# Post x_912494675206053900

- Post ID: `x_912494675206053900`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-09-26T05:50:58.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: yes, 2026-02-01T01:33:25.013Z (UTC)
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_912494675206053900
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_912494675206053900/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_912494675206053900.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Big election tomorrow in the Great State of Alabama. Vote for Senator Luther Strange, tough on crime &amp, border - will never let you down!

## Engagement

- Likes: 0
- Reposts: 7,432
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:25.013Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T23:26:14.658Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Alabama Election Endorsement for Luther Strange

This is a straightforward campaign endorsement post for Senator Luther Strange ahead of the Alabama special election (September 26, 2017). The post is notably routine — a political endorsement with standard campaign rhetoric.

### Timing & Authorship
Posted at 05:50 UTC = 1:50 AM EDT. Trump was likely in Washington, D.C. during this period. The early morning timing suggests authentic authorship, though the polished, formulaic nature of the text ("tough on crime & border - will never let you down!") is more consistent with aide composition or a pre-drafted message scheduled for posting. The near-duplicate post in the longitudinal context suggests this was part of a coordinated messaging push.

### Psychological Context
Trump endorsed Luther Strange over Roy Moore in this primary, going against his base's preference. Moore would win the next day. This endorsement is notable as one of the rare cases where Trump backed the "establishment" candidate and lost. The post itself reveals little psychological depth — it is standard political messaging.

### Rhetorical Devices
- Appeal to state pride ("Great State of Alabama")
- Character vouching ("will never let you down")
- Issue signaling ("tough on crime & border")
- Standard superlative framing ("Great State")

The `&amp,` appears to be an encoding artifact, suggesting the post was cross-posted or processed through a system that mangled the ampersand — mildly supporting automated/aide-mediated posting.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Luther Strange is a Senator" | **True** | Luther Strange was appointed U.S. Senator for Alabama in February 2017 after Jeff Sessions became Attorney General. |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 30%)

### Indicators

- Formulaic campaign endorsement language
- Near-duplicate of other Strange endorsement posts suggesting coordinated push
- Polished sentence structure
- 1:50 AM ET timing suggests possible authentic posting but content is templated
- HTML entity encoding artifact suggests automated cross-posting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.40

### Clinical

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to Alabama voters
- Personal vouching for candidate

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Luther Strange is a Senator

**TRUE**

Luther Strange was appointed U.S. Senator for Alabama in February 2017 after Jeff Sessions became Attorney General.

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- campaign_endorsement (100%)
- alabama_special_election (90%)

## That day

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

**While Puerto Rico Drowns, Trump Fixates on Kneeling NFL Players and a Doomed Senate Candidate**

Trump spent the day juggling three storylines — Puerto Rico's humanitarian catastrophe, the NFL anthem controversy, and Alabama's Senate primary — but his energy was wildly uneven. The NFL protests consumed far more personal attention than the three million Americans without power and water in Puerto Rico, where he offered tepid reassurances and preemptively blamed the island's debt and infrastructure for the crisis. He pushed hard for Luther Strange in Alabama's Republican runoff, a bet he would lose the very next day. The afternoon and evening shifted into diplomatic autopilot with staff-written posts about a Spanish state visit and UN meetings, revealing a stark contrast between the raw, high-energy culture-war tweets and the flat, formulaic presidential messaging.

Full digest for 2017-09-26: https://trump.fm/date/2017-09-26/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, September 26). Big election tomorrow in the Great State of... [Deleted social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_912494675206053900
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Big election tomorrow in the Great State of Alabama. Vote..." X (Twitter), 26 Sep. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_912494675206053900. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Big election tomorrow in the Great State of Alabama. Vote...," X (Twitter), September 26, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_912494675206053900.

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