# Post x_613123918531022848

- Post ID: `x_613123918531022848`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-06-22T23:18:28.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_613123918531022848
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_613123918531022848/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_613123918531022848.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> “Donald trump files statement of candidacy” http://t.co/uiMCfHmtMU via @CBSNews

## Engagement

- Likes: 289
- Reposts: 138
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.350Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T09:03:43.610Z (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: FEC Candidacy Filing Share (2015-06-22)

A routine post sharing CBS News coverage of Trump's official FEC filing. This is one of several posts on this date documenting the formalization of his presidential candidacy, filed six days after his June 16 announcement at Trump Tower.

### Authorship
Posted at 7:18 PM ET (Trump was based in New York). The professional formatting, correct grammar, and use of "via @CBSNews" attribution suggest aide authorship. The third-person reference ("Donald trump") further supports staff origin.

### Psychological State
This is a supply-seeking/maintenance post during the candidacy launch period. Sharing mainstream media coverage of the filing serves to legitimize the campaign and signal seriousness to doubters. The choice of CBS News (mainstream outlet) over partisan media is notable — at this early stage, establishment validation was still sought.

### Narrative Identity
The post implicitly casts Trump as a legitimate political figure, not merely a celebrity entertainer. The FEC filing is a bureaucratic milestone that signals commitment, countering the widespread narrative that his candidacy was a publicity stunt.

### Context
This post is part of a cluster on June 22 including retweets of supporters, the original FEC filing announcement with #MakeAmericaGreatAgain, and a Bloomberg article titled "Defying Doubters." The pattern shows a coordinated media push to establish candidacy legitimacy.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Donald Trump filed statement of candidacy with FEC" | **True** | Trump filed FEC Form 2 on June 22, 2015, formalizing candidacy announced June 16 |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Third-person reference ('Donald trump')
- Professional 'via @CBSNews' attribution format
- Business hours posting (7:18 PM ET)
- No emotional reactivity or ALL CAPS
- Clean formatting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (CBS News coverage of candidacy filing)

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-07._

> Donald Trump filed statement of candidacy with FEC

**TRUE**

Trump filed FEC Form 2 on June 22, 2015, formalizing candidacy announced June 16

Sources: FEC records

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- campaign_launch (100%)
- aide_authored (85%)
- legitimization (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). “Donald trump files statement of candidacy”... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_613123918531022848
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "“Donald trump files statement of candidacy”..." X (Twitter), 22 Jun. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_613123918531022848. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "“Donald trump files statement of candidacy”...," X (Twitter), June 22, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_613123918531022848.

## 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_613123918531022848
- Analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/x_613123918531022848
- All citation formats: https://trump.fm/api/cite/x_613123918531022848
- Same day: https://trump.fm/date/2015-06-22
- The record alone, without the analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_613123918531022848.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`._