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This is a retweet/reply in a thread about Macy's dropping Trump's menswear line. Trump responds to the business rejection with dismissive contempt: "I didn't know Macy's was still in business. Oh well, still not going there."

Authorship

Posted at 6:17 PM ET (Trump likely in NYC during early campaign). Business hours, but the casual tone, brevity, and emotional reactivity suggest authentic Trump.

Psychological Analysis

This is a textbook narcissistic injury response. Macy's severed an 11-year business relationship due to his immigration comments. The defense is devaluation — dismissing Macy's as irrelevant ("didn't know they were still in business") to neutralize the sting of rejection. The "Oh well" performs indifference. The "still not going there" reframes the situation: I reject them, not the reverse (DARVO-lite).

This is a common narcissistic pattern: when abandoned or rejected, the subject preemptively claims they never wanted the relationship. The sour-grapes quality is transparent but psychologically functional — it preserves grandiosity.

Rhetorical Techniques

• Devaluation of the rejecting party
• Reversal of agency (I'm choosing not to go there)
• Casual dismissiveness to signal the injury doesn't matter

Context

Part of a cluster of Macy's-related posts this day, showing the topic is clearly occupying his attention despite the performed indifference.

Fact Verification

Overall Veracity: 0%