# Post x_361630404777738245 - Post ID: `x_361630404777738245` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2013-07-28T23:33:01.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @MarkAGiarrusso - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_361630404777738245 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_361630404777738245/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_361630404777738245.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text _Quotes @MarkAGiarrusso, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @MarkAGiarrusso's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._ > "@MarkAGiarrusso: @realDonaldTrump @kmcs1957 You will get support, but you have to be serious about it and you have to stay in the race." ## Engagement - Likes: 8 - Reposts: 10 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.288Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-23T00:57:08.813Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ # Post Analysis: x_361630404777738245 (2013-07-28) ## Overview This is a minimalist retweet — Trump amplifying a third-party's conditional endorsement ("you will get support, but you have to be serious about it and you have to stay in the race") with no appended commentary. In the context of the Anthony Weiner/Carlos Danger scandal dominating NYC political headlines that week, the post reflects Trump's ongoing public flirtation with electoral ambitions (most likely the 2013 NYC mayoral race, which Weiner was self-destructing in). The post requires brief treatment, as its psychological content is thin. ## Authorship Attribution **Local time:** UTC 23:33 converts to 7:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4). Trump was almost certainly in New York City, his primary residence. Mid-evening is ambiguous territory — neither the characteristic late-night/early-morning authentic pattern nor the business-hours aide pattern. The raw 2013 RT format (`"@username: [message]"` with no appended text) was the native Twitter retweet mechanism of the period and was widely used personally. The surrounding posts from the same day show a clear pattern of Trump personally engaging with fan tweets using his characteristic one- or two-word affirmations ("Very soon!", "Probably not!", "So true!", "True!"). This contextual cluster strongly suggests he was personally operating his account throughout the day. The absence of any appended commentary here may simply reflect passive amplification rather than aide involvement. Confidence: **medium** for authentic Trump. ## Level 1: Dispositional Traits The act of retweeting conditional encouragement is mildly revealing. Selecting *this* message — one that frames support as contingent on seriousness and persistence — shows mild extraversion (engagement-seeking) and a suppressed neuroticism signal: the condition ("you have to be serious") implies prior doubts in his audience that Trump is choosing not to rebut directly, instead letting the endorsement stand. Low agreeableness markers are absent here; this is a passive, non-combative post. ## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Dominant motive: Agency/Status.** The retweet functions as passive supply-seeking — drawing attention to the possibility of a political run without explicitly committing. This is consistent with a pattern of testing public appetite while maintaining deniability. The conditionality of the endorsement ("if you stay in the race") suggests Trump was publicly undecided, using social media to gauge and accumulate encouragement rather than announce. ## Level 3: Narrative Identity **Protagonist role: Potential Savior/Reluctant Candidate.** By retweeting a conditional endorsement, Trump positions himself as someone whose participation in politics is desired by others — framing candidacy as a response to popular demand rather than personal ambition. This is a classic narcissistic narrative device: "I'm only doing this because you need me." The contrasting other, implicitly, is Weiner — a candidate visibly disqualifying himself at that exact moment, making Trump's potential entry more legible. ## Level 4: Clinical Indicators No acute clinical signal. The post is consistent with baseline narcissistic supply-seeking at a low register: amplifying validation, maintaining political ambiguity, staying in the public conversation. No rage, no persecution narrative, no dehumanization. ## Defense Mechanisms **Rationalization (neurotic-level):** Passive. By retweeting rather than asserting directly, Trump insulates himself from accountability for the claim — the endorsement belongs to @MarkAGiarrusso. This allows supply without direct self-aggrandizement, a deflective move. ## Cognitive Status No meaningful cognitive data. The post contains no Trump-authored language. Longitudinal baseline cannot be assessed from this retweet alone. ## Rhetorical Techniques Minimal. The retweet itself functions as **implied endorsement amplification** — a passive rhetorical move that achieves audience signaling without commitment. No hyperbole, no dehumanization, no eliminationist language. ## Danger Assessment None. Post contains no threat indicators. ## Gaslighting / Reality Distortion None present. ## Summary Not clinically significant; no summary generated. This is a routine, low-intensity supply-seeking retweet consistent with Trump's baseline 2013 Twitter behavior of passively amplifying favorable commentary about his political prospects. ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 55%) ### Indicators - 7:33 PM local time — ambiguous window, neither late-night authentic nor business-hours aide pattern - Raw 2013 RT format consistent with personal Twitter use of the era - Surrounding same-day posts show active personal engagement pattern with characteristic one-word affirmations - No appended commentary may indicate passive amplification rather than aide curation ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (@MarkAGiarrusso conditional endorsement) Sentiment: +0.35 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 20% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 10% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Conditional endorsement amplification — invites audience to see themselves as the source of Trump's potential candidacy ## Tags - supply-seeking (70%) - political-ambiguity (60%) - passive-amplification (60%) - candidacy-signaling (50%) - fan-engagement (40%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **A Quiet Sunday of Fan Mail: Trump Curates His Adoring Public from D.C.** Trump spent a quiet Sunday evening in Washington, D.C. — likely in town for a PGA event at his golf course — retweeting compliments from fans and fielding questions about a possible 2016 presidential run. The mood was relaxed and self-congratulatory throughout, with no flashes of anger or conflict. He promoted his properties, celebrated the Apprentice's renewal for another season, and cheerfully agreed when a follower asked if anyone loved him more than himself. The closest thing to political commentary was a one-word dismissal — "Wrong" — directed at a follower's pessimism about America's future under Obama. Full digest for 2013-07-28: https://trump.fm/date/2013-07-28/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, July 28). "@MarkAGiarrusso: @realDonaldTrump @kmcs1957 You... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_361630404777738245 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@MarkAGiarrusso: @realDonaldTrump @kmcs1957 You will get..." X (Twitter), 28 Jul. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_361630404777738245. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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