# Post x_359864478633955329

- Post ID: `x_359864478633955329`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-07-24T02:35:52.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @lalatweetface
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_359864478633955329
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_359864478633955329/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_359864478633955329.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

_Quotes @lalatweetface, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @lalatweetface's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._

> "@lalatweetface: @realDonaldTrump we want you to run again in 2016! You'd be great with picking this country back up again"

## Engagement

- Likes: 33
- Reposts: 17
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.289Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-23T00:50:09.256Z (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_359864478633955329 | 2013-07-23 (10:35 PM EDT)

## Overview

A minimal but psychologically legible post: Trump retweeting a follower's unsolicited 2016 presidential encouragement with no added commentary. The analytical interest lies less in any single utterance and more in the behavioral pattern this post exemplifies — systematic amplification of admiration as a supply acquisition strategy.

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## Authorship Attribution

**Score: 0.72 (likely authentic) | Confidence: Medium**

The UTC timestamp (02:35:52) converts to **10:35 PM EDT** on July 23, placing this squarely in Trump's historically documented late-evening posting window. More probatively, a near-simultaneous reply in the same session — `@mikeymexico Thsnk you` — contains a characteristic Trump transposition typo ("Thsnk"), strongly suggesting personal keyboard operation. The pattern of the surrounding session (five posts within what appears to be a continuous retweet-of-praise sweep) is consistent with documented authentic Trump behavior: personally curating an admiration feed in the evenings.

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## Level 1: Dispositional Traits

**Extraversion (very high):** The behavior — publicly broadcasting a stranger's admiration — is pure extraversion in action. No private response; the praise must be amplified for maximum audience.

**Agreeableness (low-baseline, masked here):** The post surface reads as warm responsiveness, but the underlying dynamic is exploitative — the follower's desire is instrumentalized as Trump's credential.

**Conscientiousness (low):** No deliberation evident; reactive amplification without curation or commentary.

**Openness (low):** The content reinforces an existing self-schema rather than engaging any new idea.

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## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations

**Dominant motive: Agency/Power.** The 2016 speculation, even in 2013, feeds the power motive. Retweeting presidential encouragement is not neutral — it is a low-cost way to keep the idea alive and test public appetite.

**Supply acquisition schema:** Trump's 2013 Twitter behavior reveals a well-developed schema for narcissistic supply: scan replies for flattery → retweet selectively → create public record of being admired/needed → repeat. This post is one node in that loop.

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## Level 3: Narrative Identity

**Protagonist role:** The **Savior-in-waiting**. The follower's framing ("picking this country back up again") positions Trump as a restorer figure — the country has fallen, and he is the one capable of lifting it. This is the **redemption sequence** in embryonic form: nation has declined → Trump returns → restoration. This narrative would become the spine of the 2016 campaign ("Make America Great Again" encodes the identical logic). The 2013 retweet is notable as an early document of this narrative being tried on and endorsed.

**Contrasting other:** Implicit. The country needs "picking back up," meaning current leadership has dropped it. No named adversary, but the contamination-of-good-by-bad-leadership is embedded in the follower's framing and Trump's silent endorsement.

**Identity claim via retweet:** "I am the person the public wants and needs." The act of retweeting rather than originating protects against charges of immodesty while fully transmitting the self-aggrandizing claim.

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## Level 4: Clinical Indicators

**Narcissistic features (mild, consistent with baseline):** The supply-seeking pattern is present but low-intensity. No rage, no vulnerability, no paranoid features in this post. This represents Trump in a comfortable grandiose equilibrium — admired, uncontested, not threatened.

**Defense mechanisms:** Primary defense here is **idealization** (immature level) — uncritical absorption and public endorsement of a stranger's flattery without any reality-testing. A secondary element of **acting out** is present in the compulsive public amplification of praise that might more typically be acknowledged privately.

