# Post x_603739021148364800

- Post ID: `x_603739021148364800`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-05-28T01:46:14.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @hokie6
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_603739021148364800
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_603739021148364800/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_603739021148364800.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

_Quotes @hokie6, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @hokie6's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._

> "@hokie6: @FoxNews @realDonaldTrump the art of the deal in action. There's a pinch of Reagan in there."  Thank you.

## Engagement

- Likes: 26
- Reposts: 6
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.351Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T05:47:43.570Z (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 Praise with Brief Acknowledgment

A low-intensity post in which Trump retweets a supporter comparing him to Reagan and referencing "The Art of the Deal," responding with a simple "Thank you." This is part of a cluster of retweets amplifying supporter praise on the same date, consistent with routine narcissistic supply-seeking behavior during the pre-announcement period (he announced his candidacy June 16, 2015).

**Authorship:** Posted at 9:46 PM ET (Trump likely in New York). Late evening timing and the brief, personal "Thank you" response suggest authentic Trump. The pattern of retweeting multiple supporters in sequence is consistent with his known late-night Twitter browsing habits.

**Psychological State:** Stable, gratified. The Reagan comparison is particularly supply-rich — associating Trump with a beloved Republican president. The "Art of the Deal" reference reinforces his dealmaker identity. No defensiveness or agitation present.

**Pattern:** This post is one of at least five supporter retweets in the same session, suggesting a deliberate curation of praise — building a case for his candidacy through social proof.

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 80%)

### Indicators

- Late evening post (9:46 PM ET)
- Brief personal response style
- Part of rapid-fire retweet session

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking

Sentiment: +0.50

### Clinical

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

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- thanking supporter directly to encourage further engagement

## Tags

- supply-seeking (80%)
- pre-campaign (70%)
- retweet-praise (90%)

## That day

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

**The Praise Machine: 50-Post Pre-Campaign Blitz Reveals Compulsive Narcissistic Supply Harvesting on the Eve of Announcement**

On May 28, 2015 -- just 19 days before his formal presidential announcement -- Donald Trump posted or retweeted 50 items, an extraordinary volume that places this day well above the 95th percentile of his typical output for the period. The day was defined by a single, unbroken psychological state: grandiosity. Not a single post registered rage, and zero posts reached elevated danger levels. The average intensity was a remarkably low 0.16, indicating the grandiosity was ambient and self-sustaining rather than reactive. The overwhelming majority of posts (approximately 35 of 50) were retweets of supporter praise urging him to run for president, praising Melania as a future First Lady, or celebrating his properties -- a textbook narcissistic supply-gathering operation conducted at industrial scale.

The most concerning behavioral signal was the sleep pattern. Converting UTC timestamps to Eastern Daylight Time (Trump was in New York, having attended the Trump Ferry Point grand opening in the Bronx the day prior), the posting session began at 8:14 PM on May 27 and continued without interruption until 2:30 AM on May 28. Posting resumed at 6:28 AM, suggesting a sleep window of approximately four hours. The late-night session was characterized by rapid-fire retweeting of nearly identical praise -- multiple duplicates were posted, with at least five tweets retweeted twice across the evening, suggesting either careless scrolling or compulsive behavior. While the afternoon posts (3:20-5:14 PM EDT) show markedly lower authorship scores (0.10-0.35), consistent with staff management, the nighttime session (authorship 0.60-0.90) appears to be personally driven, placing the subject's individual output at roughly 30 posts in a six-hour late-night window.

Despite the volume, the day was substantively thin. Only one original attack was launched (against Bush and Rubio on Iraq, x_603751406831607808), and only three policy positions were articulated (Common Core, ObamaCare, ISIS), all in brief, slogan-level terms during the staff-managed afternoon block. The day's function was not persuasion or governance-oriented communication but rather the construction of a curated echo chamber -- a digital mirror reflecting back an image of overwhelming popular demand for his candidacy. This pattern is consistent with pre-announcement psychological preparation: building internal conviction through external validation harvesting.

Full digest for 2015-05-28: https://trump.fm/date/2015-05-28/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, May 28). "@hokie6: @FoxNews @realDonaldTrump the art of... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_603739021148364800
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@hokie6: @FoxNews @realDonaldTrump the art of the deal in..." X (Twitter), 28 May. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_603739021148364800. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@hokie6: @FoxNews @realDonaldTrump the art of the deal in...," X (Twitter), May 28, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_603739021148364800.

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