# Post x_349695545473904643 - Post ID: `x_349695545473904643` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2013-06-26T01:08:09.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_349695545473904643 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_349695545473904643/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_349695545473904643.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > New and great selection of ties, shirts and cufflinks@Macy's - check them out! ## Engagement - Likes: 22 - Reposts: 23 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.292Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-23T20:25:20.496Z (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 Twitter Post — June 25, 2013 (9:08 PM EDT) ## Post > "New and great selection of ties, shirts and cufflinks@Macy's - check them out!" --- ## Authorship Attribution **Timestamp conversion:** UTC 01:08:09 on June 26 converts to **9:08 PM EDT (June 25)** at Trump's likely location — New York City (Trump Tower, his primary residence). This is a plausible personal evening posting window, not aide business hours. **Key indicator:** The concatenated "@Macy's" with no space after "cufflinks" is a characteristic mobile-typing artifact. Aide-drafted promotional copy would almost certainly include proper spacing before a mention. This is the strongest single signal favoring authentic authorship. **Countervailing signal:** Product promotion posts have a higher base rate of aide involvement than opinion posts. The content is tidy and on-brand. However, the commercial relationship between Trump and Macy's (the Donald J. Trump Signature Collection launched ~2004 and ran through 2015) was deeply personal to Trump — he frequently promoted it himself. The informal register and superlative ("great selection") matches his unguided voice. **Assessment:** Likely authentic, moderate confidence. --- ## Psychological Analysis This post is **clinically unremarkable**. It is baseline commercial self-promotion with no elevated psychological indicators. **Level 1 (Traits):** Extraversion (assertive promotion, positive valence) is the only salient dimension. Neuroticism is essentially absent. The "great" modifier is Trump's habitual superlative but at low intensity — no grandiosity escalation. **Level 2 (Motives):** Pure agency motive — commercial achievement and brand building. No communion motives evident. Schema: self-as-businessman is the operative frame, entirely consistent with 2013 Trump's public identity prior to political positioning. **Level 3 (Narrative):** Protagonist role is **dealmaker/brand custodian**. No redemption or contamination arc present. The contrasting other is absent entirely — no enemies, no grievances. **Level 4 (Clinical):** No narcissistic injury trigger. No rage. No paranoid or antisocial features activated. Narcissistic supply-seeking is present only in the most attenuated sense (brand promotion = indirect self-aggrandizement), well within normal commercial behavior. --- ## Defense Mechanisms None operationally evident. The post is ego-syntonic commercial activity with no conflict requiring defense. --- ## Rhetorical Analysis - **Superlative ("great"):** Characteristic but minimal — the mildest possible application. - **Imperative CTA ("check them out!"):** Standard retail promotional device. - No propaganda techniques, dehumanizing language, violent imagery, or stochastic terrorism indicators. No false dichotomy, no ad hominem, no fear appeal. --- ## Cognitive Status No markers. Language is simple, grammatical (aside from missing space), and coherent. Complexity is low but appropriate to genre (product tweet). No baseline deviation. --- ## Contextual Note Surrounding posts on the same day focus on the Patrick Kane / Chicago Blackhawks Stanley Cup win — a natural Trump engagement given Trump Tower Chicago's connection to Kane. The Macy's post sits alongside fan-engagement replies and Stanley Cup congratulations, forming a portrait of routine, low-stakes Twitter use across commercial and social content types. --- ## Danger Assessment **None.** No indicators of any kind. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "New and great selection of ties, shirts and cufflinks available at Macy's" | **True** | The Donald J. Trump Signature Collection (including dress shirts ~$70, ties ~$65, cufflinks, and watches) was actively stocked at Macy's from approximately 2004 through July 2015, when Macy's terminated the relationship following Trump's 2015 immigration remarks. June 2013 falls squarely within the active retail period. | Overall Veracity: 100% ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 65%) ### Indicators - Missing space before @Macy's — classic mobile-typing artifact inconsistent with proofread aide copy - Evening post time (9:08 PM EDT) — within authentic Trump posting window - Informal register and habitual superlative ('great') match unguided voice - Personal commercial investment in Trump-branded Macy's line makes direct promotion plausible ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Maintenance Sentiment: +0.55 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 10% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 20% ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-02-23._ > New and great selection of ties, shirts and cufflinks available at Macy's **TRUE** The Donald J. Trump Signature Collection (including dress shirts ~$70, ties ~$65, cufflinks, and watches) was actively stocked at Macy's from approximately 2004 through July 2015, when Macy's terminated the relationship following Trump's 2015 immigration remarks. June 2013 falls squarely within the active retail period. Sources: https://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/12/why-we-dropped-trumps-menswear-line-macys-ceo.html; https://en.everybodywiki.com/Donald_J._Trump_Signature_Collection Overall Veracity: 100% ## Tags - commercial-promotion (100%) - brand-building (80%) - macys-relationship (90%) - low-intensity (100%) - likely-authentic (65%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **A Routine Day of Self-Promotion and Fan Service, Punctuated by a Chilling Call for Snowden's Execution — While the Biggest Story of the Day Goes Unmentioned** Trump spent the day in a steady loop of thanking fans, promoting his brand properties, and lobbing political attacks — a typical mid-2013 day on his feed. The sharpest moment came during a late-evening exchange when he doubled down on calling Edward Snowden a traitor deserving execution, after a follower challenged him on it. He also took shots at Anthony Weiner's mayoral bid, mocked Obama's climate speech by fabricating a Chinese reaction, and offered a mildly sympathetic take on the Paula Deen controversy. Perhaps most notable was what he didn't say: the Supreme Court struck down DOMA and effectively ended Prop 8 that same day — landmark rulings dominating every news cycle — and Trump posted 37 times without mentioning either one. Full digest for 2013-06-26: https://trump.fm/date/2013-06-26/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, June 26). New and great selection of ties, shirts and... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_349695545473904643 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "New and great selection of ties, shirts and..." X (Twitter), 26 Jun. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_349695545473904643. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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