# Post x_366541454174208000 - Post ID: `x_366541454174208000` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2013-08-11T12:47:47.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_366541454174208000 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_366541454174208000/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_366541454174208000.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > @theFAMiLYLEADER It was great being with you last night - fantastic people, and Bob V is special!!! ## Engagement - Likes: 1 - Reposts: 1 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.287Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-23T01:40:55.013Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ # Analysis: August 11, 2013 — @theFAMiLYLEADER Reply ## Context This post is a morning-after public thank-you to The Family Leader, a prominent Iowa social conservative organization led by Bob Vander Plaats ("Bob V"). The timing aligns with Trump's active courtship of Iowa evangelical gatekeepers ahead of what would become his 2016 presidential run. On the same morning, Trump was managing his ABC *This Week* interview with Jonathan Karl, expressing preemptive concern about editorial fairness — suggesting a day of deliberate political positioning. ## Level 1: Dispositional Traits **Extraversion** is most salient — positive affect, warmth display, and gregariousness are foregrounded. **Agreeableness** appears elevated in this post, though context suggests this is situationally performed rather than dispositionally authentic. **Conscientiousness** is minimal; the post is impulsive and brief rather than deliberate. ## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations Dominant motive here is **power/agency through alliance-building**. The encounter with The Family Leader is instrumental: Vander Plaats functions as an Iowa kingmaker for Republican presidential primaries. Praising him publicly the morning after a private meeting converts a social contact into a public endorsement signal. There is negligible communion motive present. ## Level 3: Narrative Identity Trump casts himself as a **networker of special people** — a man who moves among the notable and influential. The praise of others ("Bob V is special!!!") is a form of reflected grandiosity: his own status is affirmed by the quality of those who seek him out. The narrative is one of easy access and mutual admiration, consistent with his self-construction as perpetually welcomed by the powerful. ## Level 4: Clinical Indicators No acute clinical markers. This post is subclinical in all assessed dimensions. Malignant narcissism features are essentially absent in this context. The effusive language pattern (triple exclamation, superlative stacking) is consistent with Trump's authenticated baseline and does not indicate elevated psychological arousal. ## Authorship Lean authentic (72% confidence). The triple exclamation point, stacked superlatives, and informal reply format match Trump's personal voice. The same morning includes a post with a clear typo ('intetview'), indicating Trump was personally active. The 8:47 AM Eastern timestamp is borderline but within the plausible personal-use window. ## Cognitive Status Within normal baseline parameters for this period. Simple sentence structure, coherent, no word-finding difficulty or paraphasia. Complexity score is inherently low given the brevity and social function of the post — not diagnostically meaningful. ## Danger Assessment **None.** Entirely benign networking post. ## Summary *Null — post does not meet threshold for clinical significance.* ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 72%) ### Indicators - Triple exclamation marks ('special!!!') match authentic Trump punctuation patterns - Superlative vocabulary ('fantastic,' 'special') consistent with Trump's lexical habits - Brief, informal, non-structured reply format typical of personal engagement - Same morning cluster includes 'intetview' typo post suggesting Trump was personally active on Twitter - UTC 12:47:47 = 8:47 AM Eastern — borderline business hours but early enough to be pre-staff window ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (The Family Leader / Bob Vander Plaats (Iowa social conservative network)) Sentiment: +0.87 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 20% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 15% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Public praise of named individual to cement private relationship publicly - Broadcasting social access to signal status and desirability ## Tags - relationship_cultivation (85%) - iowa_evangelicals (80%) - supply_seeking (60%) - authentic_authorship (72%) - pre_2016_positioning (75%) - reflected_grandiosity (45%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Sunday Morning Victory Lap: ABC Interview Draws a Flood of Curated Praise** Trump spent a quiet Sunday basking in the afterglow of two appearances -- an ABC "This Week" interview that morning and a speech to The Family Leader in Iowa the night before. The day followed a predictable arc: early anxiety about whether the interview would be "fairly edited" gave way to satisfaction once it aired favorably, followed by hours of retweeting supporters who called him "the only candidate" and praised his performance. The only flash of irritation came when someone questioned his finances. Otherwise it was a low-key day of self-promotion, cable TV complaints about the PGA Championship blackout, and the quiet cultivation of a political brand still two years from its formal launch. Full digest for 2013-08-11: https://trump.fm/date/2013-08-11/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, August 11). @theFAMiLYLEADER It was great being with you last... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_366541454174208000 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "@theFAMiLYLEADER It was great being with you last night -..." X (Twitter), 11 Aug. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_366541454174208000. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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