# Post x_932433668068528131

- Post ID: `x_932433668068528131`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-11-20T02:21:24.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_932433668068528131
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_932433668068528131/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_932433668068528131.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Republican Senators are working very hard to get Tax Cuts and Tax Reform approved. Hopefully it will not be long and they do not want to disappoint the American public!

## Engagement

- Likes: 74,527
- Reposts: 14,862
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.384Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T01:49:11.654Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Tax Reform Cheerleading Post (2017-11-20)

This is a routine, low-intensity post promoting the Republican tax reform effort. It reads as standard presidential messaging with no emotional charge, no personal grievances, and no targets. The contrast with the preceding posts (LaVar Ball attacks, Flake mockery, border wall) is striking — this post is notably bland.

### Authorship
Posted at 9:21 PM ET (Trump had just returned from Asia trip, likely in D.C. or transitioning). The post is grammatically correct, uses standard political framing, and lacks any of Trump's characteristic stylistic markers (no caps, no nicknames, no exclamation-laden emotion). The phrase "Hopefully it will not be long" is slightly awkward but not characteristically Trumpian. This reads as aide-drafted or at minimum heavily templated.

### Psychological State
Maintenance mode. No narcissistic injury, no rage, no grandiosity beyond mild credit-seeking ("working very hard" implicitly under his leadership). The appeal to not "disappoint the American public" is a standard persuasion frame — pressure on senators via public expectation.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- Bandwagon/social pressure ("they do not want to disappoint")
- Vague optimism ("Hopefully it will not be long")
- Framing tax cuts as populist ("the American public")

This post is unremarkable from a clinical standpoint.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Republican Senators are working very hard to get Tax Cuts and Tax Reform approved" | **Mostly True** | Senate Republicans were actively working on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in November 2017, though 'very hard' is subjective. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 20%)

### Indicators

- Correct grammar throughout
- No ALL CAPS or exclamation clusters
- No personal attacks or nicknames
- Standard political messaging tone
- 9:21 PM ET — borderline timing

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 15%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- implicit shared identity with 'the American public'

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Republican Senators are working very hard to get Tax Cuts and Tax Reform approved

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Senate Republicans were actively working on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in November 2017, though 'very hard' is subjective.

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- tax_reform (90%)
- legislative_pressure (60%)

## That day

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

**A Quiet Monday: Border Wall, Tax Cuts, and Another Shot at the NFL**

A light posting day with just four messages split between Sunday evening and early Monday morning. Trump opened with a border security appeal after a Border Patrol agent's death, pivoted to cheerleading for the Senate tax bill, then fired off a morning attack on Marshawn Lynch for sitting during the national anthem at the NFL's Mexico City game. He closed the morning with an economic boast citing Fox Business. The overall mood was self-assured and routine, with only a brief flash of anger directed at the NFL.

Full digest for 2017-11-20: https://trump.fm/date/2017-11-20/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, November 20). Republican Senators are working very hard to get... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_932433668068528131
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Republican Senators are working very hard to get Tax Cuts..." X (Twitter), 20 Nov. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_932433668068528131. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Republican Senators are working very hard to get Tax Cuts...," X (Twitter), November 20, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_932433668068528131.

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