# Post x_897974118959783937

- Post ID: `x_897974118959783937`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-08-17T00:11:28.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_897974118959783937
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_897974118959783937/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_897974118959783937.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Join me at 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, August 22nd in Phoenix, Arizona at the Phoenix Convention Center! Tickets at: https://t.co/2kUQfKqbsx https://t.co/5ua74dlVtq

## Engagement

- Likes: 50,974
- Reposts: 13,904
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.387Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T21:50:42.787Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Rally Announcement During Charlottesville Fallout

This is a standard rally promotion posted at 8:11 PM EDT on August 16, 2017 (Trump was in Bedminster, NJ per prior post). The post is notable primarily for its context: it was published the same day as the infamous Trump Tower "both sides" press conference on Charlottesville, amid mass CEO resignations from his advisory councils.

### Authorship
Classic aide-written event promotion: polished formatting, correct grammar, ticket link, no emotional content. Posted during business-adjacent hours. The structured format (time, date, city, venue, ticket link) is standard Scavino/comms team output.

### Psychological Context
The pivot to a rally announcement amid the Charlottesville crisis is psychologically significant. Rallies function as narcissistic supply events—large crowds providing adulation. Scheduling/promoting a rally during a period of intense criticism is consistent with supply-seeking behavior: retreating to a guaranteed source of validation when facing widespread condemnation.

### Rhetorical Function
The post serves as deflection-by-normalization—projecting business-as-usual amid crisis. It implicitly signals to the base that the controversy is unimportant enough to warrant moving on to the next event.

### Note
The Phoenix rally (Aug 22) would become notable for Trump's extended defense of his Charlottesville remarks and hints at pardoning Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Perfect grammar and punctuation
- Structured event format with time/date/venue/links
- Posted at 8:11 PM EDT—evening but standard comms window
- No emotional content or personal voice
- Professional formatting typical of campaign/comms staff

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Criticism (Charlottesville backlash, CEO departures, bipartisan criticism)

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- denial (pathological)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- direct invitation ('Join me')
- shared event anticipation

## Tags

- rally_promotion (100%)
- supply_seeking (60%)
- aide_written (90%)
- charlottesville_context (70%)

## That day

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

**Under Siege Over Charlottesville, Trump Mourns Statues Instead of the Dead**

Trump spent the day in full defensive mode from Bedminster, lashing out at critics of his Charlottesville response while refusing to back down. He attacked Lindsey Graham and Jeff Flake before sunrise, then pivoted to a three-part defense of Confederate monuments — mourning statues rather than acknowledging the woman killed at the rally. When the Barcelona terror attack offered a lifeline, he issued a standard condemnation but immediately followed it with a debunked myth about General Pershing executing Muslims, revealing that even genuine tragedy gets filtered through his need to project strongman dominance. The day's pattern was unmistakable: deflect, attack the messenger, double down.

Full digest for 2017-08-17: https://trump.fm/date/2017-08-17/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, August 17). Join me at 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, August 22nd in... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_897974118959783937
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Join me at 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, August 22nd in Phoenix,..." X (Twitter), 17 Aug. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_897974118959783937. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Join me at 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, August 22nd in Phoenix,...," X (Twitter), August 17, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_897974118959783937.

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