# Post x_613022549824405500

- Post ID: `x_613022549824405500`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-06-22T20:35:39.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_613022549824405500
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_613022549824405500/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_613022549824405500.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> It's time for government to stop picking winners &amp, losers. Let’s make sure everyone can achieve the American dream! https://t.co/u25yI5T7E8

## Engagement

- Likes: 0
- Reposts: 215
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:24.975Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T09:02:16.841Z (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: June 22, 2015 (4:35 PM ET)

A generic, polished campaign message posted six days after Trump's presidential announcement. This is standard early-campaign rhetoric with minimal psychological salience.

### Authorship
Posted at 4:35 PM ET (business hours, Trump was in New York). The post is polished, uses proper grammar, includes a link, and reads as a prepared campaign talking point. Strong aide-written indicators.

### Psychological State
This is a **maintenance** post—routine campaign messaging. The language ("American dream," "winners & losers") is standard conservative populist framing with no emotional reactivity or personal grievance. Minimal personality signal.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- **Populist appeal**: "everyone can achieve the American dream"
- **Anti-government framing**: "government picking winners & losers" (standard conservative talking point)
- **Inclusive language**: "Let's" and "everyone" create communal framing

### Context
Same day includes entrepreneurial advice tweets (likely from books/speeches) and more characteristic Trump posts (the Dana Perino taunt, endorsing anti-Rove sentiment). This post stands out as the most scripted of the day.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 15%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (4:35 PM ET)
- Polished grammar and complete sentences
- Generic campaign talking point
- Included link (campaign content)
- No typos, no caps, no emotional reactivity

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 10%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- inclusive language ('Let's')

## Tags

- campaign_messaging (90%)
- aide_written (85%)
- populism (60%)

## 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). It's time for government to stop picking winners... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_613022549824405500
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "It's time for government to stop picking winners &amp,..." X (Twitter), 22 Jun. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_613022549824405500. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "It's time for government to stop picking winners &amp,...," X (Twitter), June 22, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_613022549824405500.

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