# Post x_973536164044034048 - Post ID: `x_973536164044034048` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2018-03-13T12:28:03.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_973536164044034048 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_973536164044034048/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_973536164044034048.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > The Economy is raging, at an all time high, and is set to get even better. Jobs and wages up. Vote for Rick Saccone and keep it going! ## Engagement - Likes: 75,793 - Reposts: 17,036 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.404Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-14T02:27:49.131Z (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: Trump Twitter Post, March 13, 2018 ## Contextual Frame This post was published at **7:28 AM EST** on the day of the **Pennsylvania 18th congressional district special election** (Rick Saccone vs. Conor Lamb). It functions as a last-minute GOTV mobilization message, contextually anchored in a high-stakes race that would serve as a bellwether for Trump's political influence in blue-collar Pennsylvania districts central to his 2016 coalition. The same-day context is significant: Trump had earlier that morning posted an ALL-CAPS declaration about the House Intelligence Committee finding no Russia collusion — a post with markedly higher arousal and grandiosity. By comparison, this post is calm and instrumentalized. --- ## Level 1: Dispositional Traits Dominant facets visible: **assertiveness** (extraversion), **achievement striving** (conscientiousness, low), **angry hostility absent** (neuroticism muted). The post presents as a confident, low-arousal dominance display rather than defensive or anxious content. Agreeableness is low — no hedging, no acknowledgment of complexity. --- ## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations The operative motive is **agency/power** — specifically the projection of political potency through endorsement. The implicit claim is: *my backing is consequential; act on it*. This is supply-seeking behavior: the post elicits validation not through admiration-fishing but through voter compliance — a behavioral form of narcissistic supply. The economic frame ("The Economy is raging") reveals a core schema: **personal causation of collective outcomes**. Trump consistently fuses macroeconomic conditions with his individual agency, a schema that is well-established across years of his public communications. --- ## Level 3: Narrative Identity **Protagonist role:** Architect of Prosperity / Dealmaker. Trump positions himself as the origin point of economic momentum, which Saccone's election would extend. This is a **redemption narrative** structure — the implicit backstory is economic decline (pre-Trump), followed by his intervention, now requiring electoral ratification to continue. **Contrasting other:** Not named in this post but established moments earlier (same-day tweets) as Pelosi/Democrats — the contamination agent whose election would reverse the gains. **Identity claim:** "I produced this. Vote to protect it." --- ## Level 4: Clinical Indicators **Narcissistic features (moderate):** Grandiosity is present in the economic claim but not at peak arousal. The grandiose state is **extended onto a surrogate** — Saccone becomes a vessel for Trump's legacy-protection, a common pattern in political narcissism where others must validate the self's achievements through their choices. **Defense mechanisms:** Distortion is operational — "raging, at an all time high" compresses a complex macroeconomic picture (which included a significant February 2018 market correction) into a triumphalist singular claim. Rationalization follows: the economic claim is then deployed as the logical justification for the electoral endorsement. **Malignant narcissism composite:** Low activation in this post. No antisocial features, no paranoid content, no sadism. This is the benign face of the narcissistic presentation — self-aggrandizing but not aggressive. --- ## Authorship Assessment **Medium-high confidence: authentic Trump.** The 7:28 AM EST posting time falls within his documented personal tweeting window. The verb "raging" as a positive economic intensifier is idiosyncratic and unlikely to originate with communications staff. Sentence fragments and exclamatory close are stylistically consistent with authenticated posts. Some light polish is possible (no typos, clean grammar), suggesting possible dictation or light editorial pass, but the voice is recognizably his own. --- ## Rhetorical Analysis The post deploys **benefit transfer** — economic gains produced by structural forces (Federal Reserve, global growth cycles, Obama-era recovery trajectory) are attributed to the Trump-Saccone political line. **Implied consequentialism** ("keep it going") activates loss aversion: voters are framed as protecting existing gains rather than choosing between options. This is textbook GOTV psychology — making inaction feel costly. No dehumanizing language. No violent imagery. No stochastic terrorism indicators. