# Post x_371737320443371521 - Post ID: `x_371737320443371521` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2013-08-25T20:54:18.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @Sammycarguru - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_371737320443371521 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_371737320443371521/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_371737320443371521.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text _Quotes @Sammycarguru, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @Sammycarguru's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._ > "@Sammycarguru: @realDonaldTrump Since the Art of the Deal you have been an inspiration to me!" Thanks. ## Engagement - Likes: 15 - Reposts: 16 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.283Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-25T20:58:56.485Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Psychological Analysis: Trump Twitter Post — August 25, 2013 ### Overview A minimalist post: a quoted fan compliment referencing *The Art of the Deal* (1987), followed by a single-word response — "Thanks." Despite its brevity, the post carries interpretive weight when situated within the day's full posting sequence, which was dominated by Trump's aggressive response to AG Schneiderman's $40 million Trump University lawsuit filed the previous day (August 24, 2013). --- ### Authorship Attribution **Estimated local time:** UTC 20:54 = **4:54 PM EDT** (Trump was almost certainly in New York in late August 2013, operating from Trump Tower). This falls within business hours, which nudges toward aide-assisted. However, the posting format — quoting a fan's praise verbatim and appending a minimal acknowledgment — is one of the most well-documented authentic Trump Twitter behaviors of the pre-presidential era. The surrounding posts that day (the Obama/Schneiderman conspiracy connection, the IRS parallel) carry unmistakable authentic Trump voice and suggest he was personally active on the platform throughout this afternoon. The monosyllabic "Thanks." with a period is consistent with his documented brevity for fan acknowledgment posts. Authorship is assessed as likely authentic but with limited confidence given business-hours timing. --- ### Psychological State and Triggers **Trigger type: supply-seeking / narcissistic supply maintenance** This post occurs approximately 24 hours after AG Schneiderman filed the $40 million civil lawsuit against Trump University — a significant narcissistic injury targeting Trump's competence, honesty, and business legitimacy. Within the same day's posting sequence, Trump is: 1. Asserting the lawsuit is politically motivated ("without a doubt — political") 2. Constructing a conspiracy narrative linking Obama's Syracuse meeting to Schneiderman's Saturday filing 3. Drawing IRS persecution parallels (pattern of perceived coordinated attack on self) 4. Broadcasting fan defenses of Trump University course quality 5. **Amplifying general fan admiration referencing his foundational identity document (*Art of the Deal*)** The *Art of the Deal* reference is psychologically non-trivial. Published in 1987 — 26 years prior — the book functions as Trump's origin myth and primary identity anchor. A fan invoking it affirms an *enduring* greatness that predates and transcends any current legal attack. The act of retweeting this praise to his full follower base amplifies the supply beyond a private exchange, broadcasting affirmation as a counter-narrative to the lawsuit's implicit message (that he is a fraudster, not a dealmaker-mentor). **Narcissistic state: grandiose** — the post positions Trump as a multigenerational business inspiration rather than a defendant. --- ### Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five) - **Extraversion (high facet: assertiveness, positive affect):** Broadcasting fan praise to one's own audience is an extraverted supply-maximizing behavior. The "Thanks." is economical but the decision to retweet rather than simply feel gratified privately is distinctively extraverted. - **Agreeableness (moderate/neutral):** Superficially pleasant engagement, but the instrumentality of the exchange (supply-gathering) limits genuine agreeableness. - **Neuroticism (low in this post, but contextually elevated):** The day's broader posting pattern reveals elevated neuroticism; this specific post represents a regulatory behavior — seeking positive affect to offset the day's threat load. - **Conscientiousness / Openness:** Insufficient signal in a single-word response. --- ### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations (Motives and Schemas) - **Dominant motive: status/agency** — The fan's framing positions Trump as a teacher/mentor/inspiration. Amplifying this reinforces the dominant status schema. - **Schema — self:** Trump as perennial dealmaker-sage, relevant across decades. The *Art of the Deal* citation = identity as accomplishment-repository, not situationally contingent. - **Schema — world:** Composed of admirers and enemies. This post engages the admirer half; the Schneiderman posts engage the enemy half. Both are held simultaneously. --- ### Level 3: Narrative Identity - **Protagonist role:** Mentor/inspiration — the sage whose wisdom endures across decades. - **Narrative sequence:** Implicitly redemptive — on a day when his legitimacy is under legal attack, a fan's invocation of *Art of the Deal* restores the heroic origin story. - **Identity claim:** "I am a multigenerational business inspiration." (Implicit, but operationalized through the decision to retweet and amplify.) - **Contrasting other:** Absent in this post; the Schneiderman posts perform that function on the same day. --- ### Level 4: Clinical Indicators **Malignant narcissism sub-components (post-specific, not global