# Post x_856234989591121922

- Post ID: `x_856234989591121922`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-04-23T19:55:04.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_856234989591121922
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_856234989591121922/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_856234989591121922.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> ...popular vote. ABC News/Washington Post Poll (wrong big on election) said almost all stand by their vote on me & 53% said strong leader.

## Engagement

- Likes: 60,868
- Reposts: 11,947
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.390Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T11:45:48.424Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Continuation Tweet on Poll Data (April 23, 2017)

## Overview
This is the second half of a two-part tweet (continuation from "New polls out today...Would still beat Hillary in ....."). Trump cherry-picks favorable metrics from an ABC/WaPo poll while simultaneously discrediting the source.

## Key Psychological Pattern: Have-It-Both-Ways Citation
The central rhetorical and psychological feature is the simultaneous discrediting and citing of the same poll. The ABC/WaPo poll is "wrong big on election" but its favorable current numbers are presented as valid. This splitting — the same object is both worthless and authoritative depending on which data point serves the narcissistic need — is a textbook immature defense.

## Supply-Seeking Dynamics
The post is driven by validation-seeking. Three specific affirmations are extracted: (1) would beat Hillary in popular vote, (2) supporters stand by their vote, (3) 53% say "strong leader." The "strong leader" metric is particularly significant — it maps directly onto the grandiose self-image Trump cultivates.

## Popular Vote Grievance
The reference to "popular vote" (from the preceding tweet) reflects an ongoing narcissistic injury from the 2016 election. Five months into his presidency, the popular vote loss remains a wound requiring repeated attention.

## Authorship
Likely authentic. Sunday afternoon from Florida, continuation tweet format, informal grammar, emotional investment in poll validation.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "ABC News/Washington Post poll showed 53% said strong leader" | **Mostly True** | ABC/WaPo 100-day poll from April 2017 did show approximately 53% rating Trump as a strong leader, though the same poll showed historically low overall approval |
| "Almost all supporters stand by their vote" | **Mostly True** | The poll showed 96% of Trump voters said they would vote for him again, though this is typical for new presidents and the 'almost all' framing omits broader disapproval numbers |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 70%)

### Indicators

- Sunday afternoon ~3:55 PM ET
- ellipsis continuation from previous post
- stream-of-consciousness cherry-picking of poll data
- use of ampersand and casual phrasing

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Criticism (media coverage and approval polls)

Sentiment: +0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- selective data presentation
- implied crowd validation

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> ABC News/Washington Post poll showed 53% said strong leader

**MOSTLY TRUE**

ABC/WaPo 100-day poll from April 2017 did show approximately 53% rating Trump as a strong leader, though the same poll showed historically low overall approval

Sources: ABC News/Washington Post poll April 2017

> Almost all supporters stand by their vote

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The poll showed 96% of Trump voters said they would vote for him again, though this is typical for new presidents and the 'almost all' framing omits broader disapproval numbers

Sources: ABC News/Washington Post poll April 2017

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- supply-seeking (80%)
- poll-obsession (70%)
- selective-citation (70%)
- popular-vote-grievance (40%)

## That day

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

**A Quiet Sunday of Promise Erosion and Lingering Election Nostalgia**

A low-key Sunday, likely from Mar-a-Lago, with just eight posts and no real flare-ups. The most notable moment was a carefully worded walkback of the "Mexico will pay for the wall" promise, softened with hedging language like "eventually" and "in some form." The afternoon brought a familiar pattern: cherry-picking poll numbers, attacking the media as fake, and — six months after winning — still measuring himself against Hillary Clinton. Overall a managed, staff-influenced day with only brief flashes of the personal voice breaking through.

Full digest for 2017-04-23: https://trump.fm/date/2017-04-23/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, April 23). ...popular vote. ABC News/Washington Post Poll... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_856234989591121922
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "...popular vote. ABC News/Washington Post Poll (wrong big..." X (Twitter), 23 Apr. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_856234989591121922. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "...popular vote. ABC News/Washington Post Poll (wrong big...," X (Twitter), April 23, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_856234989591121922.

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