# Post x_937652739001212900

- Post ID: `x_937652739001212900`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-12-04T17:00:08.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_937652739001212900
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_937652739001212900/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_937652739001212900.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Putting Pelosi/Schumer Liberal Puppet Jones into office in Alabama would hurt our great Republican Agenda of low on taxes, tough on crime, strong on military and borders...&amp, so much more. Look at your 401-k’s since Election. Highest Stock Market EVER! Jobs are roaring back!

## Engagement

- Likes: 0
- Reposts: 17,052
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:25.010Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T02:24:35.222Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

This post is part of a December 4, 2017 multi-post barrage endorsing Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate race, arriving days after Michael Flynn's guilty plea in the Mueller investigation. The flooding of content across multiple topics (Alabama, taxes, witch hunt) suggests a displacement strategy redirecting attention from the Russia probe's escalation.

Psychologically, the post operates in grandiose narcissistic mode, with Trump claiming implicit credit for stock market highs and job growth. The "Pelosi/Schumer Liberal Puppet" label demonstrates splitting — reducing opponent Doug Jones to an all-bad proxy while framing the Republican agenda as uniformly beneficial.

Notable is Trump's willingness to endorse Roy Moore despite multiple sexual misconduct allegations involving minors, prioritizing political utility (Moore's Senate vote) over moral considerations. This instrumental view of people is consistent with antisocial features in the malignant narcissism framework.

The direct appeal to "your 401-k's" represents a parasocial technique linking audience self-interest to Trump's continued political power. The post's structure — devalue opponent, enumerate policy goods, cite economic metrics — is a well-practiced persuasion template used throughout the Trump corpus.

## Psychological Analysis: December 4, 2017 Alabama Senate Race Post

This post is a continuation of Trump's endorsement of Roy Moore over Doug Jones in the Alabama special Senate election. Roy Moore was facing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct with minors at this time, making Trump's endorsement politically fraught.

### Key Observations

The post deploys a classic Trump rhetorical structure: devalue opponent → enumerate policy agenda → pivot to economic boasting. "Pelosi/Schumer Liberal Puppet" is a compound label designed to strip Jones of independent identity, reducing him to a proxy for nationally unpopular Democratic figures.

The pivot to "Look at your 401-k's" is a direct parasocial appeal to voters' financial self-interest — a supply-seeking move connecting Trump's presidency to personal wealth. "Highest Stock Market EVER!" and "Jobs are roaring back!" are grandiose claims framed as personal accomplishments.

### Context: Flynn Guilty Plea

This post arrives days after Michael Flynn's guilty plea. The volume of posts on December 4 (tax cuts, Alabama, witch hunt) suggests a flooding strategy — redirecting attention from the Russia investigation toward favorable topics. The adjacent post calling Mueller's probe "the greatest Witch Hunt in U.S. political history" confirms narcissistic injury from the Flynn development.

### Authorship

Posted at 12:00 PM ET (Trump was likely in Washington during this period for tax bill negotiations). The polished structure and policy enumeration suggest aide involvement, though the ALL CAPS "EVER!" and exclamatory style reflect Trump's voice — likely a collaborative draft.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Highest Stock Market EVER" | **Mostly True** | The Dow and S&P 500 were hitting record highs in late 2017, though attributing this solely to Trump is misleading — markets had been rising since 2009. |
| "Jobs are roaring back" | **Mostly True** | Job growth continued in 2017 at roughly the same pace as late Obama years. 'Roaring back' implies recovery from decline, which overstates the change in trajectory. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (12pm ET)
- Structured policy enumeration
- But ALL CAPS 'EVER!' and exclamatory endings are Trump markers
- Hybrid feel — aide draft with Trump flourishes

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Flynn guilty plea / Mueller investigation pressure)

Sentiment: +0.50

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid-fire posting across multiple topics
- Exclamatory enthusiasm

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 20%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- displacement (neurotic)
- splitting (immature)
- distortion (pathological)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to audience finances ('your 401-k's')
- Creating shared in-group identity around Republican agenda

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Highest Stock Market EVER

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The Dow and S&P 500 were hitting record highs in late 2017, though attributing this solely to Trump is misleading — markets had been rising since 2009.

> Jobs are roaring back

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Job growth continued in 2017 at roughly the same pace as late Obama years. 'Roaring back' implies recovery from decline, which overstates the change in trajectory.

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- alabama-senate-race (90%)
- economic-boasting (70%)
- opponent-labeling (80%)
- flynn-deflection (60%)

## That day

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

**Trump Goes All-In on Roy Moore, Burying Allegations Beneath a Policy Avalanche**

Trump spent the morning explicitly endorsing Roy Moore for the Alabama Senate race, completely ignoring the sexual misconduct allegations against Moore and instead framing the race as a pure partisan necessity. He peppered in economic boasting about the stock market and tax reform, using a familiar playbook of overwhelming moral objections with policy talking points. A brief mention of the Mueller investigation as a "Witch Hunt" -- days after Michael Flynn's guilty plea -- was the only crack in an otherwise relentlessly upbeat, self-congratulatory tone. Notably, Trump did not mention the Supreme Court's travel ban victory, suggesting his attention was consumed by the Alabama race and the Russia probe's shadow.

Full digest for 2017-12-04: https://trump.fm/date/2017-12-04/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, December 4). Putting Pelosi/Schumer Liberal Puppet Jones into... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_937652739001212900
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Putting Pelosi/Schumer Liberal Puppet Jones into office in..." X (Twitter), 4 Dec. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_937652739001212900. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Putting Pelosi/Schumer Liberal Puppet Jones into office in...," X (Twitter), December 4, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_937652739001212900.

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