# Post x_364456788554285056

- Post ID: `x_364456788554285056`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-08-05T18:44:04.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_364456788554285056
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_364456788554285056/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_364456788554285056.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> "What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals." - Goethe

## Engagement

- Likes: 237
- Reposts: 476
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.288Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-23T01:19:34.347Z (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_364456788554285056

## Overview

A motivational quotation attributed to Goethe, posted mid-afternoon on a Monday. The post is clinically and psychologically unremarkable. Its primary analytic interest lies in authorship attribution and a minor misattribution fact-check.

## Authorship Attribution (Confidence: High)

**Almost certainly aide-written.** Timestamp converts to 2:44 PM EDT at Trump Tower — the heart of business hours. The post exhibits zero authentic Trump stylometric markers: no typos, no ALL CAPS, no emotional reactivity, no conversational register. It is a clean, scheduled content-queue item of the type common to managed celebrity accounts in 2013. Notably, posts from the same day bearing Trump's authentic voice (the Picasso reply with a double-space typo, the casual follower encouragement) stand in sharp contrast, making the aide-origin of this post especially clear.

## Psychological State

No clinical signal. Trigger type is routine maintenance — brand cultivation through aspirational positioning. No narcissistic injury, no rage, no defense mechanisms.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The quotation 'What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals' is attributed to Goethe" | **Mostly False** | This quote is widely misattributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. No credible Goethe textual source has been identified for it. It circulates extensively on the internet under Goethe's name but is also attributed to Henry David Thoreau and Zig Ziglar. The Ziglar attribution has slightly more provenance in motivational literature. The quote does not appear in any verified Goethe corpus. This is a common viral misattribution. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Rhetorical Structure

The antithesis ("not as important as") and implicit chiasmus create a reframing of success from acquisition to character — rhetorically effective, philosophically unremarkable.

## Longitudinal Note

In 2013, Trump's Twitter account was running a parallel operation: authentic, reactive posts (follower engagement, self-promotion) alongside a managed stream of motivational quotes and brand content. This post falls firmly in the latter category.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 15%)

### Indicators

- Posted at 18:44 UTC = 2:44 PM EDT (New York, business hours — strong aide indicator)
- Zero typos, perfect punctuation, correct attribution formatting
- Clean aphorism format with em-dash attribution — professional content queue style
- No emotional reactivity, no ALL CAPS, no personal voice
- Surrounding posts on same day show authentic Trump markers (double-space typo in Picasso quote reply, stream-of-consciousness follower responses) — contrast highlights this as filtered/scheduled content

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.45

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 10%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- inspirational authority figure positioning
- aspirational identification — inviting followers to see themselves as goal-achievers

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> The quotation 'What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals' is attributed to Goethe

**MOSTLY FALSE**

This quote is widely misattributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. No credible Goethe textual source has been identified for it. It circulates extensively on the internet under Goethe's name but is also attributed to Henry David Thoreau and Zig Ziglar. The Ziglar attribution has slightly more provenance in motivational literature. The quote does not appear in any verified Goethe corpus. This is a common viral misattribution.

Sources: Quote Investigator investigations of viral misattributions; Zig Ziglar motivational canon

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- aide-authored (95%)
- motivational-content (90%)
- quote-misattribution (80%)
- brand-maintenance (85%)
- no-clinical-signal (95%)

## 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). "What you get by achieving your goals is not as... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_364456788554285056
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""What you get by achieving your goals is not as important..." X (Twitter), 5 Aug. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_364456788554285056. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""What you get by achieving your goals is not as important...," X (Twitter), August 5, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_364456788554285056.

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