 12:59 PM EST timestamp (business hours), error-free prose, absence of self-referential framing, and the planned split-tweet structure all point away from authentic spontaneous Trump. The surrounding @reply tweets — to @BigBobScott, @TheMayorMatt, @maffucci93, @BeaumontAnthony — are consistent with authentic Trump engagement (brief, social, responsive). This motivational content interrupts that pattern as a scheduled insertion. Medium confidence; Trump did occasionally post aphorisms personally in 2013.

## Psychological Signal

Clinically negligible. The post projects controlled conscientiousness and goal-orientation with zero affective charge. No narcissistic injury, no rage, no enemy construction, no grandiosity. At the narrative identity level, the implicit schema — "acknowledge the worst briefly, then transcend it" — mirrors Trump's self-narrative arc, but the absence of ego-reference makes this analytically unreliable as a window into his psychological state.

## Rhetorical Analysis

Core device is antithesis: "look at the solution, not the problem." Clean, memorable, rhetorically adequate. Imperative mood establishes mild authority. No propaganda techniques.

## Danger Assessment

**None.** No targeting, no dehumanization, no eliminationist language.

## Longitudinal Note

As a 2013 data point, this post is most useful as a **negative baseline** — establishing that aide-managed content-calendar posts were already in rotation at this stage, and that such posts are distinguishable from authentic Trump output by register, timing, and absence of self-reference. Clinical analysis should weight authentic Trump posts preferentially for longitudinal tracking.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 25%)

### Indicators

- Posted at 12:59 PM EST (business hours, not Trump's characteristic late-night window)
- Polished, error-free prose with no typos or all-caps passages
- Leading ellipsis signals this is the second half of a pre-composed, split tweet — indicating planned content, not impulsive posting
- Generic self-help register inconsistent with Trump's reactive, first-person-dominant voice
- No ego-referential framing ('I,' 'my,' 'Trump') despite surrounding @reply tweets that are clearly authentic

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.55

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 10%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 45%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Second-person imperative address ('Focus on your goal') positions speaker as mentor/authority over followers
- Implicit positioning as wisdom-dispenser reinforces parasocial teacher-student dynamic

## Tags

- motivational (90%)
- aide-authored (70%)
- content-calendar (65%)
- self-help (85%)
- low-signal (90%)
- baseline-2013 (50%)

## That day

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

**Letterman Afterglow: 50+ Fan Retweets Fuel a Grandiose Marathon, Punctuated by Petty Media Vendettas**

Trump spent most of the day basking in praise after his Late Show appearance, retweeting dozens of fan compliments with brief thank-yous in what amounted to a prolonged self-congratulation session. Several followers urged him to run for president in 2016, which he warmly acknowledged without committing. The good mood was interrupted twice — first by a sharp insult aimed at MSNBC's Chris Matthews, and then by a sustained four-post attack on New York Magazine, which he declared "lifeless and dead" and warned its employees to update their resumes. Earlier in the evening before, he'd been amplifying Scottish locals opposed to wind turbines near his golf resort, continuing a years-long personal grievance dressed up as community advocacy.

Full digest for 2013-03-28: https://trump.fm/date/2013-03-28/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, March 28). ...At the same time, go through a worst-case... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_317320101470801921
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "...At the same time, go through a worst-case scenario but..." X (Twitter), 28 Mar. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_317320101470801921. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "...At the same time, go through a worst-case scenario but...," X (Twitter), March 28, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_317320101470801921.

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