# Post x_602291740113039361

- Post ID: `x_602291740113039361`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-05-24T01:55:15.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @Trading
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_602291740113039361
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_602291740113039361/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_602291740113039361.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

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

> "@Trading: Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game - Donald Trump

## Engagement

- Likes: 163
- Reposts: 96
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.352Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T05:32:08.409Z (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 Self-Quote About Money as Scorekeeping

This post is a retweet/quote-tweet of a trading-related account sharing a well-known Trump quote from "The Art of the Deal" (1987): "Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game."

### Authorship Attribution
Posted at 1:55 AM UTC on May 24, 2015. Trump was likely in New York at this time (pre-campaign announcement), making this approximately 9:55 PM EDT — late evening, consistent with authentic Trump posting patterns. The act of retweeting a flattering quote about oneself is characteristic of Trump's social media behavior.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a low-intensity maintenance/supply-seeking post. By amplifying a quote attributed to himself, Trump reinforces his preferred self-image as a master dealmaker motivated by competition rather than greed. The quote functions as identity management — reframing wealth accumulation as sport rather than avarice.

### Narrative Identity
The quote positions Trump as a player/competitor archetype — someone intrinsically motivated by the game itself. This is consistent with his pre-announcement campaign positioning visible in surrounding posts (job creation claims, political commentary, religious outreach).

### Context
This falls within a cluster of self-promotional retweets during the pre-announcement period (June 16, 2015 announcement), building brand identity ahead of the presidential campaign launch.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Quote attributed to Trump from Art of the Deal" | **True** | This is a well-known quote from Trump's 1987 book 'The Art of the Deal' |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 70%)

### Indicators

- Late evening posting time (~9:55 PM EDT)
- Pattern of retweeting flattering self-references is characteristic
- Low-effort curation post typical of personal scrolling

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (flattering self-quote from trading account)

Sentiment: +0.50

### Clinical

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

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- self-mythologizing

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-07._

> Quote attributed to Trump from Art of the Deal

**TRUE**

This is a well-known quote from Trump's 1987 book 'The Art of the Deal'

Sources: The Art of the Deal (1987)

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- self-promotion (80%)
- pre-campaign (60%)
- brand-building (70%)

## That day

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

**Pre-Campaign Vanity Cruise: A Low-Intensity Memorial Day of Self-Promotion and Signature Contempt**

On May 24, 2015 — three weeks before his official campaign announcement — Trump produced a quiet, seven-post day dominated by grandiose self-promotion and narcissistic supply-seeking. Adjusting for his likely New York location (EDT, UTC-4), the first six posts form a Saturday-evening cluster between 9:53 PM and 11:05 PM on May 23, with a single afternoon post at 4:26 PM on Sunday, May 24. The posting pattern is unremarkable: a pre-bedtime curation session of flattering retweets and recycled motivational aphorisms, followed by a signature original post the next afternoon. No rage, no elevated danger, and no engagement with any of the day's major news events — including catastrophic flooding killing dozens in Texas and Oklahoma, or Defense Secretary Carter's inflammatory comments about Iraqi forces lacking the "will to fight" in Ramadi.

The day's psychologically richest artifact is the Memorial Day tweet (x_602571404861636608), which deploys Trump's trademark "haters and losers" formulation within a holiday greeting. This construction — performing magnanimity while asserting dominance — is a textbook example of passive-aggressive narcissistic communication. The complete absence of any reference to military sacrifice, fallen soldiers, or the actual meaning of Memorial Day is clinically notable, consistent with low-communion motivation and difficulty engaging empathically with others' experiences of loss. The post functions primarily as engagement bait and self-referential performance, with the holiday serving merely as a stage. Overall, the day reflects a stable grandiose narcissistic baseline typical of Trump's pre-campaign social media behavior: low-effort curation punctuated by occasional original content that reinforces his brand identity.

Full digest for 2015-05-24: https://trump.fm/date/2015-05-24/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, May 24). "@Trading: Money was never a big motivation for... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_602291740113039361
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@Trading: Money was never a big motivation for me, except..." X (Twitter), 24 May. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_602291740113039361. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@Trading: Money was never a big motivation for me, except...," X (Twitter), May 24, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_602291740113039361.

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