# Post x_368629090720313344

- Post ID: `x_368629090720313344`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-08-17T07:03:18.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @meenah83
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_368629090720313344
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_368629090720313344/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_368629090720313344.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

_Quotes @meenah83, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @meenah83's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._

> "@meenah83: @realDonaldTrump .. Can't wait for you to be president of the United State.."   And our Country would be great.again! Thanks.

## Engagement

- Likes: 25
- Reposts: 23
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.284Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-23T02:05:06.747Z (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 17, 2013 — Proto-MAGA Supply Harvesting

## Authorship Attribution

**Local time: 3:03 AM EDT** (Trump in New York, UTC−4 in August). This firmly places the post in the late-night window characteristic of authentic Trump posting. The distinctive "great.again" punctuation error (stray period mid-phrase), casual sentence fragments, and informal "Thanks." closing are all hallmarks of unmediated, stream-of-consciousness composition. **High confidence: authentic Trump.**

## Content and Historical Significance

This post is textually modest — a fan retweet with a two-clause addendum — but historically notable. The phrase **"great.again"** represents a documented early instance of the formulation that would become the defining slogan of his 2016 campaign. In August 2013 Trump had not formally declared candidacy, yet this retweet reveals him already cultivating the "national restoration" narrative, entertaining the presidency frame, and responding warmly to followers who mirror it back at him.

## Psychological Analysis

**Trigger:** Pure supply-seeking. A follower offers admiration and presidential projection; Trump amplifies it and appends an identity claim. There is no injury, no threat, no defensive posture — this is straightforward narcissistic supply harvesting at 3 AM.

**Narcissistic State:** Mildly grandiose. The response to "can't wait for you to be president" is not deflection or modesty but tacit acceptance and elaboration ("our Country would be great again"). This is consistent with a grandiose self-concept that treats the presidency as a natural extension of identity rather than an implausible aspiration.

**Narrative Identity (McAdams Level 3):** The "great.again" formulation encodes a **contamination-then-redemption** sequence in miniature: America *was* great (implicit past), is no longer (implied present), and *could be again* (conditional future contingent on his arrival). The protagonist role is incipient Savior/Restorer, not yet the combative Warrior that dominates later posts.

**Defense Mechanisms:** None prominently active. No threat requires defense here. The post is in a comfortable grandiose register, not a wounded or reactive one.

**Motive Profile:** Agency dominant — specifically, status and power motives. Communion motives are instrumentally present (thanking the fan) but secondary.

## Rhetorical Analysis

Techniques are minimal: **appeal to nostalgia** (implicit in "great again"), **parasocial bonding** (personal "Thanks." closing, amplification of a named follower), and **identity anchoring** (seeding "great again" as a self-associated phrase before political context demands it). No propaganda techniques, no dehumanizing language, no threat framing.

## Cognitive Status

Vocabulary and syntax are simple but coherent. The "great.again" period is a typo consistent with rapid phone typing, not a semantic error. No word-finding difficulty, perseveration, or confabulation markers. Baseline-consistent for this period.

## Danger Assessment

**None.** No threatening content, no target identification, no eliminationist framing.

## Summary

Not clinically significant in isolation. Historically notable as an early "great again" utterance and as a textbook example of late-night narcissistic supply harvesting. The post illustrates the proto-political identity formation underway in 2013: Trump consuming admiration, amplifying presidential projection from followers, and quietly seeding the restoration narrative that would structure his 2016 campaign. No psychopathological markers beyond the baseline grandiose self-concept; no defenses, no rage, no distortion. Routine.

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 88%)

### Indicators

- 3:03 AM EDT local time — deep within authentic posting window
- Stray period in 'great.again' consistent with rapid phone typing
- Casual 'Thanks.' sign-off typical of unmediated posts
- Short addendum style matches authentic retweet-with-comment pattern

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (fan offering presidential admiration)

Sentiment: +0.45

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 35%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 22%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Amplification of named follower to reward admiration
- Personal 'Thanks.' to create direct relational feel
- Presidential identity claim framed as shared aspiration

## Tags

- supply-seeking (90%)
- proto-MAGA (85%)
- late-night-authentic (88%)
- grandiose-baseline (50%)
- pre-campaign-identity-formation (80%)
- presidential-aspiration (75%)
- parasocial-bonding (60%)

## That day

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

**A Quiet Saturday Night of Ego Curation: Trump Amplifies Praise at 3 AM**

Trump spent a quiet Saturday evening and early morning retweeting compliments from fans -- praise for his buildings, encouragement to run for president, and kind words from converted skeptics. The most notable feature was the timing: a burst of activity between 2 and 4 AM suggests either restless sleep or a deliberate late-night scrolling session. A single original joke about stop-and-frisk, A-Rod, and Anthony Weiner landed at 7 AM, capping a low-key day defined entirely by brand maintenance and ego reinforcement with no anger or conflict in sight.

Full digest for 2013-08-17: https://trump.fm/date/2013-08-17/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, August 17). "@meenah83: @realDonaldTrump .. Can't wait for... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_368629090720313344
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@meenah83: @realDonaldTrump .. Can't wait for you to be..." X (Twitter), 17 Aug. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_368629090720313344. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@meenah83: @realDonaldTrump .. Can't wait for you to be...," X (Twitter), August 17, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_368629090720313344.

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