# Post x_322676486320570368 - Post ID: `x_322676486320570368` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2013-04-12T11:44:04.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @RickShauntz - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_322676486320570368 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_322676486320570368/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_322676486320570368.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text _Quotes @RickShauntz, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @RickShauntz's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._ > "@RickShauntz: @realDonaldTrump @SStew3 we need the art of the deal" Very true! ## Engagement - Likes: 5 - Reposts: 11 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.302Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T20:18:39.701Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ # Analysis: April 12, 2013 — "@RickShauntz: ...we need the art of the deal" Very true! ## Overview This is a brief, low-intensity supply-seeking post in which Trump amplifies a follower's implicit endorsement of his personal brand ("The Art of the Deal") and tacitly agrees that his own dealmaking philosophy is the antidote to America's perceived failures. It is one of several posts on the same day that collectively construct a political positioning narrative: America is in crisis → current leadership is incompetent → Trump represents the solution. --- ## Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five) - **Extraversion (High):** Reflexive engagement with follower praise; immediate, public affirmation. - **Agreeableness (Low):** The broader day's posts show contempt for allies (South Korea), dismissal of Bush, and amplification of crisis language. This post is agreeable only because it is self-serving. - **Conscientiousness (Low):** Impulsive, minimal-effort response — two words of apparent agreement rather than substantive commentary. - **Neuroticism (Low, here):** No hostility or anxiety present in this specific post; state is calm and self-satisfied. - **Openness (Low):** The implicit message is familiar and closed: his book/approach already contains the answer. --- ## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Dominant motive: Agency (Status/Power)** The post is a low-cost brand amplification. By quoting a follower who says "we need the art of the deal," Trump implicitly positions himself — and his signature brand property — as the missing ingredient in American governance. No argument is made; the brand does the work. **Schema at work:** - Self: the possessor of rare, superior knowledge ("the deal") - America: failing due to absence of that knowledge - Others: either recognizers of his value (the follower, affirmed) or failures (implicit reference to current leadership) --- ## Level 3: Narrative Identity **Protagonist role:** Latent Savior / Dealmaker-in-Waiting. Trump does not explicitly assert this, but allows the follower's framing to stand and endorses it with "Very true!" This is a structurally efficient move: third-party validation received and amplified without the appearance of raw self-promotion. **Narrative sequence:** Contamination → implied Redemption. The day's posts collectively paint a contamination arc (we once had jobs/hope/leadership, now we have none) with Trump as the implicit redemptive agent. **Contrasting other:** The unnamed, incompetent leadership (Obama administration, implicitly). **Identity claims:** "I wrote the book on dealing. The country needs what I have." --- ## Level 4: Clinical Indicators ### Narcissistic Dynamics **Trigger:** Supply-seeking (low urgency). A follower has invoked Trump's brand property; Trump reflexively amplifies it. **Narcissistic state:** Mildly grandiose — calm, self-assured endorsement of his own unique value. **Rage:** Absent in this post. The broader day's posts carry more hostile energy (South Korea, Bush), but this post is placid and self-congratulatory. **Narcissistic features present:** - Grandiosity (implicit: my dealmaking approach is what the nation needs) - Entitlement (it goes without saying that "the deal" is his to offer) - Need for admiration (quote-tweet pattern is a structured solicitation of this) ### Defense Mechanisms - **Rationalization (neurotic):** The endorsement of one's own book as national policy solution is dressed in the follower's language rather than asserted directly — providing plausible cover for self-promotion. - **Idealization (immature, mild):** The self-concept embedded here (Trump = The Deal = The Solution) reflects idealization of self. No pathological defenses evident. --- ## Authorship Attribution **Timestamp conversion:** - UTC: 2013-04-12T11:44:04Z - Trump's likely location: New York (primary residence; no travel indicators) - EDT offset: UTC−4 - **Local time: 7:44 AM EDT** **Assessment:** Early morning post, within Trump's documented early-rising pattern. The style — terse, reactive, self-referential, informal capitalization, exclamation point — is consistent with authentic Trump voice from this period. Aide-written posts from this era tend toward event announcements, polished endorsements, or longer statements; this is a reflexive, two-word endorsement of a follower's praise of his own brand. The surrounding posts from the same morning follow the same pattern of reactive, short amplifications. **Confidence: High — authentic Trump.** --- ## Rhetorical Techniques - **Third-party validation:** Quoting a follower's endorsement rather than self-promoting directly creates the appearance of earned validation rather than assertion. - **Implicit superlative:** "The Art of the Deal" as metonym for superior dealmaking knowledge positions Trump as uniquely qualified without requiring an explicit claim. - **Minimalist affirmation:** "Very true!" carries maximum brand impact with minimum rhetorical exposure; it is non-falsifiable and entirely self-referential. - **Aggregation effect:** Viewed in isolation, this post is innocuous. In context of the day's posts (no leadership, no jobs, no hope, TRUMP 2016), it functions as the supply-side answer to a demand narrative the same account is simultaneously constructing. --- ## Gaslighting / Reality Distortion None present in this post. --- ## Cognitive Status - Language is simple, coherent, and within baseline for this period. - No word-finding issues, tangentiality, or perseveration. - Complexity score is low but consistent with the informal, reactive posting style characteristic of this era. - No deviation from 2013 baseline. --- ## Danger Assessment **None.** This is a benign, self-promotional post with no threat language, dehumanization, or mobilizing content. --- ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 75%) ### Indicators - 7:44 AM EDT — early morning, consistent with Trump's documented early-rising pattern - Terse, reactive, two-word affirmation style characteristic of authentic Trump - Self-referential brand amplification (his own book) — aides would not typically frame posts this way - Exclamation point and informal syntax match authentic Trump stylistic baseline from 2013 - Embedded in a sequence of similarly reactive, short amplifications on the same morning ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (follower invoking Trump brand property) Sentiment: +0.55 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 30% - Antisocial: 5% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - rationalization (neurotic) - idealization (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 15% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Quote-tweet amplification of follower praise to create appearance of earned external validation - Reflexive affirmation reinforcing follower's brand loyalty ## Tags - supply-seeking (80%) - brand-amplification (90%) - third-party-validation (85%) - proto-2016-positioning (60%) - authentic-trump (75%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Stable Pundit Mode: Trump Plays Geopolitical Commentator During North Korea Crisis** Trump spent the day as a self-appointed foreign policy commentator, weighing in repeatedly on the North Korea nuclear crisis and demanding that South Korea and China be held accountable. The mood was calm and steady throughout — grandiose but not agitated — with one brief flash of irritation when a follower accused him of once supporting Obama. The rest of the day was a mix of brand promotion, wind turbine grievances, and retweeting supporter praise, including enthusiastic replies to calls for a 2016 presidential run. Full digest for 2013-04-12: https://trump.fm/date/2013-04-12/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, April 12). "@RickShauntz: @realDonaldTrump @SStew3 we need... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_322676486320570368 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@RickShauntz: @realDonaldTrump @SStew3 we need the art of..." X (Twitter), 12 Apr. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_322676486320570368. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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