# Post x_824229586091307008

- Post ID: `x_824229586091307008`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-01-25T12:17:01.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_824229586091307008
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_824229586091307008/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_824229586091307008.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> I will be making my Supreme Court pick on Thursday of next week.Thank you!

## Engagement

- Likes: 132,199
- Reposts: 21,700
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.392Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T09:12:45.705Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Supreme Court Pick Announcement (2017-01-25)

A brief, controlled announcement post. Trump was in Washington D.C. during his first week as president; 12:17 UTC = 7:17 AM EST — early morning, plausible for either Trump or an aide.

### Authorship
The post is short, direct, and lacks the emotional volatility of typical authentic Trump posts. The missing space after the period ("week.Thank") suggests either hasty typing (authentic) or a minor formatting error. The "Thank you!" closing is a common Trump sign-off. Mixed signals — likely authentic given the early morning timing and minor formatting error.

### Psychological State
This is a power-display post. Five days into his presidency, Trump is publicly teasing a major constitutional prerogative — the Supreme Court nomination. The framing as "my...pick" emphasizes personal ownership of institutional power. The specific timeline ("Thursday of next week") creates anticipation, functioning as reality-TV-style suspense building.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- Suspense/teaser framing borrowed from entertainment media
- Personal ownership of institutional power ("my Supreme Court pick")
- Controlled information release to maintain attention

### Context
This falls within a pattern of rapid-fire executive actions in the first week, consistent with a grandiose, high-agency state. The surrounding posts show Trump simultaneously threatening Chicago, announcing voter fraud investigations, attacking CNN, and promising the border wall — a firehose of activity consistent with hypomanic-like energy levels typical of his early presidency.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Supreme Court pick announcement on Thursday of next week" | **True** | Trump announced Neil Gorsuch as his Supreme Court nominee on January 31, 2017, which was indeed the following Tuesday — he actually moved it up from the announced Thursday. |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 60%)

### Indicators

- Early morning EST timing (7:17 AM)
- Missing space formatting error
- Characteristic 'Thank you!' closing
- Brief and direct style

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking

Sentiment: +0.40

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid pace of major announcements across multiple posts in first week

### Clinical

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 15%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- suspense building
- personal ownership framing

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Supreme Court pick announcement on Thursday of next week

**TRUE**

Trump announced Neil Gorsuch as his Supreme Court nominee on January 31, 2017, which was indeed the following Tuesday — he actually moved it up from the announced Thursday.

Sources: general knowledge

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- supreme_court (100%)
- power_display (70%)
- announcement (100%)

## That day

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

**Day Five: New President Projects Power on All Fronts While Nursing Popular Vote Wound**

Trump's fifth day in office was a steady display of presidential muscle-flexing across multiple fronts — meeting auto CEOs, signing border wall executive orders, threatening to send federal agents into Chicago, and teasing his Supreme Court pick. The most psychologically revealing moment came in a burst of early-morning tweets announcing a "major investigation" into voter fraud, a clear attempt to rewrite his popular-vote loss as evidence of illegal activity rather than accept it. The mood was uniformly confident and commanding, with no flashes of anger — just a new president stamping his authority on everything he could reach.

Full digest for 2017-01-25: https://trump.fm/date/2017-01-25/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, January 25). I will be making my Supreme Court pick on... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_824229586091307008
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I will be making my Supreme Court pick on Thursday of next..." X (Twitter), 25 Jan. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_824229586091307008. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "I will be making my Supreme Court pick on Thursday of next...," X (Twitter), January 25, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_824229586091307008.

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