# Post x_921724821939130369

- Post ID: `x_921724821939130369`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-10-21T13:08:17.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_921724821939130369
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_921724821939130369/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_921724821939130369.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> People get what is going on! https://t.co/Pdg7VqQv6M

## Engagement

- Likes: 55,439
- Reposts: 16,020
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.385Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T00:35:37.827Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "People get what is going on!"

### Post Overview
A brief, vague post with a link (likely to a poll or supportive media clip) asserting public understanding of unspecified events. Posted October 21, 2017 at ~9:08 AM ET (Trump likely at White House or in D.C. area). Saturday morning, business-adjacent hours.

### Context
This falls amid the Gold Star widow controversy (Rep. Frederica Wilson), the budget passage, and JFK files announcement. The vague "what is going on" likely references media coverage he perceives as unfair, consistent with adjacent posts attacking "Fake News Media" and "Wacky Congresswoman Wilson."

### Authorship
Saturday morning, ~9 AM ET. Could be either Trump or aide. The brevity and colloquial tone ("get what is going on") lean slightly authentic, but the lack of typos, caps, or emotional intensity is ambiguous.

### Psychological Notes
Minimal post offering limited clinical material. The core message is validation-seeking: "people agree with me." This is a supply-maintenance post, reinforcing the narrative that the public sees through media/opposition attacks. Functions as in-group signaling during a defensive period (Gold Star controversy).

### Rhetorical
Appeal to popular consensus ("people get it") without specifying what "it" is — a classic empty validation frame that lets followers project their own grievances.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 50%)

### Indicators

- Saturday morning ~9AM ET — ambiguous timing
- Colloquial phrasing suggests authentic
- No typos or caps — could be aide
- Very brief — consistent with either

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Gold Star controversy / media criticism)

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- appeal to popular consensus
- vague in-group signaling

## Tags

- validation-seeking (60%)
- gold-star-controversy (50%)

## That day

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

**A Saturday of Self-Congratulation and Media Grievance**

Trump spent a relatively calm Saturday alternating between boasting about economic wins -- the budget, stock market highs, and historic jobless claims -- and complaining that the media refused to cover any of it. He kept his feud with Rep. Frederica Wilson simmering over the Gold Star widow controversy, then pivoted to the Russia investigation in the evening, attacking the Steele dossier and dismissing Facebook's role while simultaneously claiming the platform was biased against him. The mood was uniformly self-congratulatory with only brief flashes of irritation, never rising above a simmer.

Full digest for 2017-10-21: https://trump.fm/date/2017-10-21/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, October 21). People get what is going on! https://t.co/Pdg7VqQv... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_921724821939130369
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "People get what is going on! https://t.co/Pdg7VqQv6M" X (Twitter), 21 Oct. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_921724821939130369. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "People get what is going on! https://t.co/Pdg7VqQv6M," X (Twitter), October 21, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_921724821939130369.

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