# Post x_618780146078720000 - Post ID: `x_618780146078720000` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2015-07-08T13:54:17.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_618780146078720000 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_618780146078720000/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_618780146078720000.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > .@natalie_gulbis Thank you for your support this morning on @GolfChannel. Even more importantly, play well this week! Say hi to all. ## Engagement - Likes: 351 - Reposts: 105 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.348Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T10:20:46.665Z (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: Golf Channel Thank-You Tweet (July 8, 2015) A low-intensity, cordial tweet thanking golfer Natalie Gulbis for defending him on Golf Channel amid the immigration controversy fallout. Posted alongside a similar thank-you to Ron Sirak, suggesting a brief gratitude sequence toward media allies. **Context:** Trump was under intense pressure from business partners severing ties over his Mexico comments. Golf Channel appearances defending him represented valuable support from his pre-political social world. **Authorship:** Posted at 9:54 AM ET (Trump likely in NYC). Business-hours timing, polite tone, correct grammar, and professional formatting suggest aide involvement, though Trump's personal golf-world connections make partial authorship plausible. **Psychological Function:** Supply-seeking and alliance maintenance. The phrase "even more importantly, play well this week" is a minor self-aggrandizing move — positioning his political controversy as the primary frame, then graciously pivoting to her golf career, implying his situation is the bigger story. "Say hi to all" signals insider status in the golf world. **Clinical Significance:** Minimal. This is routine social maintenance during a period of narcissistic injury (business partners abandoning him). The grateful tone toward defenders is consistent with in-group reward behavior typical of the splitting dynamic visible in surrounding posts. ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 30%) ### Indicators - Business hours (9:54 AM ET) - Correct grammar and punctuation - Polite, measured tone - Professional formatting ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Natalie Gulbis defending Trump on Golf Channel) Sentiment: +0.70 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 20% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - idealization (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 30% **Parasocial Techniques:** - direct address - insider signaling ('say hi to all') ## Tags - gratitude (80%) - alliance-maintenance (70%) - golf (60%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Supply-Gathering Day: Trump Curates a Wall of Validation Three Weeks After Campaign Launch** On July 8, 2015 — three weeks after his campaign announcement and the ensuing firestorm over his comments about Mexican immigrants — Donald Trump spent a methodical day curating narcissistic supply. Across 20 posts (including two duplicated pairs), the account operated as a validation aggregation machine: retweeting supporters, thanking media figures for "fair" coverage, and systematically amplifying articles that framed his controversial immigration rhetoric as vindicated. The dominant psychological state was grandiose (16 of 20 posts), with only brief flickers of vulnerability surfacing around the Macy's corporate backlash. No rage was detected in any post, and aggregate intensity remained remarkably low at 0.18 — suggesting a disciplined (likely staff-managed) operation rather than an emotionally volatile day. The most psychologically revealing thread is the immigration validation campaign. Rather than engaging critics directly, the account amplified third-party voices — a pastor speaking to a Hispanic congregation, border reports "backing up" the "rapists" claim, an article framing the backlash as a free speech issue. This indirect approach represents a strategic rather than impulsive pattern, yet the four posts rated at elevated danger collectively construct a dehumanizing narrative framework around immigrant communities. The complete absence of engagement with major world events (NYSE trading halt, Greek debt crisis, Iran nuclear talks) underscores the narcissistic tunnel vision of the day: only content that reflected back on Trump's standing received attention. The Macy's boycott posts (x_618789259621847040, x_618810296233291776) are the clearest windows into underlying vulnerability — the wound of corporate rejection is managed by amplifying supporter-led boycott efforts, converting humiliation into a populist loyalty test. Full digest for 2015-07-08: https://trump.fm/date/2015-07-08/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, July 8). .@natalie_gulbis Thank you for your support this... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_618780146078720000 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. ".@natalie_gulbis Thank you for your support this morning on..." X (Twitter), 8 Jul. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_618780146078720000. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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