# Post x_927852358209622016

- Post ID: `x_927852358209622016`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-11-07T10:56:55.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_927852358209622016
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_927852358209622016/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_927852358209622016.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> .@EdWGillespie will totally turn around the high crime and poor economic performance of VA. MS-13 and crime will be gone. Vote today, ASAP!

## Engagement

- Likes: 52,778
- Reposts: 13,005
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.385Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T01:29:12.481Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Post x_927852358209622016 (2017-11-07)

### Context
Trump was in South Korea during his Asia trip. UTC 10:56 = 7:56 PM KST — evening local time. This is a last-minute Election Day push for Ed Gillespie in the Virginia gubernatorial race, which Gillespie would lose decisively to Ralph Northam that evening.

### Authorship
Evening posting in local timezone during a foreign trip. The post has Trump's characteristic hyperbole ("totally turn around," "will be gone") and the urgent imperative "Vote today, ASAP!" but is relatively clean grammatically. The leading period before @EdWGillespie is a known Trump Twitter convention (ensuring visibility). Likely authentic but possibly lightly assisted given the travel context.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a maintenance/supply-seeking post tied to political investment in Gillespie's campaign. The promise that "MS-13 and crime will be gone" is classic magical thinking and grandiose projection — attributing near-omnipotent power to an allied candidate. The framing reduces Virginia governance to a single issue (crime/MS-13), consistent with fear-based mobilization.

The pairing with the previous posts attacking Northam as "weak on crime" reveals a splitting defense: Gillespie = total solution, Northam = total ruin. No middle ground exists.

### Rhetorical Devices
- Hyperbole: crime "will be gone" entirely
- Appeal to fear: MS-13 invocation
- False promise / magical thinking
- Urgency creation: "ASAP!"

### Post-hoc Significance
Gillespie lost by 9 points. Trump would later distance himself from Gillespie, a predictable devaluation pattern following narcissistic investment in a losing proxy.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Virginia has high crime and poor economic performance" | **Mostly False** | Virginia's crime rate was below the national average and its economy was relatively strong in 2017, driven by federal spending and tech sector growth. |
| "MS-13 and crime will be gone under Gillespie" | **False** | No gubernatorial candidate can eliminate MS-13 or crime entirely. This is aspirational rhetoric disconnected from policy reality. |

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 65%)

### Indicators

- Leading period before @mention (Trump convention)
- Characteristic hyperbole
- Evening local time in Seoul (7:56 PM KST)
- Urgent imperative style
- Relatively clean grammar for travel context

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Virginia Election Day)

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)
- distortion (pathological)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- urgent call to action
- fear-based mobilization
- proxy identification

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Virginia has high crime and poor economic performance

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Virginia's crime rate was below the national average and its economy was relatively strong in 2017, driven by federal spending and tech sector growth.

Sources: FBI UCR data; BLS state employment data

> MS-13 and crime will be gone under Gillespie

**FALSE**

No gubernatorial candidate can eliminate MS-13 or crime entirely. This is aspirational rhetoric disconnected from policy reality.

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Tags

- campaign endorsement (90%)
- MS-13 (60%)
- fear appeal (70%)
- splitting (60%)

## That day

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

**Routine Diplomacy and Last-Minute Endorsements from the Korean Peninsula**

Trump spent the day on his Asia tour, posting from South Korea about meetings with President Moon and a lunch with U.S. and Korean troops at Camp Humphreys. Between diplomatic photo-ops, he pivoted to domestic politics with a burst of posts endorsing Ed Gillespie in the Virginia governor's race and attacking his opponent Ralph Northam -- a race Gillespie would go on to lose decisively that night. The mood throughout was upbeat and self-congratulatory, with no flashes of anger and nothing out of the ordinary for a president abroad.

Full digest for 2017-11-07: https://trump.fm/date/2017-11-07/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, November 7). .@EdWGillespie will totally turn around the high... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_927852358209622016
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ".@EdWGillespie will totally turn around the high crime and..." X (Twitter), 7 Nov. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_927852358209622016. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ".@EdWGillespie will totally turn around the high crime and...," X (Twitter), November 7, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_927852358209622016.

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