# Post x_881373634585079808

- Post ID: `x_881373634585079808`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-07-02T04:47:04.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_881373634585079808
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_881373634585079808/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_881373634585079808.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: 129,665
- Reposts: 30,040
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.389Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T18:11:48.444Z (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)

### Context
Posted at 12:47 AM EDT (Trump was in Washington, DC area for the Celebrate Freedom Concert at the Kennedy Center). This is a late-night post but reads as a polished, pre-drafted statement rather than spontaneous late-night tweeting.

### Authorship
The elevated, ceremonial language ("shed your blood, poured your love, and bared your soul") is markedly different from Trump's authentic voice visible in adjacent posts ("FAKE & FRAUDULENT NEWS MEDIA," "#FraudNewsCNN"). The rhetorical tricolon structure and absence of typos or impulsive quality strongly suggest aide composition, likely drafted for the Celebrate Freedom Concert event.

### Psychological Content
This is a low-intensity maintenance post serving supply-seeking and image-management functions. The ALL CAPS "GREAT VETERANS" is the only authentic Trump fingerprint. The post positions Trump as protector/caretaker ("We will always take care of"), activating the benevolent King archetype—a sharp contrast to the Trickster/Warrior mode of surrounding posts attacking CNN and defending his Twitter use.

### Strategic Function
Coming amid intense criticism for the Mika Brzezinski tweets and the CNN wrestling video, this veterans tribute serves as reputation management—a palate cleanser between combative posts. The juxtaposition is notable: within hours of attacking media figures, the account projects compassion and patriotism.

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Rhetorical tricolon structure (shed/poured/bared)
- Elevated ceremonial register unlike adjacent posts
- No typos or stream-of-consciousness quality
- Event-tied content (Celebrate Freedom Concert)
- ALL CAPS VETERANS is lone Trump fingerprint

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Celebrate Freedom Concert event)

Sentiment: +0.80

### Clinical

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

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- reaction formation (neurotic)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to veterans as audience
- Promise of protection/care

## Tags

- veterans (100%)
- patriotism (90%)
- aide-authored (80%)
- image-management (70%)

## 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_881373634585079808
- 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_881373634585079808. 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_881373634585079808.

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