# Post x_900150814081036288

- Post ID: `x_900150814081036288`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-08-23T00:20:52.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_900150814081036288
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_900150814081036288/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_900150814081036288.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> THANK YOU to all of the great men and women at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in Yuma, Arizona & around the United States! https://t.co/tjFx8XjhDz

## Engagement

- Likes: 91,008
- Reposts: 20,358
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.387Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T22:03:17.370Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Thank You to CBP Personnel (2017-08-23)

This is a routine, polished gratitude post directed at U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel, posted shortly after Trump's Phoenix rally where border security was a central theme. The post is formulaic and unremarkable from a clinical standpoint.

### Authorship
Posted at 8:20 PM EDT (Trump was in Arizona, so 5:20 PM MST local time) — squarely in business hours. The post is grammatically correct, properly formatted, includes a photo link, and uses standard political communication conventions. This is almost certainly aide-composed (likely Dan Scavino), serving as a follow-up photo-op post from the Arizona visit.

### Psychological Context
The post functions as routine supply maintenance and political messaging, reinforcing the border security narrative central to the Phoenix rally held hours earlier. The thanking of CBP aligns with the in-group validation pattern — law enforcement and border agents are consistently cast as loyal allies in Trump's narrative framework.

### Rhetorical Function
"Great men and women" is standard political flattery. The geographic specificity (Yuma + "around the United States") broadens the audience beyond the immediate visit. This is standard constituent/institutional relationship maintenance with no notable psychological content.

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Business hours in local timezone (5:20 PM MST)
- Perfect grammar and punctuation
- Standard political thank-you format
- Professional photo link included
- No emotional reactivity or ALL CAPS beyond 'THANK YOU'

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

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

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- direct address to supporters
- institutional flattery

## Tags

- border-security (70%)
- institutional-praise (50%)
- aide-written (90%)

## That day

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

**Post-Rally Vindication Tour: Trump Relitigates Charlottesville Through Phoenix Afterglow**

Trump spent the day basking in the glow of his Phoenix rally, repeatedly celebrating the turnout and using the event to reframe his Charlottesville response as a media problem rather than his own. His sharpest moment came late at night when he accused the media of the very thing he'd been criticized for — giving a platform to hate groups. By morning he was back to attacking a fellow Republican and demanding Senate rule changes, before settling into a quieter afternoon of ceremonial governance. The mood was overwhelmingly self-congratulatory, with flashes of combativeness woven throughout.

Full digest for 2017-08-23: https://trump.fm/date/2017-08-23/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, August 23). THANK YOU to all of the great men and women at... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_900150814081036288
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "THANK YOU to all of the great men and women at the U.S...." X (Twitter), 23 Aug. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_900150814081036288. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "THANK YOU to all of the great men and women at the U.S....," X (Twitter), August 23, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_900150814081036288.

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