Analysis: My deepest condolences to the victims of the terrible shooti...

8y ago Dec 31, 2017 at 6:36 PM

My deepest condolences to the victims of the terrible shooting in Douglas County @DCSheriff, and their families. We love our police and law enforcement - God Bless them all! #LESM

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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

Aide-Written

Intensity

12%

Authorship Analysis

Aide-Written

Indicators:

Posted at 13:36 EST (business hours, Mar-a-Lago locale)
Polished complete sentences, no typos
Formal condolence structure (sympathy → affirmation → blessing → hashtag)
Absence of ALL CAPS, superlatives, or personal grievances
No first-person boasting or political attack

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Grandiose State

Trigger: Maintenance (law enforcement constituency)

Sentiment

+0.55

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

10%

Antisocial

Paranoid

Sadism

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

40%

Parasocial Techniques:

collective identification ('We love our police')religious benediction as bonding signal

Fact Checks (2)

"Terrible shooting in Douglas County involving @DCSheriff"

Unverifiable

A shooting involving Douglas County Sheriff's personnel is referenced but not present in the pre-researched events list for this date. Cannot confirm specifics from available context.

"#LESM hashtag usage"

True

LESM (Law Enforcement Saves Many) is a documented pro-law-enforcement social media hashtag community used widely in conservative and law enforcement circles.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Psychological Analysis: x_947536951464333318

Date: 2017-12-31 | Platform: Twitter/X | Age: 71

Authorship Attribution: Aide-Written (High Confidence)

At 13:36 EST (Mar-a-Lago, Eastern Time), this post falls squarely within business hours. Compared to the same day's authentic Trump posts — which feature raw misspellings ("a pure fiction!"), combative superlatives, and first-person boasting about stock gains — this post is stylistically alien. It follows a strict communications-office template: condolence → affirmation → religious blessing → hashtag. No stream-of-consciousness, no ALL CAPS, no enemies. Attributed to Scavino or comms staff with high confidence.

Psychological State: Clinically Unremarkable

The post does not reflect Trump's psychological state so much as his office's media management. There is no narcissistic trigger, no rage signal, no devaluation. The collective "We love our police" is a depersonalization move characteristic of staff-drafted content that appropriates presidential voice.

Rhetorical Function

Pure constituency maintenance targeting the law enforcement community. The #LESM hashtag indicates deliberate community micro-targeting. "God Bless them all" deploys religious framing as a bonding mechanism with a conservative, religiously-identified base.

Longitudinal Note

The tonal discontinuity with same-day authentic posts is diagnostically useful: it provides a clear contrast baseline illustrating the difference between authentic Trump output (grievance-laden, combative, typographic errors) and managed output (smooth, templated, communal). This gap itself is data.

Summary

Not clinically significant. Post is aide-authored constituency maintenance with no observable authentic psychological content from the subject.

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"Terrible shooting in Douglas County involving @DCSheriff"	Unverifiable	A shooting involving Douglas County Sheriff's personnel is referenced but not present in the pre-researched events list for this date. Cannot confirm specifics from available context.
"#LESM hashtag usage"	True	LESM (Law Enforcement Saves Many) is a documented pro-law-enforcement social media hashtag community used widely in conservative and law enforcement circles.

Overall Veracity: 75%