# Post x_838959869772328960

- Post ID: `x_838959869772328960`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-03-07T03:49:54.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_838959869772328960
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_838959869772328960/analysis
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## Post text

> Buy American & hire American are the principles at the core of my agenda, which is: JOBS, JOBS, JOBS! Thank you @exxonmobil.

## Engagement

- Likes: 87,209
- Reposts: 16,192
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.391Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T10:17:26.453Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Corrected Repost of ExxonMobil Jobs Tweet

This post is a near-exact duplicate of the March 6 tweet, with one correction: "principals" → "principles." This is a routine correction repost, likely flagged by staff.

### Authorship
Posted at 10:49 PM EST (Trump was in Washington, D.C. in early March 2017). The timing is consistent with authentic Trump posting hours, but the nature of the post — a simple typo correction of an earlier aide-crafted tweet — suggests staff involvement. The original misspelling "principals" is more consistent with Trump's own writing; the correction repost is likely aide-initiated.

### Psychological State
Maintenance mode. The ExxonMobil $20B investment announcement was a supply-seeking opportunity — claiming credit for corporate investment decisions. The repetition of "JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!" is signature Trump branding.

### Context
This cluster of ExxonMobil tweets occurred while the wiretapping accusations and Sessions recusal dominated news. The jobs messaging serves as counter-programming — redirecting attention to economic wins during a period of political vulnerability.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- Repetition ("JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!")
- Nationalist framing ("Buy American & hire American")
- Credit-claiming for corporate decisions

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "ExxonMobil creating 45,000 jobs with $20 billion investment in Gulf Coast" | **Mostly True** | ExxonMobil did announce a $20B Gulf Coast investment program in March 2017, though the investment plan predated Trump's presidency and was driven by low energy prices and favorable market conditions. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 30%)

### Indicators

- Typo correction of previous post suggests staff flagged error
- Business-friendly messaging template
- Clean grammar in corrected version
- Evening posting time compatible with either

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (ExxonMobil investment announcement)

Sentiment: +0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- credit-claiming
- nationalist in-group signaling

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> ExxonMobil creating 45,000 jobs with $20 billion investment in Gulf Coast

**MOSTLY TRUE**

ExxonMobil did announce a $20B Gulf Coast investment program in March 2017, though the investment plan predated Trump's presidency and was driven by low energy prices and favorable market conditions.

Sources: ExxonMobil corporate announcement March 2017

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- economic_messaging (100%)
- credit_claiming (80%)
- corrected_repost (70%)

## That day

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

**A Calm Day of Self-Congratulation and Predecessor-Bashing Amid Unaddressed Global Crises**

Trump spent most of the day promoting ExxonMobil's $20 billion investment announcement, repeating the jobs figures across multiple posts. The morning shifted to familiar territory -- attacking Obama over Guantanamo detainees and Russian aggression, while promoting the newly released Republican healthcare bill. Despite North Korea firing four missiles and WikiLeaks dropping the massive Vault 7 CIA leak the same day, neither topic earned a mention. The mood was uniformly self-congratulatory with no real flashes of anger, capped by a defensive swipe at "fake news" reports of White House infighting.

Full digest for 2017-03-07: https://trump.fm/date/2017-03-07/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, March 7). Buy American & hire American are the... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_838959869772328960
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Buy American & hire American are the principles at the..." X (Twitter), 7 Mar. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_838959869772328960. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Buy American & hire American are the principles at the...," X (Twitter), March 7, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_838959869772328960.

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