# Post x_888128621784838144

- Post ID: `x_888128621784838144`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-07-20T20:08:58.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_888128621784838144
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_888128621784838144/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_888128621784838144.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> I am asking all citizens to believe in yourselves, believe in your future, and believe, once more, in America. #AmericaFirst🇺🇸 https://t.co/NOnhJyWp4J

## Engagement

- Likes: 122,092
- Reposts: 34,804
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.388Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T19:16:34.430Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "Believe in yourselves, believe in your future" (July 20, 2017)

### Authorship
This is a textbook aide-written post. Trump was at the White House/Pentagon on this date (DC, EDT = UTC-4, so 4:08 PM local time — squarely business hours). The post features polished rhetoric, tricolon structure ("believe in yourselves, believe in your future, and believe, once more, in America"), correct grammar, a branded hashtag with flag emoji, and a linked media asset. Zero typos, zero emotional reactivity. This reads as a produced message aligned with "Made in America Week" messaging.

### Psychological Content
The post is maintenance-mode supply-seeking — a presidential proclamation tone inviting collective identification with the leader. The tricolon is a classic speechwriting device (cf. Obama's "Yes we can," Blair's "education, education, education"). The phrase "once more" implies a restoration narrative: America was lost, now it can be found again through belief.

### Rhetorical Devices
- **Anaphora**: "believe... believe... believe"
- **Appeal to nostalgia**: "once more" implies a golden past
- **Populist framing**: addressing "all citizens" directly
- **Messianic positioning**: the leader calls the nation to faith

### Context
This falls on the same day as the McCain well-wishes and Pentagon departure posts — all polished, all aide-produced. The authentic Trump voice appeared the day before with the healthcare tweets (caps emphasis, combative tone, incomplete punctuation).

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 10%)

### Indicators

- Business hours (4:08 PM EDT)
- Perfect grammar and punctuation
- Classical tricolon rhetorical structure
- Branded hashtag with flag emoji
- Linked media asset

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Made in America Week messaging)

Sentiment: +0.80

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to 'all citizens'
- Shared identity framing
- Invitation to collective emotional experience

## Tags

- aide-written (90%)
- maintenance (80%)
- made-in-america-week (70%)
- restoration-narrative (60%)

## That day

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

**A Quiet, Staff-Managed Day of Presidential Messaging Amid McCain's Cancer Diagnosis**

An unusually quiet day with only three posts, all appearing to be staff-written. Trump sent well-wishes to John McCain following his brain cancer diagnosis, posted a photo leaving the Pentagon after meetings, and closed with a patriotic call to action tied to Made in America Week. No personal attacks, no rage, and no sign of the combative voice that typically marks his own posts.

Full digest for 2017-07-20: https://trump.fm/date/2017-07-20/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, July 20). I am asking all citizens to believe in... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_888128621784838144
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I am asking all citizens to believe in yourselves, believe..." X (Twitter), 20 Jul. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_888128621784838144. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "I am asking all citizens to believe in yourselves, believe...," X (Twitter), July 20, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_888128621784838144.

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