# Post x_601964106187411456

- Post ID: `x_601964106187411456`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-05-23T04:13:21.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @turkeyofmurica
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_601964106187411456
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_601964106187411456/analysis
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## Post text

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

> "@turkeyofmurica: @realDonaldTrump @megynkelly @oreillyfactor Competing show!"

## Engagement

- Likes: 16
- Reposts: 3
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.352Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T05:29:46.526Z (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 Supporter Suggesting "Competing Show"

This is a quote-retweet of a supporter (@turkeyofmurica) suggesting Trump should have a "competing show" — part of a sustained late-night thread about his grievance with Megyn Kelly's editing of an interview, with O'Reilly Factor as context.

### Authorship
Posted at 12:13 AM ET (Trump based in NYC). This falls squarely in his late-night authentic posting window. The post is part of a rapid-fire series of supporter retweets, consistent with Trump personally scrolling through mentions and amplifying favorable responses.

### Psychological Context
This is a low-intensity post within a broader narcissistic supply-seeking episode. Trump is curating supporter validation after feeling slighted by Megyn Kelly (the "cut it out of the taped interview" complaint). Retweeting a suggestion he could host a competing show feeds the grandiose self-concept — he's not just a guest, he could *replace* the host.

### Rhetorical Function
The retweet serves as social proof and implicit threat — letting Kelly/Fox know his audience thinks he's bigger than their platform. It's a passive-aggressive dominance display using supporter voices as proxy.

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 90%)

### Indicators

- 12:13 AM ET late-night posting
- Part of rapid supporter retweet thread
- Pattern consistent with scrolling mentions

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Criticism (Megyn Kelly interview editing grievance)

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 5%
- Paranoid: 15%
- Sadism: 5%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)
- passive aggression (neurotic)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- amplifying supporter voices
- building in-group validation

## Tags

- supply_seeking (60%)
- megyn_kelly_feud (50%)
- supporter_retweet (90%)

## That day

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

**Midnight Validation Binge: Megyn Kelly Grievance Triggers Pre-Announcement Supply Feast as June Announcement Looms**

On May 23, 2015—three weeks before his June 16 presidential announcement—Trump produced 32 posts across two concentrated bursts, both dominated by retweeted supporter praise. The day opened at 11:50 PM EDT on the 22nd with a vulnerable complaint that Megyn Kelly had edited out a favorable segment from his taped interview, then pivoted within 16 minutes into a rapid-fire supply-seeking session: 14 consecutive supporter retweets in 20 minutes (12:06–12:26 AM EDT). After a long daytime gap, a second burst of 16 posts between 7:20–7:50 PM EDT amplified media coverage from Drudge Report, ABC News, Fox News, The Blaze, The Hill, and RealClearNews—all covering his presidential teasing. The psychological arc is textbook narcissistic wound-to-validation: a perceived media slight immediately soothed by curated praise, culminating in the amplification of institutional media attention.

The day is notable for its near-total absence of original content. Only 3–4 posts out of 32 contain Trump's own words beyond brief affirmations ("Thank you," "That's good news!," "By a whole lot!"). The most substantive original addition was "JUNE!!!!"—a teaser for his upcoming presidential announcement. The overwhelming pattern is one of a figure systematically curating and broadcasting his own social proof, suggesting a deliberate pre-announcement media strategy interwoven with genuine narcissistic supply dependence. No danger signals, no significant rage escalation, and no stochastic terrorism patterns were detected. Cognitive complexity is minimal but intentionally so—this is a day of curation, not composition.

Full digest for 2015-05-23: https://trump.fm/date/2015-05-23/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, May 23). "@turkeyofmurica: @realDonaldTrump @megynkelly... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_601964106187411456
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@turkeyofmurica: @realDonaldTrump @megynkelly..." X (Twitter), 23 May. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_601964106187411456. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@turkeyofmurica: @realDonaldTrump @megynkelly...," X (Twitter), May 23, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_601964106187411456.

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