# Post x_819858926455967744

- Post ID: `x_819858926455967744`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-01-13T10:49:34.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_819858926455967744
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_819858926455967744/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_819858926455967744.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> All of my Cabinet nominee are looking good and doing a great job. I want them to be themselves and express their own thoughts, not mine!

## Engagement

- Likes: 80,961
- Reposts: 16,644
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.392Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T08:52:22.577Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Cabinet Nominees Post (2017-01-13)

### Authorship
Posted at 10:49 UTC = 5:49 AM EST. Trump was in New York (Trump Tower) during the transition. This is early morning, consistent with his known pattern of early-morning tweeting. The minor grammatical error ("nominee" instead of "nominees") is a classic authentic Trump marker. The tone is warm but slightly controlling.

### Psychological Analysis
This post is notable for its surface-level magnanimity masking a subtle assertion of hierarchical control. "I want them to be themselves and express their own thoughts, not mine!" functions as a public grant of permission — implicitly establishing that such independence requires his authorization. The framing positions Trump as the benevolent sovereign allowing autonomy, rather than as a peer.

The context is important: several cabinet nominees (particularly Sessions and Tillerson) had been contradicting Trump's stated positions during confirmation hearings. This post reframes potential embarrassment (nominees disagreeing with him) as intentional delegation.

### Rhetorical Devices
The statement "not mine!" with exclamation point adds performative emphasis suggesting this is a response to media narratives about nominee contradictions. It's a preemptive reframing technique.

### Cognitive Note
"nominee" (singular) for what should be "nominees" (plural) — minor error consistent with rapid typing, not clinically significant.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "All cabinet nominees are doing a great job" | **Half True** | Several nominees had contentious hearings with significant pushback, though most were eventually confirmed |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 82%)

### Indicators

- 5:49 AM local time (early morning)
- grammatical error: 'nominee' instead of 'nominees'
- exclamation points
- informal conversational tone

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Cabinet confirmation hearings showing nominee disagreements with Trump positions)

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- rationalization (neurotic)
- reaction formation (neurotic)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- benevolent authority framing
- public permission granting

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-11._

> All cabinet nominees are doing a great job

**HALF TRUE**

Several nominees had contentious hearings with significant pushback, though most were eventually confirmed

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- cabinet (100%)
- transition (80%)
- reframing (70%)

## That day

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

**Dossier Crisis Dominates Pre-Dawn Burst as President-Elect Wages War on Intelligence Community**

Trump started his morning before 6 AM with a rapid burst of seven posts in under 45 minutes, most of them focused on attacking the Steele dossier and the intelligence agencies behind it. The tone swung from a brief, upbeat mention of his cabinet picks into an angry defensive spiral -- calling sources "sleazebags," putting the word "Intelligence" in scare quotes, and citing Russia's own denials as proof of his innocence. He pivoted briefly to attack Hillary Clinton and promise the end of the Affordable Care Act, then went quiet for six hours before posting a respectful tribute to a fallen NYPD detective. The day's story was one of a president-elect still visibly rattled by the dossier bombshell three days after its publication.

Full digest for 2017-01-13: https://trump.fm/date/2017-01-13/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, January 13). All of my Cabinet nominee are looking good and... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_819858926455967744
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "All of my Cabinet nominee are looking good and doing a..." X (Twitter), 13 Jan. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_819858926455967744. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "All of my Cabinet nominee are looking good and doing a...," X (Twitter), January 13, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_819858926455967744.

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