# Post x_370367633084129280

- Post ID: `x_370367633084129280`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-08-22T02:11:39.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @southtguy
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_370367633084129280
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_370367633084129280/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_370367633084129280.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

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

> "@southtguy: @realDonaldTrump A better answer would have been "Yes come up with a great idea and have others work their ass off."  That too

## Engagement

- Likes: 7
- Reposts: 13
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.283Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-25T19:51:30.923Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Authorship & Timing

UTC timestamp 02:11:39 on August 22, 2013 converts to approximately **10:11 PM EDT** on August 21 (Trump almost certainly in New York in late August 2013—no travel events noted for this date). The late-evening local timing, combined with the laconic two-word addendum, is strongly consistent with **authentic Trump** personal posting rather than aide composition.

## Contextual Frame

This is a retweet-with-comment: @southtguy proposes to Trump that a "better answer" to an unspecified prior question would have been "Yes come up with a great idea and have others work their ass off." Trump's sole contribution—"That too"—is an unhedged, casual endorsement. The surrounding session shows Trump running an informal public Q&A, fielding rapid-fire questions on gun control, career advice, celebrity intelligence, and fan compliments.

## Level 1: Dispositional Traits

The post is minimal but psychologically legible. **Low agreeableness** is evident in the casual instrumentalization of workers—there is no acknowledgment of labor value, worker dignity, or reciprocal obligation. The breezy delivery signals **low neuroticism** (no distress, no defensiveness) and **moderate-high extraversion** (engaged public Q&A). The absence of any intellectual framing suggests **modest openness**. Low deliberation indicates reduced conscientiousness in this context.

## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations

The underlying motive structure is strongly **agentic**: success flows from intellectual dominance (idea generation), not from effort. Workers serve the visionary's purposes. The self-schema revealed here positions the subject as an apex value-creator whose contribution is ideation; all labor is externalized to subordinates. This is consistent with a **power/status motivational orientation** (McClelland) and is structurally identical to the worldview articulated in *The Art of the Deal* (1987)—referenced elsewhere in this same Q&A session by a fan who read it in 5th grade.

## Level 3: Narrative Identity

Trump implicitly casts himself as the **dealmaker/idea man**—the protagonist whose role is vision, not execution. Workers are the background cast who "work their ass off" in service of his concepts. The narrative sequence is **neutral** (no redemption or contamination arc), but the post consolidates a recurring identity claim across his public persona: *I am the exclusive source of value; others implement.* The contrasting other is the worker—present but subordinate, unnamed, instrumental.

## Level 4: Clinical Indicators

**Narcissistic features (mild-moderate):** The unqualified endorsement of having "others work their ass off" without any reciprocal framing—no acknowledgment of fair compensation, partnership, or worker agency—reflects the narcissistic schema wherein others are instruments of self-realization. The complete absence of empathy toward the laboring parties is notable as a pattern marker, though not extreme in isolation.

**Antisocial features (mild):** Casual disregard for subordinates' wellbeing, framed as entrepreneurial wisdom. No remorse or recognition of exploitation dynamic; the moral dimension is entirely absent from the subject's framing.

**Paranoid, sadistic features:** Not evidenced in this post.

## Defense Mechanisms

**Rationalization (neurotic level):** The exploitative dynamic is presented as self-evident business logic, stripping it of moral content and rendering it unworthy of examination. The brevity reinforces this—no defense needed because nothing problematic is perceived.

## Rhetorical Analysis

The two-word response "That too" is rhetorically effective through its very minimalism: it normalizes the statement without requiring elaboration or defense. The matter-of-fact register forecloses critical engagement from the audience. No formal propaganda techniques are deployed; this is conversational **parasocial engagement** functioning to demonstrate frankness, accessibility, and shared worldview with followers.

## Cognitive Status

The post is coherent and contextually appropriate. No word-finding difficulties, perseveration, tangentiality, or confabulation markers. The two-word response is appropriately concise given the conversational context. This period (2013) represents a useful **reference baseline** for Trump's authentic personal Twitter voice: laconic, direct, low-affect, and minimally edited.

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 82%)

### Indicators

- UTC 02:11:39 converts to ~10:11 PM EDT — consistent with Trump's late-evening authentic posting window
- Two-word response ('That too') matches documented pattern of extreme brevity in personal authentic posts
- No formal grammar, polished sentence structure, or event-announcement framing typical of aide (Scavino) posts
- Embedded in rapid-fire Q&A session spanning multiple replies — consistent with personal real-time engagement
- Casual endorsement without messaging discipline is inconsistent with aide composition

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Public Q&A session; @southtguy's framing of entrepreneurial success formula)

Sentiment: +0.20

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 5%
- Sadism: 5%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct Q&A engagement to demonstrate accessibility and frankness to followers
- Endorsement of fan-generated framing to create shared worldview and parasocial intimacy

## Tags

- narcissistic_entitlement (60%)
- low_agreeableness (65%)
- labor_exploitation_schema (72%)
- apex_idea_generator_self_schema (75%)
- parasocial_qa_session (82%)
- power_motive (70%)
- rationalization (55%)
- authentic_trump (82%)
- 2013_reference_baseline (70%)

## That day

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

**A Proto-Campaign Day: Fan Q&A, Birther Victory Laps, and the Quiet Emergence of "Make America Great Again"**

Trump spent a busy day cycling between adoring fan interactions and aggressive political positioning. An evening Q&A session gave way to morning media management -- denying coordination with Roger Ailes -- before an afternoon of heavier political combat including attacks on Anthony Weiner, defense of Stop and Frisk, and a triple-burst of birther claims repackaging a conspiracy campaign as heroic achievement. The most historically notable moment was a casual, almost offhand use of "making America great again" two full years before his campaign launch, suggesting the narrative was already deeply internalized. The mood was overwhelmingly self-assured, with brief flashes of grievance when critics surfaced.

Full digest for 2013-08-22: https://trump.fm/date/2013-08-22/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, August 22). "@southtguy: @realDonaldTrump A better answer... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_370367633084129280
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@southtguy: @realDonaldTrump A better answer would have..." X (Twitter), 22 Aug. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_370367633084129280. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@southtguy: @realDonaldTrump A better answer would have...," X (Twitter), August 22, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_370367633084129280.

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