# Post x_896076107094474752

- Post ID: `x_896076107094474752`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-08-11T18:29:26.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_896076107094474752
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_896076107094474752/analysis
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## Post text

> We want to make sure that we have the workforce development programs we need to ensure these jobs are.... https://t.co/tyqbvvmBn4

## Engagement

- Likes: 51,823
- Reposts: 11,141
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.388Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T21:38:49.070Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Workforce Development Post (2017-08-11)

## Overview
A truncated, aide-composed policy statement about workforce development programs. Posted at 2:29 PM ET during business hours from Bedminster, NJ. This is routine presidential communications with no psychological significance.

## Authorship
Almost certainly staff-written. The dry policy language, proper grammar, truncation suggesting a copied statement, and mid-afternoon timing are all hallmarks of aide composition. This contrasts sharply with the "locked and loaded" North Korea post from the same day, which carries far more authentic Trump markers.

## Context
Posted amid the North Korea crisis escalation. The workforce development content may serve as a normalizing counterweight to the bellicose rhetoric, projecting an image of a president attending to domestic policy despite the international crisis.

## Psychological Significance
None. This post is administrative in nature.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 5%)

### Indicators

- Truncated policy language
- No emotional content or ALL CAPS
- Business hours posting (2:29 PM ET)
- Professional tone about workforce programs

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.20

### Clinical

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- inclusive 'we'

## Tags

- workforce (80%)
- aide-written (95%)

## That day

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

**Nuclear Brinksmanship by Tweet: "Locked and Loaded" Against North Korea**

Trump spent most of August 11 at Bedminster posting routine economic and workforce messaging, but the day was defined by a single explosive morning post threatening North Korea with military force using action-movie language ("locked and loaded"). The threat was dramatic but did not reflect any actual change in military posture, making it pure performance -- a commander-in-chief playing strongman on social media. Meanwhile, white nationalists gathered with torches at the University of Virginia that evening, an event Trump did not address.

Full digest for 2017-08-11: https://trump.fm/date/2017-08-11/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, August 11). We want to make sure that we have the workforce... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_896076107094474752
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "We want to make sure that we have the workforce development..." X (Twitter), 11 Aug. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_896076107094474752. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "We want to make sure that we have the workforce development...," X (Twitter), August 11, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_896076107094474752.

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