# Post x_918894502185787392

- Post ID: `x_918894502185787392`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-10-13T17:41:36.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_918894502185787392
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_918894502185787392/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_918894502185787392.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> "Consumer confidence soars to highest level since 2004"
> 📈https://t.co/RvxCPAFI2A https://t.co/U8MS9K45fX

## Engagement

- Likes: 48,865
- Reposts: 11,415
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.385Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T00:16:22.070Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Consumer Confidence Post (Oct 13, 2017)

A routine supply-seeking post sharing an economic headline with a chart emoji. This is a low-intensity, aide-polished tweet characteristic of the Trump social media operation's daily output of positive economic indicators.

### Authorship
Posted at 1:41 PM ET (Trump was in Washington, DC area for Values Voter Summit). The polished formatting—proper quotation marks around the headline, chart emoji, clean link structure—strongly suggests aide composition. No typos, no editorializing, no ALL CAPS. This is a standard Dan Scavino-style economic boast post.

### Psychological Function
Pure narcissistic supply maintenance. By sharing positive economic data, the post implicitly claims credit for consumer confidence. The framing is simple: good number = good president. This fits within the day's broader pattern of self-congratulatory and agenda-setting posts.

### Rhetorical Technique
Appeal to authority (citing an economic metric) combined with implicit credit-claiming. The quotation marks frame it as objective news rather than opinion, lending credibility while the act of sharing it serves as self-promotion.

### Context
This post sits among a series of more emotionally charged posts about healthcare, immigration, and Puerto Rico. It functions as a "palette cleanser"—a straightforward positive data point amid more contentious messaging.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Consumer confidence soars to highest level since 2004" | **Mostly True** | The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index and Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index both showed strong readings in October 2017, reaching levels not seen since the mid-2000s. The exact 'since 2004' framing depends on the specific index referenced. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 15%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (1:41 PM ET)
- Perfect grammar and punctuation
- Professional formatting with emoji
- No editorializing or emotional language
- Clean link structure

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Consumer confidence soars to highest level since 2004

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index and Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index both showed strong readings in October 2017, reaching levels not seen since the mid-2000s. The exact 'since 2004' framing depends on the specific index referenced.

Sources: Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index; University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- economic-boast (100%)
- aide-written (85%)
- supply-seeking (70%)

## That day

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

**Saboteur-as-Savior: Trump Cuts ACA Subsidies Then Offers to "Fix" the Damage**

Trump spent the day projecting presidential authority across a packed schedule — healthcare policy, Iran decertification, a speech at the Values Voter Summit, and Navy birthday greetings — while the real story was his move to cut ACA subsidy payments the night before, followed by morning tweets blaming Democrats for the resulting chaos and offering himself as the solution. A brief flash of anger at NBC and CNN opened the evening, but the rest of the day stayed in a steady, self-congratulatory gear with heavy staff involvement in most posts. Puerto Rico got a single, carefully worded nod amid ongoing hurricane criticism.

Full digest for 2017-10-13: https://trump.fm/date/2017-10-13/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, October 13). "Consumer confidence soars to highest level since... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_918894502185787392
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""Consumer confidence soars to highest level since 2004"..." X (Twitter), 13 Oct. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_918894502185787392. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""Consumer confidence soars to highest level since 2004"...," X (Twitter), October 13, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_918894502185787392.

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