# Post x_805378393537658880

- Post ID: `x_805378393537658880`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2016-12-04T11:49:06.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_805378393537658880
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_805378393537658880/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_805378393537658880.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> fires its employees, builds a new factory or plant in the other country, and then thinks it will sell its product back into the U.S.  ......

## Engagement

- Likes: 46,329
- Reposts: 11,997
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.371Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T07:05:12.801Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Fragment Post on Trade Policy (Part 2 of Thread)

This post is the continuation of the previous post: "The U.S. is going to substantialy reduce taxes and regulations on businesses, but any business that leaves our country for another country," completing the thought with a threat of consequences for offshoring. The ellipsis ("......") signals a third part likely follows.

### Authorship
Posted at 11:49 UTC = 6:49 AM EST. Trump was president-elect based in New York. This is early morning — consistent with authentic Trump posting patterns (pre-dawn/dawn Twitter sessions). The previous post in the thread contained "substantialy" (misspelling), reinforcing authenticity. The trailing ellipsis style is characteristic Trump threading.

### Psychological Content
The post articulates a punitive economic nationalism: companies that leave, fire workers, and build abroad will face consequences for trying to sell back into the US. This is a power/control assertion — the incoming president positioning himself as enforcer of loyalty from corporations.

### Rhetorical Structure
The three-step narrative (fires employees → builds elsewhere → thinks it can sell back) constructs a moral sequence where the company is cast as betrayer. "Thinks it will sell" implies delusion on the company's part — they don't yet know Trump will stop them.

### Context
This thread follows the Carrier deal (late November 2016), where Trump claimed credit for keeping jobs from moving to Mexico, establishing the template for this rhetoric.

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 90%)

### Indicators

- 6:49 AM local time (early morning)
- thread continuation with ellipsis style
- prior post in thread had misspelling 'substantialy'
- stream-of-consciousness threading across multiple posts

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (post-Carrier deal momentum)

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 20%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- protector framing
- implied threat as reassurance to workers

## Tags

- trade_policy (90%)
- economic_nationalism (80%)
- corporate_threat (70%)

## That day

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

**President-Elect Plays Trade Enforcer While Ignoring Pizzagate Crisis**

Trump spent most of the day projecting economic authority, firing off a six-part thread threatening companies with a 35% border tax if they move jobs overseas. The morning policy blitz followed a late-night jab at Saturday Night Live's Alec Baldwin impression. He dismissed the Jill Stein recount effort as a "scam" and closed the evening by picking a rhetorical fight with China over trade and the South China Sea. Notably absent was any mention of the Pizzagate gunman who attacked a DC restaurant that same day or the Dakota Access Pipeline permit denial -- two major stories he chose to leave untouched.

Full digest for 2016-12-04: https://trump.fm/date/2016-12-04/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2016, December 4). fires its employees, builds a new factory or... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_805378393537658880
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "fires its employees, builds a new factory or plant in the..." X (Twitter), 4 Dec. 2016. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_805378393537658880. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "fires its employees, builds a new factory or plant in the...," X (Twitter), December 4, 2016, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_805378393537658880.

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