# Post x_938861758038577152

- Post ID: `x_938861758038577152`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-12-07T20:04:20.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_938861758038577152
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_938861758038577152/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_938861758038577152.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Today, the U.S. flag flies at half-staff at the @WhiteHouse, in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. https://t.co/LkXsBx2JF8 https://t.co/ogmpydr5LK

## Engagement

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- Reposts: 10,819
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.384Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T02:31:20.551Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Flag Post (Dec 7, 2017)

### Overview
This is a brief, ceremonial post announcing the half-staff flag at the White House for Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. It is the third Pearl Harbor-related post of the day, following a quote of FDR's "infamy" line and a longer tribute to veterans. The post includes two links (likely a photo and/or video). It is formulaic presidential communication with no psychological salience.

### Authorship
This is almost certainly aide-written (likely Dan Scavino or WH communications staff). Posted at 3:04 PM ET (Trump was at the White House), it features correct grammar, official @WhiteHouse tag, no emotional markers, no ALL CAPS, and follows standard presidential proclamation format. It is indistinguishable from any generic WH social media output.

### Psychological Significance
Negligible. The post is institutional in character. The trio of Pearl Harbor posts that day suggests a communications team executing a planned remembrance schedule, with this being the most institutional/perfunctory of the three.

### Context
The day before, Trump made the controversial Jerusalem recognition announcement. This Pearl Harbor content provides safe, unifying patriotic messaging—standard WH comms strategy after divisive policy moves.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "U.S. flag flies at half-staff at the White House for Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day" | **True** | Presidential proclamation requires half-staff on December 7 per 36 U.S.C. § 129. |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 5%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (3:04 PM ET)
- Flawless grammar and punctuation
- Official @WhiteHouse tag
- Formulaic institutional tone
- No emotional reactivity or personal voice

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> U.S. flag flies at half-staff at the White House for Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

**TRUE**

Presidential proclamation requires half-staff on December 7 per 36 U.S.C. § 129.

Sources: 36 U.S.C. § 129

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- ceremonial (100%)
- aide-written (95%)
- pearl-harbor (100%)

## That day

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

**A Quiet, Ceremonial Day: Pearl Harbor Remembrance Dominates as Flynn and Tax Drama Go Unmentioned**

Trump spent nearly the entire day on scripted Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day messaging, with five of six posts honoring the 1941 attack and its veterans. The only personal touch came in an early morning book plug for a Fox News host's Andrew Jackson biography. Despite major legal news -- the judge who accepted Michael Flynn's guilty plea unexpectedly recusing himself -- and ongoing tax reform negotiations, Trump stayed entirely on-message and showed no sign of agitation.

Full digest for 2017-12-07: https://trump.fm/date/2017-12-07/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, December 7). Today, the U.S. flag flies at half-staff at the... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_938861758038577152
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Today, the U.S. flag flies at half-staff at the..." X (Twitter), 7 Dec. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_938861758038577152. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Today, the U.S. flag flies at half-staff at the...," X (Twitter), December 7, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_938861758038577152.

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