# Post x_364185533410709504

- Post ID: `x_364185533410709504`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-08-05T00:46:12.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @EdmondShami
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_364185533410709504
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_364185533410709504/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_364185533410709504.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

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

> "@EdmondShami: @realDonaldTrump just started reading your book #ThingBig, it's freaking amazing!"

## Engagement

- Likes: 8
- Reposts: 15
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.288Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-23T01:19:00.809Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Twitter/X — 2013-08-05 — Post x_364185533410709504

## Overview

This post is a bare retweet of unsolicited fan praise for Trump's book *Think Big* (the hashtag "#ThingBig" is a fan misspelling). No original Trump language is present. The post is the lowest-complexity unit in his social media output: a single mouse-click broadcasting a stranger's flattery to his audience. It sits within a homogeneous five-post cluster from the same session, all structurally identical supply-harvesting retweets.

## Authorship Attribution

**Confidence: Medium. Lean authentic.** The post timestamps at 8:46 PM EDT (Trump's likely New York timezone in August 2013). This falls within his documented personal-browsing window. More tellingly, the surrounding cluster of low-stakes fan retweets is inconsistent with aide curation — no aide would compile this volume of trivial flattery. The behavior pattern matches his well-documented habit of scanning @mentions for admiration.

## Psychological State

Grandiose narcissism in homeostasis. No injury, no activation, no defense mechanism required. The post represents narcissistic supply in its most passive form: ambient admiration maintenance. The book functions as a self-object — endorsing *Think Big* is endorsing Trump. The fan's superlative ("freaking amazing") is amplified to Trump's audience, converting a private compliment into public social proof.

## Longitudinal Note

Fully consistent with 2013 baseline. No clinically significant deviation. No summary warranted.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Trump wrote a book referenced as #ThingBig" | **Mostly True** | Trump co-authored 'Think Big and Kick Ass in Business and Life' (2007) with Bill Zanker. The hashtag '#ThingBig' is a fan typo for '#ThinkBig'. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 60%)

### Indicators

- Evening local time (8:46 PM EDT) — plausible personal use window
- Zero-effort retweet requires no aide coordination
- Surrounding posts form homogeneous fan-praise cluster consistent with personal @mention scanning
- No original language available for stylometric analysis

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (fan book praise via @mention)

Sentiment: +0.75

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 0%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Supply amplification via retweet — displays third-party admiration to follower audience
- Social proof broadcasting — fan becomes unwitting endorser

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Trump wrote a book referenced as #ThingBig

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Trump co-authored 'Think Big and Kick Ass in Business and Life' (2007) with Bill Zanker. The hashtag '#ThingBig' is a fan typo for '#ThinkBig'.

Sources: General knowledge — Trump bibliography

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- narcissistic-supply-collection (90%)
- retweet-fan-praise (95%)
- book-promotion-proxy (60%)
- grandiose-baseline (70%)
- supply-harvesting-session (80%)

## That day

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

**A Quiet Day of Fan Service Culminates in the Old Post Office Deal Signing**

Trump spent a calm, self-promotional Monday retweeting fan praise, dispensing motivational quotes, and plugging his businesses. The mood was upbeat and steady throughout, with no flashes of anger or combativeness. The day's highlight came in the evening when he announced signing the deal to convert the historic Old Post Office on Pennsylvania Avenue into a luxury hotel. Despite major news breaking elsewhere -- Jeff Bezos buying the Washington Post, A-Rod's historic MLB suspension -- Trump showed no interest in engaging with any of it.

Full digest for 2013-08-05: https://trump.fm/date/2013-08-05/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, August 5). "@EdmondShami: @realDonaldTrump just started... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_364185533410709504
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@EdmondShami: @realDonaldTrump just started reading your..." X (Twitter), 5 Aug. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_364185533410709504. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@EdmondShami: @realDonaldTrump just started reading your...," X (Twitter), August 5, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_364185533410709504.

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