# Post x_600262007154188288 - Post ID: `x_600262007154188288` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2015-05-18T11:29:49.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @macresslertech - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_600262007154188288 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_600262007154188288/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_600262007154188288.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text _Quotes @macresslertech, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @macresslertech's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._ > "@macresslertech: RT Via @DMRegister by @brianneDMR:“Trump: Bring back jobs from overseas” http://t.co/tVEX5w2ZqH Let's Make America Great ## Engagement - Likes: 32 - Reposts: 12 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.353Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T04:36:59.110Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Analysis: Retweet of Des Moines Register Article on Jobs (2015-05-18) This is a quote-retweet of a Des Moines Register article about Trump's position on bringing jobs back from overseas, with Trump appending his proto-campaign slogan "Let's Make America Great." This is part of a cluster of pre-announcement activity (June 2015 announcement teased in surrounding posts). ### Authorship Posted at 11:29 UTC = 7:29 AM ET. Trump likely in New York. Early morning, consistent with his known habit of early Twitter activity. The truncated slogan and casual retweet style suggest authentic posting. ### Psychological State Routine supply-seeking and brand-building in the pre-announcement phase. The surrounding posts are all retweets of supporters urging him to run, creating a narrative of popular demand. This post adds policy substance (jobs/trade) to the adulation stream. ### Rhetorical Function The post serves dual purposes: (1) signal-boosting Iowa media coverage (critical early primary state), and (2) associating himself with economic populism. "Bring back jobs from overseas" is a simple, emotionally resonant economic nationalism frame. ### Longitudinal Note The full day's posting pattern shows systematic curation of supporter enthusiasm alongside policy positioning—a pre-campaign soft launch strategy. ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 70%) ### Indicators - 7:29 AM ET early morning posting - Truncated slogan (missing 'Again') - Casual retweet format - No polished formatting ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking Sentiment: +0.50 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 40% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - idealization (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 20% **Parasocial Techniques:** - amplifying supporter voices to create bandwagon effect ## Tags - pre-campaign (80%) - economic-populism (70%) - iowa-strategy (60%) - supply-seeking (50%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Pre-Announcement Positioning: Trump Carpet-Bombs GOP Rivals on Iraq While Curating a Chorus of "Please Run" Supporters** On May 18, 2015—exactly 29 days before his formal presidential announcement—Donald Trump produced 34 posts in a sustained, strategically coherent day of pre-campaign activity. The day's output divides cleanly into two complementary operations: targeted attacks on likely GOP primary rivals Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio over their fumbled responses to the Iraq War question, and an extensive curation of supporter retweets pleading for him to enter the race. The fall of Ramadi to ISIS the previous day provided the perfect backdrop, allowing Trump to weaponize a breaking foreign policy disaster against establishment Republicans while positioning himself as the prescient outsider. No rage was detected, and all posts registered at uniformly low intensity—this was not an emotional day but a calculated one. Psychologically, the day presents a remarkably stable grandiose state with no transitions, contradictions, or escalation. Trump operated in classic narcissistic supply-harvesting mode, retweeting 21 supporter messages that praised him, urged him to run, or called him "the best." The evening session on May 17 (9:04–10:44 PM EDT) opened with substantive attacks, then transitioned to amplifying supporters—a pattern repeated the following morning around his Fox & Friends appearance. The posting rhythm suggests adequate sleep (approximately 7 hours between the last evening post and the first morning post at 6:09 AM EDT), and while 34 posts is an elevated volume, the pacing was measured rather than frantic. The overall narrative arc is stable and purposeful: a man methodically building the case for his candidacy by tearing down competitors and showcasing grassroots enthusiasm, all while teasing the announcement with a coy "Stay tuned." No posts reached elevated danger levels, no stochastic terrorism patterns were identified, and cognitive complexity remained steady if simple throughout. The day's most notable feature is not any single post but the sheer ratio of curated praise to original content—roughly 3:1—revealing a subject deeply invested in constructing the appearance of organic demand for his candidacy. The Des Moines, Iowa flattery post (x_600357343029637121) signals early courtship of the first-in-the-nation caucus state, further confirming the strategic rather than impulsive nature of the day's activity. Full digest for 2015-05-18: https://trump.fm/date/2015-05-18/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, May 18). "@macresslertech: RT Via @DMRegister by... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_600262007154188288 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@macresslertech: RT Via @DMRegister by @brianneDMR:“Trump:..." X (Twitter), 18 May. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_600262007154188288. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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