# Post x_600871808003383296

- Post ID: `x_600871808003383296`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-05-20T03:52:57.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @Crackmacs
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_600871808003383296
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_600871808003383296/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_600871808003383296.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

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

> "@Crackmacs: @Brangwyn @inducedcoma I'm still expecting @realDonaldTrump to swoop in and save the day"  Stay tuned.

## Engagement

- Likes: 49
- Reposts: 14
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.353Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T04:41:05.531Z (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 with "Stay tuned" teaser (2015-05-20)

Trump retweets a user expressing expectation that he will "swoop in and save the day," adding only "Stay tuned." This is a low-intensity, supply-seeking post that reinforces the savior/hero narrative in the pre-candidacy period (he announced June 16, 2015).

### Authorship
Posted at 11:52 PM ET (Trump likely in New York). Late-night timing, minimal text, characteristic retweet-with-brief-comment pattern — consistent with authentic Trump.

### Psychological State
The post is narcissistic supply in its purest form: amplifying third-party praise that casts him as a savior figure. "Stay tuned" is a teasing, showman-like response consistent with his reality TV background, maintaining suspense about his candidacy announcement. Paired with the previous post retweeting a candidacy prediction, this reflects deliberate pre-announcement audience cultivation.

### Narrative Identity
The Hero/Savior archetype is explicitly invoked by the retweeted user ("swoop in and save the day"), and Trump endorses it by amplifying rather than deflecting. This is classic Level 3 narrative identity construction — allowing others to define his protagonist role while implicitly accepting it.

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Late night posting (11:52 PM ET)
- Minimal two-word addition typical of authentic Trump retweet style
- No polished formatting or complete sentences

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Fan tweet casting Trump as savior)

Sentiment: +0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- audience teasing
- suspense building

## Tags

- supply-seeking (80%)
- pre-candidacy (70%)
- savior-archetype (70%)

## That day

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

**The Narcissistic Supply Harvest: 40 Posts of Pre-Announcement Campaign Theater and a 3 AM Retweet Binge**

On May 20, 2015—less than a month before his formal presidential announcement on June 16—Donald Trump conducted what amounts to a full-day narcissistic supply harvesting operation, retweeting over 20 supporter pleas urging him to run for president. The day's 40 posts were uniformly grandiose, contained zero rage indicators, and registered a remarkably low average intensity of 0.17. The only meaningful spike occurred at 10:07 AM EDT when Trump attacked Ohio Governor John Kasich in a two-post salvo (intensity 0.35 and 0.50) triggered by Kasich's alleged use of the "Make America Great Again" slogan—a textbook narcissistic injury response escalating to a preemptive attack on Kasich's Lehman Brothers tenure.

The most clinically notable feature of this day is the posting schedule when converted to Trump's local time (EDT). Activity began at 10:02 PM on May 19, continued through midnight, and then resumed at 3:21 AM—suggesting either a maximum sleep window of approximately 3 hours and 15 minutes or no sleep at all. Trump then posted steadily from 3:21 AM through 6:36 AM before any reasonable waking hour. While many afternoon posts carry low authorship scores (0.10–0.20) suggesting staff involvement, the pre-dawn cluster (authorship 0.75–0.85) appears to be personal activity. This sleep pattern, combined with the elevated post volume and repetitive supply-seeking behavior, meets several—but not all—criteria for hypomanic episode concern.

The day's narrative arc is stable and strategic rather than chaotic: a man systematically building the public case for a presidential run by amplifying grassroots demand, asserting slogan ownership, testing attack lines against a potential rival, promoting business ventures, and capping the evening with a Fox News appearance on Megyn Kelly's show. The ISIS critique (x_601125496022310912) at intensity 0.50 was the day's rhetorical peak but remained well within the bounds of normal political commentary. No danger indicators, stochastic terrorism patterns, or significant contradictions were detected.

Full digest for 2015-05-20: https://trump.fm/date/2015-05-20/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, May 20). "@Crackmacs: @Brangwyn @inducedcoma I'm still... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_600871808003383296
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@Crackmacs: @Brangwyn @inducedcoma I'm still expecting..." X (Twitter), 20 May. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_600871808003383296. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@Crackmacs: @Brangwyn @inducedcoma I'm still expecting...," X (Twitter), May 20, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_600871808003383296.

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