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## Rhetorical Analysis

The sophistication is structural, not linguistic. By retweeting without comment, Trump:
1. Attributes the presidential desire to "the people" (populist framing)
2. Avoids appearing ambitious (the demand comes from outside)
3. Harvests the emotional content (excitement, validation) while maintaining deniability
4. Normalizes 2016 speculation three years before the campaign

The follower's phrase "pick this country back up again" does ideological work Trump absorbs for free — it encodes national decline, implies Trump's unique competence, and contains an implicit "again" that prefigures the MAGA formulation.

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## Contextual Notes

The same session includes Trump retweeting a follower's characterization of Anthony Weiner as "a real sick puppy" — the Weiner "Carlos Danger" sexting scandal was breaking that day. The juxtaposition is notable: Trump amplifying both admiration for himself and contempt for a disgraced rival in the same session is a compressed version of the grandiose/devaluing cycle. However, neither post rises to clinical significance in isolation.

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## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Trump ran before (implied by 'run again')" | **Half True** | Trump briefly explored a Reform Party presidential bid in 1999-2000 and withdrew before primaries; he was never a major-party nominee. 'Again' overstates his prior candidacy history though he had repeatedly flirted with running. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Summary

Not clinically significant as an individual post. No summary generated. The post's value is longitudinal: it is an early archival marker of the 2016 presidential narrative being seeded and endorsed, and it exemplifies the supply-acquisition-via-retweet behavioral pattern that characterized Trump's authentic 2013 Twitter use.

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 72%)

### Indicators

- UTC 02:35:52 = 10:35 PM EDT on July 23 — late evening, within authentic Trump posting window
- No original text added; pure retweet format consistent with Trump's casual engagement style
- Same-session post '@mikeymexico Thsnk you' contains characteristic typo ('Thsnk'), suggesting Trump was personally at keyboard
- Surrounding posts show continuous retweet-of-praise pattern, consistent with Trump personally curating his own admiration feed

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (@lalatweetface and other fans)

Sentiment: +0.62

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Selective retweet of flattery to curate public image as desired leader
- Implicit endorsement of '2016' speculation without committing — maintains mystique while harvesting excitement

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-23._

> Trump ran before (implied by 'run again')

**HALF TRUE**

Trump briefly explored a Reform Party presidential bid in 1999-2000 and withdrew before primaries; he was never a major-party nominee. 'Again' overstates his prior candidacy history though he had repeatedly flirted with running.

Sources: General knowledge — 2000 Reform Party exploratory campaign

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- supply-seeking (80%)
- presidential-speculation-2016 (70%)
- retweet-flattery-pattern (75%)
- savior-narrative (60%)
- authentic-timing (65%)

## That day

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

**99-Post Victory Lap: Weiner Scandal Fuels a Marathon Vindication Session and Proto-Campaign Brand-Building**

Trump had one of his highest-volume Twitter days on record, firing off nearly 100 posts in a sustained mood of cheerful self-congratulation. The Anthony Weiner "Carlos Danger" sexting scandal was his favorite topic, and he returned to it repeatedly to remind everyone he had predicted the relapse months earlier. Between Weiner mockery, he retweeted dozens of fans calling him a genius and urging him to run for president in 2016 -- an early prototype of the "reluctant savior" narrative. He also squeezed in attacks on wind energy projects near his Scottish golf course, a dismissive Obama critique, and a brief late-night innuendo about a Fox News anchor. The overall mood was expansive and pleased, with almost no detectable anger, but the posting pace -- stretching past midnight and resuming before dawn -- suggests a very short night's sleep.

Full digest for 2013-07-24: https://trump.fm/date/2013-07-24/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, July 24). "@lalatweetface: @realDonaldTrump we want you to... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_359864478633955329
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@lalatweetface: @realDonaldTrump we want you to run again..." X (Twitter), 24 Jul. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_359864478633955329. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@lalatweetface: @realDonaldTrump we want you to run again...," X (Twitter), July 24, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_359864478633955329.

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