# Post x_919009334016856065

- Post ID: `x_919009334016856065`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-10-14T01:17:54.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_919009334016856065
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_919009334016856065/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_919009334016856065.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> ObamaCare is causing such grief and tragedy for so many. It is being dismantled but in the meantime, premiums & deductibles are way up!

## Engagement

- Likes: 61,481
- Reposts: 12,409
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.385Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T00:17:10.769Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: ObamaCare Grief Post (Oct 14, 2017)

**Timing:** 1:17 AM UTC = 9:17 PM ET (Trump likely in DC/White House). Evening post, plausible window for authentic posting.

**Context:** This post comes the same day Trump signed an executive order to undermine the ACA after congressional repeal failed. It's part of a cluster—the next post also attacks ObamaCare and insurance companies. This is a policy-offensive volley, not reactive rage.

### Personality Analysis
The post is brief, emotionally loaded ("grief and tragedy"), and frames ACA as an active harm. "It is being dismantled" claims credit for ongoing destruction—agency motive. The passive construction ("is being dismantled") is notable: it avoids specifying who is doing the dismantling, lending an air of inevitability.

### Rhetorical Devices
- **Appeal to suffering** ("grief and tragedy for so many")—emotional framing without specifics
- **Hyperbole** ("way up!")
- **Implicit credit-taking** ("is being dismantled")—positions himself as the force behind it

### Psychological State
Grandiose-maintenance mode. He just signed an EO undermining the ACA; this is victory-lap messaging wrapped in empathy framing. The empathy is instrumental—it serves the political narrative rather than reflecting genuine communion motive.

### Defense Mechanisms
Rationalization: dismantling healthcare is framed as rescue from "grief and tragedy." Projection of harm onto the policy he's actively sabotaging.

This is a routine policy-attack post, relatively low intensity, part of a coordinated messaging day.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Premiums and deductibles are way up" | **Mostly True** | ACA marketplace premiums did rise significantly in 2017, partly due to insurer uncertainty caused by Trump administration actions undermining the law. Deductibles also trended upward. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 55%)

### Indicators

- Evening timing (9:17 PM ET)
- Brief and punchy but grammatically correct
- Emotional language consistent with Trump voice
- Ampersand usage typical of character-saving Twitter habits
- Could be either—borderline

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (EO signing same day)

Sentiment: -0.50

### Clinical

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

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- empathy simulation
- shared grievance framing

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Premiums and deductibles are way up

**MOSTLY TRUE**

ACA marketplace premiums did rise significantly in 2017, partly due to insurer uncertainty caused by Trump administration actions undermining the law. Deductibles also trended upward.

Sources: KFF premium tracking data; CMS marketplace reports

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- healthcare (90%)
- obama_legacy_attack (70%)
- credit_claiming (50%)

## That day

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

**Victory Lap Saturday: Trump Celebrates Healthcare Disruption and Iran Decertification in Wall-to-Wall Grandiosity**

Trump spent the day taking a victory lap over two major actions from Friday: his Iran deal decertification and his executive order disrupting ObamaCare insurance subsidies. Healthcare dominated his messaging, with repeated posts celebrating the end of insurer payments and promoting his alternative healthcare order. The mood was uniformly self-congratulatory with no visible anger, capping off with an endorsement of Virginia's Republican gubernatorial candidate. Notably absent was any mention of the Harvey Weinstein scandal dominating the news cycle.

Full digest for 2017-10-14: https://trump.fm/date/2017-10-14/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, October 14). ObamaCare is causing such grief and tragedy for... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_919009334016856065
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "ObamaCare is causing such grief and tragedy for so many. It..." X (Twitter), 14 Oct. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_919009334016856065. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "ObamaCare is causing such grief and tragedy for so many. It...," X (Twitter), October 14, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_919009334016856065.

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