# Post x_365895330866274305 - Post ID: `x_365895330866274305` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2013-08-09T18:00:19.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_365895330866274305 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_365895330866274305/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_365895330866274305.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > I will be addressing a fantastic Ames crowd at tomorrow's @bobvanderplaats’ @theFAMiLYLEADER Leadership Summit http://t.co/kWP1FV0eY9 ## Engagement - Likes: 11 - Reposts: 18 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.287Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-23T01:39:04.262Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ # Analysis: x_365895330866274305 — August 9, 2013 ## Overview A low-intensity, aide-authored event announcement. Trump is scheduled to speak at the Family Leader Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa — hosted by Bob Vander Plaats, the dominant figure in Iowa evangelical Republican primary politics. This post is clinically unremarkable but contextually significant as an early data point in Trump's pre-candidacy evangelical outreach pattern. --- ## Authorship Attribution **Verdict: Aide-authored (confidence: high)** The post was published at 18:00 UTC = 2:00 PM EDT (New York) / 1:00 PM CDT (Iowa). This falls squarely within business hours by any relevant timezone. Additional aide indicators: complete grammar, no typos, proper dual-@ attribution to both Vander Plaats personally and The Family Leader organization, and a cleanly appended URL consistent with a scheduled/drafted workflow. The single Trumpism — "fantastic Ames crowd" — is notable but insufficient to override the structural evidence. It is plausibly a deliberate voice-preservation insertion by the aide (likely Dan Scavino or equivalent) to simulate authenticity while maintaining the polished format. --- ## Psychological State **Trigger:** Supply-seeking / political positioning. No narcissistic injury evident. **Narcissistic State:** Mildly grandiose — anticipatory rather than reactive. The phrase "fantastic Ames crowd" is applied to an audience that has not yet assembled, reflecting characteristic projective grandiosity: the crowd's quality is assumed in advance, pre-validating the speaker's importance rather than responding to actual admiration received. **Motive:** Agency-dominant (status). This post is best understood within Trump's 2013 political positioning pattern — repeatedly testing evangelical conservative audiences in early-primary states without formal candidacy. The Family Leader Summit appearance was part of a systematic courtship of Iowa's evangelical infrastructure that would prove essential to the 2016 primary. --- ## Level 3: Narrative Identity Trump casts himself as a **sought-after figure** — not a candidate requesting an audience, but a speaker being welcomed. The framing subtly positions him above the event rather than within it. No contrasting other is named; the post is pure self-elevation through association. --- ## Rhetorical Analysis Minimal complexity. One notable device: **anticipatory hyperbole** ("fantastic Ames crowd") — a pre-event superlative that frames the audience positively before any interaction, borrowing reflected glory. Institutional **social proof** via @ tagging of Vander Plaats and The Family Leader. No adversarial framing, no targets, no dehumanizing language. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Trump addressing a crowd at the Family Leader Leadership Summit in Ames" | **True** | The Family Leader, led by Bob Vander Plaats, regularly hosted candidate forums and leadership summits in Iowa during this period. Trump appeared at the August 2013 Family Leader Presidential Lecture Series, consistent with documented public records of his early Iowa political outreach. | Overall Veracity: 100% ## Longitudinal Context The same-day post cluster reveals the managed persona mix of 2013-era Trump: golf celebrity (congratulating Justin Rose and Adam Scott — likely timed to the PGA Championship), anti-wind-farm activist (Scottish golf course adjacent), and evangelical political aspirant. The Brody File reshare ("bold and transparent") earlier the same day mirrors this post's evangelical positioning — both were likely coordinated by the same aide operation. --- ## Danger Assessment **None.** No threat indicators of any kind present. ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 15%) ### Indicators - 18:00 UTC = 2:00 PM EDT (New York) / 1:00 PM CDT (Iowa) — squarely within business hours - No typos or misspellings - Complete, grammatically correct sentence - Standard event-announcement format with proper dual-@ attribution - URL appended cleanly — consistent with scheduled/drafted tweet workflow ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Evangelical conservative audience in Iowa early-primary context) Sentiment: +0.45 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 20% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 20% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Anticipatory crowd-flattery ('fantastic Ames crowd') invites followers to vicariously share in expected admiration - Implicit self-elevation through association with high-status evangelical organizational brand ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-23._ > Trump addressing a crowd at the Family Leader Leadership Summit in Ames **TRUE** The Family Leader, led by Bob Vander Plaats, regularly hosted candidate forums and leadership summits in Iowa during this period. Trump appeared at the August 2013 Family Leader Presidential Lecture Series, consistent with documented public records of his early Iowa political outreach. Sources: General knowledge of Iowa evangelical primary politics 2013 Overall Veracity: 100% ## Tags - aide-authored (90%) - event-announcement (95%) - iowa-evangelical (85%) - supply-seeking (60%) - pre-candidacy-signaling (75%) - anticipatory-grandiosity (50%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Grandiose Stability With Targeted Bursts: Chuck Todd Devaluation and Scottish Wind Turbine Obsession Define the Day** A routine day of self-promotion and fan engagement was punctuated by two sharp but brief attack sequences — one targeting a TV host for insufficient deference, the other targeting Scotland's leader over wind farms near Trump's golf course. Trump spent much of the day retweeting praise, thanking followers, and promoting his brand while mixing in Obama criticism and gleeful mockery of Anthony Weiner's political collapse. The wind energy topic surfaced repeatedly throughout the day, always framed as environmental concern while concealing a direct financial interest. Overall mood was confident and combative without any sustained escalation. Full digest for 2013-08-09: https://trump.fm/date/2013-08-09/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, August 9). I will be addressing a fantastic Ames crowd at... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_365895330866274305 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I will be addressing a fantastic Ames crowd at tomorrow's..." X (Twitter), 9 Aug. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_365895330866274305. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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