# Post x_947236393184628741

- Post ID: `x_947236393184628741`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-12-30T22:42:09.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_947236393184628741
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_947236393184628741/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_947236393184628741.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Jobs are kicking in and companies are coming back to the U.S. Unnecessary regulations and high taxes are being dramatically Cut, and it will only get better. MUCH MORE TO COME!

## Engagement

- Likes: 116,893
- Reposts: 24,306
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.383Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-13T19:27:18.817Z (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 — Post x_947236393184628741
**Date:** 2017-12-30 | **Age:** 71 | **Platform:** Twitter/X

### Authorship
Leans authentic (score: 0.65, medium confidence). The idiosyncratic capitalization of "Cut" mid-clause is a reliable Trump stylometric fingerprint; aides produce orthographically clean copy. The ALL CAPS terminal exclamation and casual "kicking in" idiom reinforce this assessment. Posting time of 17:42 EST at Mar-a-Lago is within business hours and introduces minor ambiguity, but the post's short, self-congratulatory character is inconsistent with aide-drafted event copy.

### Psychological State
**Grandiose, supply-seeking.** The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed December 22, eight days prior. The subject claims present-tense economic transformation — "jobs are kicking in and companies are coming back" — compressing a policy whose macroeconomic effects operate on a multi-year horizon into an immediate personal vindication. This is a classic victory-lap post with no adversarial target, no rage, and no paranoid content. The narcissistic register is grandiose rather than vulnerable.

### Level 1 Traits
Low agreeableness (entitlement, no modesty), high extraversion (positive affect, assertiveness), low openness (simple declaratives, no nuance).

### Level 2 Motives
Agency motives dominant: achievement and power display. The post frames policy as personal triumph rather than institutional output.

### Level 3 Narrative
Protagonist as **dealmaker/winner**. Narrative sequence is **redemptive**: high taxes and regulations (contamination) → dramatic cuts (redemption) → open-ended future abundance. "Contrasting other" is implicit — unnamed prior administration whose economy underperformed.

### Defenses
- **Rationalization** (neurotic): Causal attribution of economic gains to own policy after 8 days.
- **Distortion** (pathological): Present-tense economic triumph from policy too recent to produce measurable effects.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Jobs are kicking in and companies are coming back to the U.S." | **Mostly False** | The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed December 22, 2017 — only 8 days before this post. No credible economic mechanism could produce measurable labor market results in 8 days. Some companies (AT&T, Boeing, others) announced one-time bonuses and investments in the days after signing, but these were not 'jobs kicking in' and were partly PR-motivated. Macroeconomic employment effects of tax legislation operate on a 1-3 year horizon. |
| "Unnecessary regulations and high taxes are being dramatically Cut" | **Mostly True** | The TCJA materially reduced the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% — the largest single-year corporate rate reduction in U.S. history. The Trump administration also issued Executive Order 13771 requiring two regulations be eliminated for every new one, resulting in documented regulatory rollback across multiple agencies. 'Unnecessary' and 'dramatically' are subjective but directionally accurate. |
| "It will only get better. MUCH MORE TO COME!" | **Unverifiable** | Forward-looking opinion claim, not subject to factual verification at time of posting. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 65%)

### Indicators

- Idiosyncratic mid-sentence capitalization of 'Cut' — a hallmark of authentic Trump keyboard behavior
- ALL CAPS terminal phrase 'MUCH MORE TO COME!' is consistent with authentic Trump exclamatory style
- Casual colloquialism 'kicking in' matches Trump's informal register
- Short, punchy declarative structure with no subordinate clauses — stream-of-consciousness patterning
- Posting time 22:42 UTC = 17:42 EST at Mar-a-Lago (business hours, slight ambiguity)

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed December 22, 2017 — 8 days prior)

Sentiment: +0.72

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- rationalization (neurotic)
- distortion (pathological)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 25%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Collective inclusion ('MUCH MORE TO COME!' positions audience as co-beneficiaries of a shared economic uplift narrative)
- Future promise as engagement hook — open-ended escalation inviting continued attention

## Fact Checks (3)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-13._

> Jobs are kicking in and companies are coming back to the U.S.

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed December 22, 2017 — only 8 days before this post. No credible economic mechanism could produce measurable labor market results in 8 days. Some companies (AT&T, Boeing, others) announced one-time bonuses and investments in the days after signing, but these were not 'jobs kicking in' and were partly PR-motivated. Macroeconomic employment effects of tax legislation operate on a 1-3 year horizon.

Sources: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed December 22, 2017; Corporate bonus announcements post-TCJA (AT&T, Boeing, December 2017)

> Unnecessary regulations and high taxes are being dramatically Cut

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The TCJA materially reduced the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% — the largest single-year corporate rate reduction in U.S. history. The Trump administration also issued Executive Order 13771 requiring two regulations be eliminated for every new one, resulting in documented regulatory rollback across multiple agencies. 'Unnecessary' and 'dramatically' are subjective but directionally accurate.

Sources: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, P.L. 115-97; Executive Order 13771 (January 30, 2017)

> It will only get better. MUCH MORE TO COME!

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Forward-looking opinion claim, not subject to factual verification at time of posting.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- tax-cuts-and-jobs-act (90%)
- economic-boosterism (85%)
- supply-seeking (80%)
- grandiose-state (75%)
- victory-lap (80%)
- false-immediacy (70%)

## That day

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

**Statesman by Day, Grievance Warrior by Evening: Iran Protests Become a Stage for Presidential Power**

Trump spent most of the day positioning himself as a global moral authority during the Iranian protests, issuing a coordinated series of statements supporting protesters and warning the Iranian regime. The tone was unusually polished and restrained — likely drafted or heavily shaped by aides — with Trump inserting characteristic boasts about American military power. The calm broke in the late afternoon with a brief but pointed attack on the media, accusing the press of fabricating sources and stories, before quickly pivoting back to upbeat economic messaging. Overall a relatively low-intensity day dominated by geopolitical posturing.

Full digest for 2017-12-30: https://trump.fm/date/2017-12-30/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, December 30). Jobs are kicking in and companies are coming back... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_947236393184628741
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Jobs are kicking in and companies are coming back to the..." X (Twitter), 30 Dec. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_947236393184628741. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Jobs are kicking in and companies are coming back to the...," X (Twitter), December 30, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_947236393184628741.

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