# Post x_366790107002437632 - Post ID: `x_366790107002437632` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2013-08-12T05:15:50.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @RonnaKirkland - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_366790107002437632 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_366790107002437632/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_366790107002437632.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text _Quotes @RonnaKirkland, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @RonnaKirkland's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._ > "@RonnaKirkland: @realDonaldTrump Send some ties to Eric Bolling. He needs them." @ericbolling is this so? ## Engagement - Likes: 5 - Reposts: 3 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.287Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-23T01:42:37.556Z (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 12, 2013 — Tie Promotion Tweet ## Authorship Attribution **Local Time:** UTC 05:15:50 → EDT (UTC−4) = **01:15 AM**, New York City. Prior tweets confirm Trump was in New York on August 11 ("in New York we can't watch the PGA Championship on CBS"). Early-morning timing (1:15 AM) is a strong authentic-Trump indicator. The post also exhibits characteristic authentic markers: extra whitespace/irregular spacing ("He needs them." @ericbolling), stream-of-consciousness chaining of a RT + playful direct question, and an impulsive, conversational quality. **High confidence: authentic Trump.** --- ## Multi-Level Personality Analysis ### Level 1: Dispositional Traits A trivially brief, playful post; trait expression is minimal. What is visible: mild **extraversion** (jovial public engagement), very low **neuroticism** (no hostility, no threat), and a hint of **low agreeableness** in the self-promotional framing (his tie brand is implicitly the solution being referenced). No deliberation evident. ### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations - **Agency motive (status/achievement):** Even in a casual exchange, Trump steers toward brand promotion. The Trump tie line was an active commercial product at this time; the RT is a soft advertisement dressed as humor. - **Supply-seeking:** The playful "@ericbolling is this so?" invites public engagement and positions Trump as a generous benefactor with desirable goods. Low-intensity supply-seeking through social charm. - **Schema:** Self = purveyor of luxury goods; others = potential recipients of his largesse. ### Level 3: Narrative Identity - **Protagonist role:** Benevolent provider / brand ambassador. Even in frivolous banter, Trump's identity centers on what *he* has to offer. - **No redemption or contamination sequence** present; this is a neutral-to-positive maintenance post. - **Identity claim:** "I make/sell quality ties; people want them." - **No contrasting other** of consequence. ### Level 4: Clinical Indicators No clinically significant indicators in this post. The content is too thin and benign to support meaningful inference. No rage, no paranoia, no grandiosity beyond routine brand-identity maintenance. --- ## Cognitive Status Post is extremely brief. Syntactic complexity is minimal by design (casual Twitter register). The extra whitespace between the RT close-quote and the @ericbolling tag is a consistent authentic-Trump formatting artifact, not a cognitive marker. No word-finding difficulty, paraphasia, or temporal confusion detectable. Baseline deviation: **none.** --- ## Rhetorical Analysis - **Self-promotion by proxy:** Using a follower's suggestion to draw attention to his commercial brand without directly advertising. - **Humor/levity:** Playful question to a public figure; creates engagement loop. - **Parasocial warmth:** Retweeting a follower suggestion creates the impression of a responsive, accessible persona. - No dehumanizing language, no violent imagery, no stochastic elements. --- ## Danger Assessment **None.** Post is entirely benign commercial/social banter. --- ## Contextual Notes The surrounding posts on Aug 11–12 show Trump focused on a cable TV dispute (Time Warner/CBS, PGA Championship blackout) and retweeting compliments about Trump Tower. The period is low-stakes for Trump personally — no major legal, political, or reputational threats are evident in the known events. Obama's Martha's Vineyard vacation and NSA reform announcement dominate political news; Trump is entirely disengaged from serious events here, consistent with his pre-campaign persona of an attention-seeking celebrity businessman. --- ## Summary Not clinically significant. **No summary generated.** ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 88%) ### Indicators - 1:15 AM local New York time — characteristic late-night authentic window - Irregular whitespace/spacing artifact consistent with authentic Trump formatting - Stream-of-consciousness RT + playful follow-up question, unpolished - No grammatical polish or event-announcement structure of aide-written posts ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (follower suggestion (RonnaKirkland)) Sentiment: +0.45 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 10% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 10% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Retweeting follower to simulate accessibility and warmth - Playful direct question to celebrity to generate public engagement loop ## Tags - brand-promotion (80%) - celebrity-banter (70%) - authentic-authorship (90%) - late-night-post (80%) - supply-seeking-mild (30%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **A Quiet Day of Fan Engagement and Self-Promotion With Zero Conflict** Trump spent a low-key Monday retweeting fan praise and responding with brief thanks, punctuated by a couple of self-quoting book excerpts and a congrats to PGA winner Jason Dufner. The mood was uniformly positive and self-satisfied with no hint of conflict, grievance, or reaction to the day's news. A small cluster of late-night replies around 1 AM suggests he was up late but otherwise the day was unremarkable. Full digest for 2013-08-12: https://trump.fm/date/2013-08-12/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, August 12). "@RonnaKirkland: @realDonaldTrump Send some ties... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_366790107002437632 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@RonnaKirkland: @realDonaldTrump Send some ties to Eric..." X (Twitter), 12 Aug. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_366790107002437632. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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