# Post x_871722020278587393 - Post ID: `x_871722020278587393` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2017-06-05T13:35:00.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_871722020278587393 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_871722020278587393/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_871722020278587393.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > .@foxandfriends Dems are taking forever to approve my people, including Ambassadors. They are nothing but OBSTRUCTIONISTS! Want approvals. ## Engagement - Likes: 80,877 - Reposts: 21,201 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.389Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T13:20:09.112Z (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: Post x_871722020278587393 ### Context Posted 2017-06-05 at 13:35 UTC. Trump was in Washington, D.C. (EDT = 9:35 AM). This is a morning post, likely composed while watching Fox & Friends (directly tagged). Business hours timing but the reactive, emotional quality and tagging of the show suggest authentic authorship—Trump frequently live-tweeted Fox & Friends. ### Content Analysis The post complains about Democratic senators slowing confirmation of political appointees. It tags @foxandfriends, uses ALL CAPS for "OBSTRUCTIONISTS," and ends with a clipped demand: "Want approvals." ### Psychological Dynamics This is a routine grievance post reflecting frustrated agency motives. The framing is classic splitting: Democrats are pure obstruction, his nominees are "my people" deserving swift approval. The entitlement to unimpeded confirmation is notable. "Want approvals" has an almost childlike demand quality—telegraphic, imperative. ### Broader Context This post sits within a morning of escalating frustration. The preceding posts attacked his own Justice Department over the travel ban. This post shifts the target to Democrats—displacement from intra-administration frustration to the familiar out-group enemy. The Fox & Friends tag suggests supply-seeking: validation from a friendly media source. ### Rhetorical Assessment Standard populist framing: elites (Democrats) blocking the will of the people's chosen leader. "Nothing but OBSTRUCTIONISTS" is totalizing language (splitting). The post is low-intensity relative to the travel ban tweets from the same morning. ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Democrats are taking forever to approve his nominees including ambassadors" | **Half True** | Senate Democrats did use procedural tools to slow confirmations, but the pace was also affected by the administration's slow nomination process. Many positions had no nominees submitted. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 75%) ### Indicators - Tags @foxandfriends suggesting live-watching - ALL CAPS emphasis on OBSTRUCTIONISTS - Telegraphic fragment 'Want approvals' - 9:35 AM ET - business hours but reactive style - Emotional, complaint-driven content ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Democratic obstruction of nominations) **Rage:** Intensity 40% targeting Democratic senators - Proportionality: 50% Sentiment: -0.50 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 50% - Antisocial: 10% - Paranoid: 30% - Sadism: 5% **Defense Mechanisms:** - splitting (immature) - displacement (neurotic) - projection (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 20% **Parasocial Techniques:** - direct address to friendly media - framing audience as co-aggrieved ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-11._ > Democrats are taking forever to approve his nominees including ambassadors **HALF TRUE** Senate Democrats did use procedural tools to slow confirmations, but the pace was also affected by the administration's slow nomination process. Many positions had no nominees submitted. Sources: Congressional records; Contemporary reporting Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - grievance (70%) - obstruction-complaint (80%) - fox-and-friends (50%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Trump Sabotages Own Supreme Court Travel Ban Case in Self-Defeating Dawn Tweet Storm** Trump woke up angry and spent the early morning firing off posts about the travel ban, publicly calling it exactly that — the one term his own lawyers were desperately avoiding in their Supreme Court arguments. He attacked his Justice Department's legal strategy as "watered down" and went after London's mayor by twisting his post-attack comments out of context. The day's rage gradually faded into routine staff-written policy announcements about veterans and air traffic control by late afternoon. Full digest for 2017-06-05: https://trump.fm/date/2017-06-05/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, June 5). .@foxandfriends Dems are taking forever to... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_871722020278587393 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. ".@foxandfriends Dems are taking forever to approve my..." X (Twitter), 5 Jun. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_871722020278587393. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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