# Post x_603360207121559552

- Post ID: `x_603360207121559552`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-05-27T00:40:57.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @davevin73
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_603360207121559552
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_603360207121559552/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_603360207121559552.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

_Quotes @davevin73, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @davevin73's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._

> "@davevin73: @realDonaldTrump You should be president, I signed up for Twitter just to tell you this. A lot of Americans feel the same way"

## Engagement

- Likes: 65
- Reposts: 23
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.352Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T05:38:48.707Z (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 Endorsement (2015-05-27)

This post is a quote-retweet of a supporter (@davevin73) who claims to have joined Twitter specifically to tell Trump he should be president, adding that "a lot of Americans feel the same way." Trump amplifies this without added commentary.

### Context
This is part of a clear pattern visible in the surrounding posts—Trump is retweeting a series of supporter endorsements in the pre-announcement period (he announced his candidacy on June 16, 2015). The longitudinal context shows multiple such retweets on this date.

### Authorship
Posted at 8:40 PM ET (assuming New York location). This is evening but not late-night. The retweet-without-comment format is consistent with both Trump himself and an aide curating supportive messages. The timing and pattern of rapid supporter retweets suggest authentic Trump behavior—scrolling mentions and amplifying flattering ones.

### Psychological Function
This is straightforward narcissistic supply collection. The post is notable for its specific supply quality: the supporter claims to have created a Twitter account *solely* to praise Trump, and claims to speak for "a lot of Americans." This is exactly the type of message that would appeal to narcissistic needs—it positions Trump as so important that people take action just to express support, and generalizes one person's admiration to the collective.

### Rhetorical Function
By retweeting, Trump uses testimonial and bandwagon techniques without having to make the claims himself. The supporter does the rhetorical work.

Low-intensity, routine supply-seeking post. No clinical significance.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 60%)

### Indicators

- Evening posting time (8:40 PM ET)
- Retweet-without-comment format
- Part of rapid series of supporter retweets
- Pattern consistent with scrolling mentions

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

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

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- testimonial amplification
- bandwagon effect via 'a lot of Americans'

## Tags

- supply_seeking (80%)
- pre_announcement (70%)
- supporter_retweet (90%)

## That day

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

**The Narcissistic Supply Machine: A Day of Unbroken Self-Celebration on the Eve of Campaign Launch**

May 27, 2015 presents one of the most psychologically uniform days in the dataset—36 posts spanning nearly 24 hours in UTC (approximately 8:30 PM EDT May 26 through 7:52 PM EDT May 27), every single one classified as grandiose, with zero rage, zero danger signals, and an average intensity of just 0.12. The day functioned as a narcissistic supply harvesting operation: the overwhelming majority of posts were retweets of supporters praising Trump, urging him to run for president, and celebrating the grand opening of Trump Ferry Point golf course in the Bronx. The steady drip of adulation—curated and amplified by Trump himself—served as both ego maintenance and pre-campaign groundwork, just 20 days before his June 16, 2015 presidential announcement.

Notably, despite major world events—the dramatic arrest of seven FIFA officials in Zurich on U.S. corruption charges, catastrophic flooding killing dozens across Texas and Oklahoma, and ongoing international crises—Trump engaged with none of them. The complete absence of external-event engagement on a day with substantial news underscores a pattern of radical self-referentiality. The day's content orbit was entirely self-enclosed: supporter praise, property promotion, motivational quotes (from Sam Snead, Jack Nicklaus, and both parents), and soft campaign messaging. This is not a day of reaction but of construction—building the narrative scaffolding for an imminent candidacy announcement.

The posting pattern shows two rapid-fire retweet sessions in the evening and late night (16 posts in 27 minutes around 8:30 PM EDT, followed by 10 posts in 37 minutes starting at 12:30 AM EDT), with a roughly 7.5-hour gap suggesting normal sleep, before resuming at a more measured pace throughout the daytime hours. While the 36-post volume is elevated relative to typical daily output, the mechanical, low-intensity nature of the content—mostly one-click retweets with minimal original commentary—suggests scheduled curation rather than pressured hypomanic output.

Full digest for 2015-05-27: https://trump.fm/date/2015-05-27/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, May 27). "@davevin73: @realDonaldTrump You should be... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_603360207121559552
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@davevin73: @realDonaldTrump You should be president, I..." X (Twitter), 27 May. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_603360207121559552. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@davevin73: @realDonaldTrump You should be president, I...," X (Twitter), May 27, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_603360207121559552.

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