# Post x_682635132038176770

- Post ID: `x_682635132038176770`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-12-31T18:51:12.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_682635132038176770
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_682635132038176770/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_682635132038176770.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> THANK YOU ILLINOIS! Let's not forget to get family & friends- out to VOTE IN 2016! https://t.co/lg5kMbNLYK https://t.co/dtMAsIq4cf

## Engagement

- Likes: 6,047
- Reposts: 2,468
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.337Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-09T09:00:39.110Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Post Analysis: x_682635132038176770
**Date:** 2015-12-31 | **Platform:** Twitter/X | **Subject Age:** 69

## Overview

A brief, low-affect GOTV (Get Out the Vote) post following an apparent Illinois campaign appearance. The post is psychologically and rhetorically unremarkable — a routine maintenance communication in an active campaign cycle. No clinical indicators of significance are present.

## Authorship Attribution

**Confidence: Medium | Score: 0.45 (borderline authentic/aide)**

Trump was almost certainly at or en route to Mar-a-Lago on New Year's Eve 2015 (he hosted a NYE gala there). UTC 18:51 = **13:51 EST** — mid-afternoon business hours. This timing pattern is more consistent with aide posting. However, the ALL CAPS opener, the syntactically odd trailing dash ("friends-"), and the casual register are characteristic of authentic Trump dictation. Most probable interpretation: Trump dictated or approved; aide posted during campaign operational hours.

## Psychological State

The subject is in a **maintenance/supply-harvesting** mode, consistent with the grandiose phase reflected across the day's posts (retweeting favorable Nevada poll numbers, birthday acknowledgment of son, minor attack on Jeb Bush). No narcissistic injury is evident; no rage activation. The "THANK YOU" framing is transactional — validating the crowd in exchange for mobilization energy.

## Rhetorical Structure

Standard GOTV architecture: gratitude → implicit social proof → mobilization ask → network amplification ("family & friends"). The ALL CAPS "VOTE" functions as an affect-amplifier. No dehumanizing language, violent imagery, or danger indicators.

## Danger Assessment

**None.** Routine campaign content.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 45%)

### Indicators

- ALL CAPS opener ('THANK YOU ILLINOIS!') consistent with authentic Trump enthusiasm
- Awkward em-dash placement after 'friends-' suggests unpolished, authentic authorship
- Post time 13:51 EST (business hours) on New Year's Eve leans toward aide-assisted
- GOTV mobilization messaging consistent with staff-coordinated campaign content
- However, absence of full polish and slightly off punctuation suggests Trump may have drafted or dictated

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Illinois rally/supporters)

Sentiment: +0.65

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address ('THANK YOU ILLINOIS!') simulates personal relationship with mass audience
- Inclusive 'family & friends' framing invites audience to recruit social network, deepening tribal identity

## Tags

- GOTV (90%)
- maintenance-post (80%)
- supply-harvesting (60%)
- aide-hybrid (50%)
- grandiose-phase (50%)

## That day

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

**New Year's Eve in Campaign Mode: Grandiose Victory Laps, a Jeb Bush Fixation, and One Late-Night Press Attack**

Trump spent New Year's Eve in full campaign mode from Mar-a-Lago, posting 25 times across the day with an unusually heavy focus on Jeb Bush. The one flash of real anger came late at night when he attacked the Union Leader newspaper and its publisher, predicting the paper would be "dead in 2 years" — a prediction that proved wrong. The rest of the day was a steady stream of poll-sharing, supporter retweets, and self-congratulation about running a low-cost campaign. He closed out the year with a dig at Hillary Clinton over her emails and a holiday greeting that doubled as a campaign slogan.

Full digest for 2015-12-31: https://trump.fm/date/2015-12-31/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, December 31). THANK YOU ILLINOIS! Let's not forget to get... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_682635132038176770
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "THANK YOU ILLINOIS! Let's not forget to get family &..." X (Twitter), 31 Dec. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_682635132038176770. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "THANK YOU ILLINOIS! Let's not forget to get family &...," X (Twitter), December 31, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_682635132038176770.

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