# Post x_820632299037409280

- Post ID: `x_820632299037409280`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-01-15T14:02:41.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_820632299037409280
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_820632299037409280/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_820632299037409280.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> will only get higher. Car companies and others, if they want to do business in our country, have to start making things here again. WIN!

## Engagement

- Likes: 78,268
- Reposts: 15,210
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.392Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T08:54:00.728Z (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: Post x_820632299037409280

### Context
This post is part of a thread (begins mid-sentence with "will only get higher"), continuing from the previous post about Obama Democrats voting for Trump and jobs. Posted January 15, 2017, five days before inauguration. Trump was likely at Trump Tower, NYC — 9:02 AM ET, a Sunday morning.

### Content Analysis
The post completes a thought about job numbers, pivots to demanding car companies manufacture domestically, and ends with the signature "WIN!" — a compressed expression of his economic nationalism messaging.

### Authorship
Sunday morning, 9:02 AM ET is within normal waking hours but early for aide-drafted content on a weekend. The fragmented, continuation-style post, imperative tone, and "WIN!" closing are characteristic of authentic Trump. The lack of polish and the exclamatory style support personal authorship.

### Psychological Observations
This is a maintenance/supply-seeking post — routine projection of power and control during the transition period. The framing is pure agency: Trump as the force compelling corporate behavior. "Our country" and "here again" invoke nostalgic restoration. The imperative "have to" reflects entitlement and authority assertion — he speaks as if already wielding presidential power.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- Appeal to nostalgia ("again")
- Implied threat to corporations
- Nationalistic framing ("our country")
- Signature branding catchword ("WIN!")
- False simplicity (complex trade policy reduced to one demand)

This is a low-intensity, routine post consistent with baseline transition-period messaging. No clinically significant deviations noted.

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 75%)

### Indicators

- Sunday morning posting
- mid-thread continuation style
- WIN! signature
- imperative/commanding tone
- lack of polish

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking

Sentiment: +0.50

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 25%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- collective identity framing ('our country')
- implied shared victory ('WIN!')

## Tags

- economic nationalism (90%)
- manufacturing (80%)
- transition period (60%)

## That day

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

**Five Days Before Inauguration, Legitimacy Anxieties Drive Multi-Front Counterattacks**

Trump spent the day five days before his inauguration cycling between self-congratulatory messaging about jobs and the upcoming ceremony and defensive strikes against anyone questioning his legitimacy. A civil rights icon, the intelligence community, the press, and a comedy show all drew fire across the day. There was one staff-crafted call for national unity sandwiched between the attacks, creating a jarring tonal contrast. The mood was predominantly self-assured, but a persistent undercurrent of grievance kept surfacing whenever the topic of legitimacy arose.

Full digest for 2017-01-15: https://trump.fm/date/2017-01-15/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, January 15). will only get higher. Car companies and others,... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_820632299037409280
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "will only get higher. Car companies and others, if they..." X (Twitter), 15 Jan. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_820632299037409280. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "will only get higher. Car companies and others, if they...," X (Twitter), January 15, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_820632299037409280.

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