# Post x_922430688703451100

- Post ID: `x_922430688703451100`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-10-23T15:53:08.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_922430688703451100
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_922430688703451100/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_922430688703451100.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Two dozen NFL players continue to kneel during the National Anthem, showing total disrespect to our Flag &amp, Country.  No leadership in NFL!

## Engagement

- Likes: 0
- Reposts: 19,718
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:25.012Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T00:37:42.998Z (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: NFL Kneeling Post (2017-10-23)

This post continues Trump's sustained campaign against NFL players kneeling during the National Anthem, a culture war issue he escalated beginning in September 2017. The post is relatively formulaic — stating the behavior, framing it as disrespect, and attacking NFL leadership.

**Timing & Authorship:** Posted at 11:53 AM ET (Trump was President, likely in Washington DC). Business hours, clean grammar, no typos, measured tone — consistent with aide-drafted or at minimum aide-polished content. However, the topic is one Trump was personally invested in, and the phrasing is simple enough to be his own.

**Psychological Function:** This post serves a maintenance/supply-seeking function. The NFL kneeling controversy was a reliable engagement generator and allowed Trump to position himself as defender of patriotic values against a culturally visible out-group. The phrase "No leadership in NFL!" redirects blame upward to institutional authority rather than individual players, a strategic framing choice.

**Rhetorical Structure:** The post uses a simple three-part structure: (1) factual claim about players kneeling, (2) moral framing ("total disrespect"), (3) institutional blame ("No leadership"). This is efficient propaganda — grievance + moral frame + blame attribution.

**Culture War Utility:** The NFL controversy functioned as a wedge issue, splitting along racial and political lines while allowing Trump to claim the "patriotic" position. The framing of protest as "disrespect to Flag & Country" deliberately erases the protesters' stated purpose (racial justice) and substitutes a loyalty/patriotism frame.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Two dozen NFL players continue to kneel during the National Anthem" | **Mostly True** | The number of players kneeling fluctuated week to week in October 2017; 'two dozen' is approximate but plausible for this period after the initial surge in late September |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (11:53 AM ET)
- Clean grammar and spelling
- Measured rather than impulsive tone
- But topic is personally salient to Trump
- Simple enough syntax for either author

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Ongoing NFL kneeling controversy; possible displacement from Gold Star widow scandal)

Sentiment: -0.50

### Clinical

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

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- In-group solidarity via shared patriotic values
- Framing dissent as disloyalty

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Reframes racial justice protest as 'disrespect to Flag & Country,' erasing protesters' stated purpose

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Two dozen NFL players continue to kneel during the National Anthem

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The number of players kneeling fluctuated week to week in October 2017; 'two dozen' is approximate but plausible for this period after the initial surge in late September

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- NFL kneeling (90%)
- patriotism framing (70%)
- displacement (60%)

## That day

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

**A Quiet Day Anchored by Self-Defense Over a Gold Star Widow Call**

A light posting day with only five posts, mostly routine. The standout moment was a defensive claim about a condolence call to a fallen soldier's widow, framed entirely around his own performance rather than the family's loss. He also revisited the NFL anthem protest grievance twice with near-identical posts, reassured the public on 401(k) policy, and closed the evening with a staff-written tribute marking the anniversary of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing.

Full digest for 2017-10-23: https://trump.fm/date/2017-10-23/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, October 23). Two dozen NFL players continue to kneel during... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_922430688703451100
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Two dozen NFL players continue to kneel during the National..." X (Twitter), 23 Oct. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_922430688703451100. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Two dozen NFL players continue to kneel during the National...," X (Twitter), October 23, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_922430688703451100.

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