# Post x_923866515358789600 - Post ID: `x_923866515358789600` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2017-10-27T14:58:36.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_923866515358789600 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_923866515358789600/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_923866515358789600.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Wacky &, totally unhinged Tom Steyer, who has been fighting me and my Make America Great Again agenda from beginning, never wins elections! ## Engagement - Likes: 0 - Reposts: 9,127 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:25.012Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T00:49:36.082Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Analysis: Attack on Tom Steyer (October 27, 2017) Trump attacks billionaire Tom Steyer, who had recently launched a high-profile $10 million ad campaign calling for Trump's impeachment. The post follows a classic Trump attack pattern: derogatory nickname ("Wacky & totally unhinged") → delegitimization ("never wins elections"). **Context:** Steyer's impeachment ad campaign launched around October 20, 2017, garnering significant media attention. This post is a direct response to that perceived threat. **Timing:** 10:58 AM ET (Trump was at the White House). Business hours but the style is authentically Trump—the "&," typo (HTML entity artifact or posting error), the nickname coinage, the reactive quality. **Psychological dynamics:** This is a textbook narcissistic injury response. Steyer—a billionaire peer—publicly called for Trump's removal, constituting both criticism and exposure. The response employs devaluation ("wacky," "unhinged") and projection (calling Steyer "unhinged" while the post itself is reactive). The "never wins elections" line asserts dominance through electoral legitimacy—Trump's core source of narcissistic supply. **Note on "&,":** This appears to be a encoding artifact, likely "&" rendered incorrectly, suggesting hasty posting consistent with authentic Trump authorship. **Rhetorical note:** The structure mirrors dozens of prior Trump attacks—adjective-laden nickname + grievance + dismissal. This is maintenance-level aggression, not escalation. ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Tom Steyer never wins elections" | **Mostly False** | At the time of posting, Steyer had never run for elected office. He was a political donor and activist. He later ran for president in 2020 and did not win, but characterizing him as someone who 'never wins elections' in Oct 2017 was misleading since he hadn't competed in any. | Overall Veracity: 20% ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 85%) ### Indicators - Derogatory nickname coinage - Encoding error/typo ('&,') - Reactive emotional quality - Stream-of-consciousness structure - Business hours but stylistically authentic ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Tom Steyer's impeachment ad campaign) **Rage:** Intensity 40% targeting Tom Steyer - Proportionality: 50% Sentiment: -0.70 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 60% - Antisocial: 20% - Paranoid: 30% - Sadism: 30% **Defense Mechanisms:** - devaluation (immature) - projection (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 30% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Modeling who deserves contempt - Reinforcing in-group identity via 'Make America Great Again agenda' ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-12._ > Tom Steyer never wins elections **MOSTLY FALSE** At the time of posting, Steyer had never run for elected office. He was a political donor and activist. He later ran for president in 2020 and did not win, but characterizing him as someone who 'never wins elections' in Oct 2017 was misleading since he hadn't competed in any. Sources: Public record of Steyer's political career Overall Veracity: 20% ## Tags - narcissistic_injury_response (80%) - devaluation_attack (70%) - impeachment_threat (60%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Pre-Indictment Calm: Routine Grandiosity Masks Defensive Russia Posturing Days Before Mueller Strikes** A largely routine day of presidential messaging—birthday wishes, legislative congratulations, and policy statements—was punctuated by defensive claims about the Russia investigation and personal attacks on billionaire impeachment advocate Tom Steyer. The most notable pattern was a preemptive push to declare "no collusion" just three days before Mueller's first indictments dropped, paired with projection of the collusion accusation onto Hillary Clinton. The day also featured an unusual coordination failure: the same Lee Greenwood birthday message was posted three separate times to different handles, and both the opioid and Steyer messages appeared as near-exact duplicates. Full digest for 2017-10-27: https://trump.fm/date/2017-10-27/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, October 27). Wacky &, totally unhinged Tom Steyer, who has... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_923866515358789600 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Wacky &, totally unhinged Tom Steyer, who has been..." X (Twitter), 27 Oct. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_923866515358789600. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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