# Post x_613054662594461696 - Post ID: `x_613054662594461696` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2015-06-22T18:43:16.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_613054662594461696 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_613054662594461696/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_613054662594461696.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Entrepreneurs: Negotiation is an art. Treat it like one. ## Engagement - Likes: 632 - Reposts: 342 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.350Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T09:02:21.602Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Analysis: "Entrepreneurs: Negotiation is an art. Treat it like one." A brief, aphoristic post consistent with Trump's long-running "business wisdom" brand content. This is one week after his presidential campaign announcement (June 16, 2015) and fits a pattern of interspersing campaign-oriented posts with brand-maintenance content. ### Authorship Likely aide-written or pre-scheduled content. The post is polished, grammatically correct, and reads like a motivational quote — consistent with Trump's book-branding content ("The Art of the Deal"). Posted at ~2:43 PM EDT (Trump was based in New York), squarely in business hours. ### Psychological State Low-intensity maintenance post. No emotional reactivity, no targets, no grievance. Functions as narcissistic supply-seeking through the "wise mentor" persona — positioning Trump as an authority on negotiation, reinforcing his dealmaker identity. ### Rhetorical Technique Simple appeal to authority (self-as-expert). The imperative "Treat it like one" positions the speaker as teacher/mentor dispensing wisdom to entrepreneurs. ### Context This post sits among more politically charged content (anti-TPA, anti-Jeb Bush). It serves as brand reinforcement during the early campaign period, maintaining the businessman-guru identity alongside the emerging political candidate identity. ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 20%) ### Indicators - Business hours posting (2:43 PM EDT) - Perfect grammar and punctuation - Polished aphoristic style - No emotional reactivity or ALL CAPS - Brand-consistent motivational content ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Maintenance Sentiment: +0.30 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 20% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 30% **Parasocial Techniques:** - direct address to followers as 'entrepreneurs' - mentor/teacher positioning ## Tags - brand-maintenance (90%) - mentor-persona (80%) - dealmaker (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). Entrepreneurs: Negotiation is an art. Treat it... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_613054662594461696 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Entrepreneurs: Negotiation is an art. Treat it like one." X (Twitter), 22 Jun. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_613054662594461696. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Entrepreneurs: Negotiation is an art. Treat it like one.," X (Twitter), June 22, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_613054662594461696. ## For agents - Site overview: https://trump.fm/llms.txt - API specification: https://trump.fm/openapi.json - MCP server: https://trump.fm/mcp (search and fetch tools, no auth) - This post as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/posts/x_613054662594461696 - Analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/x_613054662594461696 - All citation formats: https://trump.fm/api/cite/x_613054662594461696 - Same day: https://trump.fm/date/2015-06-22 - The record alone, without the analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_613054662594461696.md?analysis=false _Markdown view of a trump.fm page. Post, analysis, date, feed, contradictions, search and about pages answer in markdown at their URL with `.md` appended (`/index.md` for the home page), or when sent `Accept: text/markdown`._