# Post x_365554681281384450 - Post ID: `x_365554681281384450` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2013-08-08T23:26:42.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_365554681281384450 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_365554681281384450/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_365554681281384450.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > For all of those who have been asking about online sales, the Donald J. Trump Signature Collection ties &, shirts are sold @Macys.com ## Engagement - Likes: 0 - Reposts: 19 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:24.902Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-23T01:39:36.108Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Analysis: Commercial Brand Promotion Post (2013-08-08) ### Overview A brief, commercially promotional tweet directing followers to Trump's clothing line at Macy's. The post is low psychological salience and lacks the emotional reactivity, grandiosity, or threat-targeting characteristic of clinically significant Trump posts. It warrants analysis primarily for authorship attribution and as longitudinal baseline data for his 2013 Twitter behavior. --- ### Authorship Attribution **Local Time Conversion:** August 2013 places Trump most likely in New York (primary residence; no evidence of travel). UTC 23:26:42 converts to **19:26:42 EDT** (7:26 PM local). This falls within extended business hours — consistent with aide posting windows. **Encoding Artifact:** The string "ties &, shirts" is a malformed HTML entity. The intended text was "ties & shirts," but "&" (the HTML escape for "&") was partially entered with a misplaced comma, suggesting copy-paste from an HTML-formatted source without proper rendering. This type of error is consistent with both an inattentive aide copying from a web template and with Trump himself pasting raw HTML text without awareness of entity encoding. It marginally favors authentic posting given the carelessness, but the commercial register and complete-sentence structure favor aide authorship. **Prior post context:** The same day includes several authentic-Trump markers — a retweeted compliment capped with "I am the BEST, thx" (impulsive first-person interjection), birthday acknowledgments, and wind farm retweets. This Macy's post is stylistically distinct — more polished, commercially formatted — suggesting a staff handoff for brand content. **Verdict:** Likely aide-written (Scavino or communications staff), medium confidence. The timing and polished commercial register outweigh the encoding error as an authenticity signal. --- ### Level 1: Dispositional Traits The post reveals little. Modest extraversion (public-facing brand promotion), low visible neuroticism, no apparent agreeableness or antagonism. Conscientiousness-adjacent in its organized commercial purpose. --- ### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Agency motives:** Brand equity maintenance — the clothing line extends the Trump name as a commercial signifier of status. Even routine commerce is identity-laden; "Donald J. Trump Signature Collection" foregrounds the name as product. **Supply type:** Ambient, diffuse. No direct admiration solicitation, but commercial visibility sustains ego-extension through brand penetration. **Social proof construction:** "For all of those who have been asking about online sales" presupposes high demand, implying the brand is sought-after. This framing — even in aide-written content — reflects a consistent schema: Trump-adjacent products are in demand because Trump is important. --- ### Level 3: Narrative Identity Minimal narrative content. The brand name ("Signature Collection") performs low-level identity work — branding himself as a tastemaker, businessman, aspirational figure. No redemption or contamination sequences. Protagonist role: successful entrepreneur whose products consumers actively pursue. --- ### Level 4: Clinical Indicators No clinically significant indicators in this post. The post is too sparse and commercially formulaic to yield meaningful clinical signal. --- ### Rhetorical & Propaganda Techniques - **Implied demand / social proof:** "For all of those who have been asking" — frames the post as responsive to public appetite rather than unsolicited promotion - **Brand name saturation:** Full formal brand name ("Donald J. Trump Signature Collection") maximizes name exposure in a single short post - No dehumanizing language, no violent imagery, no fear appeals --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Donald J. Trump Signature Collection ties & shirts are sold @Macys.com" | **True** | Trump maintained a clothing line sold through Macy's from approximately 2004 until July 2015, when Macy's terminated the partnership following Trump's June 2015 comments about Mexican immigrants during his presidential announcement. The claim is accurate for August 2013. | Overall Veracity: 100% ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 25%) ### Indicators - 7:26 PM EDT timestamp falls within business hours favoring aide posting window - Complete, grammatically structured sentences unlike stream-of-consciousness authentic posts - Commercial promotional register consistent with staff-drafted brand content - Malformed HTML entity '&,' suggests careless copy-paste from formatted source — slight authentic indicator but outweighed by other signals - No typos, ALL CAPS, or emotional reactivity characteristic of authentic Trump posts ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Maintenance Sentiment: +0.25 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 10% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 25% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Implied demand construction ('for all of those who have been asking') — positions Trump as responsive to follower needs while reinforcing brand desirability ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-23._ > Donald J. Trump Signature Collection ties & shirts are sold @Macys.com **TRUE** Trump maintained a clothing line sold through Macy's from approximately 2004 until July 2015, when Macy's terminated the partnership following Trump's June 2015 comments about Mexican immigrants during his presidential announcement. The claim is accurate for August 2013. Sources: General knowledge of Trump-Macy's commercial relationship 2004-2015 Overall Veracity: 100% ## Tags - brand-promotion (90%) - Macys (80%) - aide-authored (60%) - supply-seeking-ambient (30%) - commercial (90%) - baseline-noise (80%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **A Quiet Day of Brand Polish and Praise Collection, With a Brief Scottish Grudge Flare** Trump spent a routine day retweeting compliments, promoting his product lines, and quoting his own books. The only flash of real feeling came in a brief mid-afternoon cluster about Scottish wind farms, where he called politician Alex Salmond a "moron" who is "killing" the Scottish people -- a long-running personal grievance dressed up as populist concern. He stayed up past 2 AM replying to fans, plugged his upcoming Iowa political event, and pushed Macy's tie sales twice. A low-energy, brand-maintenance kind of day. Full digest for 2013-08-08: https://trump.fm/date/2013-08-08/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, August 8). For all of those who have been asking about... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_365554681281384450 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "For all of those who have been asking about online sales,..." X (Twitter), 8 Aug. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_365554681281384450. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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