# Post x_936941673124425728

- Post ID: `x_936941673124425728`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-12-02T12:54:37.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_936941673124425728
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_936941673124425728/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_936941673124425728.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Biggest Tax Bill and Tax Cuts in history just passed in the Senate. Now these great Republicans will be going for final passage. Thank you to House and Senate Republicans for your hard work and commitment!

## Engagement

- Likes: 128,236
- Reposts: 28,410
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.384Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T02:22:15.858Z (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 Bill Senate Passage Celebration (2017-12-02)

This is a relatively standard presidential victory-lap post following Senate passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in the early morning hours of December 2, 2017. The post is formulaic, polished, and celebratory.

### Authorship
Posted at 12:54 UTC = 7:54 AM EST. Trump was likely in Washington, DC for the tax vote. This is early but not unusually so for Trump. The post reads as aide-drafted: correct grammar, no typos, no ALL CAPS emotional passages, professional tone with standard political gratitude. The structure (achievement claim → forward-looking statement → thank you) is classic political communications template. Compare to the earlier post thanking McConnell and Hatch by handle—same polished style, likely same author (Scavino or comms team).

### Psychological Content
The post is primarily supply-seeking and grandiose maintenance. "Biggest...in history" is characteristic hyperbole. The post claims ownership of a legislative achievement ("just passed") while distributing credit to allies—a standard political move but also consistent with narcissistic supply-gathering (the achievement reflects on him).

### Rhetorical Devices
- Superlative hyperbole ("Biggest...in history")
- In-group praise ("great Republicans")
- Standard political gratitude framing

### Context
This comes amid the Flynn guilty plea (Dec 1), which the post notably ignores. The pivot to legislative victory may serve as implicit deflection from the Russia investigation milestone, though this is speculative—tax passage was genuinely the major legislative event.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Biggest Tax Bill and Tax Cuts in history" | **Mostly False** | The 2017 TCJA was the largest tax overhaul since 1986 but not the largest tax cut in history as a percentage of GDP. The Revenue Act of 1981 (Reagan) was larger in relative terms. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (7:54 AM ET)
- Perfect grammar and spelling
- Professional political template structure
- No emotional reactivity or ALL CAPS
- Formulaic gratitude pattern

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Senate passage of tax bill)

Sentiment: +0.80

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Inclusive framing ('these great Republicans')
- Direct audience address ('Thank you')

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Biggest Tax Bill and Tax Cuts in history

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The 2017 TCJA was the largest tax overhaul since 1986 but not the largest tax cut in history as a percentage of GDP. The Revenue Act of 1981 (Reagan) was larger in relative terms.

Sources: Tax Policy Center; Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- tax_policy (90%)
- legislative_victory (80%)
- aide_written (80%)

## That day

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

**Tax Bill Victory Lap Interrupted by a Legally Self-Destructive Flynn Admission**

Trump spent the day oscillating between celebrating the Senate's passage of the tax reform bill and managing the fallout from Michael Flynn's guilty plea. Most of the day was a victory lap, with celebratory posts about the tax bill that passed in the early morning hours. The mood shifted sharply at midday when he posted about Flynn, appearing to inadvertently admit he knew Flynn had lied to the FBI — a potentially devastating detail for the obstruction-of-justice question. He also denied reports about Rex Tillerson's departure, calling them "FAKE NEWS," a denial that would prove false within months.

Full digest for 2017-12-02: https://trump.fm/date/2017-12-02/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, December 2). Biggest Tax Bill and Tax Cuts in history just... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_936941673124425728
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Biggest Tax Bill and Tax Cuts in history just passed in the..." X (Twitter), 2 Dec. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_936941673124425728. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Biggest Tax Bill and Tax Cuts in history just passed in the...," X (Twitter), December 2, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_936941673124425728.

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