# Post x_919313707355787264

- Post ID: `x_919313707355787264`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-10-14T21:27:22.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_919313707355787264
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_919313707355787264/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_919313707355787264.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> The Democrats in the Southwest part of Virginia have been abandoned by their Party. Republican Ed Gillespie will never let you down!

## Engagement

- Likes: 71,175
- Reposts: 16,003
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.385Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T00:18:00.772Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Campaign Endorsement for Ed Gillespie (Virginia Governor's Race)

This is a straightforward campaign endorsement tweet for Republican Ed Gillespie in the 2017 Virginia gubernatorial race. The post follows a standard political formula: identify a grievance (abandonment by Democrats), then present the Republican candidate as the solution.

### Authorship
Posted at 5:27 PM ET (Trump likely in DC/NJ area), solidly business hours. The post is grammatically correct, polished, and reads like a standard campaign endorsement — consistent with aide-drafted content. No typos, no ALL CAPS, no emotional reactivity.

### Psychological Content
Minimal psychological richness. The post is transactional political messaging. The "abandoned by their Party" framing is a standard populist appeal — poaching disaffected voters from the opposing coalition. The promise "will never let you down" is a parasocial loyalty claim projected onto Gillespie.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- **Wedge strategy**: Targeting Democrats in a specific region, implying party betrayal
- **Appeal to abandonment**: Activating feelings of neglect
- **Absolute promise**: "never let you down" — characteristic hyperbole

### Context
This fits within the broader pattern of Trump endorsing Republican candidates while simultaneously attacking Democrats on healthcare (see surrounding ObamaCare posts). The Virginia race was a key 2017 off-year election. Gillespie would go on to lose to Ralph Northam.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Democrats in Southwest Virginia have been abandoned by their party" | **Half True** | Southwest Virginia has trended heavily Republican; Democrats have invested less in the region, though 'abandoned' is rhetorical framing rather than factual claim. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 20%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (5:27 PM ET)
- Grammatically correct and polished
- Standard campaign endorsement format
- No emotional reactivity or typos

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Positioning self as advocate for abandoned voters
- Absolute loyalty promise via proxy candidate

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Democrats in Southwest Virginia have been abandoned by their party

**HALF TRUE**

Southwest Virginia has trended heavily Republican; Democrats have invested less in the region, though 'abandoned' is rhetorical framing rather than factual claim.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- campaign-endorsement (90%)
- virginia-governor (80%)
- populist-wedge (60%)

## 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). The Democrats in the Southwest part of Virginia... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_919313707355787264
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The Democrats in the Southwest part of Virginia have been..." X (Twitter), 14 Oct. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_919313707355787264. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The Democrats in the Southwest part of Virginia have been...," X (Twitter), October 14, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_919313707355787264.

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