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

8y ago Dec 30, 2017 at 10:42 PM

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!

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-13. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

None

Narcissistic State

Grandiose

Authorship

Uncertain

Intensity

38%

Authorship Analysis

Uncertain

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

Sadism

Defense Mechanisms:

rationalizationdistortion

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)

"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.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

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%