# Post x_815422340540547073

- Post ID: `x_815422340540547073`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-01-01T05:00:10.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_815422340540547073
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_815422340540547073/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_815422340540547073.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> TO ALL AMERICANS-
> #HappyNewYear & many blessings to you all! Looking forward to a wonderful & prosperous 2017 as we… https://t.co/1asdMAL4iy

## Engagement

- Likes: 126,230
- Reposts: 32,665
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.392Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T08:31:43.127Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Psychological Analysis: New Year's Greeting (2017-01-01)

### Context
Posted at 5:00 UTC on January 1, 2017, which converts to **midnight EST** — Trump was at Mar-a-Lago for his annual New Year's Eve party. The timing (exactly midnight) strongly suggests a **pre-scheduled post** timed to coincide with the ball drop.

### Authorship
This is almost certainly aide-written (likely Dan Scavino). Key indicators: polished formatting, hashtag usage (#HappyNewYear), complete sentences, no typos, no emotional reactivity, professional tone. The truncated URL suggests a longer message or image attachment. Critically, compare this to the **previous day's authentic post**: "Happy New Year to all, including to my many enemies and those who have fought me and lost so badly they just don't know what to do. Love!" — that post has Trump's unmistakable voice (antagonism wrapped in celebration, dominance display). This post is generic and anodyne by contrast.

### Psychological Content
Minimal psychological signal. This is a **maintenance post** — routine audience engagement with no discernible trigger, defense mechanism activation, or emotional charge. The language ("wonderful & prosperous") is boilerplate political optimism.

### Longitudinal Note
The contrast between this post and the Dec 31 "enemies" post is instructive. The authentic Trump post reveals grandiosity, dominance, and contempt even in a holiday greeting. This scheduled version is sanitized of all personality signal — which itself is diagnostic of the gap between Trump's authentic voice and his managed public image.

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Pre-scheduled midnight timing
- Polished grammar and formatting
- Hashtag usage (#HappyNewYear)
- Generic political language ('wonderful & prosperous')
- No typos or emotional reactivity

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 10%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- inclusive address ('TO ALL AMERICANS')

## Tags

- holiday_greeting (100%)
- aide_written (90%)
- pre_scheduled (80%)

## That day

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

**New Year's Day brings only a quiet holiday greeting — twice**

Trump rang in 2017 from Mar-a-Lago with a brief, upbeat New Year's message to "all Americans," promising a wonderful and prosperous year ahead. The same message appeared twice — once around midnight and again in the early morning hours — and that was the entire day's output. It was an unusually quiet day with no controversy, no targets, and no grievances, just standard holiday fare likely drafted by staff.

Full digest for 2017-01-01: https://trump.fm/date/2017-01-01/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, January 1). TO ALL AMERICANS- #HappyNewYear & many... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_815422340540547073
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "TO ALL AMERICANS- #HappyNewYear & many blessings to you..." X (Twitter), 1 Jan. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_815422340540547073. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "TO ALL AMERICANS- #HappyNewYear & many blessings to you...," X (Twitter), January 1, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_815422340540547073.

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