# Post x_371380587137093632

- Post ID: `x_371380587137093632`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-08-24T21:16:46.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @dadsnicklefritz
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- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_371380587137093632.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

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

> "@dadsnicklefritz: @realDonaldTrump I will make this known, if you had run for President, you had my vote, If you run,you still have my vote

## Engagement

- Likes: 30
- Reposts: 17
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.283Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-25T20:34:59.085Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Authorship Attribution

**Timing:** UTC 21:16:46 converts to **5:16 PM EDT** (Trump's almost certain location was New York City on a Saturday in August 2013 — his primary base, pre-Mar-a-Lago dominance). Saturday afternoon falls in an ambiguous zone: not the late-night signal strongly indicative of authentic Trump, but a weekend when staffing is lighter, reducing aide likelihood.

The format — `"@username: [quoted tweet]"` with no appended commentary — represents the era-canonical Twitter RT style (pre-native retweet). The surrounding posts on this date include `@BBPACK Happy birthday!` and a personalized compliment to Nick Faldo, both highly characteristic of Trump's direct, personalized engagement style in 2013. The cluster pattern suggests an authentic afternoon Twitter session.

**Assessment:** Medium confidence, leaning authentic. Trump was personally and intensively active on Twitter during this period, and fan engagement RTs were a signature behavior.

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## Psychological State and Triggers

This post is a textbook instance of **narcissistic supply harvesting through third-party amplification.** Rather than self-initiating a presidential claim, Trump broadcasts an external voice doing so on his behalf. The mechanism provides multiple payoffs simultaneously:

1. **Supply acquisition**: Presidential worthiness is validated and displayed to all followers
2. **Plausible deniability**: The ambition appears to originate from "the people," not from Trump
3. **Commitment-free signaling**: Presidential intent is transmitted without formal declaration or accountability

**Trigger type:** Proactive supply-seeking (maintenance). No narcissistic injury is detectable. This is anticipatory validation collection, not reactive defense.

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## Narcissistic Dynamics

**State:** Mildly grandiose. The act of selecting and amplifying *this particular* message — from countless daily interactions — reflects the active grandiose self-schema: *the people are calling for me.* The selection itself is the psychologically meaningful act; the content is delegated.

**Narrative function:** This post contributes to a slow-building archetype: the reluctant savior being summoned by popular demand. The follower articulates the desire; Trump signals receptivity through amplification. This is consensual demand-manufacturing — a practiced rhetorical structure in which future ambition is legitimized as responsiveness to grassroots pressure rather than naked self-promotion.

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## Level 3: Narrative Identity

The post positions Trump in the **Hero/Savior archetype** — not yet declared, but urgently desired. The protagonist role is "the inevitable candidate held back only by circumstance." Notably absent: any contrasting other, any enemy, any devaluation. This is a rare, purely supply-positive post with no paranoid or aggressive component, suggesting a period of relative psychological stability.

**Narrative sequence:** Early-stage redemption arc construction. The foundational move is establishing popular demand as precursor to eventual "reluctant" entry.

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## Rhetorical Techniques

Spare but effective:
- **Third-party endorsement**: Conveys presidential fitness claims through a surrogate voice, bypassing the immodesty constraint
- **Parasocial activation**: @dadsnicklefritz receives personal acknowledgment; the broader audience receives political positioning
- **Indirect commitment signal**: The retweet functions as an implicit "I'm considering it"

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## Cognitive Assessment

As a quoted retweet, no original Trump language production is available for analysis. Surrounding posts on this date show characteristic markers: brief personalized responses, enthusiastic superlatives ("fantastic job"), colloquial directness. No deviation from 2013 baseline is detectable.

