# Post x_367215878943043600 - Post ID: `x_367215878943043600` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2013-08-13T13:27:42.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_367215878943043600 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_367215878943043600/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_367215878943043600.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > ""@AnneLewisChicag: Fool Donald Trump once, shame on you. Fool Donald Trump twice... well, you can’t fool him a second time! ## Engagement - Likes: 0 - Reposts: 17 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:24.901Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-23T01:45:42.096Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Summary This post exemplifies narcissistic supply-seeking via fan-retweet amplification, a behavioral pattern densely exhibited in Trump's early Twitter activity. The rhetorical core is a subverted proverb: the classic 'fool me twice, shame on me' self-critical clause is excised and replaced with an assertion of categorical immunity to deception, lending folk-wisdom authority to a grandiose self-flattery claim. The retweet mechanism — broadcasting rather than stating — achieves the psychological benefit of explicit praise while maintaining one degree of plausible deniability. Psychologically, the post is routine maintenance-mode supply acquisition: no injury trigger, no rage, no threat present. The surrounding August 13 posts are more clinically rich — particularly the ALL CAPS threat ('HE HITS BACK REALLY HARD!') in response to a joking 'I want to slap Trump' tweet, which reveals hair-trigger defensive reactivity beneath the grandiose surface. Together, the day's cluster illustrates the oscillation between grandiose supply-seeking and rapid injury-triggered aggression characteristic of narcissistic personality organization. This post's primary value is as 2013 baseline documentation: coherent, structurally simple, behaviorally consistent with the period. # Psychological Analysis: August 13, 2013 — Fan Retweet, Proverb of Invulnerability ## Authorship Rated **moderately authentic** (0.65). Posted at 9:27 AM EDT, technically business hours, but the morning's posting cluster (casual greeting, multiple fan retweets, an ALL CAPS retaliatory outburst) is behaviorally consistent with a personally active Twitter session. Retweeting adulation is one of the most documented and reliable signatures of authentic Trump social media behavior in this period. --- ## Level 1: Dispositional Traits The selection and amplification of this particular fan tweet is diagnostic for **low agreeableness** (implicit superiority over those who might be fooled), **high extraversion** (public self-promotion), and **low openness** (framing of self as fixed, invulnerable, beyond the reach of deception — a closed, defended psychic structure). --- ## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Dominant motive: power and status.** The modified proverb positions Trump at the apex of a dominance hierarchy defined by epistemic superiority — he alone cannot be deceived. This is supply-seeking in maintenance mode: no injury has occurred, no threat is present. This is routine identity-reinforcement. --- ## Level 3: Narrative Identity **Protagonist role:** The Undeceivable King — a figure whose acuity is so total that the normal human vulnerability to deception simply does not apply. This contributes to the mythologized self-narrative visible across this period: Trump as a being apart, immune to the weaknesses that afflict ordinary people. **Identity claims:** I am categorically different from those who can be fooled. Fool me once is itself an anomaly; a second time is structurally impossible. **Contrasting other:** The unnamed, general class of people who *can* be fooled twice — implicitly, everyone else. --- ## Level 4: Clinical Indicators **Malignant Narcissism:** Narcissistic features are present and notable (grandiosity, belief in special status, implicit superiority) but at moderate level for this period. The post is mild relative to the adjacent same-day post in which he responds to a joking "I want to slap Trump" tweet with an ALL CAPS threat that "HE HITS BACK REALLY HARD!" — that post is the more clinically salient item in this cluster. **Defense mechanisms:** - *Idealization* (immature): Fan retweet functions as an idealized mirror, endorsing a grandiose self-image via proxy. - *Rationalization* (neurotic): Proverb structure provides logical scaffolding that normalizes the extraordinary self-flattery. --- ## Cognitive Status 2013 posts serve as a useful **baseline** for longitudinal comparison. No markers of word-finding difficulty, tangentiality, or incoherence. The selected fan tweet is crisp, coherent, and structurally elegant. Complexity is consistent with this period. --- ## Rhetorical Analysis The central rhetorical move is **proverb subversion**: the classic folk wisdom that assigns self-blame to the twice-fooled is rewritten to assign immunity to the subject. Retweeting rather than stating directly is a **surrogate self-promotion** technique — the subject achieves the psychological benefit of explicit praise while maintaining one degree of plausible deniability. --- ## Danger Assessment **None.** No targets, no grievances, no implied action. Routine supply-seeking behavior. --- ## Summary This post is a characteristic instance of narcissistic supply-seeking via fan-retweet amplification — a pattern densely exhibited in Trump's early Twitter activity. The proverb subversion is rhetorically notable: by endorsing the fan's rewrite of 'fool me once, shame on me,' the subject broadcasts a claim of categorical invulnerability to deception while preserving the surface appearance of merely affirming a supporter. The post is psychologically unremarkable in isolation; its value is as baseline documentation. The more clinically significant item in this day's cluster is the immediate retaliatory ALL CAPS response to a joking 'slap' comment, which reveals hypersensitive defensive reactivity beneath the grandiose surface. Taken together, the August 13 cluster illustrates the oscillation between grandiose maintenance-mode supply-seeking and rapid injury-triggered defensive aggression characteristic of the narcissistic behavioral pattern documented across this period. ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 65%) ### Indicators - Posted at 9:27 AM EDT (UTC-4, New York summer), which falls within business hours and could suggest aide involvement - However, retweeting fan flattery with implicit endorsement is a well-documented authentic Trump behavior pattern from this era - Surrounding posts on same day are clearly authentic (ALL CAPS outburst, casual 'Good morning, I'm going to work!') - No typos, but retweets of short compliments rarely contain them regardless of author - The content is perfectly calibrated to serve narcissistic supply — more motive for Trump himself than a staffer ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Fan tweet @AnneLewisChicag) Sentiment: +0.72 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 60% - Antisocial: 5% - Paranoid: 10% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - idealization (immature) - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 32% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Retweeting fan as proxy affirmation — the subject signals agreement with the compliment while maintaining one degree of separation - Implicit invitation for followers to share the flattering frame, amplifying the supply loop ## Tags - narcissistic-supply-seeking (85%) - retweet-as-surrogate-boast (80%) - proverb-subversion (75%) - grandiose-identity-maintenance (70%) - 2013-baseline (60%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Huffington Obsession Consumes a 60-Post Day as Trump Oscillates Between Rage Bursts and Supply Harvesting** Trump spent the day locked in a prolonged feud with Arianna Huffington and the Huffington Post, firing off personal attacks across multiple sessions from late evening through the following afternoon. Between rage bursts, he enthusiastically retweeted fans floating a 2016 presidential run, collecting flattery with brief, warm replies. An early-morning session before 6 AM included disproportionate attacks on anonymous users -- calling one a "LOSER" and warning another that "HE HITS BACK REALLY HARD" -- before the day settled into calmer promotional and political content. The Huffington Post grudge never fully resolved, resurfacing in the afternoon with fresh jabs hours after the initial provocation. Full digest for 2013-08-13: https://trump.fm/date/2013-08-13/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, August 13). ""@AnneLewisChicag: Fool Donald Trump once, shame... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_367215878943043600 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. """@AnneLewisChicag: Fool Donald Trump once, shame on you...." X (Twitter), 13 Aug. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_367215878943043600. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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