# Post x_367976526958321664 - Post ID: `x_367976526958321664` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2013-08-15T11:50:15.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @Tommyguns11 - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_367976526958321664 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_367976526958321664/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_367976526958321664.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text _Quotes @Tommyguns11, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @Tommyguns11's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._ > "@Tommyguns11: @realDonaldTrump stop talking and run in 2016! If your name is on that ballot, you've go my vote! #MakeItHappen #FixAmerica" ## Engagement - Likes: 30 - Reposts: 22 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.284Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-23T01:48:05.749Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ # Post Analysis: x_367976526958321664 | 2013-08-15 ## Overview A retweet of a fan's entreaty for Trump to run in 2016. No original Trump text beyond the amplification. Low psychological intensity; high documentary value as an early data point in the cultivation of a presidential candidacy narrative. --- ## Authorship Attribution **Verdict:** Likely authentic (moderate confidence) UTC 11:50:15 → **7:50 AM EDT** in New York. This falls within Trump's documented early-morning posting window. The behavior — retweeting raw fan adulation with no editorial addition — is a signature authentic pattern. Aide-generated content from this period tends toward announcements, promotions, or complete-sentence commentary. The absence of polish here, and the purely supply-seeking function, points toward Trump himself curating his morning feedback loop. --- ## Level 1: Dispositional Traits Insufficient original text to assess Big Five facets in isolation. The selection of *this* tweet to amplify — over hundreds of daily mentions — is consistent with high **extraversion** (excitement-seeking, positive affect from public attention) and low **agreeableness** (the implicit grandiosity of "only you can fix America" goes uncontested). --- ## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Dominant motive: Power/Status via supply-seeking** The post reveals a characteristic adaptation: *passive grandiosity harvesting*. Rather than asserting his own fitness for the presidency, Trump lets fans make the argument. This satisfies the power motive (being positioned as indispensable) while preserving the communion-adjacent appearance of responsiveness to the people. The schema at work: *I am so obviously needed that others articulate it for me.* The same-day cluster of retweets (fan DVR-ing his interview, fan wearing Trump merchandise, fan greeting) confirms this is a systematic morning supply-collection routine, not incidental engagement. --- ## Level 3: Narrative Identity **Protagonist role:** Reluctant savior, called to serve **Narrative sequence:** Neutral-to-redemptive — the implicit story is national contamination (decline) awaiting Trump's arrival as the corrective force. **Identity claim (via endorsement):** *I am the singular figure capable of fixing America.* **Contrasting other:** Not yet specified in this post, but the #FixAmerica hashtag implies an incumbent or establishment failure against which Trump is positioned. The Pete Rose tweet from the same morning is worth noting longitudinally: Trump advocates for a figure who broke institutional rules, faced permanent sanction, but (in Trump's framing) has "paid a big price" and deserves reinstatement. This may reflect a pre-conscious identification with norm-violators who demand institutional rehabilitation — a theme that will become more explicit post-2020. --- ## Level 4: Clinical Indicators ### Narcissistic Dynamics - **Trigger:** Supply-seeking (routine) - **State:** Grandiose - **Rage:** Absent - **Defense:** Idealization via proxy — the fan's framing ("you're the only one") is amplified without correction, implicitly endorsing the grandiose self-concept ### Malignant Narcissism Components (this post only) | Component | Signal | Rating | |---|---|---| | Narcissistic features | Moderate (supply-seeking, grandiosity by proxy) | 0.50 | | Antisocial features | Absent | 0.10 | | Paranoid features | Absent | 0.00 | | Ego-syntonic sadism | Absent | 0.00 | No concerning clinical elevation in this post. Behavior falls within normal political self-promotion range, though the pattern across the full day's posts suggests systematic audience cultivation rather than casual engagement. --- ## Rhetorical Analysis The retweet is a low-cost, high-yield rhetorical instrument: 1. **Manufactured organic demand** — amplifying fan calls to run creates the appearance of grassroots pressure rather than personal ambition 2. **Reluctant-hero positioning** — the imperative mood of the original ("stop talking and *run*") implies Trump is already qualified and merely withholding; candidacy becomes an act of generosity to the public 3. **Declinist frame by hashtag** — #FixAmerica encodes a national-decline narrative that Trump need not articulate; the fan does the rhetorical work 4. **Parasocial reciprocity loop** — the retweeted fan feels recognized; other followers see themselves in that fan; the leader appears accessible and responsive --- ## Danger Assessment **Level: None** No eliminationist language, no dehumanization, no mobilization signal. Routine political positioning. --- ## Summary *Not clinically significant as a standalone post.* Documentarily significant as an early 2013 instance of Trump systematically cultivating a 2016 presidential candidacy narrative through fan amplification. The mechanism — retweeting calls to run rather than announcing candidacy directly — is psychologically efficient: it positions him as responding to popular demand (communion frame) while serving a power motive (grandiose supply). The same-day cluster of similar retweets suggests this is not incidental but a practiced morning routine of narcissistic supply collection. No rage, no paranoia, no danger indicators. Authorship is likely authentic based on the 7:50 AM local timestamp and the unpolished, zero-editorial-effort format typical of Trump's personal engagement style. ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 65%) ### Indicators - 7:50 AM EDT posting time — early morning, within Trump's documented authentic window - Simple retweet format with no original prose, limiting stylometric signal - Content is fan-praise amplification, a well-documented authentic Trump behavior - No aide-typical markers: no event announcements, no polished complete sentences ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Fan base on Twitter) Sentiment: +0.55 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 50% - Antisocial: 10% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - idealization (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Direct fan engagement through retweet amplification creates illusion of reciprocal relationship - Selective curation of praise signals to followers which emotional frame (Trump-as-savior) is endorsed ## Tags - supply-seeking (85%) - grandiose-state (60%) - 2016-presidential-signaling (90%) - reluctant-hero-narrative (80%) - parasocial-reciprocity (70%) - fan-amplification (75%) - morning-supply-collection (65%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Pre-Candidate Trump Spends a Placid Summer Day Collecting Flattery and Testing Presidential Messaging** A busy but emotionally flat day of Twitter activity, almost entirely spent retweeting fan praise, thanking followers, and promoting his brand. The closest thing to a policy agenda appeared in bursts — demanding a Benghazi committee, mocking Obama, and answering a hypothetical about his first act as president ("Terminate Obamacare!"). Two minor flashes of irritation surfaced: one at a user who called his presidential ambitions a publicity stunt, and another in his long-running feud with Scotland's leader over wind turbines near his golf course. Overall, the day reads as a contented man auditioning for a political role he hadn't yet committed to. Full digest for 2013-08-15: https://trump.fm/date/2013-08-15/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, August 15). "@Tommyguns11: @realDonaldTrump stop talking and... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_367976526958321664 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@Tommyguns11: @realDonaldTrump stop talking and run in..." X (Twitter), 15 Aug. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_367976526958321664. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@Tommyguns11: @realDonaldTrump stop talking and run in...," X (Twitter), August 15, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_367976526958321664. ## For agents - Site overview: https://trump.fm/llms.txt - API specification: https://trump.fm/openapi.json - MCP server: https://trump.fm/mcp (search and fetch tools, no auth) - This post as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/posts/x_367976526958321664 - Analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/x_367976526958321664 - All citation formats: https://trump.fm/api/cite/x_367976526958321664 - Same day: https://trump.fm/date/2013-08-15 - The record alone, without the analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_367976526958321664.md?analysis=false _Markdown view of a trump.fm page. Post, analysis, date, feed, contradictions, search and about pages answer in markdown at their URL with `.md` appended (`/index.md` for the home page), or when sent `Accept: text/markdown`._