# Post x_601155815467307009 - Post ID: `x_601155815467307009` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2015-05-20T22:41:29.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_601155815467307009 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_601155815467307009/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_601155815467307009.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > I will be interviewed on @megynkelly's The Kelly File tonight. Be sure to watch on @FoxNews! ## Engagement - Likes: 104 - Reposts: 40 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.352Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T04:43:00.512Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Analysis: Routine Media Appearance Promotion This is a low-intensity promotional post announcing a scheduled interview on Megyn Kelly's Fox News show. It is psychologically unremarkable — a standard self-promotional tweet consistent with Trump's pre-campaign media blitz pattern in mid-2015. **Authorship:** Likely aide-written. The post is grammatically correct, uses proper formatting with @ mentions, and serves a scheduling/promotional function. Posted at 6:41 PM ET (Trump was based in New York), squarely in business hours. No typos, no emotional reactivity, no ALL CAPS. **Context:** This fits within a day of heavy media activity — interviews with The Brody File, commentary on ISIS/Ramadi, and campaign-style messaging. Trump was building toward his June 2015 presidential announcement, saturating media with appearances. **Psychological State:** Maintenance-level supply-seeking. No discernible emotional trigger or defensive posture. The directive "Be sure to watch" is a mild parasocial engagement technique. ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 20%) ### Indicators - Business hours posting (6:41 PM ET) - Correct grammar and punctuation - Event announcement format - Professional formatting with proper @ mentions ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Maintenance Sentiment: +0.30 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 20% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 20% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Direct address to audience - Imperative 'Be sure to watch' ## Tags - media-promotion (100%) - fox-news (80%) - pre-campaign (60%) ## 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). I will be interviewed on @megynkelly's The Kelly... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_601155815467307009 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I will be interviewed on @megynkelly's The Kelly File..." X (Twitter), 20 May. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_601155815467307009. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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