# Post x_912711807709667331

- Post ID: `x_912711807709667331`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-09-26T16:13:46.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_912711807709667331
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_912711807709667331/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_912711807709667331.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Honored to welcome Republican and Democrat members of the House Ways and Means Committee to the White House today! #USA🇺🇸 https://t.co/nWnX9CDP0d

## Engagement

- Likes: 37,898
- Reposts: 6,989
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.386Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T23:27:48.166Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Bipartisan White House Meeting Post (2017-09-26)

This is a routine, aide-composed post announcing a bipartisan meeting on tax reform with the House Ways and Means Committee. It is notably unremarkable compared to the surrounding posts from the same day, which cover the NFL anthem controversy, Hurricane Maria/Puerto Rico, Otto Warmbier, and the Alabama Senate race.

### Authorship
Classic Scavino/staff product: correct grammar, hashtag with flag emoji, polished tone, event announcement format, link to photo. Posted at 12:13 PM ET (Trump at White House), squarely in business hours.

### Psychological Context
The post serves a strategic normalizing function. On a day dominated by culturally divisive topics (NFL protests, Puerto Rico crisis response), this projects presidential statesmanship and bipartisanship. The word "Democrat" (rather than "Democratic") is a minor tell—Trump and Republicans frequently use this form as a subtle dig, though it's common enough in GOP communications to be unremarkable.

### Rhetorical Function
"Honored to welcome" is standard presidential boilerplate. Explicitly naming both parties signals an attempt at projecting unity and governance competence, contrasting sharply with the combative NFL and campaign posts from the same day. This is maintenance-mode supply-seeking: projecting the image of a functioning, bipartisan presidency.

### Clinical Significance
Negligible. This post provides useful baseline contrast for the emotionally charged posts surrounding it.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 10%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (12:13 PM ET)
- Correct grammar and punctuation
- Event announcement format
- Polished professional tone
- Hashtag with flag emoji

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.50

### Clinical

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- presidential framing
- bipartisan signaling

## Tags

- aide-written (90%)
- tax-reform (70%)
- bipartisan-signaling (60%)
- maintenance-post (80%)

## 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). Honored to welcome Republican and Democrat... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_912711807709667331
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Honored to welcome Republican and Democrat members of the..." X (Twitter), 26 Sep. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_912711807709667331. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Honored to welcome Republican and Democrat members of the...," X (Twitter), September 26, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_912711807709667331.

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