# Post x_917345200414035969

- Post ID: `x_917345200414035969`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-10-09T11:05:13.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_917345200414035969
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_917345200414035969/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_917345200414035969.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> The trip by @VP Pence was long planned. He is receiving great praise for leaving game after the players showed such disrespect for country!

## Engagement

- Likes: 109,311
- Reposts: 20,791
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.386Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T00:00:33.169Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Post x_917345200414035969 (2017-10-09)

### Context
This post defends VP Pence's walkout from an NFL Colts-49ers game after players knelt during the national anthem. The walkout was widely criticized as a pre-planned political stunt costing taxpayers over $200,000. Trump's post simultaneously claims the trip was "long planned" while praising Pence for leaving — an implicit admission the walkout was staged.

### Authorship
Posted at 11:05 UTC = 7:05 AM ET. Trump was likely in Washington DC during this period. Early morning posting is consistent with Trump's personal posting pattern. However, the grammar is clean, punctuation correct, and tone relatively measured. The defensive framing ("long planned") suggests coordination with Pence's team. Mixed signals — likely Trump-directed but possibly aide-polished.

### Psychological Analysis
The post serves a **maintenance/supply-seeking** function — rallying the base around patriotism framing of the NFL kneeling controversy. The phrase "showed such disrespect for country" is classic in-group/out-group splitting. Trump casts Pence as heroic for a walkout that was almost certainly orchestrated by Trump himself (he later admitted on Twitter he asked Pence to leave if players knelt).

The rhetorical move of claiming "long planned" while celebrating the walkout is a minor reality distortion — if the trip was long planned, the walkout was the staged part, not the trip itself. This conflation obscures the criticism.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Rationalization**: Reframing a political stunt as principled action
- **Projection**: Players are "disrespectful" while the actual norm violation (staging a taxpayer-funded walkout) goes unaddressed

### Rhetorical Techniques
- Appeal to patriotism/nationalism
- Social proof ("receiving great praise")
- False framing (conflating trip planning with walkout planning)

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The trip by VP Pence was long planned" | **Half True** | The trip to the Colts game was planned, but the walkout was pre-staged. Trump later admitted he asked Pence to leave if players knelt. Pence's entourage kept press in vans indicating a quick departure was expected. |
| "He is receiving great praise for leaving" | **Half True** | Pence received praise from conservative media and Trump supporters, but also widespread criticism for the stunt's cost and staged nature. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 55%)

### Indicators

- Early morning posting (7:05 AM ET)
- Clean grammar and punctuation
- Defensive coordination with Pence team
- Measured tone atypical of pure Trump

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (NFL anthem protests / Pence walkout coverage)

Sentiment: +0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- rationalization (neurotic)
- projection (immature)
- splitting (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- patriotic identification
- us-vs-them framing
- social proof via claimed praise

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Framing a pre-planned political stunt as spontaneous principled action
- Deflecting stunt criticism by emphasizing trip was 'long planned'

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> The trip by VP Pence was long planned

**HALF TRUE**

The trip to the Colts game was planned, but the walkout was pre-staged. Trump later admitted he asked Pence to leave if players knelt. Pence's entourage kept press in vans indicating a quick departure was expected.

Sources: Known events context; Subsequent Trump tweets

> He is receiving great praise for leaving

**HALF TRUE**

Pence received praise from conservative media and Trump supporters, but also widespread criticism for the stunt's cost and staged nature.

Sources: General knowledge of media coverage

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- NFL anthem protests (90%)
- Pence walkout (80%)
- patriotism framing (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). The trip by @VP Pence was long planned. He is... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_917345200414035969
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The trip by @VP Pence was long planned. He is receiving..." X (Twitter), 9 Oct. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_917345200414035969. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The trip by @VP Pence was long planned. He is receiving...," X (Twitter), October 9, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_917345200414035969.

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