# Post x_609225876694257664

- Post ID: `x_609225876694257664`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-06-12T05:09:02.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @RealTerryPatton
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_609225876694257664
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_609225876694257664/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_609225876694257664.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

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

> "@RealTerryPatton: @realDonaldTrump @JenCromartie Do it Mr. Trump, we are screwed if you don't."  I agree!

## Engagement

- Likes: 61
- Reposts: 20
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.351Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T07:37:36.937Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Psychological Analysis: Retweet with Endorsement (2015-06-12)

This post is one in a series of curated retweets from supporters urging Trump to run for president, posted 4 days before his June 16 announcement. The pattern across the evening's posts is clear: Trump is amplifying grassroots demand to frame his candidacy as responding to popular will rather than personal ambition.

### Authorship
Posted at 1:09 AM EDT (Trump based in New York). The late-night timing and minimal personal addition ("I agree!") are consistent with authentic Trump posting during a late-night retweet session.

### Psychological State
This is narcissistic supply-seeking through curated audience validation. By retweeting "we are screwed if you don't," Trump elevates himself to indispensable savior status while maintaining plausible modesty—it's *others* saying it. The "I agree!" is a light, almost playful confirmation that sustains ambiguity while signaling intent.

### Narrative Construction
The series of retweets constructs a redemption narrative: America is in crisis → the people call for a savior → Trump answers the call. This is classic Hero/Savior archetype staging.

### Rhetorical Function
Minimal rhetorical complexity. The technique is testimonial/social proof—letting supporters make the case. The apocalyptic framing ("we are screwed") is the supporter's language, but Trump endorses it by amplifying it.

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- 1:09 AM EDT - late night posting
- Minimal addition ('I agree!') consistent with rapid retweet session
- Part of a burst of similar retweets
- Informal, impulsive quality

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (pre-announcement audience building)

Sentiment: +0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- amplifying supporter voices to create intimacy and reciprocity
- endorsing follower's apocalyptic framing to validate their worldview

## Tags

- supply-seeking (80%)
- pre-announcement (90%)
- savior-framing (70%)
- retweet-curation (80%)

## That day

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

**The Drumroll Before the Escalator: Trump Curates a Chorus of Popular Demand Four Days Before His Presidential Announcement**

On June 12, 2015—four days before his historic campaign announcement at Trump Tower—Donald Trump's social media output constitutes a masterclass in narcissistic supply curation and anticipation-building. Of 39 posts, the overwhelming majority (roughly 22) consist of retweeting supporters pleading for him to run, punctuated by cryptic teases ("June 16th," "Stay tuned") that confirm the announcement without formally declaring it. The day is entirely rage-free, with an aggregate intensity of 0.09, making it one of the most psychologically stable days in the dataset—though the stability itself serves a strategic function: manufacturing a narrative of overwhelming grassroots demand to frame his candidacy as a response to popular will rather than personal ambition.

The remaining posts divide neatly between Trump Organization brand promotion (six posts boosting properties in Chicago, Panama, New York, and Miami), pre-scheduled motivational content for entrepreneurs (four posts in rapid succession, likely automated), and a single substantive policy comment opposing the Trade Promotion Authority vote in the House. Authorship confidence is notably low across the day (median ~0.40), suggesting heavy staff involvement in the curation and posting process—consistent with an operation running a coordinated pre-launch media strategy. The late-night cluster (12:57–1:09 AM EDT) where Trump adds personal commentary ("June 16th," "Stay tuned," "I agree!") shows higher authorship scores (0.85–0.90), suggesting the principal was personally engaged in the most strategically important teases while delegating the volume work to staff.

No cognitive concerns, contradictions, or danger signals emerge from this day. The psychological profile is uniformly grandiose but instrumentally so—grandiosity deployed as brand-building rather than reactive defense. The day represents a calm before the storm, a carefully orchestrated prelude to one of the most consequential political announcements in modern American history.

Full digest for 2015-06-12: https://trump.fm/date/2015-06-12/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, June 12). "@RealTerryPatton: @realDonaldTrump @JenCromartie... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_609225876694257664
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@RealTerryPatton: @realDonaldTrump @JenCromartie Do it Mr...." X (Twitter), 12 Jun. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_609225876694257664. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@RealTerryPatton: @realDonaldTrump @JenCromartie Do it Mr....," X (Twitter), June 12, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_609225876694257664.

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