# Post x_838959869772329000 - Post ID: `x_838959869772329000` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2017-03-07T08:49:54.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_838959869772329000 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_838959869772329000/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_838959869772329000.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## 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: 0 - Reposts: 13,078 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:25.020Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T10:17:53.176Z (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: March 7, 2017 ExxonMobil Jobs Tweet ### Context This post is part of a coordinated series (at least 4 posts) about ExxonMobil's $20 billion Gulf Coast investment. The timing coincides with the wiretapping accusation fallout and Sessions recusal — this jobs messaging serves as a strategic pivot to positive economic narrative. ### Authorship Posted at 3:49 AM EST (Trump was based in Washington, D.C. as President). This is solidly in the early-morning window characteristic of authentic Trump posting. However, the content is polished and repetitive of the series, suggesting a hybrid: Trump may have directed the messaging while an aide drafted variants. The "&," encoding error (should be "&") and the formulaic structure lean toward aide-drafted content that Trump approved or lightly modified. The "JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!" repetition is classic Trump rhetorical style. ### Psychological Function This post series functions as **narcissistic supply maintenance** and **displacement** — redirecting attention from the damaging wiretapping and Sessions stories to economic wins. Taking credit for corporate investment decisions is consistent with grandiose self-attribution patterns. ### Rhetorical Devices - Repetition ("JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!") - Nationalist framing ("Buy American, hire American") - Credit-claiming for corporate decisions - Direct address thanking corporation (parasocial/transactional display) ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "ExxonMobil investing $20 billion creating 45,000 jobs in Gulf Coast" | **Mostly True** | ExxonMobil did announce a Growing the Gulf initiative around this time. However, much of this investment was planned before Trump took office and cannot be directly attributed to his agenda. | Overall Veracity: 80% ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 35%) ### Indicators - 3:49 AM EST posting time suggests authentic window - Polished formatting and complete sentences suggest aide involvement - Part of coordinated 4-post series typical of managed messaging - JOBS repetition is signature Trump style - HTML encoding artifact suggests copy-paste from prepared text ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Maintenance Sentiment: +0.75 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 50% - Antisocial: 10% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - displacement (neurotic) - idealization (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 30% **Parasocial Techniques:** - transactional public thanking of corporation implies reciprocal relationship - nationalist sloganeering creates in-group identification ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-11._ > ExxonMobil investing $20 billion creating 45,000 jobs in Gulf Coast **MOSTLY TRUE** ExxonMobil did announce a Growing the Gulf initiative around this time. However, much of this investment was planned before Trump took office and cannot be directly attributed to his agenda. Sources: ExxonMobil press releases; Contemporary news coverage Overall Veracity: 80% ## Tags - economic_boasting (80%) - displacement (60%) - jobs_messaging (90%) - corporate_credit_claiming (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_838959869772329000 - 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_838959869772329000. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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