# Post x_934026050388013056

- Post ID: `x_934026050388013056`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-11-24T11:48:58.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_934026050388013056/analysis
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## Post text

> Can you believe that the disrespect for our Country, our Flag, our Anthem continues without penalty to the players. The Commissioner has lost control of the hemorrhaging league. Players are the boss! https://t.co/udXP5MR8BC

## Engagement

- Likes: 61,082
- Reposts: 15,325
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.384Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T01:57:48.834Z (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 Anthem Protest Post (2017-11-24)

### Context
Posted at 6:48 AM EST from Mar-a-Lago on the morning after Thanksgiving. Trump had been golfing with Tiger Woods and was at his resort. The NFL anthem protest was a recurring fixation throughout fall 2017.

### Authorship
Early morning timing (6:48 AM EST), emotional reactivity, rhetorical questions, and exclamatory style all point to authentic Trump. The post has his characteristic escalation pattern and grievance-driven tone.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a maintenance-level post on a well-established grievance. The NFL protest issue served as reliable narcissistic supply throughout fall 2017—positioning Trump as defender of patriotic values against disrespectful players. The framing is notable: "The Commissioner has lost control" projects Trump's own authority concerns onto Roger Goodell. "Players are the boss!" reveals anxiety about insubordination and hierarchy disruption—a theme with obvious parallel to his own challenges with institutional resistance.

The word "hemorrhaging" is visceral and medically evocative, suggesting something diseased and dying. This is consistent with Trump's tendency to frame opposition as pathology.

### Rhetorical Devices
Opens with "Can you believe"—a parasocial intimacy technique inviting the audience into shared outrage. The post follows a clean three-act structure: (1) rhetorical question establishing outrage, (2) blame assignment to authority figure, (3) punchline inversion of hierarchy. This is well-constructed populist rhetoric.

### Danger Assessment
Low. This is culture-war engagement, not eliminationist rhetoric. No specific targets are dehumanized.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "NFL is a 'hemorrhaging league'" | **Mostly False** | NFL ratings dipped in 2017 but the league remained the most-watched programming on television and revenues continued to grow. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 90%)

### Indicators

- 6:48 AM EST early morning posting
- Rhetorical question opener
- Emotional reactivity
- Exclamatory sentence
- Culture war grievance topic

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (NFL anthem protests (ongoing))

**Rage:** Intensity 40% targeting NFL Commissioner, kneeling players
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.60

### Clinical

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

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- rhetorical question creating shared outrage ('Can you believe')
- inclusive 'our Country, our Flag, our Anthem'

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> NFL is a 'hemorrhaging league'

**MOSTLY FALSE**

NFL ratings dipped in 2017 but the league remained the most-watched programming on television and revenues continued to grow.

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- NFL protests (100%)
- authority projection (70%)
- patriotic framing (80%)

## That day

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

**Thanksgiving Grandiosity Peaks With Fabricated Time Magazine Rejection**

Trump spent Thanksgiving Friday at Mar-a-Lago in a steady, self-congratulatory mood -- visiting Coast Guard members, golfing with Tiger Woods, and making calls to the presidents of Turkey and Egypt. He took one shot at the NFL over anthem protests and pivoted to the deadly mosque attack in Egypt's Sinai, using it to push for the border wall and travel ban. The day's most notable moment came late afternoon when he claimed Time Magazine offered him "probable" Person of the Year status and he turned it down -- a story Time immediately and publicly denied.

Full digest for 2017-11-24: https://trump.fm/date/2017-11-24/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, November 24). Can you believe that the disrespect for our... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_934026050388013056
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Can you believe that the disrespect for our Country, our..." X (Twitter), 24 Nov. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_934026050388013056. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Can you believe that the disrespect for our Country, our...," X (Twitter), November 24, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_934026050388013056.

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