# Post x_364530078895837184

- Post ID: `x_364530078895837184`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-08-05T23:35:18.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_364530078895837184
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_364530078895837184/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_364530078895837184.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> 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!

## Engagement

- Likes: 100
- Reposts: 118
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.288Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-23T01:22:34.097Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# 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%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 78%)

### 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 affect
- Exclamatory punctuation
- Slightly run-on compound construction ('hotel-jobs!')

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 35%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 22%

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

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> 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.

Sources: GSA public records; general knowledge

> 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.

Sources: general knowledge

> 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%

## Tags

- achievement_announcement (90%)
- narcissistic_supply_seeking (65%)
- dealmaker_identity (85%)
- populist_framing (50%)
- authentic_authorship (78%)
- grandiose_state (55%)
- business_real_estate (95%)
- pre_political_period (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). We.signed our deal to take over the historic Old... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_364530078895837184
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "We.signed our deal to take over the historic Old Post..." X (Twitter), 5 Aug. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_364530078895837184. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "We.signed our deal to take over the historic Old Post...," X (Twitter), August 5, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_364530078895837184.

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