# Post x_1295320924938481700

- Post ID: `x_1295320924938481700`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2020-08-17T15:25:49.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_1295320924938481700
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_1295320924938481700/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1295320924938481700.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Will be interviewed on @foxandfriends this morning at 8:00 A.M. Enjoy!

## Engagement

- Likes: 0
- Reposts: 13,355
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:24.824Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T10:07:40.759Z (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 — 2020-08-17T15:25:49Z

## Overview

This is a minimal, routine TV-appearance announcement: *"Will be interviewed on @foxandfriends this morning at 8:00 A.M. Enjoy!"* It contains no substantive psychological signal and is almost certainly aide-authored. It warrants only a brief analysis.

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## Authorship Attribution

**Verdict: Aide-authored (high confidence)**

The UTC timestamp 15:25:49 converts to **~11:25 AM EDT** at Bedminster, NJ (Trump's typical August residence). This places the post firmly in business-hours territory — the strongest single predictor of Scavino or staff authorship. Supporting indicators: correct grammar, no typos, clean punctuation, complete sentences, and the archetypal event-announcement format. The closing "Enjoy!" is a stock social-media convention, not the erratic, emotionally charged register of self-authored Trump posts.

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## Psychological State

The post is informationally empty from a psychological standpoint. Context, however, is notable: Robert Trump had died the previous day; the Democratic National Convention opened on this date; and the USPS controversy was at peak salience. None of this surfaces in the post, which is consistent with aide management of the account during a period of personal and political stress.

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## Strategic / Rhetorical Dimension

The scheduling of a Fox & Friends appearance on DNC opening morning reflects a routine **counter-programming strategy** — an attempt to occupy conservative media oxygen while Democrats begin their nominating convention. This is operational communications, not rhetoric in any clinically meaningful sense.

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## Danger Assessment

**None.** No threatening, dehumanizing, or eliminationist content.

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## Summary

Not clinically significant. Routine aide-authored announcement.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 15%)

### Indicators

- Posted at 11:25 AM EDT (business hours, UTC-4, Trump likely at Bedminster NJ in August 2020)
- Clean grammar, correct spelling, no typos
- Standard event-announcement format
- Polished, complete sentence structure
- No emotional loading, no ALL CAPS, no stream-of-consciousness

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (DNC opening day / ongoing USPS/election controversy)

Sentiment: +0.20

### Clinical

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- direct address to audience ('Enjoy!')

## Tags

- aide_authored (95%)
- event_announcement (95%)
- counter_programming (60%)
- fox_and_friends (80%)
- dnc_2020 (50%)

## That day

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

**DNC Opening Night Triggers Grandiose Counter-Programming Blitz From the Campaign Trail**

Trump spent the day counter-programming the opening night of the Democratic National Convention, mixing late-night "Law and Order" threats with afternoon attacks on mail-in voting and the Postal Service. The mood was overwhelmingly self-assured, with brief flashes of paranoia around election integrity before returning to boastful presidential posturing. He traveled to Minnesota for a campaign event, making sure to remind followers of his poll numbers and emergency-declaration approvals along the way. A quiet day by his standards — only nine posts — but the mail-in voting attacks stood out as the most consequential messaging of the day.

Full digest for 2020-08-17: https://trump.fm/date/2020-08-17/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2020, August 17). Will be interviewed on @foxandfriends this... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_1295320924938481700
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Will be interviewed on @foxandfriends this morning at 8:00..." X (Twitter), 17 Aug. 2020. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1295320924938481700. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Will be interviewed on @foxandfriends this morning at 8:00...," X (Twitter), August 17, 2020, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1295320924938481700.

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