# Post x_912628271426269185

- Post ID: `x_912628271426269185`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-09-26T10:41:50.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_912628271426269185
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_912628271426269185/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_912628271426269185.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> ...But while Dallas dropped to it knees as a team, they ALL stood up for our National Anthem. Big progress being made - we love our country!

## Engagement

- Likes: 1,969
- Reposts: 478
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.386Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T23:27:04.236Z (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: NFL Anthem Post (Victory Framing)

This post reframes the Dallas Cowboys' protest-then-stand sequence as a victory for Trump's position. The team knelt before the anthem (in solidarity with players) then stood during the anthem itself — Trump selectively highlights only the standing portion, declaring "Big progress being made."

### Narrative Construction
The post demonstrates **reality curation** rather than outright distortion — the facts are technically accurate (they did stand for the anthem) but the framing omits the protest kneeling that preceded it, which was the team's actual statement. This is a sophisticated rhetorical move: claiming credit for compliance while ignoring defiance.

### Authorship
Posted at 6:41 AM ET — classic early-morning Trump window. The typo "to it knees" (should be "to its knees") and the informal, reactive tone confirm authentic authorship. The post directly extends the previous evening's "Great anger" tweet about booing.

### Psychological Dynamics
This is **narcissistic supply through victory declaration**. Trump has cast himself as the defender of patriotic norms and is now scoring the conflict as a win. The closing "we love our country!" uses inclusive language to position dissenters as outside the national community — a classic in-group/out-group boundary marker.

### Rhetorical Function
The post serves as a **narrative anchor** — by declaring progress, it frames any future protests as regression against an established trajectory, creating pressure on teams to fully comply.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Dallas dropped to its knees as a team then ALL stood for the National Anthem" | **Mostly True** | The Cowboys did kneel as a team before the anthem, then stood during it. The facts are accurate but the framing as 'progress' misrepresents the team's intent — the kneeling was their protest statement. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 95%)

### Indicators

- 6:41 AM ET early morning posting
- typo 'to it knees' instead of 'to its knees'
- reactive continuation of previous night's tweet
- informal stream-of-consciousness style

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

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

Sentiment: +0.70

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid-fire posting on single topic across multiple tweets
- grandiose victory framing

### Clinical

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

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 35%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- inclusive 'we' language creating shared identity
- victory narrative inviting audience to celebrate together

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Reframes protest action as compliance with his demands
- Omits the defiant kneeling to present only the standing as the story

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Dallas dropped to its knees as a team then ALL stood for the National Anthem

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The Cowboys did kneel as a team before the anthem, then stood during it. The facts are accurate but the framing as 'progress' misrepresents the team's intent — the kneeling was their protest statement.

Sources: NFL game broadcast September 25, 2017

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- NFL anthem controversy (100%)
- victory declaration (80%)
- selective framing (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). ...But while Dallas dropped to it knees as a... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_912628271426269185
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "...But while Dallas dropped to it knees as a team, they ALL..." X (Twitter), 26 Sep. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_912628271426269185. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "...But while Dallas dropped to it knees as a team, they ALL...," X (Twitter), September 26, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_912628271426269185.

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