# Post x_612785894395912192

- Post ID: `x_612785894395912192`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-06-22T00:55:16.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @shawncrazyshawn
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_612785894395912192
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_612785894395912192/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_612785894395912192.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

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

> "@shawncrazyshawn: I have Loved you since Wrestlemania when I was kid. I grew up & see what you're all about. I am behind you ALL the way!"

## Engagement

- Likes: 96
- Reposts: 28
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.350Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T08:59:52.946Z (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 Fan Support (Wrestling Reference)

This is a quote-retweet of a supporter expressing lifelong admiration rooted in Trump's WrestleMania appearances. The post is pure narcissistic supply — Trump amplifying a fan's adulation to his broader audience. No original content from Trump; the selection itself is the communicative act.

**Authorship:** Posted at 8:55 PM ET (Trump likely in New York, days after his June 16 campaign announcement). Evening timing and the pattern of rapid-fire retweets (multiple in this session) suggest authentic Trump behavior — curating praise from his mentions.

**Psychological Function:** This is routine narcissistic supply maintenance during the early post-announcement period. Trump is basking in supporter enthusiasm. The wrestling reference is notable — it connects Trump to his entertainer/showman persona and populist cultural appeal rather than political credentials.

**Context:** This post sits amid a series of anti-Karl Rove tweets, suggesting Trump was alternating between attack (Rove) and supply-gathering (fan retweets). This oscillation between aggression and validation-seeking is characteristic.

**Rhetorical Function:** Amplifying testimonials serves as social proof for the nascent campaign. The "since I was a kid" framing implies multigenerational loyalty.

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 75%)

### Indicators

- Evening posting (8:55 PM ET)
- Part of rapid retweet session
- Pattern consistent with Trump scrolling mentions

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (fan praise in mentions)

Sentiment: +0.70

### Clinical

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- testimonial amplification
- social proof

## Tags

- supply-seeking (80%)
- fan-retweet (100%)
- campaign-launch-period (70%)

## That day

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

**The Supply Machine: Trump Files FEC Candidacy Amid Narcissistic Supply Binge and Karl Rove Feud**

Six days after his famous escalator announcement, Donald Trump's June 22, 2015 social media output reveals a psychologically significant day dominated by a relentless search for narcissistic supply. Of 52 posts, the overwhelming majority (approximately 30+) are retweets of supporter praise—a massive, mechanistic harvesting operation in which Trump scrolled through his mentions amplifying adulation. The day's marquee event was the filing of his official Statement of Candidacy with the Federal Election Commission, but this milestone was almost buried beneath a torrent of self-congratulatory retweet activity and a pointed feud with Karl Rove over a distorted claim about the 2nd Amendment.

The psychological profile is remarkably uniform: 51 of 52 posts register as grandiose, with only a single post briefly touching vulnerability when Trump amplified a follower's question about why Fox News turned on him after his candidacy announcement. Rage was confined to a brief, controlled burst against Karl Rove during the late-evening session (8:46–8:54 PM EDT), peaking at a modest 0.50. The day's most psychologically revealing moments are not the rage posts but the sustained, almost compulsive supply-seeking behavior—22 retweets in 44 minutes during the evening session—and the passive-aggressive threat directed at Dana Perino regarding a private thank-you card. The short sleep window (approximately 5.5 hours between last post at 1:08 AM and first at 6:31 AM EDT) and elevated posting volume suggest heightened arousal consistent with the early-campaign adrenaline phase, though the pattern does not definitively meet clinical hypomanic thresholds.

A notable authorship gradient exists across the day: Trump appears personally engaged during the late-evening retweet sessions and early-morning Fox & Friends farewell (authorship 0.70–0.90), while midday and afternoon posts—including generic entrepreneur platitudes and polished campaign messaging—show markedly lower authorship scores (0.10–0.30), consistent with staff or scheduled content. This bifurcation provides a useful fingerprint for distinguishing Trump's personal psychological state from his campaign's managed output.

Full digest for 2015-06-22: https://trump.fm/date/2015-06-22/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, June 22). "@shawncrazyshawn: I have Loved you since... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_612785894395912192
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@shawncrazyshawn: I have Loved you since Wrestlemania when..." X (Twitter), 22 Jun. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_612785894395912192. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@shawncrazyshawn: I have Loved you since Wrestlemania when...," X (Twitter), June 22, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_612785894395912192.

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