# Post x_963879275324760070

- Post ID: `x_963879275324760070`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2018-02-14T20:55:01.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_963879275324760070
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_963879275324760070/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_963879275324760070.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Just spoke to Governor Rick Scott. We are working closely with law enforcement on the terrible Florida school shooting.

## Engagement

- Likes: 111,834
- Reposts: 19,524
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.405Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-14T00:14:16.813Z (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: Twitter/X Post — 2018-02-14 (20:55 UTC)

## Authorship Attribution
**Verdict: Likely aide-drafted (confidence: medium)**

Posted at ~3:55 PM Eastern Time on a Wednesday while Trump was at the White House. The timing places this squarely in staffed communications hours. The post is grammatically complete, devoid of typographic errors, emotional intensifiers, or capitalization irregularities — all markers inconsistent with authentic Trump social media behavior. It reads as a functional press-office coordination signal, the second in a two-beat crisis communication sequence (beat 1: condolences; beat 2: action). Rick Scott's specific name-check is politically calibrated (Scott was a Republican ally and Florida governor) rather than the kind of impulsive name-drop Trump generates organically.

## Psychological State
This post is psychologically inert. No narcissistic injury is visible, no rage is activated, no grandiose narrative is constructed. The subject is operating in managed institutional mode, projecting competence without emotional exposure. The defense employed is mild rationalization: converting a catastrophic emotional event (17 students killed) into an administrative action item ("working closely with law enforcement"). This sidesteps affective engagement entirely.

## Narcissistic Dynamics
None meaningfully activated. The post is not supply-seeking, does not respond to an injury, and does not exhibit splitting or devaluation. The malignant narcissism tetrad registers at near-zero across all four dimensions. This is a dormant post psychologically.

## Rhetorical Techniques
Minimal. The post performs governmental responsiveness through the smallest viable unit of rhetoric: a named contact (authority signal), a vague assurance (coordination signal), and a label for the event. No propaganda techniques, no dehumanizing language, no violent imagery, no stochastic terrorism indicators.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Just spoke to Governor Rick Scott" | **Unverifiable** | No public record confirms or denies this specific call, though coordination between federal and state officials following mass casualty events is standard protocol and entirely plausible. |
| "We are working closely with law enforcement on the terrible Florida school shooting" | **Mostly True** | The Parkland shooting occurred on this date (February 14, 2018) at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Federal law enforcement (FBI) was involved in the response. The claim of 'working closely' is vague enough to be effectively unverifiable but consistent with standard federal-state crisis protocols. |

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Longitudinal Context
The same-day context is instructive. Earlier posts on 2/14 covered Black History Month and infrastructure — policy maintenance material consistent with aide authorship. The condolences post immediately preceding this one was also polished and formulaic. Together, these crisis posts contrast sharply with authentic Trump social media behavior, which tends toward emotional reactivity, self-referential framing, and stylistic irregularity — none of which are present here.

## Danger Assessment
**None.** No eliminationist language, no target identification, no mobilization signals. Post is institutionally anodyne.

## Clinical Significance
Below threshold for summary. No clinically meaningful patterns are observable in this isolated post. Longitudinal significance lies in what is *absent*: unlike later responses to mass shootings, there is no pivot to immigration, no attack on political opponents, no self-congratulatory framing. Whether this reflects genuine restraint, effective staffing, or the early-term period warrants longitudinal comparison.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 20%)

### Indicators

- Posted at 3:55 PM ET (business hours, consistent with aide-drafted coordination statement)
- Grammatically complete, no typos or capitalization irregularities
- Purely operational/administrative content — no emotional reactivity
- Paired with a prior 'prayers and condolences' post, suggesting managed sequential crisis messaging
- Rick Scott name-check is politically functional rather than emotionally spontaneous

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Parkland school shooting crisis event)

Sentiment: -0.15

### Clinical

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

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Brief public reassurance signal — 'we are working on it' addresses follower anxiety without making substantive commitments

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-14._

> Just spoke to Governor Rick Scott

**UNVERIFIABLE**

No public record confirms or denies this specific call, though coordination between federal and state officials following mass casualty events is standard protocol and entirely plausible.

> We are working closely with law enforcement on the terrible Florida school shooting

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The Parkland shooting occurred on this date (February 14, 2018) at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Federal law enforcement (FBI) was involved in the response. The claim of 'working closely' is vague enough to be effectively unverifiable but consistent with standard federal-state crisis protocols.

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Tags

- crisis-response (90%)
- aide-authored (75%)
- Parkland (100%)
- institutionally-anodyne (80%)
- mass-shooting-response (90%)
- low-personality-signal (85%)

## That day

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

**A Day of Staff-Drafted Calm Bookended by the Parkland Massacre**

An unusually quiet day with only four posts, all appearing heavily staff-drafted. The afternoon began with routine presidential business — a Black History Month proclamation and a bipartisan infrastructure meeting recap. The mood shifted after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17 people. Trump's response was brief and carefully worded, offering prayers and noting a call with the governor, but notably avoided any mention of guns or policy.

Full digest for 2018-02-14: https://trump.fm/date/2018-02-14/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2018, February 14). Just spoke to Governor Rick Scott. We are working... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_963879275324760070
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Just spoke to Governor Rick Scott. We are working closely..." X (Twitter), 14 Feb. 2018. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_963879275324760070. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Just spoke to Governor Rick Scott. We are working closely...," X (Twitter), February 14, 2018, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_963879275324760070.

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