# Post x_917341511754436600

- Post ID: `x_917341511754436600`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-10-09T14:50:34.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_917341511754436600
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_917341511754436600/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_917341511754436600.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Our country has been unsuccessfully dealing with North Korea for 25 years, giving billions of dollars &amp, getting nothing. Policy didn't work!

## Engagement

- Likes: 0
- Reposts: 16,965
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:25.012Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T00:00:38.985Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: North Korea Policy Criticism (Oct 9, 2017)

### Post Context
Trump was in Washington D.C. during this period. The post at 14:50 UTC = 10:50 AM ET — business hours, suggesting possible aide involvement, though Trump frequently tweets during morning hours.

### Content Analysis
This is a relatively restrained policy critique blaming 25 years of predecessors for failed North Korea diplomacy. The "giving billions of dollars & getting nothing" framing sets up Trump as the corrective agent. The post occurs amid heightened tensions with North Korea and the Corker feud (Corker had just warned about "World War III").

### Psychological Framework
The post implicitly positions Trump as the one who will succeed where others failed. The 25-year timeframe encompasses Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations — a broad devaluation of predecessors. "Policy didn't work!" is characteristically terse and declarative.

### Rhetorical Function
This likely serves as groundwork for justifying a more aggressive North Korea posture, particularly relevant given Corker's public criticism about reckless threats toward North Korea. Rather than responding to Corker's WWIII warning directly (he did that in a separate post), this reframes aggression as necessary corrective to 25 years of failed diplomacy.

### Authorship
Mixed signals: business hours and relatively polished structure suggest possible aide drafting, but the terse final sentence and overall combative framing are consistent with Trump's voice. The `&amp,` encoding artifact (comma instead of semicolon) appears in multiple posts this day, suggesting a platform/client issue rather than a typo.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Country has been dealing with North Korea for 25 years" | **Mostly True** | The North Korean nuclear crisis dates to early 1990s (~25 years before 2017), though US-NK relations extend further back |
| "Giving billions of dollars" | **Half True** | The US provided approximately $1.3 billion in aid to North Korea between 1995-2008 (food, energy, etc.), including under the Agreed Framework. 'Billions' is roughly accurate but implies direct payments for nothing in return, which mischaracterizes aid-for-denuclearization frameworks |
| "Getting nothing" | **Mostly False** | The Agreed Framework (1994) froze NK plutonium production for ~8 years. Six-party talks produced temporary concessions. These were imperfect but not 'nothing' |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 60%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (10:50 AM ET)
- Relatively structured argument
- Terse final declaration typical of Trump
- Combative framing consistent with authentic voice

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Preemptive Attack — Criticism (Corker's WWIII criticism / media questioning of NK approach)

Sentiment: -0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- devaluation (immature)
- rationalization (neurotic)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- inclusive 'our country' framing
- simple narrative of waste and failure

## Fact Checks (3)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-12._

> Country has been dealing with North Korea for 25 years

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The North Korean nuclear crisis dates to early 1990s (~25 years before 2017), though US-NK relations extend further back

> Giving billions of dollars

**HALF TRUE**

The US provided approximately $1.3 billion in aid to North Korea between 1995-2008 (food, energy, etc.), including under the Agreed Framework. 'Billions' is roughly accurate but implies direct payments for nothing in return, which mischaracterizes aid-for-denuclearization frameworks

> Getting nothing

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The Agreed Framework (1994) froze NK plutonium production for ~8 years. Six-party talks produced temporary concessions. These were imperfect but not 'nothing'

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- north_korea (100%)
- predecessor_blame (80%)
- policy_critique (70%)

## That day

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

**A Quiet Day of Feuds, Foreign Policy, and Flag Waving**

A relatively quiet day with only five posts. The evening before carried a pointed jab at Senator Bob Corker amid their escalating public feud, but the day itself settled into routine messaging on North Korea, the NFL anthem controversy, and a Columbus Day proclamation. The only notable oddity was a near-identical North Korea post appearing twice hours apart, and the overall mood stayed firmly in self-assured territory with no real escalation.

Full digest for 2017-10-09: https://trump.fm/date/2017-10-09/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, October 9). Our country has been unsuccessfully dealing with... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_917341511754436600
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Our country has been unsuccessfully dealing with North..." X (Twitter), 9 Oct. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_917341511754436600. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Our country has been unsuccessfully dealing with North...," X (Twitter), October 9, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_917341511754436600.

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