# Post x_775781315081740300 - Post ID: `x_775781315081740300` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2016-09-13T23:40:53.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_775781315081740300 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_775781315081740300/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_775781315081740300.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Thank you Clive, Iowa!https://t.co/tuZ35BkD9J ## Engagement - Likes: 0 - Reposts: 2,283 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:24.996Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-10T19:51:53.031Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Analysis: "Thank you Clive, Iowa!" — September 13, 2016 ### Overview A minimal, formulaic post-rally thank-you message with an attached media URL. Essentially identical to the prior post in the longitudinal feed. This is campaign maintenance communication at its most stripped-down and offers negligible psychological signal on its own; value lies primarily in authorship attribution and baseline documentation. --- ### Authorship Attribution **UTC:** 2016-09-13T23:40:53Z **Local timezone:** Trump was in Clive, Iowa (Central Daylight Time, UTC−5) **Local time:** 6:40 PM CDT Six-forty PM falls squarely in campaign-hours territory. The content is polished, grammatically correct, event-linked, and formulaic — all consistent with aide (Scavino) authorship. The post is functionally a duplicate of the immediately preceding entry in the longitudinal feed ("Thank you Clive, Iowa! / https://t.co/tuZ35BkD9J"), suggesting a scheduling or cross-posting tool rather than an impulsive personal posting session. No typos, no ALL CAPS, no stream-of-consciousness — the absence of authentic Trump markers combined with the business-hours timestamp and the duplicate nature of the content yields high confidence for aide authorship. --- ### Psychological State Insufficient signal for meaningful inference. The post conveys positive affect (gratitude to a crowd), consistent with post-rally supply receipt — the rally itself would have provided narcissistic supply, and this post functions as a trailing acknowledgment of that. No injury, rage, or vulnerability markers present. **Narcissistic state:** Implicitly grandiose (crowd-validated, energized from rally); no direct evidence in this post. **Trigger:** Supply maintenance (post-rally engagement, crowd validation). **Defenses:** None visible. --- ### Cognitive Assessment Text is too brief and formulaic to yield cognitive complexity data. No deviations from expected patterns. Consistent with the 2016 baseline. --- ### Rhetorical Analysis The post employs minimal rhetorical technique — it is essentially a pro-forma crowd acknowledgment. The attached URL likely links to a rally photo or video, functioning as visual social proof and audience reinforcement. No propaganda techniques, dehumanizing language, or violent imagery. --- ### Danger Assessment **None.** No threatening content, no targets identified, no eliminationist language. --- # ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 15%) ### Indicators - Posted at 6:40 PM CDT (business hours) - Grammatically correct, no typos - Formulaic event-linked thank-you - Duplicate of immediately preceding post (scheduling/tool artifact) - No ALL CAPS, no emotional reactivity, no stream-of-consciousness markers ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Maintenance (Post-rally crowd) Sentiment: +0.55 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 10% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 5% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Post-event crowd acknowledgment maintaining supporter bond ## Tags - post-rally (90%) - aide-authored (85%) - campaign-maintenance (90%) - duplicate-post (70%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **A quiet campaign day on the trail — rallies, thank-yous, and staff-driven promotions** This was a quiet, routine campaign day. Trump wrapped up an Asheville, North Carolina rally the night before, then traveled to Clive, Iowa for a midday event. Nearly all posts were standard campaign promotions and thank-yous, with most likely written by staff rather than Trump himself. There was no conflict, no attacks, and no engagement with any news events — just logistics and crowd appreciation. Full digest for 2016-09-13: https://trump.fm/date/2016-09-13/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2016, September 13). Thank you Clive, Iowa!https://t.co/tuZ35BkD9J [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_775781315081740300 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Thank you Clive, Iowa!https://t.co/tuZ35BkD9J" X (Twitter), 13 Sep. 2016. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_775781315081740300. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Thank you Clive, Iowa!https://t.co/tuZ35BkD9J," X (Twitter), September 13, 2016, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_775781315081740300. ## For agents - Site overview: https://trump.fm/llms.txt - API specification: https://trump.fm/openapi.json - MCP server: https://trump.fm/mcp (search and fetch tools, no auth) - This post as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/posts/x_775781315081740300 - Analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/x_775781315081740300 - All citation formats: https://trump.fm/api/cite/x_775781315081740300 - Same day: https://trump.fm/date/2016-09-13 - The record alone, without the analysis: https://trump.fm/post/x_775781315081740300.md?analysis=false _Markdown view of a trump.fm page. Post, analysis, date, feed, contradictions, search and about pages answer in markdown at their URL with `.md` appended (`/index.md` for the home page), or when sent `Accept: text/markdown`._