# Post x_911904261553950720

- Post ID: `x_911904261553950720`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-09-24T10:44:52.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_911904261553950720
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_911904261553950720/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_911904261553950720.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> If NFL fans refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our Flag & Country, you will see change take place fast. Fire or suspend!

## Engagement

- Likes: 179,990
- Reposts: 45,225
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.386Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T23:17:04.343Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

This post represents day three of Trump's self-initiated culture war against NFL players kneeling during the national anthem. Having called players "sons of bitches" at an Alabama rally, he now escalates by mobilizing fans as economic pressure agents ("refuse to go to games") and issuing direct commands to owners ("Fire or suspend!"). The perseveration is clinically notable: while Hurricane Maria has left 3.4 million Americans in Puerto Rico without power, Trump's attentional resources are consumed by this culture war, which generates massive narcissistic supply through tribal loyalty signaling. The post reveals core power motives—Trump lacks authority over private NFL employment decisions but seeks to exercise control through proxy coercion. The reframing of racial justice protests as "disrespecting our Flag & Country" is a deliberate erasure of the protests' actual content, functioning as both propaganda technique and mild gaslighting. The authoritarian register ("Fire or suspend!") echoes his Apprentice persona and reveals comfort with commanding private industry regarding employee political expression. Danger level is elevated not for violence but for the normalization of presidential interference with First Amendment expression in private enterprise.

## Psychological Analysis: NFL Fan Boycott Call (September 24, 2017)

This post escalates Trump's multi-day campaign against NFL players kneeling during the national anthem, shifting from directing anger at players and league officials to now mobilizing fans as economic pressure agents. The imperative "Fire or suspend!" is a direct command to team owners.

### Context
Posted at 6:44 AM ET (Trump likely at his Bedminster NJ golf club or in the NY area that weekend), this early-morning post follows his Alabama rally two days prior where he called kneeling players "sons of bitches." Over 200 NFL players protested on this very day in response, making this an active escalation loop.

### Personality Analysis
The post operates primarily at the **agency/power motive** level—Trump positions himself as the authority who can dictate behavior to a private industry. The strategy of weaponizing consumer boycotts is a classic dominance move: marshaling a proxy army rather than exercising direct authority he doesn't possess over the NFL.

### Rhetorical Structure
"Fire or suspend!" condenses the post's authoritarian impulse into a two-word command. The framing of player protest as "disrespecting our Flag & Country" reframes a racial justice protest as anti-patriotic, a classic **reframing/relabeling** technique. "You will see change take place fast" carries implicit threat—change through economic coercion.

### Clinical Observations
The multi-day perseveration on this topic (4+ posts in 48 hours) while Hurricane Maria devastates Puerto Rico is notable for what it reveals about attentional priorities. The narcissistic supply from this culture war was clearly more compelling than the humanitarian crisis.

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- Early morning post (6:44 AM ET)
- Imperative sentence fragments ('Fire or suspend!')
- Emotional/combative tone
- Ampersand usage typical of character-conservation habits
- Stream-of-consciousness escalation from prior posts

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (NFL anthem protest controversy he initiated)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting NFL players who kneel
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.50

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid-fire posting on single topic
- Grandiose sense of authority over private industry

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 40%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)
- acting out (immature)
- projection (immature)

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

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Inclusive 'our' creates tribal in-group
- Positions audience as agents of his will
- Promises fast results to maintain engagement

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- President calling for economic retaliation against political expression
- Stochastic targeting of NFL players as a class
- Mobilizing supporters as enforcement agents

### Gaslighting

- Reframes peaceful First Amendment protest as 'disrespecting our Flag & Country'
- Erases the actual subject of the protests (racial injustice/police violence)

## Tags

- NFL anthem controversy (100%)
- culture war (90%)
- authoritarian impulse (70%)
- boycott call (80%)

## That day

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

**Nuclear Threats and Culture War: A Day of Grandiose Dominance Displays While Puerto Rico Goes Dark**

Trump spent nearly the entire day waging a culture war against NFL players who knelt during the national anthem — a fight he picked two days earlier at an Alabama rally. Six of his ten posts hammered this single issue from every possible angle: boycotts, firings, patriotism, military sacrifice, and league policy changes. The day opened with a late-night threat implying North Korea's leadership "won't be around much longer," then pivoted entirely to football grievances. Notably absent from the entire day: any mention of Hurricane Maria or the 3.4 million Americans in Puerto Rico left without power.

Full digest for 2017-09-24: https://trump.fm/date/2017-09-24/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, September 24). If NFL fans refuse to go to games until players... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_911904261553950720
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "If NFL fans refuse to go to games until players stop..." X (Twitter), 24 Sep. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_911904261553950720. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "If NFL fans refuse to go to games until players stop...," X (Twitter), September 24, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_911904261553950720.

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