# Post x_368347034837086208

- Post ID: `x_368347034837086208`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-08-16T12:22:31.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @Sjblueyes
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_368347034837086208
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_368347034837086208/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_368347034837086208.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

_Quotes @Sjblueyes, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @Sjblueyes's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._

> "@Sjblueyes: @realDonaldTrump you've got the vote of most Americans who want to see our great country re-stored to be the greatest country!

## Engagement

- Likes: 11
- Reposts: 24
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.284Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-23T02:04:00.749Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Retweet of Presidential Support — August 16, 2013

## Overview

This post is a bare retweet (RT) of a fan expressing support for a Trump presidential run, with no appended commentary. As original content, it is essentially null — its psychological significance lies entirely in *what Trump chose to amplify*, which itself is analytically rich.

## Authorship Attribution

**Local time:** UTC 12:22:31 → EDT (UTC−4) = **8:22 AM**, New York City (Trump Tower, his base during non-Mar-a-Lago summer months in this period).

Early morning, not late night. The format — a bare retweet with zero appended text — is ambiguous. However, the day's surrounding posts exhibit a clear *curation pattern*: multiple sequential retweets of users calling for Trump to run for president. This thematic clustering (presidential aspiration messaging, admiration of his business acumen, laments about Atlantic City) suggests either Trump personally curating his supply or a coordinated aide effort to signal presidential interest. The lack of any original text or typos, combined with the business-hours timing, slightly favors aide involvement, though Trump was known in this period to personally manage his retweet queue. Confidence: **low** — insufficient stylometric signal in a bare RT.

## Narcissistic Supply-Seeking (Primary Function)

The dominant psychological function is **supply acquisition by proxy**. Rather than self-aggrandizing directly, the retweet format allows Trump to broadcast claims about himself — "vote of most Americans," "greatest country" — while maintaining plausible deniability. This is a structurally elegant supply mechanism: the admiration comes from an ostensibly independent third party, lending it social-proof legitimacy, while the subject controls amplification entirely.

The day's RT pattern reveals a **supply-gathering session**: multiple fans being surfaced who explicitly call for a Trump presidency. This is consistent with Trump's documented pre-campaign behavior (2011–2015) of cultivating a presidential narrative without formal commitment. The audience is being conditioned to associate Trump with presidential viability through repetition and social proof accumulation.

## Level 3: Narrative Identity

The chosen retweet advances a specific mythological frame: **the hero being summoned by the people**. The fan's syntax — "you've got the vote," "will you please answer the call" (from a co-occurring RT) — positions Trump as a reluctant savior whose obligation to serve is demanded by a grateful populace. This is the classic *noblesse oblige* inversion: not Trump seeking power, but power being thrust upon a uniquely qualified individual by popular mandate.

The phrase "re-stored to be the greatest country" is worth noting. The hyphenation of "re-stored" subtly invokes *restoration* — a return to a prior golden state — which prefigures the "Make America Great Again" temporal logic Trump would formalize two years later. The narrative architecture is already present in 2013.

## Psychological State and Trigger

**State:** Grandiose (stable, non-reactive). No injury trigger is present. This is **maintenance supply-seeking** — routine audience cultivation and identity reinforcement during a period of political brand construction. The emotional tone is self-satisfied rather than agitated.

**Trigger type:** Supply-seeking / maintenance. No narcissistic injury detectable.

## Defense Mechanisms

- **Proxy idealization**: Elevating the admiring other to serve ego-reinforcing function without direct boast
- **Rationalization** (structural): The retweet format rationalized as "sharing" rather than self-promotion, allowing grandiose claims by plausible indirection

No pathological defenses evident in this low-stakes post.

## Rhetorical Techniques

- **Social proof**: Amplifying individual fan as representative of "most Americans"
- **Restorationist framing**: Implicit appeal to nostalgic golden age (restoration rhetoric)
- **Supply chain curation**: Strategic selection of maximally flattering content from follower pool

No dehumanizing language, violent imagery, or stochastic terrorism indicators.

## Cognitive Assessment

Insufficient original language to evaluate. This is a bare retweet; no novel production by the subject is analyzable. Baseline comparison inapplicable.

## Contextual Note

The surrounding events on this date (Rabaa massacre, Egypt; Bradley Manning sentencing; NYC stop-and-frisk ruling) receive zero engagement in this RT cluster. The day's posts are entirely self-referential — presidential aspiration and brand-building. This selective attention to ego-relevant content over world events is consistent with documented patterns.

## Danger Assessment

**None.** Benign supply-seeking. No mobilization language, no targeting, no eliminationist content.

## Summary

Not clinically significant on a standalone basis. Post functions as routine narcissistic supply acquisition via proxy, consistent with Trump's 2011–2015 pre-campaign pattern of cultivating presidential narrative through curated retweet sessions. The restorationist language ("re-stored," "greatest country") represents early articulation of what would become the MAGA temporal frame. No acute psychological indicators; no danger signals. Analytically interesting primarily as longitudinal data point in the construction of a presidential identity mythos.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "you've got the vote of most Americans who want to see our great country re-stored" | **Unverifiable** | No polling data from August 2013 supports claim that 'most Americans' supported a Trump presidential run. Trump had not yet formally entered any race. This is fan hyperbole, not a verifiable empirical claim. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- 8:22 AM EDT — business hours, slightly favors aide
- bare retweet with zero appended text — no stylometric signal
- day's pattern shows thematic clustering suggesting coordinated curation session
- Trump personally managed retweets in this early period, ambiguating attribution

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (fan base / follower pool)

Sentiment: +0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 5%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 0%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- social proof amplification — individual fan presented as representative of majority
- reciprocal validation — fan's message amplified, implicitly rewarding loyalty and encouraging further supply

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-23._

> you've got the vote of most Americans who want to see our great country re-stored

**UNVERIFIABLE**

No polling data from August 2013 supports claim that 'most Americans' supported a Trump presidential run. Trump had not yet formally entered any race. This is fan hyperbole, not a verifiable empirical claim.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- supply-seeking (85%)
- pre-campaign narrative construction (80%)
- proxy aggrandizement (75%)
- restorationist rhetoric (70%)
- presidential aspiration (90%)
- grandiose state (40%)
- social proof curation (65%)

## That day

_From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._

**Late-Night Supply Binge and Staff-Driven Autopilot Frame a Quiet Day of Grandiose Maintenance**

Trump spent the early morning hours — well past 2 AM — retweeting fans who praised him and urged him to run for president, with only a brief flash of anger directed at Obama over Egypt. After a few hours of apparent sleep, the account shifted to bland motivational quotes and a merchandise plug, almost certainly posted by staff. The day was calm and self-congratulatory throughout, with no real escalation or notable conflict beyond a single late-night jab.

Full digest for 2013-08-16: https://trump.fm/date/2013-08-16/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, August 16). "@Sjblueyes: @realDonaldTrump you've got the vote... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_368347034837086208
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@Sjblueyes: @realDonaldTrump you've got the vote of most..." X (Twitter), 16 Aug. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_368347034837086208. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@Sjblueyes: @realDonaldTrump you've got the vote of most...," X (Twitter), August 16, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_368347034837086208.

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