# Post x_919909494200528900

- Post ID: `x_919909494200528900`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-10-16T16:54:49.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_919909494200528900
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_919909494200528900/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_919909494200528900.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Since Election Day on November 8, the Stock Market is up more than 25%, unemployment is at a 17 year low &amp, companies are coming back to U.S.

## Engagement

- Likes: 0
- Reposts: 15,896
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:25.012Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T00:19:40.893Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Psychological Analysis: Economic Boasting Post (2017-10-16)

This is a routine supply-seeking post in which Trump claims credit for stock market gains, low unemployment, and companies returning to the U.S. The post follows a pattern of economic self-congratulation that was a staple of his early presidency Twitter output.

### Authorship
Posted at 12:54 PM ET (Trump was in Washington, D.C. for Trudeau meeting). Business-hours timing, polished structure, and list-of-achievements format suggest aide involvement, though the content mirrors Trump's own talking points closely. The `&amp` encoding artifact (HTML entity for ampersand) suggests copy-paste from a prepared text. Medium confidence this is aide-drafted or aide-polished.

### Psychological Dynamics
This is straightforward narcissistic supply-seeking through achievement claiming. Trump takes personal credit for macroeconomic trends by anchoring them to "Election Day" rather than inauguration, extending his claim of influence. The post serves maintenance function—keeping the audience focused on a positive narrative amid negative news cycles (Obamacare EO controversy, travel ban, Weinstein/MeToo dominating media).

### Rhetorical Techniques
- **Post hoc ergo propter hoc**: Implies causation from correlation (market rose after election, therefore because of him)
- **Anchoring to Election Day**: Strategic choice; inaugurations are standard benchmarks, but Election Day adds ~2.5 months of gains
- **Triple-stacking claims**: Three positive metrics compressed into one tweet for maximum impact

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Stock Market is up more than 25% since Election Day" | **Mostly False** | S&P 500 was up approximately 20-22% from Nov 8, 2016 to mid-October 2017, not 'more than 25%'. The Dow was up about 25%, so this may cherry-pick the most favorable index while rounding up. |
| "Unemployment is at a 17 year low" | **Mostly True** | September 2017 unemployment was 4.2%, near 17-year lows. However, the downward trend began under Obama circa 2010. |
| "Companies are coming back to U.S." | **Half True** | Some companies announced U.S. investments, but many announcements were pre-existing plans repackaged. Net reshoring data was mixed. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 30%)

### Indicators

- Business hours (12:54 PM ET)
- HTML entity artifact suggesting copy-paste
- Structured list format
- Clean grammar

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking

Sentiment: +0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- distortion (pathological)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- credit-claiming for collective outcomes
- anchoring positive trends to personal milestone

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Stock Market is up more than 25% since Election Day

**MOSTLY FALSE**

S&P 500 was up approximately 20-22% from Nov 8, 2016 to mid-October 2017, not 'more than 25%'. The Dow was up about 25%, so this may cherry-pick the most favorable index while rounding up.

> Unemployment is at a 17 year low

**MOSTLY TRUE**

September 2017 unemployment was 4.2%, near 17-year lows. However, the downward trend began under Obama circa 2010.

> Companies are coming back to U.S.

**HALF TRUE**

Some companies announced U.S. investments, but many announcements were pre-existing plans repackaged. Net reshoring data was mixed.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- economic_boasting (90%)
- credit_claiming (80%)
- supply_seeking (70%)

## That day

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

**A Low-Key Day of Economic Boasting and Democratic Attacks From the Grandiosity Playbook**

Trump spent the morning watching Fox News and firing off a cluster of posts attacking Democrats on taxes and the Iran deal while touting stock market gains and low unemployment. The tone was self-congratulatory but notably calm -- no flashes of anger, no personal vendettas beyond routine jabs at Schumer and Clinton. He traveled to South Carolina in the evening for what appeared to be a routine political visit, closing out one of his more subdued days on social media.

Full digest for 2017-10-16: https://trump.fm/date/2017-10-16/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, October 16). Since Election Day on November 8, the Stock... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_919909494200528900
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Since Election Day on November 8, the Stock Market is up..." X (Twitter), 16 Oct. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_919909494200528900. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Since Election Day on November 8, the Stock Market is up...," X (Twitter), October 16, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_919909494200528900.

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