profile):** - *Narcissistic features:* Mild-moderate — supply-amplification behavior, identity reinforcement through fan praise - *Antisocial features:* Absent - *Paranoid features:* Absent in this post (present in co-temporal posts) - *Sadism:* Absent **Defense mechanisms:** Rationalization (implicit — the *Art of the Deal* invocation counters the lawsuit's narrative that Trump defrauded students; "people find me inspirational" serves as internal rebuttal). No pathological or immature defenses visible in this post alone. --- ### Rhetorical Analysis Technically minimal. The post's rhetorical work is structural rather than linguistic: - **Amplification via retweet:** The act of broadcasting fan praise to a large following performs an endorsement function without the author needing to self-aggrandize directly - **Proxy praise:** Letting a fan articulate what Trump cannot explicitly state about himself ("you have been an inspiration to me") — a form of indirect self-promotion that bypasses the appearance of vanity - **Appeal to authority (self-referential):** *Art of the Deal* is invoked as a timeless credibility marker No violent imagery, dehumanizing language, or stochastic terrorism indicators. --- ### Cognitive Status Markers No assessable markers. Single-word response ("Thanks.") is syntactically intact and contextually appropriate. No basis for cognitive assessment from this content alone. Complexity score near floor — insufficient signal. --- ### Contextual Significance This post is not clinically significant in isolation. Its interest lies in its position within the August 25 posting cluster as a supply-regulatory behavior following narcissistic injury. The oscillation on a single day between paranoid injury-processing (Obama/Schneiderman conspiracy framing) and grandiose supply-gathering (fan admiration broadcasting) is consistent with the narcissistic regulation pattern documented in the broader longitudinal record. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "The Art of the Deal has been an inspiration to fans since its publication" | **True** | Art of the Deal was published in October 1987, making a 2013 fan citation of 26 years of inspiration plausible and verifiable. | | "AG Schneiderman sued Trump on Saturday (implied in co-temporal posts)" | **True** | The NYAG press release confirms the $40 million civil suit was filed August 24, 2013 — a Saturday — against Trump, Trump University, and Michael Sexton for fraudulent business practices. | Overall Veracity: 100% ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 62%) ### Indicators - Single-word 'Thanks.' response is a well-documented authentic Trump fan-acknowledgment pattern - Surrounding same-day posts show unmistakable authentic Trump voice (Schneiderman/Obama conspiracy framing) - 4:54 PM EDT timing is business hours — mild aide indicator - No polished formatting or event-announcement structure that would signal aide authorship - Minimal typos or errors — insufficient evidence either way given content brevity ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Criticism (Fan admiration on day of narcissistic injury from Trump University lawsuit) Sentiment: +0.72 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 25% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 5% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Proxy self-praise via fan quote — lets admirer articulate grandiosity without direct self-aggrandizement - Supply amplification — private fan message converted to public broadcast ## Fact Checks (2) _The model's verdicts from 2026-02-25._ > The Art of the Deal has been an inspiration to fans since its publication **TRUE** Art of the Deal was published in October 1987, making a 2013 fan citation of 26 years of inspiration plausible and verifiable. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_University > AG Schneiderman sued Trump on Saturday (implied in co-temporal posts) **TRUE** The NYAG press release confirms the $40 million civil suit was filed August 24, 2013 — a Saturday — against Trump, Trump University, and Michael Sexton for fraudulent business practices. Sources: https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2013/ag-schneiderman-sues-donald-trump-trump-university-michael-sexton-defrauding Overall Veracity: 100% ## Tags - narcissistic-supply (70%) - supply-seeking (65%) - identity-anchor (60%) - art-of-the-deal (55%) - fan-amplification (60%) - proxy-praise (55%) - low-intensity (90%) - trump-university-context (50%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **A Lawsuit Lands and an All-Day Defensive Operation Reveals the Anatomy of Narcissistic Injury** Trump spent the entire day in damage-control mode after New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a $40 million fraud lawsuit against Trump University. A late-night session of retweeting supporters gave way to an afternoon barrage of personal attacks -- calling Schneiderman "lightweight," "dopey," and "sleazebag" -- mixed with conspiratorial claims that the lawsuit was coordinated with President Obama. Between the insults, Trump cycled through testimonials from satisfied students and generic fan praise, toggling between rage and reassurance-seeking in a pattern that consumed nearly every post of the day. Full digest for 2013-08-25: https://trump.fm/date/2013-08-25/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, August 25). "@Sammycarguru: @realDonaldTrump Since the Art of... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_371737320443371521 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@Sammycarguru: @realDonaldTrump Since the Art of the Deal..." X (Twitter), 25 Aug. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_371737320443371521. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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