# Post x_881662619282702338

- Post ID: `x_881662619282702338`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-07-02T23:55:23.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_881662619282702338
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_881662619282702338/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_881662619282702338.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Stock Market at all time high, unemployment at lowest level in years (wages will start going up) and our base has never been stronger!

## Engagement

- Likes: 136,448
- Reposts: 31,927
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.389Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T18:12:10.292Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Economic Boasting Post (2017-07-02)

This post is a relatively routine supply-seeking/maintenance tweet citing economic indicators (stock market, unemployment) and asserting base loyalty. Posted at 7:55 PM ET (Trump likely at Bedminster, NJ for the holiday weekend), this falls in evening hours.

### Context
This comes amid a day of combative tweets—the CNN wrestling video, attacks on "FAKE & FRAUDULENT NEWS MEDIA," and veteran tributes. This post shifts to a self-congratulatory economic frame, a common pattern of interspersing combative content with "presidential" messaging.

### Key Observations
- **Parenthetical aside** "(wages will start going up)" is a notable hedging acknowledgment that wages haven't risen yet—an uncharacteristic concession wrapped in optimism
- **"our base"** — explicit in-group framing; unusual to reference "base" rather than "the country" or "America"
- The three-part structure (market + jobs + base) is simple but organized

### Authorship
Could be either Trump or aide. The parenthetical has a slightly polished quality, but the content is straightforward enough for Trump. The evening timing and lack of typos are ambiguous.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Stock market at all time high" | **True** | S&P 500 and Dow were near record highs in early July 2017 |
| "Unemployment at lowest level in years" | **True** | Unemployment was around 4.3% in June 2017, lowest since 2001 |
| "Wages will start going up" | **Half True** | Wage growth was modest at ~2.5% annually, not yet accelerating significantly |

Overall Veracity: 83%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 50%)

### Indicators

- Evening posting time (7:55 PM ET) - ambiguous
- No typos or caps outbursts
- Parenthetical hedge slightly polished
- Content simple enough for either author

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking

Sentiment: +0.85

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- rationalization (neurotic)
- denial (pathological)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared ownership ('our base')
- implicit credit-taking for economic indicators

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Stock market at all time high

**TRUE**

S&P 500 and Dow were near record highs in early July 2017

> Unemployment at lowest level in years

**TRUE**

Unemployment was around 4.3% in June 2017, lowest since 2001

> Wages will start going up

**HALF TRUE**

Wage growth was modest at ~2.5% annually, not yet accelerating significantly

Overall Veracity: 83%

## Tags

- economic_boasting (90%)
- supply_seeking (70%)
- base_loyalty (50%)

## 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). Stock Market at all time high, unemployment at... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_881662619282702338
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Stock Market at all time high, unemployment at lowest level..." X (Twitter), 2 Jul. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_881662619282702338. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Stock Market at all time high, unemployment at lowest level...," X (Twitter), July 2, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_881662619282702338.

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