# Post ts_108896166585759652

- Post ID: `ts_108896166585759652`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-08-27T18:07:15.655Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108896166585759652
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108896166585759652/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_108896166585759652.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> When are the great Agents, and others, in the FBI going to say “we aren’t going to take it anymore,” much as they did when James Comey read off a list of all of Crooked Hillary Clinton’s crimes, only to say that no reasonable prosecutor would prosecute. The wonderful people of the FBI went absolutely “nuts,” so Comey had to backtrack and do a FAKE INVESTIGATION in order to keep them at bay. The end result, we won in 2016 (and did MUCH better in 2020!). But now the “Left” has lost their minds!!!

## Engagement

- Likes: 38,458
- Reposts: 10,253
- Replies: 1,712
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.436Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T22:23:58.316Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

This post, arriving one day after the release of the heavily redacted Mar-a-Lago affidavit, reveals Trump constructing a **redemption template** by revising the 2016 Comey episode. He splits the FBI into heroic rank-and-file agents versus corrupt leadership, then implicitly calls on current agents to similarly rebel. The historical account is substantially distorted—the Comey reopening was driven by the Weiner laptop discovery, not agent rebellion—but the distortion serves a clear rhetorical purpose.

The unprompted parenthetical "(and did MUCH better in 2020!)" is psychologically revealing: even in a post about 2022 legal peril, the 2020 loss intrudes as an unresolved narcissistic wound requiring constant correction.

Most significantly, the post functions as a **call to institutional defiance**, asking FBI agents to refuse their leadership's directives. In the context of concurrent DHS/FBI bulletins warning of increased threats to law enforcement post-Mar-a-Lago search, this framing—casting rebellion against institutional authority as heroic—represents an elevated concern. While not explicitly inciting violence, it provides narrative scaffolding that legitimizes defiance of federal law enforcement operations, during a period of documented escalating threats against those same institutions.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_108896166585759652 (2022-08-27)

### Context
This post arrives amid the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation. The redacted affidavit was released the previous day, and Trump is mounting a multi-front rhetorical counteroffensive. This post attempts to recruit FBI rank-and-file against their leadership—a divide-and-conquer strategy.

### Authorship
Posted at 2:07 PM ET (Trump likely at Bedminster, NJ in late August 2022). Afternoon timing suggests possible aide involvement, but the stream-of-consciousness quality, emotional escalation, parenthetical asides, and quotation-mark tics are strongly authentic Trump. The narrative is too idiosyncratic and self-referential for an aide.

### Psychological Analysis
The post constructs a revisionist history of the 2016 Comey episode to create a template for the current crisis: FBI agents rebel against corrupt leadership → Trump wins. This is a **redemption narrative** deployed as prophecy. The parenthetical "(and did MUCH better in 2020!)" reveals the persistent wound of the 2020 loss—he cannot discuss 2016 without relitigating 2020.

The rhetorical move of praising "great Agents" and "wonderful people" while attacking leadership is classic **splitting**—the FBI is simultaneously heroic (rank-and-file) and corrupt (leadership). This also functions as a **stochastic appeal**: calling on agents to rebel against institutional authority.

### Danger Assessment
The post explicitly calls on FBI agents to refuse institutional directives. In context of DHS/FBI warnings about increased threats to law enforcement, this rhetorical framing—casting internal rebellion as heroic—is concerning. It stops short of explicit incitement but provides narrative justification for defiance of law enforcement authority.

### Cognitive Notes
Coherent narrative flow with characteristic tangential asides. The historical account of Comey is **distorted** (Comey reopened the investigation due to the Weiner laptop discovery, not agent rebellion), but the distortion serves rhetorical purposes rather than indicating confusion.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "FBI agents went 'nuts' and forced Comey to reopen the Clinton investigation" | **Mostly False** | Comey reopened the investigation on October 28, 2016 after discovery of Clinton-related emails on Anthony Weiner's laptop. While some agents may have been frustrated, the reopening was driven by the new evidence, not an agent revolt. |
| "We won in 2016" | **True** | Trump won the 2016 presidential election. |
| "Did MUCH better in 2020" | **Mostly False** | Trump received more votes in 2020 (74.2M vs 62.9M) but lost the election to Biden. 'Better' is misleading as the outcome was a loss. |

Overall Veracity: 47%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- Stream-of-consciousness narrative arc
- Idiosyncratic quotation mark usage ('nuts', 'Left', 'FAKE INVESTIGATION')
- Parenthetical self-aggrandizing aside about 2020
- Emotional escalation ending in exclamation marks
- Afternoon timing but highly personal rhetorical style

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (FBI Mar-a-Lago search and affidavit release)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting FBI/DOJ leadership, 'the Left'
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.50

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid narrative construction spanning multiple years
- Grandiose framing of personal history
- Exclamatory ending

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 60%
- Sadism: 20%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)
- distortion (pathological)
- projection (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 60%

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality
- confabulation

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to FBI agents as allies
- Inclusive 'we won' framing
- Casting audience as co-participants in heroic narrative

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Explicit call for FBI agents to defy institutional leadership
- Framing institutional rebellion as heroic precedent
- Occurs during documented period of elevated threats to law enforcement
- Delegitimizes ongoing federal investigation

### Gaslighting

- Revisionist account of Comey episode to fit current narrative
- Characterization of FBI search as illegitimate ('Break-In' in prior posts)
- Implicit claim that 2020 was won

## Fact Checks (3)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-19._

> FBI agents went 'nuts' and forced Comey to reopen the Clinton investigation

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Comey reopened the investigation on October 28, 2016 after discovery of Clinton-related emails on Anthony Weiner's laptop. While some agents may have been frustrated, the reopening was driven by the new evidence, not an agent revolt.

Sources: DOJ Inspector General Report June 2018; Comey congressional testimony

> We won in 2016

**TRUE**

Trump won the 2016 presidential election.

> Did MUCH better in 2020

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Trump received more votes in 2020 (74.2M vs 62.9M) but lost the election to Biden. 'Better' is misleading as the outcome was a loss.

Overall Veracity: 47%

## Tags

- FBI (90%)
- Mar-a-Lago investigation (80%)
- institutional defiance (80%)
- 2020 election denial (50%)
- splitting defense (70%)

## That day

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

**Mar-a-Lago Affidavit Aftermath: Five-Hour Grievance Barrage Targets FBI as Enemy Institution**

Trump spent the day consumed by the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago, firing off a concentrated afternoon barrage after a lone late-night repost. The mood was aggrieved and combative throughout, casting the lawful search as a criminal break-in and calling on rank-and-file FBI agents to defy their leadership. The most striking moment was a raw, all-caps outburst -- "INVASION OF PRIVACY!!!" -- suggesting the wound from the search remains deeply personal and unresolved. He briefly defended Truth Social from media criticism before returning to the raid as the day's overwhelming fixation.

Full digest for 2022-08-27: https://trump.fm/date/2022-08-27/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, August 27). When are the great Agents, and others, in the FBI... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108896166585759652
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "When are the great Agents, and others, in the FBI going to..." Truth Social, 27 Aug. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108896166585759652. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "When are the great Agents, and others, in the FBI going to...," Truth Social, August 27, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108896166585759652.

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