# Post x_679002048734568448 - Post ID: `x_679002048734568448` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2015-12-21T18:14:38.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_679002048734568448 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_679002048734568448/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_679002048734568448.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Thanks @AndreaTantaros for all of your kind words and thoughts. Big progress is being made. Keep up the great work! ## Engagement - Likes: 3,836 - Reposts: 1,198 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.338Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-09T07:53:02.783Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ # Analysis: x_679002048734568448 — December 21, 2015 ## Overview A brief, affirmative public acknowledgment directed at Andrea Tantaros, then a Fox News co-host on *Outnumbered* and a vocal Trump supporter. The post is clinically unremarkable — a routine supply-maintenance exchange between the subject and a sympathetic media figure. No rage indicators, no threat language, no significant cognitive markers. The post merits documentation primarily for its authorship profile and what it reveals about Trump's media-alliance management strategy during the campaign. --- ## Authorship Attribution **Posted:** 18:14 UTC = **1:14 PM Eastern Standard Time** Trump was in the New York area or in transit to Grand Rapids, Michigan for a rally that evening (corroborated by the preceding post: *"Getting ready to go to the great State of Michigan"*). Either way, 1:14 PM local time falls squarely within business hours. **Aide-written indicators:** - Clean grammar, no typos, no ALL CAPS - Formally complete sentence structure - Conventional social media courtesy format ("Thanks [handle] for all of your kind words") - Posted during peak business hours - No emotional rawness or stream-of-consciousness quality **Marginal Trumpian residue:** - "Big progress is being made" — the passive voice construction and grandiose framing ("Big") echo authentic Trump style, suggesting possible dictation or light editing of a Trump-originated phrase - "Keep up the great work!" — superlative enthusiasm is characteristic, though common enough to be coincidental **Assessment:** Most likely **aide-drafted** with possible Trump-supplied phrase ("Big progress"). The overall structure, timing, and polish point to staff authorship. Confidence: **medium** — the embedded phrase introduces ambiguity. --- ## Psychological State & Triggers **Trigger type:** Supply maintenance. Tantaros had publicly praised Trump (exact content unknown, but the subject's response thanks her for "kind words and thoughts"). This is a transactional reciprocity loop: a media ally provides positive coverage or commentary; the subject publicly amplifies and validates her, reinforcing the alliance and encouraging continued favorable coverage. **Narcissistic state:** Mildly **grandiose** — "Big progress is being made" signals confidence in momentum. The Monmouth poll showing 41% support (nearly triple Ted Cruz at 14%) provides an objective basis for this framing. No vulnerable narcissism present. **Narcissistic supply dynamics:** The post functions as a **reinforcement mechanism** — publicly rewarding allies for positive behavior, which trains media figures to continue providing favorable coverage. This is a sophisticated, if instinctive, operant conditioning loop. Trump's public acknowledgments carry currency; receiving one signals status within his circle. --- ## Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five) In this specific post: - **Extraversion:** Moderate-high — public, affirmative, outward-directed engagement - **Agreeableness:** Elevated relative to baseline — gratitude, encouragement; notably higher than adjacent posts about ISIS and "slaughter" - **Conscientiousness:** Neutral — no evident task orientation - **Neuroticism:** Very low — no hostility, anxiety, or impulsiveness - **Openness:** Not assessable from this content The contrast with surrounding posts (suicide bombing, ISIS, Hillary "lies") is striking — this post represents a tonal island of warmth in an otherwise combative posting sequence. --- ## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Agency motive:** Moderate — "Big progress is being made" asserts forward campaign momentum, maintaining the winning narrative **Communion motive:** Mild — surface-level social warmth, though instrumentalized; this is alliance management, not genuine intimacy **Dominant motive:** Status maintenance through media ally reinforcement **Schema revealed:** The subject views media figures as either assets or threats. Allies who provide "kind words" are publicly valorized, which maintains their loyalty and signals to other media figures that alignment is rewarded. --- ## Level 