# Post x_921726400922619904

- Post ID: `x_921726400922619904`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-10-21T13:14:33.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_921726400922619904
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_921726400922619904/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_921726400922619904.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Stock Market hits another all time high on Friday. 5.3 trillion dollars up since Election. Fake News doesn't spent much time on this!

## Engagement

- Likes: 96,172
- Reposts: 21,391
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.385Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T00:35:51.983Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Stock Market Boast + Media Attack (Oct 21, 2017)

**Post:** "Stock Market hits another all time high on Friday. 5.3 trillion dollars up since Election. Fake News doesn't spent much time on this!"

### Timing & Authorship
Saturday morning, ~9:14 AM ET (Trump likely at White House or en route). The grammatical error "doesn't spent" (should be "doesn't spend") is a strong authenticity marker — an aide would catch this. The content pattern (boast + media grievance) is classic Trump.

### Psychological Context
This post arrives amid the Gold Star widow controversy — a significant narcissistic injury dominating the news cycle. The stock market post functions as **deflection**: redirecting attention from damaging coverage to a domain where Trump can claim credit. The "Fake News" tag simultaneously attacks media credibility and frames Trump as underappreciated.

### Pattern
This is one of several posts on this date attacking media coverage (budget "barely covered," hoping media keeps covering "Wacky Congresswoman Wilson"). The cluster suggests an active grievance state about unfavorable coverage ratio.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Stock Market hits another all time high on Friday" | **True** | S&P 500 and Dow Jones reached record highs on October 20, 2017 |
| "5.3 trillion dollars up since Election" | **Mostly True** | Market capitalization gains of approximately this magnitude occurred between Nov 2016 and Oct 2017, though exact figures vary by index measured |
| "Fake News doesn't spent much time on this" | **Mostly False** | Financial media covered market highs regularly; political media was focused on Gold Star controversy at this time, but market coverage was not absent |

Overall Veracity: 67%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 90%)

### Indicators

- Grammatical error 'doesn't spent' (should be 'doesn't spend')
- Saturday morning timing consistent with personal posting
- Emotional grievance tone toward media
- Simple declarative structure typical of authentic posts

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Gold Star widow controversy and negative media coverage)

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 0%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Claiming personal credit for market performance
- Positioning self as underappreciated by media

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Claiming media doesn't cover stock market gains when financial media covered them regularly

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Stock Market hits another all time high on Friday

**TRUE**

S&P 500 and Dow Jones reached record highs on October 20, 2017

Sources: market records

> 5.3 trillion dollars up since Election

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Market capitalization gains of approximately this magnitude occurred between Nov 2016 and Oct 2017, though exact figures vary by index measured

Sources: market data

> Fake News doesn't spent much time on this

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Financial media covered market highs regularly; political media was focused on Gold Star controversy at this time, but market coverage was not absent

Overall Veracity: 67%

## Tags

- supply-seeking (80%)
- media-attack (60%)
- economic-boast (90%)
- deflection (70%)

## 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). Stock Market hits another all time high on... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_921726400922619904
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Stock Market hits another all time high on Friday. 5.3..." X (Twitter), 21 Oct. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_921726400922619904. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Stock Market hits another all time high on Friday. 5.3...," X (Twitter), October 21, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_921726400922619904.

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