# Post x_941400670766321700 - Post ID: `x_941400670766321700` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2017-12-15T01:13:04.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_941400670766321700 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_941400670766321700/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_941400670766321700.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Today, we gathered in the Roosevelt Room for one single reason: to CUT THE RED TAPE! For many decades, an ever-growing maze of regs, rules, and restrictions has cost our country trillions of dollars, millions of jobs, countless American factories, &, devastated entire industries. https://t.co/ostXOVnckf ## Engagement - Likes: 0 - Reposts: 9,921 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:25.010Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T02:44:15.054Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Analysis: Deregulation Event Announcement (Dec 15, 2017) This is a near-duplicate of a post from the previous day (Dec 14), reposted with a minor formatting difference ("&," vs "&"). This is a scripted, aide-produced summary of a Roosevelt Room deregulation event. ### Authorship Clearly aide-written. The post is polished, uses structured rhetoric, and was posted at 8:13 PM ET — business/evening hours. The duplicate nature suggests scheduled social media content. The "&," artifact suggests a copy-paste or encoding error. ### Psychological Content This is standard presidential messaging with predictable rhetorical framing: past dysfunction → present decisive action. The "CUT THE RED TAPE" phrase serves as a simple, repeatable slogan. The post attributes massive harm to regulation ("trillions of dollars, millions of jobs") without specificity — classic hyperbolic framing. ### Context Posted amid the Doug Jones loss in Alabama and renewed sexual misconduct allegations — this post functions as agenda-setting, redirecting attention to policy accomplishments. The deregulation theme and tax reform messaging form a coordinated narrative push during a difficult news cycle. ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Regulations have cost trillions of dollars and millions of jobs" | **Half True** | Regulatory costs are real and substantial but estimates vary wildly. The Competitive Enterprise Institute estimated ~$1.9T annually, but this figure is contested. Job loss attribution to regulation alone is difficult to isolate from trade, automation, and other factors. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 10%) ### Indicators - Polished grammar and structure - Near-duplicate of previous day's post suggesting scheduled content - Professional formatting with structured rhetoric - Evening posting time consistent with staff management - HTML entity encoding artifact suggests automated posting ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Maintenance Sentiment: +0.30 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 20% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 40% **Parasocial Techniques:** - inclusive 'we' language - appeal to shared grievance against regulation ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-12._ > Regulations have cost trillions of dollars and millions of jobs **HALF TRUE** Regulatory costs are real and substantial but estimates vary wildly. The Competitive Enterprise Institute estimated ~$1.9T annually, but this figure is contested. Job loss attribution to regulation alone is difficult to isolate from trade, automation, and other factors. Sources: CEI Ten Thousand Commandments reports; OMB regulatory cost-benefit analyses Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - deregulation (80%) - aide-written (90%) - agenda-setting (50%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **A Quiet Ceremonial Day: Deregulation Victory Lap and Military Praise at Quantico** A calm, scripted day dominated by two events: an evening deregulation ceremony in the Roosevelt Room and daytime visits to Quantico for an FBI Academy graduation and a Marine helicopter squadron tour. Every post was positive, congratulatory, and almost certainly staff-drafted — no personal grievances, no attacks, no engagement with critics. The CDC "forbidden words" controversy was swirling in the media, but Trump ignored it entirely, staying on-message with a law-and-order and deregulation script. Full digest for 2017-12-15: https://trump.fm/date/2017-12-15/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, December 15). Today, we gathered in the Roosevelt Room for one... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_941400670766321700 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Today, we gathered in the Roosevelt Room for one single..." X (Twitter), 15 Dec. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_941400670766321700. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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