# Post x_939849867438034944

- Post ID: `x_939849867438034944`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-12-10T13:30:44.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_939849867438034944
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_939849867438034944/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_939849867438034944.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Things are going really well for our economy, a subject the Fake News spends as little time as possible discussing! Stock Market hit another RECORD HIGH, unemployment is now at a 17 year low and companies are coming back into the USA. Really good news, and much more to come!

## Engagement

- Likes: 127,436
- Reposts: 28,859
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.384Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T02:36:23.521Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Psychological Analysis: Economic Boasting Post (2017-12-10)

### Overview
A routine narcissistic supply-seeking post touting economic indicators. Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago or in Florida following the Pensacola rally the previous evening. At 8:30 AM ET, this falls in early morning hours — consistent with authentic Trump posting, though the relatively polished structure suggests possible aide influence.

### Personality Analysis
The post follows a well-worn template: (1) claim things are great, (2) attack media for not covering it, (3) list metrics, (4) promise more. This is classic maintenance-mode supply-seeking with embedded grievance against "Fake News."

### Key Observations
- **Grievance insertion**: Even in a positive economic post, Trump cannot resist attacking media — the narcissistic wound of perceived insufficient praise is always present
- **"RECORD HIGH" in caps**: Selective capitalization for emphasis is a strong Trump stylistic marker
- **Future-oriented close** ("much more to come!"): Grandiose promise-making, maintaining audience investment

### Rhetorical Devices
The post uses the contrast frame: good reality (economy) vs. bad actors (media hiding it). This positions Trump as the truth-teller revealing what elites suppress — a populist Trickster/Hero hybrid.

### Clinical Significance
Low. This is baseline Trump economic boasting, a pattern repeated hundreds of times. No cognitive markers of concern. No danger indicators.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Stock Market hit another RECORD HIGH" | **Mostly True** | The Dow and S&P 500 were hitting frequent record highs throughout late 2017 |
| "Unemployment is now at a 17 year low" | **True** | U.S. unemployment rate was 4.1% in November 2017, the lowest since December 2000 — indeed approximately 17 years |
| "Companies are coming back into the USA" | **Half True** | Some companies announced U.S. investments in 2017, but the trend was mixed and often attributable to factors predating Trump's presidency |

Overall Veracity: 77%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 65%)

### Indicators

- Early morning timing (~8:30 AM ET)
- ALL CAPS on RECORD HIGH
- Exclamation points
- Fake News epithet
- Relatively clean grammar and structure

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking

Sentiment: +0.50

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Exclamatory tone
- Grandiose future promises

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 5%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- splitting (immature)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance against media
- inclusive 'our economy'

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Stock Market hit another RECORD HIGH

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The Dow and S&P 500 were hitting frequent record highs throughout late 2017

> Unemployment is now at a 17 year low

**TRUE**

U.S. unemployment rate was 4.1% in November 2017, the lowest since December 2000 — indeed approximately 17 years

> Companies are coming back into the USA

**HALF TRUE**

Some companies announced U.S. investments in 2017, but the trend was mixed and often attributable to factors predating Trump's presidency

Overall Veracity: 77%

## Tags

- economy (80%)
- media-attack (40%)
- supply-seeking (70%)

## That day

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

**Crowd-Size Wound Festers Into Generalized Media Indictment**

A relatively quiet day of five posts that bookended optimistic economic messaging with media grievance. The evening before featured a sharp attack on a Washington Post reporter over rally crowd photos, and by afternoon the complaint had metastasized into a blanket condemnation of all media as a "stain on America." In between, two upbeat posts touted the stock market and progress on the tax bill. The pattern of the day was familiar: a specific personal slight left unresolved, then generalized into a broader persecution narrative.

Full digest for 2017-12-10: https://trump.fm/date/2017-12-10/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, December 10). Things are going really well for our economy, a... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_939849867438034944
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Things are going really well for our economy, a subject the..." X (Twitter), 10 Dec. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_939849867438034944. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Things are going really well for our economy, a subject the...," X (Twitter), December 10, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_939849867438034944.

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