# Post x_884740553040175104

- Post ID: `x_884740553040175104`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-07-11T11:46:00.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_884740553040175104
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_884740553040175104/analysis
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## Post text

> Working hard to get the Olympics for the United States (L.A.). Stay tuned!

## Engagement

- Likes: 108,873
- Reposts: 20,083
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.388Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T18:56:26.232Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "Working hard to get the Olympics for the United States (L.A.). Stay tuned!"

### Context
Posted July 11, 2017 at 11:46 UTC. Trump was likely in Washington, D.C. after returning from the G20 in Hamburg (7:46 AM ET). This is a notably anodyne post amid an intensely newsworthy period — Donald Trump Jr.'s Russia meeting emails were dominating coverage on this exact date.

### Authorship
The polished, brief, upbeat tone and business-hours timing suggest aide composition. The "Stay tuned!" tag is a Trump-esque flourish but is also commonly used in staff-drafted promotional posts. No typos, no emotional reactivity, no caps beyond the parenthetical.

### Psychological Function
This post functions primarily as **deflection** — a pivot to a feel-good, patriotic, noncontroversial topic during a period of maximum legal/media pressure regarding Russia contacts. The contrast with the surrounding posts (attacking Comey, defending Ivanka at G20, attacking Senate Democrats) is stark. This is a "palate cleanser" post.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- **Agenda setting**: Redirecting attention to a positive national story
- **Credit-claiming**: "Working hard" positions subject as personally responsible
- **Teaser/cliffhanger**: "Stay tuned!" creates anticipation, borrowed from reality TV framing

### Clinical Significance
Minimal. This is a low-intensity maintenance post. The only notable element is its strategic placement amid crisis-level news about Trump Jr.'s emails.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Working hard to get the Olympics for the United States (L.A.)" | **Mostly True** | Los Angeles was indeed bidding for the 2024 Olympics (ultimately awarded 2028). Trump's personal involvement in the bid was minimal; the USOC and LA committee led the effort. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 25%)

### Indicators

- Business hours (7:46 AM ET)
- No typos or grammatical errors
- Polished, complete sentence
- Promotional/positive tone
- No emotional reactivity

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Preemptive Attack (Trump Jr. Russia emails dominating news cycle)

Sentiment: +0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- displacement (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- teaser/cliffhanger ('Stay tuned!')
- credit-claiming for national achievement

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Working hard to get the Olympics for the United States (L.A.)

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Los Angeles was indeed bidding for the 2024 Olympics (ultimately awarded 2028). Trump's personal involvement in the bid was minimal; the USOC and LA committee led the effort.

Sources: General knowledge of 2024/2028 Olympic bid process

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- deflection (80%)
- Olympics (70%)
- credit-claiming (50%)

## That day

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

**Conspicuous Silence: A Day of Calculated Deflection as the Russia Story Explodes**

A remarkably quiet day considering the bombshell news of Donald Trump Jr. publicly releasing emails about his 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer promising damaging Clinton information. Trump avoided the topic entirely, instead posting about Senate Democrats blocking nominees, the LA Olympics bid, a military plane crash, and ISIS victories. The unusually low post count and complete silence on the Russia story suggest a deliberately restrained, possibly legally coordinated approach. A near-duplicate post about Senate obstruction was the only visible crack in an otherwise disciplined facade.

Full digest for 2017-07-11: https://trump.fm/date/2017-07-11/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, July 11). Working hard to get the Olympics for the United... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_884740553040175104
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Working hard to get the Olympics for the United States..." X (Twitter), 11 Jul. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_884740553040175104. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Working hard to get the Olympics for the United States...," X (Twitter), July 11, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_884740553040175104.

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