# Post x_933285973277868032

- Post ID: `x_933285973277868032`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-11-22T10:48:10.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_933285973277868032
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_933285973277868032/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_933285973277868032.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> The NFL is now thinking about a new idea - keeping teams in the Locker Room during the National Anthem next season. That’s almost as bad as kneeling! When will the highly paid Commissioner finally get tough and smart? This issue is killing your league!.....

## Engagement

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- Reposts: 25,497
- Replies: 0
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- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.384Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T01:50:46.529Z (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 National Anthem Post (2017-11-22)

### Timing & Authorship
Posted at 10:48 UTC = 5:48 AM EST. Trump was at Mar-a-Lago. This is classic early-morning posting — characteristic of authentic Trump. The emotional tone, rhetorical style, and direct address ("your league!") all confirm personal authorship.

### Psychological Dynamics
This post continues Trump's months-long culture war engagement with the NFL kneeling controversy. The trigger is maintenance/supply-seeking — returning to a reliable grievance that generates base enthusiasm. No acute narcissistic injury here; this is strategic stoking of an ongoing conflict.

The post positions Trump as an authority figure lecturing the NFL Commissioner (Roger Goodell), implying Trump knows better how to run the league. The direct address "your league" distances Trump from responsibility while asserting dominance over the situation.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Splitting**: The issue is framed in binary — kneeling is bad, staying in the locker room is "almost as bad." No acceptable middle ground is acknowledged.
- **Projection**: Characterizing the Commissioner as not "tough and smart" — qualities Trump values in self-presentation.

### Rhetorical Techniques
The escalation structure is notable: the locker room idea is "almost as bad as kneeling" — a false equivalence that narrows acceptable responses to forced compliance. "Killing your league" is catastrophizing hyperbole. The rhetorical question ("When will...") implies the Commissioner is weak and incompetent.

### Cultural Warfare Function
This post functions as order enforcement — demanding visible patriotic compliance while positioning Trump as defender of national symbols against elite institutional failure.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The NFL is thinking about keeping teams in the Locker Room during the National Anthem next season" | **Mostly True** | Reports circulated in late 2017 that NFL owners discussed this option, though it was one of several proposals being considered. |
| "This issue is killing your league" | **Mostly False** | While NFL TV ratings dipped in 2017, the league remained the most-watched programming on television and revenues continued to grow. 'Killing' is a significant exaggeration. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 95%)

### Indicators

- 5:48 AM local time at Mar-a-Lago
- Emotional direct address ('your league!')
- Trailing ellipsis/periods
- Stream-of-consciousness quality
- No links or formal formatting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (NFL considering locker room policy)

Sentiment: -0.50

### Clinical

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

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)
- projection (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 45%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to audience as stakeholders
- Positioning self as voice of fans against elites

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> The NFL is thinking about keeping teams in the Locker Room during the National Anthem next season

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Reports circulated in late 2017 that NFL owners discussed this option, though it was one of several proposals being considered.

Sources: Contemporary NFL reporting, November 2017

> This issue is killing your league

**MOSTLY FALSE**

While NFL TV ratings dipped in 2017, the league remained the most-watched programming on television and revenues continued to grow. 'Killing' is a significant exaggeration.

Sources: NFL revenue reports 2017

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- NFL anthem controversy (100%)
- authority assertion (70%)
- Roger Goodell criticism (60%)

## That day

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

**Pre-Dawn LaVar Ball Rage Gives Way to Routine Grandiosity at Mar-a-Lago**

Trump started the day before Thanksgiving with a sharp, personal attack on LaVar Ball in the pre-dawn hours, furious that Ball hadn't sufficiently thanked him for helping get UCLA basketball players released from China. The anger burned hot but brief -- within an hour he'd moved on to the NFL anthem debate, stock market boasts, and routine presidential statements. The rest of the day was quiet and largely staff-driven, with official responses to a Navy aircraft crash and the Argentine submarine search. A typical holiday-week pattern: an early-morning grievance flare followed by a calm coast into the afternoon from Mar-a-Lago.

Full digest for 2017-11-22: https://trump.fm/date/2017-11-22/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, November 22). The NFL is now thinking about a new idea -... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_933285973277868032
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The NFL is now thinking about a new idea - keeping teams in..." X (Twitter), 22 Nov. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_933285973277868032. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The NFL is now thinking about a new idea - keeping teams in...," X (Twitter), November 22, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_933285973277868032.

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