# Post x_897221868784168960

- Post ID: `x_897221868784168960`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-08-14T22:22:17.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_897221868784168960/analysis
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## Post text

> Leaving for New York City and meetings on military purchases and trade.

## Engagement

- Likes: 63,273
- Reposts: 9,402
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.387Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T21:42:29.906Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "Leaving for New York City and meetings on military purchases and trade."

### Context
This post was published on August 14, 2017, at 6:22 PM EDT (Trump was apparently still at the White House/Bedminster area, preparing to leave for NYC). This is two days after the Charlottesville Unite the Right rally and Heather Heyer's death, amid intense criticism of Trump's "many sides" response and CEO resignations from his Manufacturing Council.

### Authorship
This is a classic aide-written logistical update — business hours, grammatically correct, no emotional content, no caps, no attacks. It reads as a Dan Scavino scheduling post.

### Psychological Significance
The post is notable primarily for what it omits. In the midst of the most significant domestic crisis of 2017 to that point, this post pivots entirely to routine governance ("military purchases and trade"). Combined with the earlier posts attacking Merck's Ken Frazier (who resigned over Charlottesville) and touting trade deals, the day's posting pattern shows systematic avoidance of the Charlottesville topic except to retaliate against departing council members.

### Defense Mechanisms
The post functions as **displacement** — redirecting attention from the Charlottesville crisis to anodyne governance topics. This is avoidance through normalization.

### Rhetorical Function
Projects presidential normalcy and command during a crisis period. "Military purchases" signals strength; "trade" signals economic competence. Both are safe, uncontroversial topics.

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (6:22 PM EDT)
- Perfect grammar and punctuation
- Logistical/scheduling content
- No emotional reactivity
- No caps, no attacks, no typos

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.10

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

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

## Tags

- scheduling (90%)
- deflection (70%)
- charlottesville_avoidance (60%)

## That day

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

**Charlottesville Crisis Avoidance Collapses Into Victimhood by Nightfall**

Trump spent most of the day conspicuously avoiding the Charlottesville crisis, posting instead about trade deals, a Senate endorsement, and travel logistics. The one exception was a sharp, personal attack on Merck CEO Ken Frazier — the first business leader to resign from Trump's advisory council over his Charlottesville response — which escalated into a broader attack on Merck itself hours later. After being pressured into delivering an explicit condemnation of white supremacists, Trump closed the day by reframing the entire episode as media persecution, calling journalists "truly bad people." The overall mood was controlled deflection punctuated by flashes of retaliatory anger, with the day ending on a notably self-pitying note.

Full digest for 2017-08-14: https://trump.fm/date/2017-08-14/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, August 14). Leaving for New York City and meetings on... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_897221868784168960
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Leaving for New York City and meetings on military..." X (Twitter), 14 Aug. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_897221868784168960. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Leaving for New York City and meetings on military...," X (Twitter), August 14, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_897221868784168960.

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