# Post x_920322631412473900

- Post ID: `x_920322631412473900`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-10-17T20:16:28.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_920322631412473900
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_920322631412473900/analysis
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## Post text

> ""Dow Passes 23,000 for the First Time, Fueled by Strong Earnings""#Dow23K📈https://t.co/wnkrddYlb9 https://t.co/wlP0NCNcou

## Engagement

- Likes: 0
- Reposts: 8,981
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:25.012Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T00:20:18.346Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Dow 23,000 Celebration Post (October 17, 2017)

A brief, formulaic post quoting a headline about the Dow Jones passing 23,000 for the first time, accompanied by a hashtag and emoji. This is a routine supply-seeking post that takes credit for market performance by association.

### Authorship
Posted at 4:16 PM ET (Trump was at the White House hosting Greek PM Tsipras). The polished formatting—quoted headline, hashtag with emoji (#Dow23K📈), embedded links—strongly suggests aide composition (likely Dan Scavino). Trump rarely uses hashtags with emojis in this precise style.

### Psychological Function
This is a textbook narcissistic supply post. By sharing a market milestone without personal commentary, the implicit message is clear: "This is happening because of me." The post requires no original thought—it simply amplifies good news and claims it by proximity to presidential authority.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- **Implicit credit-taking**: Sharing the headline without commentary implies causation
- **Appeal to authority**: Using a news headline as validation
- **Selective attention**: Highlighting one positive metric while ignoring contemporaneous controversies (Gold Star widow controversy was dominating news cycle)

### Deflection Context
This post is notable for what it avoids. On this same day, the Gold Star widow phone call controversy was exploding. Posting about the Dow serves as a displacement strategy—redirecting attention to favorable territory.

### Clinical Significance
Minimal. This is routine presidential social media behavior with mild narcissistic supply-seeking characteristics.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Dow passed 23,000 for the first time" | **True** | The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed 23,000 for the first time on October 17, 2017. |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (4:16 PM ET)
- Polished hashtag with emoji (#Dow23K📈)
- Clean headline quotation formatting
- No personal voice or commentary
- Professional link embedding

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Dow Jones milestone)

Sentiment: +0.70

### Clinical

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

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- implicit credit-taking for market performance

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Dow passed 23,000 for the first time

**TRUE**

The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed 23,000 for the first time on October 17, 2017.

Sources: contemporary financial reporting

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- stock_market (100%)
- supply_seeking (70%)
- aide_written (85%)
- deflection (50%)

## That day

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

**A Day of Controlled Grandiosity as the Gold Star Elephant Goes Unaddressed**

Trump spent a routine day at the White House focused on self-congratulation and presidential photo ops, with the Dow hitting 23,000 celebrated so enthusiastically he posted about it twice. He hosted the Greek Prime Minister in the Rose Garden, accepted a drug czar nominee's withdrawal gracefully, and touted border wall prototypes. Notably absent was any direct mention of the day's biggest story — the explosive controversy over his condolence call to a Gold Star widow — though a brief evening broadside against "fake news" and "fiction writers" in the media likely served as an indirect pressure valve for that coverage.

Full digest for 2017-10-17: https://trump.fm/date/2017-10-17/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, October 17). ""Dow Passes 23,000 for the First Time, Fueled by... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_920322631412473900
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. """Dow Passes 23,000 for the First Time, Fueled by Strong..." X (Twitter), 17 Oct. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_920322631412473900. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, """Dow Passes 23,000 for the First Time, Fueled by Strong...," X (Twitter), October 17, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_920322631412473900.

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