# Post x_942840800853024770

- Post ID: `x_942840800853024770`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-12-18T19:35:38.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_942840800853024770
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_942840800853024770/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_942840800853024770.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Our deepest sympathies and most heartfelt prayers are with the victims of the train derailment in Washington State. We are closely monitoring the situation and coordinating with local authorities... https://t.co/Gyf5BdVm4G

## Engagement

- Likes: 42,980
- Reposts: 8,892
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.384Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T02:51:26.236Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Amtrak Derailment Condolence Statement (Dec 18, 2017)

This is a standard presidential condolence statement regarding the Amtrak Cascades Train 501 derailment near DuPont, Washington. It is the third post about this event — following a more personal "thoughts and prayers" tweet and a politically charged infrastructure tweet. This final post adopts the most formal, institutional tone of the three.

### Authorship
Almost certainly aide-written. The language is formulaic presidential boilerplate: "deepest sympathies," "most heartfelt prayers," "closely monitoring," "coordinating with local authorities." Trump was at the White House; posted at 2:35 PM ET — squarely business hours. No typos, no caps, no personal voice.

### Psychological Significance
Minimal. This is institutional communication. The interesting psychology is in the *companion* post about infrastructure, where Trump immediately weaponized the tragedy for policy advocacy — a pattern of instrumental empathy where tragedy becomes leverage. This post serves as the "appropriate" counterpart to that more revealing one.

### Rhetorical Function
The ellipsis at the end suggests a multi-part statement or link continuation. The post performs the expected presidential role of consoler-in-chief with zero personal inflection.

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Formal boilerplate language
- Business hours (2:35 PM ET)
- Perfect grammar and spelling
- No emotional reactivity or personal voice
- Institutional phrasing: 'coordinating with local authorities'

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Amtrak derailment crisis response)

Sentiment: +0.10

### Clinical

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- institutional authority display

## Tags

- crisis-response (100%)
- aide-written (95%)
- boilerplate (90%)

## That day

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

**A Calm Victory Lap Day: Self-Promotion Anchored by National Security Strategy and Tax Reform**

Trump had a calm, self-congratulatory day centered on the release of his National Security Strategy and the approaching passage of the tax reform bill. The morning began with revisionist claims about predicting the Roy Moore and Ed Gillespie losses -- candidates he had actively supported. Three posts responded to a fatal Amtrak derailment in Washington state, with the first blaming crumbling infrastructure rather than the actual cause (excessive speed), and empathy arriving only in follow-up posts. The rest of the afternoon was a string of scripted victory laps touting Dow records, world travel stats, and the tax bill as the biggest in history.

Full digest for 2017-12-18: https://trump.fm/date/2017-12-18/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, December 18). Our deepest sympathies and most heartfelt prayers... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_942840800853024770
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Our deepest sympathies and most heartfelt prayers are with..." X (Twitter), 18 Dec. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_942840800853024770. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Our deepest sympathies and most heartfelt prayers are with...," X (Twitter), December 18, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_942840800853024770.

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