# Post x_881604490041995271

- Post ID: `x_881604490041995271`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-07-02T20:04:24.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_881604490041995271
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_881604490041995271/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_881604490041995271.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> The dishonest media will NEVER keep us from accomplishing our objectives on behalf of our GREAT AMERICAN PEOPLE!… https://t.co/EwnwCeuGMv

## Engagement

- Likes: 111,220
- Reposts: 28,208
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.389Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T18:12:14.809Z (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: July 2, 2017

This post follows Trump's CNN wrestling video tweet and his defense of social media use as "MODERN DAY PRESIDENTIAL." It represents a combative but formulaic rallying statement against media criticism.

### Authorship
Posted at 4:04 PM EDT (Trump was in Washington DC area for the Celebrate Freedom Concert). Business hours, polished structure, truncated with link — consistent with aide-assisted posting, though the ALL CAPS pattern and combative tone reflect Trump's voice. Likely a hybrid: Trump's sentiment, possibly polished by staff.

### Psychological State
The post is maintenance-mode supply-seeking combined with ongoing narcissistic injury response to media criticism. The framing positions media as obstacle ("will NEVER keep us") — classic persecutory framing that simultaneously elevates the self as unstoppable.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Splitting**: media = dishonest enemy vs. "GREAT AMERICAN PEOPLE" = idealized in-group
- **Projection**: dishonesty attributed outward
- **Denial**: implicit rejection of all media criticism as illegitimate

### Rhetorical Analysis
Standard populist formula: enemy (dishonest media) + hero (us/Trump) + beneficiary (GREAT AMERICAN PEOPLE). The "NEVER" is absolutist and defiant. This is a relatively low-intensity post for the period — the CNN wrestling video was the real escalation; this is the rhetorical consolidation afterward.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- Business hours (4:04 PM EDT)
- Truncated with link suggesting formatted post
- Polished but combative tone
- ALL CAPS on key words is Trump signature

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Media criticism of social media use and CNN wrestling video)

Sentiment: -0.30

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Grandiose framing of unstoppability

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)
- denial (pathological)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- collective identity ('us', 'our')
- shared enemy framing

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Blanket 'dishonest media' label delegitimizes all critical coverage

## Tags

- media-attack (70%)
- populist-framing (80%)
- defiance (60%)

## 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). The dishonest media will NEVER keep us from... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_881604490041995271
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The dishonest media will NEVER keep us from accomplishing..." X (Twitter), 2 Jul. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_881604490041995271. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The dishonest media will NEVER keep us from accomplishing...," X (Twitter), July 2, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_881604490041995271.

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