# Post x_895599179522650100

- Post ID: `x_895599179522650100`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-08-10T14:54:18.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_895599179522650100
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_895599179522650100/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_895599179522650100.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Can you believe that Mitch McConnell, who has screamed Repeal &amp, Replace for 7 years, couldn't get it done. Must Repeal &amp, Replace ObamaCare!

## Engagement

- Likes: 0
- Reposts: 19,566
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:25.015Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T21:31:56.141Z (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: Post x_895599179522650100

### Context
This is part of a sustained attack on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over the failure of ACA repeal, the third post in two days on this topic. The escalation from "Senator Mitch McConnell said I had 'excessive expectations'" to "who has screamed Repeal & Replace for 7 years, couldn't get it done" shows increasing rhetorical intensity.

### Authorship
Posted at 10:54 AM ET (Trump was at his Bedminster, NJ golf club in August 2017). Business hours but the rhetorical style—rhetorical question opener, emotional language ("screamed"), blame displacement—is consistent with authentic Trump. The `&amp,` encoding artifact (comma instead of semicolon) appears in multiple posts, suggesting a consistent input method. Likely authentic, dictated or thumb-typed.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a textbook blame externalization. The healthcare bill failed due to Republican senators (McCain, Collins, Murkowski) voting no, but Trump had limited legislative strategy. The post reframes this as McConnell's personal failure: he "screamed" for it, he "couldn't get it done." Trump positions himself as the expectation-holder, not the failed executor.

The rhetorical question "Can you believe" is a parasocial intimacy device—recruiting the audience into shared incredulity, building an in-group of the outraged.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Projection**: Trump's own inability to close the deal is attributed to McConnell
- **Splitting**: McConnell moves from ally to incompetent failure

### Rhetorical Devices
- Rhetorical question for audience engagement
- Temporal framing ("7 years") to emphasize failure magnitude
- Imperative command ("Must Repeal & Replace") asserting continued authority

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "McConnell screamed Repeal & Replace for 7 years" | **Mostly True** | McConnell and Senate Republicans did campaign on ACA repeal since its 2010 passage. 'Screamed' is hyperbolic but the 7-year timeframe is approximately correct. |
| "McConnell couldn't get it done" | **Half True** | The Senate failed to pass repeal by 49-51 (McCain, Collins, Murkowski voting no). While McConnell led the effort, the failure involved multiple factors including the White House's limited legislative strategy. |

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 75%)

### Indicators

- Rhetorical question opener typical of Trump
- Emotional verb choice ('screamed')
- Business hours but combative tone
- Encoding artifact consistent with personal device input
- Matches escalation pattern from previous day's posts

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Healthcare repeal failure and McConnell's 'excessive expectations' comment)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting Mitch McConnell
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.55

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 20%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 35%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Rhetorical question creating shared incredulity
- Imperative command positioning audience as co-demanders

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> McConnell screamed Repeal & Replace for 7 years

**MOSTLY TRUE**

McConnell and Senate Republicans did campaign on ACA repeal since its 2010 passage. 'Screamed' is hyperbolic but the 7-year timeframe is approximately correct.

> McConnell couldn't get it done

**HALF TRUE**

The Senate failed to pass repeal by 49-51 (McCain, Collins, Murkowski voting no). While McConnell led the effort, the failure involved multiple factors including the White House's limited legislative strategy.

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Tags

- blame-externalization (80%)
- mcconnell-attack (90%)
- healthcare (70%)
- intraparty-conflict (70%)

## That day

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

**McConnell Under Fire as Trump Deflects Healthcare Failure During Bedminster Vacation**

Trump spent the day hammering Mitch McConnell over the failed healthcare repeal, publicly demanding he "get back to work" while Congress was on recess. The tone shifted from pointed blame in the morning to a more commanding, boss-to-employee posture by midday. A staff-posted announcement about Ivanka leading a U.S. delegation to India broke up the attacks, and the day closed on a self-congratulatory note with a favorable poll number. Overall a low-volume, single-target day with no real escalation.

Full digest for 2017-08-10: https://trump.fm/date/2017-08-10/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, August 10). Can you believe that Mitch McConnell, who has... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_895599179522650100
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Can you believe that Mitch McConnell, who has screamed..." X (Twitter), 10 Aug. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_895599179522650100. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Can you believe that Mitch McConnell, who has screamed...," X (Twitter), August 10, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_895599179522650100.

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