# Post x_912626731357540353

- Post ID: `x_912626731357540353`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-09-26T10:35:43.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_912626731357540353/analysis
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## Post text

> The booing at the NFL football game last night, when the entire Dallas team dropped to its knees, was loudest I have ever heard. Great anger

## Engagement

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- Reposts: 22,527
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- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.386Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T23:26:48.574Z (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 continues Trump's multi-day perseveration on NFL anthem protests, using selective framing of the Dallas Cowboys Monday Night Football appearance as validation. The Cowboys actually knelt before the anthem then stood during it—a compromise gesture—but Trump frames it as pure disrespect met with universal outrage. "Great anger" performs dual function: it projects Trump's own emotional state onto the collective while simultaneously amplifying and legitimizing that anger as a political force. The post exemplifies narcissistic supply-seeking through crowd proxy—rather than expressing his own opinion, he claims the crowd's reaction as evidence, positioning himself as voice of popular will. The characteristic superlative ("loudest I have ever heard") and selective reality construction are typical of Trump's rhetorical pattern of constructing simplified narratives from complex events. While not dangerous in isolation, the post contributes to an ongoing campaign of tribal mobilization through culture-war grievance.

## Psychological Analysis: NFL Kneeling "Great Anger" Post (2017-09-26)

### Context
Trump continues his multi-day campaign against NFL anthem protests, which he initiated at an Alabama rally on September 22. This post references the Dallas Cowboys game on Monday Night Football (September 25), where the team knelt before the anthem then stood during it. Trump frames audience booing as validation of his position.

### Authorship
Posted at 6:35 AM ET (Trump likely in DC/White House). Early morning timing, short punchy structure, emotional content, and lack of polish suggest authentic Trump. The phrase "loudest I have ever heard" is characteristic personal superlative.

### Psychological Dynamics
This is a **supply-seeking** and **narcissistic validation** post. Trump weaponizes crowd reaction as proof of his position's righteousness. "Great anger" is notable—he's not describing his own anger but projecting it onto the public, using collective emotion as a proxy for his own grievance while maintaining plausible distance.

The post continues a **splitting** dynamic: patriotic Americans (who boo) vs. disrespectful players (who kneel). The NFL controversy serves as a culture war wedge that feeds narcissistic supply through tribal mobilization.

### Rhetorical Function
The post performs **reality construction**—selectively highlighting booing while ignoring that the Cowboys received mixed reactions and actually stood for the anthem itself. This is characteristic firehose-model reality distortion: not outright fabrication but selective framing that distorts the full picture.

"Great anger" functions as both description and incitement—naming the emotion normalizes and amplifies it.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The entire Dallas team dropped to its knees" | **Half True** | The Cowboys knelt collectively BEFORE the anthem, then stood and linked arms during it. Trump's framing omits the standing portion. |
| "Booing was the loudest I have ever heard" | **Mostly False** | There was a mixed reaction—some booing when players knelt, but also cheering. 'Loudest ever heard' is characteristic hyperbole with no verifiable basis. |

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Early morning posting (6:35 AM ET)
- Short, punchy structure
- Personal superlative ('loudest I have ever heard')
- Emotional/reactive content
- No links or formatting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

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

Sentiment: -0.40

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Multi-day perseveration on single topic across numerous posts
- Early morning posting

### Clinical

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

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- splitting (immature)
- distortion (pathological)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Claiming to speak for 'the people'
- Using crowd emotion as validation proxy
- Creating shared enemy for tribal bonding

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Distorts what actually happened (Cowboys knelt before anthem, stood during it) to construct narrative of pure disrespect
- Selective framing of crowd reaction as unanimously hostile

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> The entire Dallas team dropped to its knees

**HALF TRUE**

The Cowboys knelt collectively BEFORE the anthem, then stood and linked arms during it. Trump's framing omits the standing portion.

Sources: Known events context; Widely reported September 25, 2017

> Booing was the loudest I have ever heard

**MOSTLY FALSE**

There was a mixed reaction—some booing when players knelt, but also cheering. 'Loudest ever heard' is characteristic hyperbole with no verifiable basis.

Sources: Broadcast footage from MNF September 25, 2017

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Tags

- NFL anthem protests (100%)
- narcissistic supply (80%)
- selective framing (70%)
- crowd validation (70%)

## 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). The booing at the NFL football game last night,... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_912626731357540353
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The booing at the NFL football game last night, when the..." X (Twitter), 26 Sep. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_912626731357540353. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The booing at the NFL football game last night, when the...," X (Twitter), September 26, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_912626731357540353.

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