# Post x_918894502185787400

- Post ID: `x_918894502185787400`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-10-13T21:41:36.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_918894502185787400
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_918894502185787400/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_918894502185787400.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: 0
- Reposts: 8,863
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:25.012Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T00:17:06.157Z (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 Boast (2017-10-13)

This post is a straightforward economic boast — quoting a headline about consumer confidence reaching its highest level since 2004, accompanied by a chart emoji and links. It appears to be a duplicate or near-duplicate of another post from the same day (note the previous posts list includes an identical entry), suggesting either a repost or scheduling artifact.

### Authorship
Posted at 5:41 PM EDT (Trump was based in Washington, D.C. during this period). This is squarely business hours. The post is polished — a quoted headline with a link and emoji, no typos, no editorializing. Classic aide/Scavino content: curate positive headline, format neatly, post.

### Psychological Function
This is **narcissistic supply maintenance** — routine self-credit-taking for economic indicators. The implicit framing: consumer confidence is high *because of me*. No elaboration needed; the headline does the work.

### Context
This day's posting pattern is notably "presidential" — Navy birthday, Values Voter Summit, Iran strategy announcement. All polished, all institutional. The consumer confidence post fits this pattern of scheduled, curated content designed to project competence and success.

### Rhetorical Note
Quoting the headline in quotation marks creates distance (attribution to authority) while still claiming credit through the act of sharing. This is a common technique — letting others say what you want said about yourself.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Consumer confidence soared to highest level since 2004" | **Mostly True** | The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index did reach elevated levels in October 2017, near post-2004 highs. The University of Michigan index also showed strong readings. The specific superlative depends on which index and exact timing. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (5:41 PM EDT)
- Clean formatting with emoji
- No typos or stream-of-consciousness
- Quoted headline format typical of aide curation
- Duplicate posting suggests scheduling tool

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 5%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- implicit credit-taking
- appeal to authority via quoted headline

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Consumer confidence soared to highest level since 2004

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index did reach elevated levels in October 2017, near post-2004 highs. The University of Michigan index also showed strong readings. The specific superlative depends on which index and exact timing.

Sources: Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index historical data

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- economic_boast (100%)
- supply_maintenance (80%)
- aide_authored (90%)

## 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... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_918894502185787400
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. """Consumer confidence soars to highest level since..." X (Twitter), 13 Oct. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_918894502185787400. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, """Consumer confidence soars to highest level since...," X (Twitter), October 13, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_918894502185787400.

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