# Post x_881373634585079800

- Post ID: `x_881373634585079800`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-07-02T08:47:04.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_881373634585079800
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_881373634585079800/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_881373634585079800.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> We will always take care of our GREAT VETERANS. You have shed your blood, poured your love, and bared your soul, in... https://t.co/bTPuerxLOr

## Engagement

- Likes: 0
- Reposts: 23,954
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:25.016Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T18:11:57.639Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Veterans Tribute Post (July 2, 2017)

This post is a prepared, scripted tribute to veterans, likely tied to the "Celebrate Freedom Concert" Trump was attending that evening with evangelical supporters. The truncated text ("in...") links to a longer statement.

### Authorship
Posted at 8:47 AM UTC = 4:47 AM EDT. While early morning posts are often authentic Trump, the polished, rhetorical quality ("shed your blood, poured your love, and bared your soul") is inconsistent with his spontaneous style. This reads as a prepared statement — likely drafted by staff and scheduled for early morning to frame the day's messaging around the concert event. The poetic tricolon structure is notably unlike Trump's typical syntax.

### Psychological Context
This post appears amid a chaotic period — the Mika Brzezinski attacks, the CNN wrestling video, healthcare bill failure, and "Modern Day Presidential" defense. The veterans tribute functions as a palette cleanser, projecting presidential normalcy between inflammatory posts.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- Tricolon ("shed...poured...bared") — classical rhetorical device rarely seen in authentic Trump posts
- ALL CAPS on "GREAT VETERANS" — consistent with Trump branding style, possibly added by Trump or Scavino to an otherwise staff-written message
- Inclusive "We" — presidential voice rather than personal voice

### Minimal Clinical Significance
This is a routine maintenance post with no notable psychological markers beyond its strategic placement in the timeline.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 20%)

### Indicators

- Poetic tricolon structure atypical of Trump's spontaneous writing
- Polished rhetorical quality
- 4:47 AM ET is early but content lacks impulsive quality
- Strategic timing before Celebrate Freedom Concert
- ALL CAPS on VETERANS consistent with Scavino adding Trump branding

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.80

### Clinical

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

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 60%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to veterans as 'You'
- Promise of perpetual care

## Tags

- veterans (100%)
- maintenance-post (90%)
- aide-written (80%)

## That day

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

**CNN Wrestling Video Caps Escalating Media War as Presidential Veneer Cracks**

A day that began with routine presidential messaging — a weekly address and preparations for a veterans concert at the Kennedy Center — took a sharp turn with the now-infamous CNN wrestling video, in which Trump shared an edited clip of himself body-slamming a figure with the CNN logo for a head. The post marked a dramatic escalation from verbal media attacks to depicted physical violence, drawing widespread condemnation and raising concerns about press safety. The rest of the day saw continued anti-media defiance before closing on an upbeat note about the stock market and unemployment. The overall mood was combative and self-congratulatory, with the wrestling video standing as the day's defining and most alarming moment.

Full digest for 2017-07-02: https://trump.fm/date/2017-07-02/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, July 2). We will always take care of our GREAT VETERANS.... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_881373634585079800
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "We will always take care of our GREAT VETERANS. You have..." X (Twitter), 2 Jul. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_881373634585079800. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "We will always take care of our GREAT VETERANS. You have...," X (Twitter), July 2, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_881373634585079800.

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