# Post x_399752818732834816

- Post ID: `x_399752818732834816`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-11-11T04:17:53.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @_maleki_
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_399752818732834816
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_399752818732834816/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_399752818732834816.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

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

> "@_maleki_: @realDonaldTrump : Give the people what they want and announce your candidacy for president 2016." Thank you, very nice.

## Engagement

- Likes: 56
- Reposts: 19
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.277Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-27T11:30:09.605Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Supply-Seeking Presidential Trial Balloon (November 11, 2013)

### Authorship Attribution

The post timestamps at 04:17 UTC on November 11. Contextual evidence — Trump's same-day tweet reading "While I *was* in Moscow" (past tense) — establishes he had already departed the Miss Universe trip (documented as approximately 46 hours). Converting 04:17 UTC to Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5) yields **23:17 EST on November 10** — late night, squarely within Trump's documented posting window. The phrase "Thank you, very nice" is characteristically Trumpian: terse, rhythmically simple, self-satisfied. The manual retweet format (quoting follower within quotation marks) reflects 2013 Twitter conventions consistent with his hands-on style. Confidence is medium rather than high due to residual timezone uncertainty from the Moscow transit.

### Level 1: Dispositional Traits

**Dominant facet: Extraversion** — specifically positive affect and assertiveness. The post is warm, expansive, and self-focused without defensiveness. Neuroticism is entirely absent; this is the grandiose pole on full, comfortable display. No agreeableness suppression or conscientiousness markers are salient.

### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations

**Dominant motives: power and status.** This is not about policy, achievement, or connection — it is about the social position of being presidential-caliber. The operative mechanism is **supply extraction through amplification**: Trump curates admiring fan content, rebroadcasts it to his larger audience, and extracts narcissistic supply without the social cost of direct self-aggrandizement. Communion motives are absent.

### Level 3: Narrative Identity

The embedded fan tweet frames Trump as **hero/savior demanded by the populace**: "Give the people what they want." This positions him not as a man who *seeks* power but as one *obligated* to accept it by popular demand — a classic savior-narrative device that simultaneously elevates (he is what "the people" want) and neutralizes the appearance of ambition (he isn't pursuing it; they are begging). His response "Thank you, very nice" enacts gracious, understated acceptance. The contrasting other is implicit: the inadequate, uninspiring politicians currently occupying the political space he could fill.

### Rhetorical Analysis

The structure is efficient. By quoting the follower rather than asserting presidential worthiness directly, Trump deploys the classic *vox populi* move: the people demand; I merely comply. This inoculates against accusations of naked ambition while simultaneously broadcasting that ambition. "Thank you, very nice" maintains rhetorical deniability while leaving no doubt about the implied acceptance.

### Longitudinal / Same-Day Cluster

Of this date's posts, three independently amplify presidential flattery from followers (this post, the @el_juino prediction retweet, and others). The cluster pattern indicates deliberate audience-testing: Trump is iteratively gauging public appetite for a 2016 run and using Twitter as a feedback mechanism. This behavior is consistent with documented pre-announcement political positioning. The timing — the day after his Moscow Miss Universe visit — is contextually notable, though the post itself contains no Russia-relevant content.

### Cognitive Assessment

No language production markers. Response is minimal but syntactically appropriate. No baseline deviation from Trump's established 2013 style.

### Summary Assessment

Post is not clinically significant in isolation; the pattern across the day's posts is more informative than this single data point. No danger indicators, no reality distortions, no gaslighting. Pure supply-seeking in grandiose state.

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- Late-night local time (~11:17 PM EST) consistent with authentic Trump posting window
- Phrase 'Thank you, very nice' matches documented Trumpian speech register — brief, repetitive, warm
- Manual retweet format (quoting in quotation marks) consistent with his 2013 hands-on posting practice
- Same-day tweet 'While I was in Moscow' (past tense) confirms he had departed Russia, likely back near EST timezone
- Personal, unpolished brevity typical of authentic posts vs. aide-written event announcements

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (follower @_maleki_ flattery and presidential encouragement)

Sentiment: +0.72

### Clinical

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 12%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Follower quote amplification — borrowed grandiosity without direct self-claim
- Minimal acknowledgment ('Thank you, very nice') that invites further follower investment and response

## Tags

- supply-seeking (92%)
- presidential-candidacy-trial-balloon (88%)
- follower-amplification (85%)
- grandiose-narcissistic-state (55%)
- savior-archetype (78%)
- vox-populi-device (75%)
- borrowed-grandiosity (82%)
- post-moscow-trip (38%)

## That day

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

**Moscow Glow and Veterans Day Grandstand: Trump Returns From Russia to Mine a Day as His Own**

Donald Trump returned to New York from Moscow on November 10–11, 2013, following the Miss Universe 2013 pageant, carrying maximum grandiose supply from Agalarov VIP hospitality, international celebrity exposure, and a prospective Trump Tower Moscow declaration. The day's 19 posts, spanning 9:44 PM to 12:32 PM EST, deploy that capital in four directions: sustained ACA/Obama attack (5 posts), Russia narrative and business development (4 posts), pre-presidential candidacy positioning (2 posts), and Veterans Day instrumentalization. The dominant psychological state is grandiose throughout; a single hair-mockery response at x_399733594975133696 produces a momentary defensive flicker that resolves within one post without disturbing the baseline.

The day's most clinically significant content is historical rather than behavioral: x_399939505924628480's public Agalarov address with "TRUMP TOWER-MOSCOW is next" constitutes the earliest documented social-media articulation of Trump's Moscow business ambitions and the Trump-Agalarov relationship, predating by years the network's involvement in the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting. Combined with x_399736198643847168's embedded Russia admiration ("great economic success"), this day marks the first clear public crystallization of Trump's Russia orientation — formed through direct first-person oligarch contact and immediately converted into both domestic political rhetoric and real-estate aspiration.

No escalation, no danger indicators, no obsession spiral. Post timing anomalies at 2:48 AM and 5:50 AM EST are consistent with Moscow jet lag (body clock UTC+4 in November 2013) rather than sleep deprivation. Average intensity is 0.26 across all 19 posts. This is a psychologically stable day, remarkable primarily for its longitudinal significance as the origin point of Trump's documented Russia-positive orientation and his earliest public Trump Tower Moscow declaration.

Full digest for 2013-11-11: https://trump.fm/date/2013-11-11/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, November 11). "@_maleki_: @realDonaldTrump : Give the people... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_399752818732834816
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@_maleki_: @realDonaldTrump : Give the people what they..." X (Twitter), 11 Nov. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_399752818732834816. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@_maleki_: @realDonaldTrump : Give the people what they...," X (Twitter), November 11, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_399752818732834816.

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