3: Narrative Identity - **Protagonist role:** Campaign momentum leader ("Big progress is being made") - **Narrative sequence:** Neutral-to-redemption — progress framing suggests the comeback/ascent arc that characterized this phase of the campaign - **Contrasting other:** None in this post - **Identity claim:** Implicitly, a leader worth praising, whose campaign is succeeding --- ## Defense Mechanisms None notable. No threat present; no defensive maneuver required. The post is psychologically flat in this dimension. --- ## Rhetorical Techniques - **Social reciprocity norm exploitation:** Public thank-you creates social obligation to continue support - **Amplification via mention:** Tagging @AndreaTantaros directs her followers to Trump's account and vice versa — mutual audience expansion - **Vague positive assertion:** "Big progress is being made" is unfalsifiable, broadly optimistic, and momentum-signaling without requiring specific evidence - **Encouragement as retention:** "Keep up the great work!" functions as both praise and directive — continue doing what you're doing --- ## Cognitive Status No markers of concern. The post is too brief and formulaic for meaningful cognitive assessment. Vocabulary is simple but contextually appropriate. No word-finding difficulty, perseveration, or temporal confusion observable. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Big progress is being made" | **Mostly True** | Monmouth University poll from this period showed Trump at 41% among Republican-leaning voters, nearly triple Ted Cruz at 14%. By conventional electoral metrics, substantial campaign progress was occurring. | Overall Veracity: 80% ## Danger Assessment **Level: None.** No eliminationist language, no dehumanization, no target identification, no violent imagery. A routine media-ally maintenance post. --- ## Summary **Null** — post is clinically unremarkable and does not meet threshold for summary generation. It is a formulaic ally-acknowledgment post, likely aide-drafted, posted during business hours, with no significant psychological, rhetorical, or danger indicators beyond its function as supply-maintenance and media-alliance management. ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 20%) ### Indicators - Posted at 1:14 PM EST — peak business hours - Clean grammar, no typos, no ALL CAPS - Formally complete sentence structure - Conventional social media courtesy format - Possible Trumpian residue: 'Big progress is being made' passive-grandiose construction ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Andrea Tantaros public praise) Sentiment: +0.72 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 20% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 15% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Public ally valorization to signal that favorable coverage is rewarded - Mutual audience amplification via @mention ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-09._ > Big progress is being made **MOSTLY TRUE** Monmouth University poll from this period showed Trump at 41% among Republican-leaning voters, nearly triple Ted Cruz at 14%. By conventional electoral metrics, substantial campaign progress was occurring. Sources: Trump Reaches 41% in Monmouth Poll (provided events) Overall Veracity: 80% ## Tags - supply-maintenance (80%) - media-ally-management (85%) - aide-authored (70%) - grandiose-mild (30%) - campaign-momentum (60%) - fox-news-alliance (70%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Clinton's ISIS Video Claim Opens a Wound That Won't Close on an Otherwise Triumphant Day** Trump spent the day oscillating between campaign-trail triumphalism and a fixation on Hillary Clinton's debate claim that ISIS was using him in recruitment videos. He returned to the topic at least five times, demanding a public apology and calling it an "admitted lie" — which it was not. In between, he celebrated strong poll numbers, mocked Jeb Bush's low standing, and took a quiet victory lap over the Steve Harvey Miss Universe crowning mix-up. National security news — a suicide bombing in Afghanistan and reports of ISIS stealing passports — was folded into his broader narrative of Democratic incompetence. The overall mood was confident but noticeably agitated whenever the Clinton claim resurfaced. Full digest for 2015-12-21: https://trump.fm/date/2015-12-21/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, December 21). Thanks @AndreaTantaros for all of your kind words... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_679002048734568448 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Thanks @AndreaTantaros for all of your kind words and..." X (Twitter), 21 Dec. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_679002048734568448. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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