# Post x_883751888491098112

- Post ID: `x_883751888491098112`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-07-08T18:17:24.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_883751888491098112
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_883751888491098112/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_883751888491098112.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> We will fight the #FakeNews with you! https://t.co/zOMiXTeLJq

## Engagement

- Likes: 99,318
- Reposts: 27,003
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.389Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T18:23:11.395Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "We will fight the #FakeNews with you!"

**Context:** Posted July 8, 2017, during/after G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. The linked content (t.co) likely points to a video or image reinforcing the anti-media message. This follows the CNN wrestling video controversy from days earlier.

**Timing:** 2:17 PM ET (Trump was at G20 in Hamburg, so 8:17 PM local). Evening in Germany, consistent with either Trump or aide posting after summit activities.

**Authorship:** The brevity, hashtag use, and combative-yet-polished tone suggest likely aide-assisted or aide-composed. The sentence is grammatically clean, lacks ALL CAPS emotional markers, and reads as a continuation of a managed media strategy rather than an impulsive outburst.

**Psychological context:** This is a supply-seeking/maintenance post that frames the relationship with followers as a shared combat mission against media. The inclusive "with you" is parasocial bonding — positioning followers as co-combatants. Coming days after the CNN wrestling tweet, this sustains the anti-media narrative arc without escalating it.

**Defense mechanisms:** Splitting (media = enemy, followers = allies). Projection embedded in "FakeNews" framing — attributing dishonesty outward.

**Rhetorical analysis:** Classic in-group/out-group framing. The militaristic "fight" language maintains warrior archetype positioning. The hashtag #FakeNews functions as a thought-terminating cliché — any unfavorable coverage is pre-delegitimized.

This is a low-intensity maintenance post sustaining an ongoing narrative arc rather than introducing new psychological material.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 30%)

### Indicators

- Clean grammar
- Professional brevity
- Evening hours in Hamburg
- Strategic hashtag placement
- No typos or emotional markers

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)
- projection (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 15%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Inclusive 'we' framing
- Co-combatant positioning
- Shared enemy bonding

## Tags

- anti-media (90%)
- parasocial bonding (70%)
- maintenance post (80%)
- G20 summit (50%)

## That day

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

**G20 Victory Lap: A Calm Day of Diplomatic Self-Congratulation from Hamburg**

A quiet, low-key day dominated by wrap-up messaging from the G20 Summit in Hamburg. Trump praised Angela Merkel, German law enforcement, and his own meeting with China's Xi Jinping before departing for Washington. The tone was uniformly upbeat and self-congratulatory with no flashes of anger or combativeness. A brief mention of "Fake News" was the only adversarial note, and even that was muted. Two posts from earlier in the day appeared to be reposted several hours later during the transatlantic flight home.

Full digest for 2017-07-08: https://trump.fm/date/2017-07-08/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, July 8). We will fight the #FakeNews with you!... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_883751888491098112
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "We will fight the #FakeNews with you!..." X (Twitter), 8 Jul. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_883751888491098112. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "We will fight the #FakeNews with you!...," X (Twitter), July 8, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_883751888491098112.

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