# Post x_1148951075778682900

- Post ID: `x_1148951075778682900`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2019-07-10T17:44:17.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_1148951075778682900
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_1148951075778682900/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1148951075778682900.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> “Our company has grown, since Trump has taken control of the White House &amp, the Presidency, in the sense that we have better opportunities now to do what we’ve been wanting to do for quite some time, and that is to create manufacturing jobs. I believe that President Trump has.....

## Engagement

- Likes: 0
- Reposts: 14,010
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:25.062Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-17T21:43:53.045Z (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_1148951075778682900 — July 10, 2019

## Format and Authorship Assessment

This post is a truncated third-party testimonial quote from an unidentified business figure praising Trump's economic stewardship, specifically regarding manufacturing job creation. The quote is cut off mid-sentence ("I believe that President Trump has....."), indicating it is likely a caption or excerpt from a video clip or interview being shared, rather than a composed post.

**Timing:** UTC 17:44:17 translates to **1:44 PM EDT** (Trump was at the White House on July 10, 2019, standard Washington working hours). This falls squarely within aide/Scavino territory. The content profile reinforces this: no typos, no ALL CAPS, no emotional reactivity, polished quote format, promotional framing. High confidence this is Scavino-authored content rather than an authentic Trump post.

**Note on `&amp,` artifact:** This is an HTML encoding artifact (`&` rendered as `&` plus an errant comma), likely a platform/scraping issue, not a cognitive indicator attributable to the poster.

## Psychological State

**Trigger:** Supply-seeking — sharing third-party praise as a validation vehicle. This is a textbook grandiosity-by-proxy move: Trump does not directly claim the achievement; instead, an anonymous business figure does, which insulates the claim from easy rebuttal while delivering the same ego-supply.

**Narcissistic State:** Grandiose. The post constructs Trump as economic savior — the agent who unlocked what business had "been wanting to do for quite some time." The passive structure ("since Trump has taken control") frames him as the activating force behind private sector ambition.

**Narrative Identity (McAdams Level 3):** The protagonist role is **King/Order Restorer** — Trump as the figure who rehabilitated conditions enabling American manufacturing. The narrative sequence is classic redemption: implicit pre-Trump stagnation → post-Trump opportunity and growth. The identity claim encoded here is *job creator* and *economic liberator*, both central pillars of Trump's 2016 campaign mythology being continually reinforced.

**Note on Epstein:** Epstein was arrested at Teterboro Airport on this same date (July 10, 2019) on federal sex trafficking charges, creating significant political pressure given Trump's well-documented prior association with Epstein. The promotional/economic-positive content of this post is consistent with an aide-managed narrative pivot — though attributing deliberate distraction strategy to a single post requires caution.

## Rhetorical Analysis

- **Testimonial/endorsement technique:** Third-party validation is rhetorically more persuasive than self-praise; the business voice lends credibility while Trump's team curates the message.
- **Vague attribution:** The speaker is unidentified, preventing scrutiny of specific claims.
- **Cliff-hanger truncation:** "I believe that President Trump has....." creates curiosity and implicitly promises even more praise in the full video. Engagement hook.
- **Manufacturing jobs framing:** This is a core emotional anchor for the Trump base — blue-collar identity, industrial revival, "forgotten Americans" narrative. No accident this specific praise is amplified.
- **No dehumanizing language, no violent imagery, no stochastic indicators:** Clean promotional content.

## Cognitive Status

Not assessable from this post — the content is a quoted third-party statement, not Trump's own language production. No cognitive markers attributable to Trump can be reliably extracted. Complexity scoring below reflects the quoted text, not Trump's speech.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Company has grown since Trump took control of the White House" | **Unverifiable** | Speaker and company are unidentified; claim cannot be independently assessed. |
| "Trump's presidency created better opportunities for manufacturing jobs" | **Half True** | US manufacturing employment rose approximately 264,000 jobs from January 2017 through early 2019, a real but modest gain. Growth had been decelerating by mid-2019. Economists debate how much is attributable to Trump policy versus pre-existing recovery trajectory. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Summary Assessment

A routine supply-seeking post, almost certainly Scavino-authored, sharing a promotional business testimonial as an economic validation vehicle. Limited psychological signal directly attributable to Trump. Post functions as identity maintenance — reinforcing the *job creator/economic restorer* narrative during a politically turbulent week (Epstein arrest, Rapinoe-World Cup controversy). No clinical significance, no danger indicators.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 12%)

### Indicators

- Posted at 1:44 PM EDT — solidly business hours, aide territory
- Third-party quote/testimonial format — Scavino's stock-in-trade
- No typos, misspellings, or incomplete thoughts from Trump
- No ALL CAPS emotional passages
- Promotional and polished rather than reactive

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Unidentified business figure testimonial)

Sentiment: +0.65

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 100%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Testimonial endorsement creates identification with unnamed business figure — audience projects themselves into the praising voice

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-17._

> Company has grown since Trump took control of the White House

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Speaker and company are unidentified; claim cannot be independently assessed.

> Trump's presidency created better opportunities for manufacturing jobs

**HALF TRUE**

US manufacturing employment rose approximately 264,000 jobs from January 2017 through early 2019, a real but modest gain. Growth had been decelerating by mid-2019. Economists debate how much is attributable to Trump policy versus pre-existing recovery trajectory.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- supply-seeking (80%)
- aide-authored (90%)
- economic-narrative (85%)
- manufacturing-jobs (70%)
- testimonial-format (80%)
- grandiosity-by-proxy (65%)
- Scavino (85%)

## That day

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

**Midnight Grievance Marathon Yields Mobilization Directives Before Afternoon Victory Lap**

Trump spent the small hours of the morning on a prolonged posting spree, firing off ten posts between midnight and 3:30 AM before going silent until the afternoon. The dominant mood was defensive — he rallied supporters to counter-boycott Home Depot after its co-founder faced backlash for donating to his campaign, telling followers to "do to them what they do to you." He also amplified allies challenging the Russia investigation, defended himself against racism accusations through a Black CEO's testimonial, and celebrated a favorable court ruling on emoluments. The day ended on a calmer note with an executive order on kidney health, but the extended middle-of-the-night combativeness and explicit calls to retaliatory action stood out.

Full digest for 2019-07-10: https://trump.fm/date/2019-07-10/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2019, July 10). “Our company has grown, since Trump has taken... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_1148951075778682900
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "“Our company has grown, since Trump has taken control of..." X (Twitter), 10 Jul. 2019. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1148951075778682900. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "“Our company has grown, since Trump has taken control of...," X (Twitter), July 10, 2019, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1148951075778682900.

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