# Post x_934131805409697792

- Post ID: `x_934131805409697792`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-11-24T18:49:12.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_934131805409697792
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_934131805409697792/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_934131805409697792.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Will be calling the President of Egypt in a short while to discuss the tragic terrorist attack, with so much loss of life. We have to get TOUGHER AND SMARTER than ever before, and we will. Need the WALL, need the BAN! God bless the people of Egypt.

## Engagement

- Likes: 102,834
- Reposts: 21,083
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.384Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T01:58:03.275Z (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_934131805409697792 (2017-11-24)

### Context
Trump is at Mar-a-Lago for Thanksgiving week. This post follows his earlier tweet about the "horrible and cowardly terrorist attack" on a mosque in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula (the Al-Rawda mosque attack, which killed 305+ people). This is the follow-up, pivoting from condolence to policy demands.

**Local time:** 1:49 PM EST (Mar-a-Lago). Business hours.

### Authorship
The post has a hybrid quality. The first sentence ("Will be calling the President of Egypt in a short while") reads like an aide-drafted scheduling announcement. But the pivot to "TOUGHER AND SMARTER" in ALL CAPS, plus "Need the WALL, need the BAN!" is classic authentic Trump — opportunistic policy insertion into a tragedy response, with emotional capitalization. Likely aide-drafted framework with Trump's own additions or dictation.

### Psychological Analysis
The post instrumentalizes a foreign tragedy to advance domestic policy goals (border wall, travel ban) that have no direct connection to a mosque attack in Egypt's Sinai by Egyptian militants against Egyptian citizens. This reveals a schema where all terrorism validates a single policy toolkit regardless of context.

The structure follows a pattern: empathy signal → toughness assertion → policy demand → blessing. The empathy bookends are thin; the core message is the policy pivot. "We have to get TOUGHER AND SMARTER" positions Trump as the strong leader others have failed to be.

### Rhetorical Devices
- **Non-sequitur policy pivot**: Egyptian domestic terrorism → U.S. border wall and travel ban
- **ALL CAPS for emphasis**: emotional intensifiers on key phrases
- **False causal chain**: implying the wall/ban would prevent attacks like this
- **Appeal to fear**: leveraging tragedy for policy support
- **God-blessing closure**: standard presidential benediction providing legitimacy frame

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Rationalization**: Using an unrelated attack to justify pre-existing policy positions
- **Distortion**: Reshaping the meaning of a foreign attack to fit domestic narrative needs

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Terrorist attack in Egypt with so much loss of life" | **True** | The Al-Rawda mosque attack in Bir al-Abed, North Sinai, on November 24, 2017 killed at least 305 people and wounded 128, making it the deadliest terrorist attack in Egyptian history. |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 50%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (1:49 PM EST)
- Scheduling announcement format in first sentence suggests aide involvement
- ALL CAPS passages and policy pivot are authentic Trump markers
- Exclamation marks and short punchy demands typical of Trump

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Preemptive Attack (Egypt mosque terrorist attack)

Sentiment: -0.20

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 0%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- positioning as protector
- shared identity ('we')

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Terrorist attack in Egypt with so much loss of life

**TRUE**

The Al-Rawda mosque attack in Bir al-Abed, North Sinai, on November 24, 2017 killed at least 305 people and wounded 128, making it the deadliest terrorist attack in Egyptian history.

Sources: contemporary news coverage

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- crisis_exploitation (80%)
- policy_demand (70%)
- travel_ban (60%)
- border_wall (60%)
- terrorism_response (70%)

## 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). Will be calling the President of Egypt in a short... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_934131805409697792
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Will be calling the President of Egypt in a short while to..." X (Twitter), 24 Nov. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_934131805409697792. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Will be calling the President of Egypt in a short while to...," X (Twitter), November 24, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_934131805409697792.

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