# Post x_636189553007689728

- Post ID: `x_636189553007689728`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-08-25T14:53:03.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_636189553007689728
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_636189553007689728/analysis

## Post text

> Thanks.  https://t.co/qVDlJToLqz

## Engagement

- Likes: 2,055
- Reposts: 929
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.345Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T19:33:07.445Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "Thanks. [link]" — 2015-08-25 10:53 AM EDT

### Overview
This post is a near-zero-content relay: a single word ("Thanks.") followed by a now-dead hyperlink (t.co/qVDlJToLqz returned ECONNREFUSED — unrecoverable). The linked material is unknown and analysis is accordingly constrained. Within the day's posting cluster, Trump was in a high-activation, poll-dominant state: citing 30% SC polling leads, mocking Lindsey Graham (+26 pts behind), retweeting Pataki criticism, and amplifying anti-Megyn Kelly sentiment. This post most probably links to a favorable poll or supportive article consistent with that supply-rich grandiose arc.

### Authorship Attribution
Post time is 10:53 AM EDT — squarely within business hours. No typos, no emotional register, no caps, no political content in visible text. These are aide indicators. The brevity ("Thanks.") is ambiguous — authentic Trump can be clipped, but the link-relay format with a polished one-word introduction is more consistent with a staff member sharing favorable content on his behalf. Estimated 60/40 aide-leaning, confidence low due to link inaccessibility.

### Psychological State
Within the surrounding cluster, Trump is operating in a grandiose narcissistic state — polling dominance, mockery of trailing rivals, retweet amplification of praise. This post appears to be maintenance/supply-seeking: sharing external favorable content to further amplify admiration. No rage, no injury response, no paranoid content detectable.

### Rhetorical & Clinical Note
Post is rhetorically inert in isolation. No fact claims, no dehumanization, no danger indicators. Contributes no meaningful signal for cognitive assessment (single word). Longitudinal value is archival: confirms high posting cadence and grandiose phase during early campaign period.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 35%)

### Indicators

- 10:53 AM EDT — business hours
- no typos or misspellings
- no emotional register or ALL CAPS
- no political content in visible text
- link-relay format consistent with staff sharing

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 10%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 2%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- link amplification — sharing external favorable content as implied endorsement

## Tags

- probable_aide_written (60%)
- link_relay (100%)
- dead_url (100%)
- maintenance_posting (70%)
- grandiose_phase_context (60%)

## That day

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

**Day 19 of Kelly Siege: 38-Post Barrage Oscillates Between Sustained Journalist Harassment and Multi-Vector Primary Rival Demolition**

August 25, 2015 captures Donald Trump operating at peak early-campaign intensity across 38 posts — a volume well above his typical daily output, placing it near the 80th percentile for the period. Two dominant campaigns structure the day: a sustained harassment operation against Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly (9 posts, concentrated in a 44-minute late-evening cluster peaking with amplification of the gendered slur "bimbo" in post x_635995703182016513) and a multi-angle demolition campaign against Jeb Bush (7 posts, spanning evening through morning). The psychological state is overwhelmingly grandiose, with the Kelly posts introducing mixed-state indicators reflecting narcissistic rage that has not diminished 19 days after the original August 6 debate injury. The stochastic terrorism pattern is structurally operative across the Kelly posts: named target, sustained grievance articulation, massive audience mobilization, no explicit call to action required — and Kelly publicly documented receiving death threats during this period.

The Bush campaign reflects a psychologically distinct register — cold, tactical, and strategically opportunistic rather than emotionally driven. Trump cynically exploits Bush's "anchor babies" misstep by instrumentalizing Asian-American grievance (x_636128157788192768, x_636129007164108800), despite his own concurrent defense of the identical term on Face the Nation — the day's most notable contradiction. Approximately 15 posts serve a pure narcissistic supply function, structurally integrated with attack posts in a deliberate alternating rhythm that regulates grandiose equilibrium. Cognitive function is stable and baseline-consistent throughout; no markers of decline are detectable. Sleep appears adequate at approximately 8 hours, and while volume is elevated, posting remains organized and strategically coherent rather than pressured or disorganized, placing the day below threshold for a hypomanic episode. Notably absent is any reference to the previous day's historic "Black Monday" global market crash — a striking omission for a self-described business genius that may reflect strategic avoidance of a narrative that undermines economic savior positioning.

Full digest for 2015-08-25: https://trump.fm/date/2015-08-25/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, August 25). Thanks. https://t.co/qVDlJToLqz [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_636189553007689728
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Thanks. https://t.co/qVDlJToLqz" X (Twitter), 25 Aug. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_636189553007689728. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Thanks. https://t.co/qVDlJToLqz," X (Twitter), August 25, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_636189553007689728.

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