# Post x_613907745318825985

- Post ID: `x_613907745318825985`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-06-25T03:13:06.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @nickcokley
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_613907745318825985
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_613907745318825985/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_613907745318825985.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

_Quotes @nickcokley, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @nickcokley's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._

> "@nickcokley: @realDonaldTrump my first vote ever will be for one of the most historic businessmen in history.

## Engagement

- Likes: 313
- Reposts: 89
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.350Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T09:06:55.226Z (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 Praise (2015-06-25)

This post is a quote-retweet of a supporter (@nickcokley) calling Trump "one of the most historic businessmen in history." This is part of a clear pattern visible in the surrounding posts — a series of retweeted supporter praise during the early days of his presidential campaign announcement (June 16, 2015).

### Authorship
Posted at 11:13 PM ET (Trump likely in NYC or returning from NH given Ivanka's appearance there). Late-night timing and the simple retweet-as-endorsement style are consistent with authentic Trump usage.

### Psychological State
This is straightforward narcissistic supply collection. Trump is curating and amplifying praise from supporters, a pattern well-documented in his Twitter behavior. The choice to amplify *this* particular tweet — emphasizing his business identity — reflects his core self-concept as a historic businessman, now transitioning to political candidate.

### Rhetorical Function
The retweet serves as third-party validation (social proof) and hyperbolic self-aggrandizement by proxy — letting a supporter make the grandiose claim rather than stating it directly.

### Context
This is one of at least five consecutive retweets of supporter praise, suggesting a late-night session of scrolling mentions and amplifying favorable ones. This is routine maintenance behavior for his narcissistic supply ecosystem.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Trump is one of the most historic businessmen in history" | **Mostly False** | While Trump is a well-known businessman, 'most historic' is extreme hyperbole. He is notable but not typically ranked among the most historically significant business figures (Carnegie, Rockefeller, Ford, etc.). |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 80%)

### Indicators

- Late-night posting (11:13 PM ET)
- Simple retweet format consistent with personal scrolling
- Pattern of multiple consecutive supporter retweets

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (supporter praise on Twitter)

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- amplifying supporter voices to create sense of movement

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Trump is one of the most historic businessmen in history

**MOSTLY FALSE**

While Trump is a well-known businessman, 'most historic' is extreme hyperbole. He is notable but not typically ranked among the most historically significant business figures (Carnegie, Rockefeller, Ford, etc.).

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- supply-seeking (80%)
- supporter-retweet (100%)
- campaign-early (70%)

## That day

_From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._

**Post-Launch Euphoria Meets First Business Casualty: Trump Bathes in Poll Numbers While Univision Dispute Ignites the Immigration Narrative**

Nine days after announcing his presidential candidacy, Trump's June 25, 2015 output reveals a subject riding the intoxicating high of early campaign validation. Across 24 posts, the dominant psychological mode is grandiose (20 of 24 posts), characterized by poll-number celebration, supporter retweet binges, and preemptive attacks on media figures whose perceived disloyalty constitutes narcissistic injury. The evening session (8:36–11:34 PM EDT, June 24) is a sustained grandiose display: a mix of defensive swipes at Willie Geist, Neil Young, and The View, interspersed with campaign boosterism and a rapid-fire run of six supporter retweets in 27 minutes that reads as compulsive supply-harvesting. Supply-seeking is the most common trigger across the day (14 of 24 posts), consistent with the novelty and excitement of a fresh campaign launch.

The morning session (8:19–10:27 AM EDT, June 25) opens with a familiar pattern—attacking a media figure (Lawrence O'Donnell) and sharing poll results—before pivoting sharply to the day's most psychologically significant development: the Univision dispute over Miss Universe. This three-post cluster (x_614077300624257025, x_614077418089922560, x_614077526181314560) at 10:26–10:27 AM EDT marks the first real-world business consequence of the campaign launch rhetoric on immigration. Trump's response reveals his characteristic reframing: the injury (Univision pulling out) is transformed into evidence of a conspiracy ("Mexican gov forcing Univision") and validation of his own courage ("no way!"). A near-duplicate post reappears four hours later (x_614077300624257000) at 2:26 PM EDT with elevated rage (0.50 vs 0.40), suggesting the wound continued to fester.

Notably absent from the entire day is any mention of the Supreme Court's landmark King v. Burwell decision upholding Obamacare subsidies—a major political event that every other candidate addressed—indicating either strategic avoidance of a complex policy topic or genuine disinterest in governance-level issues this early in the campaign. The adequate sleep window (~8.75 hours) and generally coherent content argue against hypomanic classification; the elevated output is more consistent with campaign launch excitement than clinical mania.

Full digest for 2015-06-25: https://trump.fm/date/2015-06-25/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, June 25). "@nickcokley: @realDonaldTrump my first vote ever... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_613907745318825985
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@nickcokley: @realDonaldTrump my first vote ever will be..." X (Twitter), 25 Jun. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_613907745318825985. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@nickcokley: @realDonaldTrump my first vote ever will be...," X (Twitter), June 25, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_613907745318825985.

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