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## Danger Assessment

None. No threatening, dehumanizing, or mobilizing language. Routine fan engagement with political subtext.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Voter would support Trump if he ran for president" | **Unverifiable** | Personal expression of intent; unverifiable by nature. Trump had not announced a presidential run as of August 2013. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- Saturday afternoon EDT timing is ambiguous — not late-night authentic signal, but weekend reduces aide likelihood
- Surrounding posts on same date (@BBPACK birthday, @NickFaldo006 compliment) pattern as authentic Trump personal engagement
- Classic pre-native-retweet RT format typical of Trump's own 2013 Twitter behavior
- No appended commentary — simple amplification consistent with Trump's fan-engagement style
- No typos or ALL CAPS to analyze as Trump was quoting another user's text

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (@dadsnicklefritz fan message)

Sentiment: +0.72

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 45%
- Antisocial: 5%
- Paranoid: 5%
- Sadism: 0%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Visible acknowledgment of individual follower creates personal connection illusion
- Fan's statement amplified to mass audience while follower receives implied recognition
- Presidential ambition communicated through surrogate voice, maintaining parasocial bond with 'ordinary supporter'

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-02-25._

> Voter would support Trump if he ran for president

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Personal expression of intent; unverifiable by nature. Trump had not announced a presidential run as of August 2013.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- narcissistic_supply (85%)
- presidential_ambition_signaling (80%)
- third_party_endorsement (75%)
- fan_engagement (70%)
- supply_seeking (80%)
- surrogate_voice (65%)
- grandiose_state (45%)
- hero_savior_archetype (60%)

## That day

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

**Serene Saturday Contaminated: The Birth of Trump's 'Extortion' Template Against AG Schneiderman**

August 24, 2013 presents a textbook contamination arc across six posts: five low-intensity grandiose maintenance entries yield to a single high-intensity mixed-state attack that retrospectively defines the entire day's psychological signature. Trump began at 6:37 AM EDT with a routine birthday greeting, observed a 10-hour silence, then dispensed a cluster of social affirmation posts between 4:59–5:18 PM EDT — celebrity praise for Nick Faldo, brand validation for his Macy's merchandise, amplification of a presidential vote pledge. Across these five posts the average intensity is 0.07, the dominant state is uniformly grandiose, and the overall mood is that of a comfortable private businessman managing ambient public approval on a summer Saturday.

The day's defining event arrived at 6:41 PM EDT: the New York Attorney General's $40M civil fraud lawsuit against Trump University, filed that same day. Post x_371401860344983552 (intensity 0.68, rage 0.65) deploys Trump's signature three-part counter-sequence — dismissive label ("Lightweight"), criminal reframing of legitimate legal process ("extort"), and redirect to pre-packaged counter-narrative infrastructure — in a single compressed sentence. The projection mechanism is diagnostically salient: on the day Trump faces civil fraud allegations affecting 5,000+ students, he accuses the state's top law enforcement officer of committing a crime. The grandiose-vulnerable oscillation within that one sentence, in which Schneiderman is simultaneously too inconsequential to worry about and threatening enough to be a criminal adversary, is the signature marker of the mixed narcissistic state under acute legal threat.

The post is historically significant less for its severity than for its template-setting quality. The rhetorical pattern deployed here against a consumer protection lawsuit — belittle, reframe, redirect — reappeared with escalating institutional targets across the following decade. "Lightweight" was documented as applied to Schneiderman 44 times over 18 months, confirming pattern commitment rather than impulsive outburst. The $25M Trump University fraud settlement in 2016 substantially validated the AG's allegations. No hypomanic indicators are present; the day's six posts are low-frequency and confined entirely to standard waking hours.

Full digest for 2013-08-24: https://trump.fm/date/2013-08-24/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, August 24). "@dadsnicklefritz: @realDonaldTrump I will make... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_371380587137093632
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@dadsnicklefritz: @realDonaldTrump I will make this known,..." X (Twitter), 24 Aug. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_371380587137093632. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@dadsnicklefritz: @realDonaldTrump I will make this known,...," X (Twitter), August 24, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_371380587137093632.

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