# Post x_938440878577856512

- Post ID: `x_938440878577856512`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-12-06T16:11:55.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_938440878577856512
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_938440878577856512/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_938440878577856512.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone in the path of California’s wildfires. I encourage everyone to heed the advice and orders of local and state officials. THANK YOU to all First Responders for your incredible work! https://t.co/g9y9PkB352

## Engagement

- Likes: 67,014
- Reposts: 14,015
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.384Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T02:24:46.503Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: California Wildfires Response (December 6, 2017)

This is a formulaic disaster-response post issued during the December 2017 Thomas Fire and other Southern California wildfires. The post follows a standard presidential communications template: expression of sympathy → directive to follow authorities → praise for first responders.

### Authorship
Posted at 11:11 AM EST (Trump was in Washington, D.C. during this period, having returned from Utah). The polished grammar, complete sentences, professional tone, and absence of any personal stylistic markers (no ALL CAPS beyond "THANK YOU," no ad hominem, no superlatives about self) strongly indicate aide composition. Compare with the post from the same day — "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" — which is a characteristically terse, caps-lock authentic Trump post.

### Psychological Significance
Minimal. This is institutional communication, not personal expression. The post reveals little about Trump's psychological state. It is notable primarily for what it *doesn't* contain: no politicization of the disaster, no self-reference, no grievance. This contrasts with later wildfire communications where Trump blamed California's forest management.

### Context
The post lands amid several major developments (Flynn guilty plea, Jerusalem recognition, tax reform) but makes no reference to any of them. This compartmentalization is typical of aide-managed communications that address discrete topics in separate posts.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "California experiencing wildfires" | **True** | The Thomas Fire and other wildfires were burning across Southern California in early December 2017. |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 10%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (11:11 AM ET)
- Complete grammatical sentences
- Professional, templated structure
- No typos or stream-of-consciousness
- No self-referential content

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- inclusive language ('our thoughts')

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> California experiencing wildfires

**TRUE**

The Thomas Fire and other wildfires were burning across Southern California in early December 2017.

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- disaster-response (100%)
- aide-authored (90%)
- institutional-tone (90%)

## That day

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

**A Scripted Presidential Day Culminates in the Historic Jerusalem Declaration**

A quiet, heavily staff-managed day at the White House built toward one of the most consequential foreign policy announcements of the Trump presidency: formally recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The morning opened with a standard rally slogan and a measured response to California's wildfires, followed by live-stream promotions and the main event in the afternoon. The mood was calm and controlled throughout, with no flashes of anger or personal grievance -- a notably disciplined day by any measure.

Full digest for 2017-12-06: https://trump.fm/date/2017-12-06/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, December 6). Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone in the... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_938440878577856512
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone in the path of..." X (Twitter), 6 Dec. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_938440878577856512. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone in the path of...," X (Twitter), December 6, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_938440878577856512.

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