Analysis: The trip by @VP Pence was long planned. He is receiving grea...

8y ago Oct 9, 2017 at 11:05 AM

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

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-12. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

None

Narcissistic State

Grandiose

Authorship

Uncertain

Intensity

35%

Authorship Analysis

Uncertain

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:

rationalizationprojectionsplitting

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

50%

Parasocial Techniques:

patriotic identificationus-vs-them framingsocial proof via claimed praise

Danger Assessment

None

Gaslighting Detected:

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

Reality Distortions:

Conflation of pre-planned trip with staged walkout to deflect criticism

Fact Checks (2)

"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.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

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%