# Post x_617852272807137280

- Post ID: `x_617852272807137280`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-07-06T00:27:15.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_617852272807137280
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_617852272807137280/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_617852272807137280.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Thank you @loudobbsnews, I will be trying very hard to prove you right - great show!

## Engagement

- Likes: 541
- Reposts: 175
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.349Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T10:17:18.190Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Thank You to Lou Dobbs

A low-intensity, supply-seeking post thanking Lou Dobbs for favorable coverage. Posted at 8:27 PM ET (Trump likely in NYC), this is a routine engagement post during a period of significant business fallout from his immigration remarks.

**Context:** Trump was losing business partnerships (Macy's, NBC, Univision) over his Mexico comments. Dobbs was one of the few prominent media figures offering supportive coverage, making this acknowledgment strategically important.

The phrase "I will be trying very hard to prove you right" is notable—it frames validation from a media figure as a goal worth striving for, revealing the importance of external endorsement during a period of widespread criticism.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 70%)

### Indicators

- Evening posting time (8:27 PM ET)
- Informal tone
- Simple structure
- Could be either Trump or aide

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Lou Dobbs favorable coverage)

Sentiment: +0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- direct address to media ally
- public gratitude as alliance signal

## Tags

- supply-seeking (70%)
- media-alliance (60%)
- low-intensity (80%)

## That day

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

**Supply-Seeking Marathon: Three Weeks Post-Announcement, Trump Bathes in Supporter Adulation While Quietly Reframing His Mexico Comments**

On July 6, 2015 -- three weeks after his presidential campaign announcement -- Donald Trump posted 13 times, with the overwhelming majority (10 of 13) consisting of retweeted supporter praise. The day reflects a classic narcissistic supply-gathering operation: an evening session of rapid-fire amplification of flattering tweets, a brief late-night post, and then an afternoon cluster pivoting toward the Macy's boycott narrative. The dominant psychological state was grandiose throughout, with only a single "mixed" post in which Trump attempted to sanitize his controversial Mexico remarks. No rage was detected in any post, and overall intensity remained remarkably low (average 0.20), suggesting a day of consolidation rather than confrontation.

The most psychologically significant content was the lone substantive post (x_617857470933913600) in which Trump reframed his inflammatory announcement speech comments about Mexican immigrants as merely saying "Mexican leaders and negotiators are smarter than ours." This sanitization represents a notable disconnect from his actual recorded remarks. The Macy's-related posts (x_618105803917131776, x_618162634324615168) reveal a characteristic defensive strategy: transforming corporate retaliation (Macy's dropping his brand) into evidence of populist support, reframing a narcissistic injury as a victory narrative. The day's posting pattern -- evening through late night, then afternoon -- suggests no significant sleep disruption, with an approximately 12-hour gap consistent with normal rest.

The broader context of escalating business fallout (NBC, Univision, and Macy's severing ties) and his simultaneous rise in early polls created a psychological environment ripe for the supply-validation cycle observed here. Trump appears to be using mass retweet curation as a psychological stabilization mechanism, surrounding himself with affirming voices during a period of significant external pressure.

Full digest for 2015-07-06: https://trump.fm/date/2015-07-06/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, July 6). Thank you @loudobbsnews, I will be trying very... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_617852272807137280
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Thank you @loudobbsnews, I will be trying very hard to..." X (Twitter), 6 Jul. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_617852272807137280. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Thank you @loudobbsnews, I will be trying very hard to...," X (Twitter), July 6, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_617852272807137280.

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