# Post x_360113024419377154 - Post ID: `x_360113024419377154` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2013-07-24T19:03:30.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_360113024419377154 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_360113024419377154/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_360113024419377154.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > @prisih91 > "In love with The best book that i ever read ! @realDonaldTrump "why we want you to be rich" and Robert kiyosaki" ## Engagement - Likes: 4 - Reposts: 3 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.289Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-23T00:53:08.657Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ # Analysis: Retweet of Book Praise — 2013-07-24 ## Overview This post is a straightforward retweet of unsolicited fan praise for Trump's co-authored book *Why We Want You to Be Rich* (2006, with Robert Kiyosaki). There is no original text added by Trump beyond the act of amplification itself. The post is behaviorally unremarkable but diagnostically informative at a structural level: it illustrates the supply-seeking dimension of narcissistic personality functioning in its most routine, non-crisis form. --- ## Authorship Attribution The UTC timestamp of 19:03:30 converts to **3:03 PM EDT** (Trump almost certainly in New York in late July 2013 — no travel events noted). This falls squarely within business hours. However, the practice of retweeting fan compliments was a well-documented personal habit of Trump throughout this era, and the content — unsolicited praise specifically for *him* — is precisely the class of tweet he was known to personally curate. No aide has commercial motivation to amplify book praise this many years post-publication. The absence of any polished messaging, event announcement, or strategic framing reduces the aide-authored probability. Confidence: **medium**; slight lean toward authentic. --- ## Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five) The act of retweeting praise with no added commentary reveals the economy of narcissistic supply acquisition — maximum gratification for zero effort. Dominant facets visible: - **Extraversion (high)**: Public amplification of praise rather than private receipt - **Agreeableness (very low)**: The retweet is not genuine reciprocal warmth; it is self-directed, using the fan as mirror - **Neuroticism (low in this instance)**: Post reflects stable, non-distressed baseline; no threat activation - **Conscientiousness (low)**: No strategic framing, just impulsive amplification --- ## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Motive:** Pure **agency/status** — the retweet does not engage the fan relationally; it absorbs their admiration as fuel. There is no acknowledgment of the fan as a person (contrast with the `@samaraOMGharper Thanks.` posted the same day, which at least uses the person's name). The fan is instrumentalized as a validation delivery mechanism. **Schema:** Others exist primarily as audience. Praise is not received with humility but harvested and redistributed to a wider audience to multiply the original supply dose. --- ## Level 3: Narrative Identity - **Protagonist role:** Celebrated author and wealth-wisdom figure - **Identity claims:** "I wrote a book so transformative that strangers publicly declare it the best they've ever read" - **Contrasting other:** None explicit; the post is purely additive to self-image - **Narrative sequence:** Neutral/redemption-adjacent — a small affirmation of ongoing greatness narrative - **Archetypal resonance:** **King** archetype in its most passive form — receiving tribute without needing to act --- ## Level 4: Clinical Indicators ### Narcissistic Dynamics **Trigger type:** Supply-seeking (routine). No injury event precedes this. The surrounding posts on the same day show active attack behavior (Obama/economy, Alex Salmond/wind energy), making this retweet the positive-supply anchor in a broader attention-management pattern — aggression alternating with validation-harvesting. **Narcissistic state:** Grandiose (stable). No vulnerability indicators. **Rage:** Absent. ### Defense Mechanisms No stress-response defenses are activated. The post operates at a maintenance/supply level rather than a defensive level. ### Cognitive Status Nothing to assess from a retweet with zero original language production. No cognitive markers accessible. --- ## Rhetorical Analysis Minimal active rhetoric. The techniques present are structural: - **Social proof**: A stranger's unsolicited praise carries testimonial weight - **Brand promotion via proxy**: The book gets promoted without Trump appearing to promote it himself — plausible deniability around self-promotion - **Parasocial technique**: Followers see Trump as the kind of person strangers gush about; normalizes grandiose self-image No dehumanizing language. No violent imagery. No stochastic terrorism indicators. --- ## Gaslighting / Reality Distortion None present. --- ## Danger Assessment **None.** Routine supply-seeking retweet with no escalatory content. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Why We Want You to Be Rich is a book co-authored by Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki" | **True** | Published October 2006 by Rich Press; a personal finance book co-authored by Trump and Kiyosaki arguing the middle class is shrinking and providing wealth-building strategies. | Overall Veracity: 100% ## Summary Not clinically significant. This post represents baseline narcissistic supply behavior — routine amplification of unsolicited praise — without crisis, injury, or escalatory content. Its primary analytic value is as a behavioral baseline data point: when no threat is present, Trump's Twitter behavior shifts from aggression (Obama attacks, political commentary) to passive supply harvesting (retweeting fan praise). This oscillation between attack and absorption is structurally consistent with narcissistic personality functioning and provides longitudinal contrast against injury-triggered posts. ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 65%) ### Indicators - 3:03 PM EDT — business hours, but retweeting fan praise was a well-documented personal Trump habit - No strategic framing or event announcement typical of aide-written posts - No polished messaging — purely reactive amplification of gratification content - Book published 2006; no commercial aide motivation to promote it in 2013 - Pattern matches Trump's known personal curation of flattery-directed retweets ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (fan praise for book) Sentiment: +0.70 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 50% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 10% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Social proof via fan testimonial - Proxy self-promotion through third-party praise - Normalization of grandiose self-image for followers ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-23._ > Why We Want You to Be Rich is a book co-authored by Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki **TRUE** Published October 2006 by Rich Press; a personal finance book co-authored by Trump and Kiyosaki arguing the middle class is shrinking and providing wealth-building strategies. Sources: General knowledge — widely documented publication Overall Veracity: 100% ## Tags - supply-seeking (90%) - book-promotion (70%) - retweet-praise (80%) - grandiose-baseline (60%) - no-threat-response (50%) ## 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). @prisih91 "In love with The best book that i ever... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_360113024419377154 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "@prisih91 "In love with The best book that i ever read !..." X (Twitter), 24 Jul. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_360113024419377154. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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