# Post x_908160218995068928

- Post ID: `x_908160218995068928`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-09-14T02:47:23.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_908160218995068928
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_908160218995068928/analysis
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## Post text

> Crooked Hillary Clinton blames everybody (and every thing) but herself for her election loss. She lost the debates and lost her direction!

## Engagement

- Likes: 114,073
- Reposts: 26,257
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.387Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T22:48:26.070Z (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_908160218995068928

### Context
Posted at 2:47 AM UTC on September 14, 2017. Trump was likely in Washington, D.C. (EDT, UTC-4), making this **10:47 PM local time** — a late-night post highly consistent with authentic Trump authorship. This was during Hurricane Irma recovery and shortly after the 9/11 memorial ceremony.

### Authorship
Late-night timing, emotionally reactive content targeting Hillary Clinton, rhetorical parallelism ("lost the debates and lost her direction"), and the characteristic "Crooked Hillary" epithet all point strongly to authentic Trump. The parenthetical aside "(and every thing)" has an impulsive, stream-of-consciousness quality.

### Psychological Analysis
This post is unprompted — Clinton was not directly in the news cycle in a way that required response. The attack on Clinton nearly a year after the 2016 election represents **continued supply-seeking** through dominance display over a defeated rival. The post functions as narcissistic maintenance: reinforcing the victory narrative and keeping the in-group engaged through a familiar target.

The projection is notable: accusing Clinton of blaming "everybody but herself" is a pattern Trump himself exhibits extensively. The splitting is clean — she is entirely to blame, no nuance acknowledged.

### Rhetorical Devices
The parallel construction "lost the debates and lost her direction" is effective rhetorical craft, using anaphora to build momentum. "Crooked Hillary" is a branding technique — devaluation through repetitive labeling.

### Cognitive Notes
Language is coherent, syntactically simple but effective. No markers of concern. Consistent with baseline Trump Twitter style.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Clinton lost the debates" | **Mostly False** | Post-debate polls from CNN, YouGov, and others consistently showed viewers believed Clinton won all three 2016 presidential debates. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 90%)

### Indicators

- 10:47 PM local time (late night)
- Crooked Hillary epithet
- Parenthetical aside showing stream-of-consciousness
- Emotionally reactive unprompted attack
- No professional formatting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Ongoing Clinton book tour/media presence)

Sentiment: -0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 30%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Victory lap reinforcing in-group solidarity
- Familiar villain maintenance

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Clinton lost the debates

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Post-debate polls from CNN, YouGov, and others consistently showed viewers believed Clinton won all three 2016 presidential debates.

Sources: CNN/ORC post-debate polls 2016; YouGov post-debate polls 2016

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- clinton-attack (100%)
- victory-lap (80%)
- projection (70%)

## That day

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

**Dealmaker in Damage Control: DACA Empathy Meets Late-Night Hillary Attacks**

Trump spent the day juggling several fronts — attacking Hillary Clinton late at night, then pivoting sharply to damage control over reports he'd cut a DACA deal with Democratic leaders at dinner. In a rare move, he defended undocumented young people brought to the U.S. as children, using unusually empathetic language before flying to Florida to survey Hurricane Irma recovery. The evening brought attacks on Bernie Sanders' single-payer healthcare push, with nearly identical posts appearing twice hours apart. Overall it was a low-intensity, zero-rage day defined more by surprising moderation on immigration than by combativeness.

Full digest for 2017-09-14: https://trump.fm/date/2017-09-14/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, September 14). Crooked Hillary Clinton blames everybody (and... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_908160218995068928
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Crooked Hillary Clinton blames everybody (and every thing)..." X (Twitter), 14 Sep. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_908160218995068928. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Crooked Hillary Clinton blames everybody (and every thing)...," X (Twitter), September 14, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_908160218995068928.

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