Analysis: We.signed our deal to take over the historic Old Post Office...

13y ago Aug 5, 2013 at 11:35 PM

We.signed our deal to take over the historic Old Post Office on Pennsylvania Ave. from the U.S. and convert it into super luxury hotel-jobs!

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-23. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

None

Narcissistic State

Grandiose

Authorship

Self-Written

Intensity

38%

Authorship Analysis

Self-Written

Indicators:

Typo 'We.signed' (missing space after period) — hallmark of unedited Trump input
Colloquial 'super luxury' phrasing matches Trump's established superlative vocabulary
Exclamation point and run-on hyphenated compound 'hotel-jobs!' reflects impulsive punctuation style
Post time 7:35 PM EDT — evening rather than late night, slightly more consistent with aide assistance, but typo strongly weights toward authentic Trump

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Grandiose State

Trigger: Supply Seeking (Signing of Old Post Office lease with GSA)

Sentiment

+0.72

Mildly Hypomanic

Elevated positive affectExclamatory punctuationSlightly run-on compound construction ('hotel-jobs!')

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

35%

Antisocial

Paranoid

Sadism

Defense Mechanisms:

idealization

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

22%

Parasocial Techniques:

Achievement sharing ('We signed') uses royal/corporate 'we' to implicitly recruit audience into the winAppended 'jobs!' redirects personal enrichment narrative toward public benefit — pre-political but recognizable populist framing

Fact Checks (3)

"We signed our deal to take over the historic Old Post Office on Pennsylvania Ave. from the U.S."

True

Trump Organization was awarded a 60-year ground lease by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) for the Old Post Office Pavilion at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington D.C. The lease was finalized in 2013. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places.

"Convert it into super luxury hotel"

True

The property became the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C., which opened in 2016 and was marketed as ultra-luxury. The building was subsequently sold in 2022 to CGI Merchant Group.

"jobs"

Unverifiable

Hotel development and operation does create jobs; no specific job figure was claimed, making this unverifiable as a quantitative assertion but uncontroversially true in general terms.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Analysis: Old Post Office Lease Announcement — August 5, 2013

Overview

A low-intensity, commercially motivated supply-seeking post announcing the GSA lease for the Old Post Office on Pennsylvania Avenue. No clinical red flags. Analyzed primarily for baseline documentation of the pre-political period.

Authorship

Likely authentic Trump (confidence: high). The typo We.signed — a period where a space should be — is the decisive signal. Staff-drafted posts are routinely proofread; this error almost certainly reflects Trump typing directly. The 7:35 PM EDT timing is within business/evening hours rather than the more diagnostic late-night window, but combined with the typo and unmistakable voice, authentic authorship is the parsimonious conclusion.

Psychological State

Trump is in a cleanly grandiose state with no vulnerability contamination. This represents the achievement face of narcissistic functioning: the acquisition of a landmark building confirms the self-concept as a uniquely capable dealmaker. The post is essentially a public trophy display. Agency motivation dominates overwhelmingly; the jobs! tag represents a minimal communion gesture.

Narrative Identity

The protagonist is the Dealmaker — the private actor who can do what government institutions cannot: unlock the potential of a neglected historic asset. The contrasting other is the U.S. government as passive steward. This narrative architecture would later become directly political, making this post a clean pre-political data point for the "I alone can fix it" identity motif.

Rhetorical Note

The hyphenated hotel-jobs! is analytically notable: it compresses luxury acquisition and job creation into a single unit, a rhetorical reflex that anticipates his political communications strategy. The earliest visible iteration of what would become a persistent populist inoculation technique.

Longitudinal Significance

The surrounding posts show a mix of motivational aphorisms (including a Mark Twain quote), brief social affirmations, and this deal announcement — consistent with the 2013-era Twitter persona as businessman-philosopher-promoter. Cognitive baseline for this period: simple but fluid syntax, consistent vocabulary, no production anomalies. The post should be stored as a stable reference point for comparative longitudinal analysis.

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"We signed our deal to take over the historic Old Post Office on Pennsylvania Ave. from the U.S."	True	Trump Organization was awarded a 60-year ground lease by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) for the Old Post Office Pavilion at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington D.C. The lease was finalized in 2013. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places.
"Convert it into super luxury hotel"	True	The property became the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C., which opened in 2016 and was marketed as ultra-luxury. The building was subsequently sold in 2022 to CGI Merchant Group.
"jobs"	Unverifiable	Hotel development and operation does create jobs; no specific job figure was claimed, making this unverifiable as a quantitative assertion but uncontroversially true in general terms.

Overall Veracity: 83%