# Post x_687338908837908500 - Post ID: `x_687338908837908500` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2016-01-13T23:22:20.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_687338908837908500 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_687338908837908500/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_687338908837908500.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Thank you! #VoteTrumphttps://t.co/g7eeySMUdl ## Engagement - Likes: 0 - Reposts: 1,152 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:25.009Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-09T10:19:35.641Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ # Analysis: Twitter/X Post — January 13, 2016 ## Overview This post is psychologically unremarkable — a two-word acknowledgment appended to a campaign hashtag and URL. Its analytical interest lies almost entirely in what it reveals about **campaign social media strategy** rather than Trump's psychological state. ## Authorship Attribution (Confidence: Medium) The post strongly suggests **aide authorship or automated scheduling**. UTC 23:22 converts to **6:22 PM Eastern Standard Time** — standard campaign office hours. More tellingly, the same "Thank you! #VoteTrump" formula with the same URL appears *twice* in the adjacent post log, and at least three other near-identical posts occur on the same day. This repetition pattern is characteristic of a social media manager bulk-scheduling favorable poll amplifications rather than Trump organically expressing gratitude. The missing space before the URL ("VoteTrumphttps://") is a copy-paste artifact absent from Trump's characteristic organic posting style. ## Psychological Dynamics The motivating dynamic is **routine narcissistic supply-seeking**: the post's function is to direct audience attention toward what is almost certainly a favorable poll or endorsement, while the "Thank you!" performs modest reciprocity and creates parasocial intimacy. This is indirect self-promotion through curation — Trump (or his aide) appears grateful rather than boastful, while the substance (positive external validation) is delivered via the URL. ## Context January 2016 was peak Iowa caucus season (caucuses: February 1). Multiple posts that day reference the OANN/Gravis Marketing Iowa poll, suggesting a coordinated campaign to amplify favorable polling data ahead of the first contest. ## Clinical Significance **None.** This post does not warrant a clinical summary. It represents routine, low-intensity campaign maintenance behavior with no detectable rage, paranoia, dehumanization, or cognitive markers. The grandiose state is latent rather than expressed. ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 30%) ### Indicators - UTC 23:22 converts to 6:22 PM EST (January, UTC-5) — standard business hours, more consistent with aide scheduling - Formulaic 'Thank you!' phrase repeated across multiple posts on same day with identical hashtag pattern - No typos, no stream-of-consciousness, no emotional outburst - URL appended without spacing ('Thank you! #VoteTrumphttps://') suggests automated or copy-paste aggregation by campaign staff - Multiple near-identical posts same day (supply amplification pattern common in campaign social media ops) ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (likely positive poll result or favorable media coverage linked in URL) Sentiment: +0.60 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 20% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 5% **Parasocial Techniques:** - gratitude performance — positions Trump as grateful recipient of voter support, fostering reciprocal loyalty ## Tags - supply-seeking (70%) - campaign-maintenance (80%) - aide-authored (60%) - gratitude-performance (60%) - hashtag-mobilization (50%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **SOTU Live-Tweet Blitz and Cruz Birther Escalation Mark a Disciplined Campaign Day** January 13, 2016 presents a psychologically stable but strategically aggressive day during the height of the Iowa caucus campaign. Trump's 18 posts span from a pre-SOTU Cruz eligibility attack through a live-tweeting session of Obama's final State of the Union address, an early-morning Iran hawkishness burst, and a long afternoon of narcissistic supply collection via poll-sharing and supporter gratitude. The dominant state is grandiose throughout, with only a single brief dip into mixed territory when acknowledging Cruz's push-poll spending — a fleeting vulnerability immediately overridden by competitive dismissal. Two posts register mild rage: one targeting Obama's SOTU performance (0.45) and one exploiting the Iranian detention of U.S. Navy sailors (0.55), but neither approaches dysregulated territory. The rage is instrumental, proportionate to political triggers, and deployed with rhetorical precision rather than impulsive affect. The day's most clinically significant pattern is the Cruz delegitimization arc: the morning post adopts a faux-collaborative tone ("Let's all work together to solve this problem"), while the afternoon escalation drops all pretense ("there is no way that Ted Cruz can continue running"). This progression from strategic ambiguity to declarative elimination — separated by 13 hours — mirrors the Obama birtherism playbook and confirms the persistence of a durable delegitimization schema. The Iran sailors incident is exploited with characteristic label escalation ("hostages," "billions of dollars"), converting a minor diplomatic incident into a narrative of national humiliation. Sleep analysis, accounting for Trump's likely Iowa location (CST/UTC-6), suggests a window of roughly 2:00–6:00 AM — short but not inconsistent with campaign-period norms. Post frequency is mildly elevated but well within campaign-era baseline. No danger indicators, no stochastic terrorism patterns, and cognitive functioning is entirely consistent with 2016 baseline. Full digest for 2016-01-13: https://trump.fm/date/2016-01-13/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2016, January 13). Thank you! #VoteTrumphttps://t.co/g7eeySMUdl [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_687338908837908500 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Thank you! #VoteTrumphttps://t.co/g7eeySMUdl" X (Twitter), 13 Jan. 2016. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_687338908837908500. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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