# Post x_613168577793912832 - Post ID: `x_613168577793912832` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2015-06-23T02:15:55.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @_bri - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_613168577793912832 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_613168577793912832/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_613168577793912832.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text _Quotes @_bri, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @_bri's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._ > "@_bri: This is the first election I'll be able to vote, and my vote goes to Trump because I want to live in a great country! #Trump2016" ## Engagement - Likes: 488 - Reposts: 143 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.350Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T09:04:16.052Z (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 Supporter Endorsement (2015-06-23) This is a quote-retweet of a young first-time voter expressing support. Posted at 10:15 PM ET (Trump likely in New York), this is a routine narcissistic supply post during the first days of his official candidacy. ### Authorship Late evening timing and the pattern of retweeting supporter praise is consistent with authentic Trump behavior — manually browsing mentions and amplifying flattering ones. This fits a well-documented pattern visible in the surrounding posts. ### Psychological State The post is straightforward supply-seeking. Having just filed his FEC candidacy statement, Trump is in an expansive, grandiose phase, curating testimonials. The selection of a first-time voter is strategic — it signals broad appeal and youth enthusiasm. ### Rhetorical Function The retweet implicitly endorses its premise: voting for Trump = wanting "a great country." This is a simple but effective testimonial technique that lets others make the grandiose claim on his behalf. ### Clinical Significance Low. This is routine campaign-phase narcissistic supply curation with no notable clinical markers. ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 70%) ### Indicators - Late evening posting (10:15 PM ET) - Pattern of retweeting supporter praise matches authenticated Trump behavior - Simple quote-retweet format consistent with manual browsing ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (supporter praise on Twitter) Sentiment: +0.60 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 30% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - idealization (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 10% **Parasocial Techniques:** - testimonial amplification - social proof curation ## Tags - supply-seeking (80%) - campaign-launch (70%) - testimonial-retweet (90%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Post-Announcement Honeymoon: A Day of Pure Narcissistic Supply Harvesting One Week After Campaign Launch** June 23, 2015 — exactly one week after Trump's presidential campaign announcement at Trump Tower — presents a textbook day of narcissistic supply-seeking with zero aggression, zero defensiveness, and no engagement with any external criticism or current event. All eleven posts exist on a single emotional register: grandiose self-validation. The day is dominated by retweeting supporters who pledge their votes and praise his candidacy (7 of 11 posts), sharing favorable New Hampshire polling coverage (2 posts), and promoting a Fox News interview (1 post). The average authorship score across the day is a remarkably low 0.40, indicating Trump is largely curating others' praise rather than generating original content — a behavioral signature of narcissistic supply harvesting at its most efficient. The posting pattern, when adjusted to his likely location in New York City (EDT, UTC-4), reveals a conventional schedule: a brief three-post burst at approximately 10:12–10:15 PM on the evening of June 22, followed by an 11-hour gap consistent with normal sleep, then steady posting from 9:35 AM through 6:24 PM on June 23. There is no evidence of sleep deprivation, hypomanic acceleration, or escalating intensity. The day represents a psychologically stable, if monotonously self-referential, baseline — the calm before the storm of combative campaign rhetoric that would shortly follow as media scrutiny and Republican primary competition intensified. Notably, none of the significant external events of the day — the Confederate flag removal debate in South Carolina, the Pakistan heat wave, Deflategate hearings, or the ongoing Ebola crisis — register in Trump's feed at all. His attentional field on this date is entirely self-enclosed, focused exclusively on evidence that his candidacy is being received with enthusiasm. The sole reference to another political figure is Obama, cast as an incompetent negotiator in a promoted Fox News interview clip, functioning not as genuine political commentary but as a foil to elevate Trump's self-image as a superior dealmaker. Full digest for 2015-06-23: https://trump.fm/date/2015-06-23/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, June 23). "@_bri: This is the first election I'll be able... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_613168577793912832 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@_bri: This is the first election I'll be able to vote,..." X (Twitter), 23 Jun. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_613168577793912832. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@_bri: This is the first election I'll be able to vote,...," X (Twitter), June 23, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_613168577793912832. ## 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_613168577793912832 - Analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/x_613168577793912832 - All citation formats: https://trump.fm/api/cite/x_613168577793912832 - Same day: https://trump.fm/date/2015-06-23 - The record alone, without the analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_613168577793912832.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`._