# Post x_818134360712953858

- Post ID: `x_818134360712953858`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-01-08T16:36:46.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @KellyannePolls
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_818134360712953858
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_818134360712953858/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_818134360712953858.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

_Quotes @KellyannePolls, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @KellyannePolls's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._

> "@KellyannePolls: Welcome to President and Mrs. Bush.
> https://t.co/I1K4nj1gVu" Very nice!

## Engagement

- Likes: 28,740
- Reposts: 5,437
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.392Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T08:44:08.041Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Retweet of Kellyanne Conway on Bushes

This is a brief, low-intensity post in which Trump retweets Kellyanne Conway's welcoming message to President and Mrs. Bush, adding only "Very nice!" as commentary.

### Context
January 8, 2017 — 12 days before inauguration. Trump is in the transition period. The post signals magnanimity toward the Bush family, notable given Trump's contentious relationship with the Bush dynasty during the 2016 primary (particularly Jeb Bush).

### Authorship
Posted at 11:36 AM EST (Trump was likely at Trump Tower, NYC). Business hours, minimal personal content, retweet format with brief polite commentary — consistent with aide-assisted posting, though the brevity of "Very nice!" is also Trumpian.

### Psychological Significance
Minimal. This is a routine maintenance post — projecting unity and presidential decorum during the transition. The choice to amplify a welcoming message toward the Bushes serves strategic reconciliation with the GOP establishment.

### Rhetorical Function
Simple endorsement/signal of party unity. No attack, no grandiosity beyond the implied presidential framing.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (11:36 AM EST)
- Retweet format with brief addendum
- "Very nice!" is characteristically Trumpian in brevity but content is aide-typical

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.40

### Clinical

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

## Tags

- party-unity (70%)
- transition-period (50%)

## That day

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

**President-Elect Pivots from Diplomacy to Intelligence Community Grievance**

Trump started the evening before with diplomatic niceties — welcoming a meeting with Britain's prime minister and congratulating a state party chair — before going quiet for the night. When he resumed late Sunday morning, the tone shifted sharply toward grievance: he attacked the media for editing a Kellyanne Conway interview and grew increasingly agitated about the classified Russia hacking report being leaked to NBC before he saw it. It was a low-volume, relatively calm day by his standards, but the intelligence community leak clearly got under his skin the most.

Full digest for 2017-01-08: https://trump.fm/date/2017-01-08/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, January 8). "@KellyannePolls: Welcome to President and Mrs.... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_818134360712953858
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@KellyannePolls: Welcome to President and Mrs. Bush...." X (Twitter), 8 Jan. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_818134360712953858. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@KellyannePolls: Welcome to President and Mrs. Bush....," X (Twitter), January 8, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_818134360712953858.

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