# Post x_613024248572026880

- Post ID: `x_613024248572026880`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-06-22T16:42:24.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_613024248572026880
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_613024248572026880/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_613024248572026880.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Who do you want negotiating for us? #MakeAmericaGreatAgain https://t.co/WASlyxbG1j

## Engagement

- Likes: 275
- Reposts: 131
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.350Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T09:02:31.492Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "Who do you want negotiating for us?"

### Context
Posted June 22, 2015, just days after Trump's campaign announcement (June 16). The linked image likely shows Trump contrasted with other candidates or politicians, reinforcing his "dealmaker" brand. The hashtag #MakeAmericaGreatAgain marks this as early campaign messaging.

### Authorship
Posted at 12:42 PM EDT (Trump likely in New York). Business hours, polished, brief rhetorical question with campaign hashtag and media attachment — consistent with aide-assisted or campaign-coordinated posting.

### Personality Analysis
A compact but effective post deploying the rhetorical question to position Trump as the obvious answer. The implied argument: I am the superior negotiator. This is pure agency/status motivation with the "dealmaker" protagonist role central to his brand identity.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- **Rhetorical question** implying obvious answer (Trump himself)
- **Inclusive pronoun "us"** — creates in-group, positions Trump as champion of collective interest
- **Implied comparison** — devalues unnamed others without directly attacking

### Clinical Notes
Low-intensity post. Grandiose self-concept is present but expressed through implication rather than direct assertion — a more sophisticated rhetorical move. No rage, no defensive posture, no reality distortion. Standard early-campaign supply-seeking.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 30%)

### Indicators

- Business hours (12:42 PM EDT)
- Polished brevity
- Campaign hashtag
- Attached media/image
- No typos or stream-of-consciousness

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (campaign launch momentum)

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

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

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- inclusive 'us' pronoun
- rhetorical question engaging audience

## Tags

- campaign_launch (80%)
- dealmaker_brand (90%)
- supply_seeking (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). Who do you want negotiating for us?... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_613024248572026880
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Who do you want negotiating for us? #MakeAmericaGreatAgain..." X (Twitter), 22 Jun. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_613024248572026880. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Who do you want negotiating for us? #MakeAmericaGreatAgain...," X (Twitter), June 22, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_613024248572026880.

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