# Post x_849366930133839872

- Post ID: `x_849366930133839872`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-04-04T21:03:51.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_849366930133839872
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_849366930133839872/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_849366930133839872.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Great to talk jobs with #NABTU2017. Tremendous spirit & optimism - we will deliver! https://t.co/6lRuQZZHrc

## Engagement

- Likes: 49,321
- Reposts: 9,150
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.390Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T10:56:05.560Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: NABTU 2017 Jobs Event Post (2017-04-04)

A brief, polished post summarizing Trump's appearance at the North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU) 2017 legislative conference. This is a routine event recap with minimal psychological content.

### Authorship
Posted at 5:03 PM ET (Trump was in Washington, D.C. as President). Business hours, professional formatting, hashtag usage, no typos, linked media — classic aide/Scavino production. The companion post thanking Sean McGarvey confirms a coordinated social media push around this event.

### Psychological Content
Minimal. The post is formulaic event messaging: topic (jobs), emotional framing ("tremendous spirit & optimism"), promise ("we will deliver"). The word "tremendous" is a Trump-brand superlative but here deployed in standard PR fashion.

### Rhetorical Techniques
Standard populist optimism framing — associating with blue-collar unions, projecting economic confidence. The exclamation mark and "we will deliver" function as a minor grandiose promise but well within normal political communication.

### Context
This period shows Trump in standard early-presidency governance mode — hosting foreign leaders, meeting union groups, promoting Gorsuch. The chemical attack in Syria (same day) would soon dominate his messaging, but this post predates that shift.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 10%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (5:03 PM ET)
- Professional formatting with hashtag
- No typos or grammatical errors
- Coordinated with companion thank-you post
- Linked media attachment

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.70

### Clinical

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- inclusive 'we'
- optimism projection

## Tags

- jobs (80%)
- unions (70%)
- aide-written (90%)
- routine (90%)

## That day

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

**A Quiet Day of Economic Stagecraft While Syria Burns**

Trump spent the afternoon and early evening promoting two White House events -- a CEO Town Hall and a speech to the building trades unions -- through low-key, largely staff-written posts. The day was remarkably subdued, with only five posts (two of which appear to be duplicates) and zero mentions of the devastating chemical attack in Syria that dominated world headlines. The silence on Khan Shaykhun was the most notable feature of an otherwise unremarkable day of presidential brand maintenance.

Full digest for 2017-04-04: https://trump.fm/date/2017-04-04/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, April 4). Great to talk jobs with #NABTU2017. Tremendous... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_849366930133839872
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Great to talk jobs with #NABTU2017. Tremendous spirit &..." X (Twitter), 4 Apr. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_849366930133839872. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Great to talk jobs with #NABTU2017. Tremendous spirit &...," X (Twitter), April 4, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_849366930133839872.

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