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "The Economy is raging, at an all time high" | **Mostly False** | U.S. GDP growth was solid (~2.9% annualized for 2018) and unemployment was low (~4.1% in March 2018), but the stock market had suffered its worst week in years in early February 2018 (Dow fell ~10% from its January 26 peak). By March 13, 2018, markets had partially recovered but were not at all-time highs. 'Raging at an all time high' is materially misleading. | | "Jobs and wages up" | **Mostly True** | Nonfarm payrolls were growing consistently; unemployment at 4.1% was a 17-year low. Wage growth was positive (~2.6% YoY) but modest and below inflation-adjusted real wage gains some economists had hoped for. Directionally accurate, intensity overstated. | | "set to get even better" | **Unverifiable** | Forward-looking opinion and prediction; not a factual claim susceptible to verification at time of posting. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Danger Assessment **None.** Routine political endorsement post. No mobilization of threat, no target identification, no grievance articulation beyond the implicit electoral stakes. --- ## Summary Assessment Post is **not clinically significant** as a standalone artifact. It represents Trump operating in standard maintenance/supply-seeking mode, with grandiosity at moderate levels and no acute dysregulation. ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 72%) ### Indicators - 7:28 AM EST posting time falls in documented personal tweeting window - Colloquial verb 'raging' as positive economic descriptor is idiosyncratic - Punchy declarative fragments ('Jobs and wages up.') match authenticated style - Exclamatory close with imperative call to action is signature rally cadence - Clean grammar suggests possible light editorial polish but voice is authentic ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Pennsylvania 18th district special election (election day, March 13, 2018)) Sentiment: +0.72 **Mildly Hypomanic** - Elevated declarative energy in word choice ('raging') - Compressed optimism across multiple economic domains in minimal word count - Exclamatory close with no hedging - Categorical positive framing with zero qualification ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 55% - Antisocial: 10% - Paranoid: 5% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - distortion (pathological) - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 28% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Direct-address voter mobilization ('Vote for Rick Saccone') creates false intimacy as if audience is a personal constituency - Ownership framing ('keep it going') positions Trump as originator of prosperity, binding follower self-interest to his continued political success ## Fact Checks (3) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-14._ > The Economy is raging, at an all time high **MOSTLY FALSE** U.S. GDP growth was solid (~2.9% annualized for 2018) and unemployment was low (~4.1% in March 2018), but the stock market had suffered its worst week in years in early February 2018 (Dow fell ~10% from its January 26 peak). By March 13, 2018, markets had partially recovered but were not at all-time highs. 'Raging at an all time high' is materially misleading. Sources: BLS employment data Q1 2018; DJIA historical data February-March 2018 > Jobs and wages up **MOSTLY TRUE** Nonfarm payrolls were growing consistently; unemployment at 4.1% was a 17-year low. Wage growth was positive (~2.6% YoY) but modest and below inflation-adjusted real wage gains some economists had hoped for. Directionally accurate, intensity overstated. Sources: BLS February 2018 Jobs Report > set to get even better **UNVERIFIABLE** Forward-looking opinion and prediction; not a factual claim susceptible to verification at time of posting. Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - endorsement (90%) - economic-grandiosity (60%) - supply-seeking (65%) - election-day-mobilization (85%) - benefit-transfer (70%) - hyperbole (60%) - authentic-trump (72%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Vindication, a Firing-by-Tweet, and a Border Wall Victory Lap Define a Peak Grandiose Day** A day dominated by grandiose displays of power from start to finish. The morning brought a triumphant celebration of the House Intelligence Committee's no-collusion finding and the dramatic firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson via social media. The afternoon shifted to an aggressive immigration-focused blitz timed to a California border wall visit, featuring repeated dehumanizing language about immigrants and attacks on sanctuary cities. A brief flash of anger surfaced in the sanctuary city posts before cooling into a warm military tribute to close out the day. Full digest for 2018-03-13: https://trump.fm/date/2018-03-13/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2018, March 13). The Economy is raging, at an all time high, and... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_973536164044034048 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The Economy is raging, at an all time high, and is set to..." X (Twitter), 13 Mar. 2018. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_973536164044034048. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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