# Post ts_108913161899575568

- Post ID: `ts_108913161899575568`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-08-30T18:09:23.557Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108913161899575568
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108913161899575568/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_108913161899575568.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> …He is also the one who was in charge of investigating the corrupt 2020 Presidential Election (and found nothing because of his political bias and absolute hatred of Trump!), and also the person who suppressed the Hunter Biden “Laptop from Hell” story, which took away a guaranteed win for the Republican Presidential Candidate, me!

## Engagement

- Likes: 22,955
- Reposts: 6,314
- Replies: 740
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.436Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T22:33:44.434Z (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 continuation post exemplifies Trump's characteristic grievance-chaining technique, linking the Mar-a-Lago raid, 2020 election investigation, and Hunter Biden laptop story into a unified persecution narrative centered on a single FBI agent. The psychological architecture is notable: investigative null findings are reframed through projection as evidence of the investigator's "political bias and absolute hatred," a classic pathological denial mechanism that renders disconfirming evidence into confirming evidence. The claim of a "guaranteed win" stolen by laptop suppression represents significant reality distortion. The post operates in vulnerable narcissistic mode—wounded, persecuted—while maintaining grandiose self-reference ("the Republican Presidential Candidate, me!"). The sustained institutional delegitimization campaign targeting the FBI/DOJ represents an elevated concern, as it systematically erodes public trust in law enforcement institutions during an active investigation of the subject himself. The epistemic closure is notable: any investigation that finds wrongdoing confirms corruption exists; any investigation that finds nothing confirms investigator bias. This unfalsifiable framework is characteristic of paranoid cognitive style.

## Psychological Analysis: Truth Social Post ts_108913161899575568

### Context
This is a continuation post (opening ellipsis) in a thread about a recently fired FBI agent connected to the Mar-a-Lago raid investigation. Part of a sustained August 2022 posting campaign responding to the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago.

### Authorship Attribution
Posted at ~2:09 PM ET during business hours. The post has structural elements of aide involvement (thread continuity, complete sentences) but contains characteristic Trump markers: parenthetical emotional asides, exclamation points, self-referential closing. Assessed as Trump-directed content, possibly with light aide assistance.

### Personality Analysis

**Level 1 (Traits):** Dominant facets are angry hostility (N) and low trust (A-). The post radiates suspicion toward institutional actors and attributes malicious intent without evidence.

**Level 2 (Motives):** Revenge and vindication are primary. The fired agent's dismissal is leveraged as validation of Trump's persecution claims. Agency motive is dominant—the post asserts Trump should control how investigations conclude.

**Level 3 (Narrative):** Classic contamination sequence: legitimate victory ("guaranteed win") was stolen through institutional corruption. Trump casts himself as the persecuted champion whose rightful victory was sabotaged.

### Defense Mechanisms
1. **Projection** (immature): The investigator's "absolute hatred" mirrors Trump's own hostility toward the FBI
2. **Denial** (pathological): Null investigative findings reframed as investigator failure
3. **Distortion** (pathological): "Guaranteed win" grossly reshapes electoral reality

### Rhetorical Techniques
Grievance chaining links three separate institutional actions into a unified conspiracy. The closing "the Republican Presidential Candidate, me!" functions as both grandiose identification and victimhood claim—a characteristic dual-register move.

### Danger Assessment
Elevated. Systematic delegitimization of federal law enforcement during active investigation of the subject. While no direct calls to action, sustained erosion of institutional legitimacy creates conditions for potential confrontation.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The Hunter Biden laptop story 'took away a guaranteed win' for Trump in 2020" | **False** | No election outcome is guaranteed. While some polling suggested the story could have shifted some voters, Biden won by over 7 million popular votes and 74 electoral votes. The characterization of a 'guaranteed win' is unsupported. |
| "The investigator 'found nothing' in the 2020 election investigation due to political bias" | **Mostly False** | Multiple investigations including by Trump-appointed officials found no evidence of widespread fraud sufficient to change the outcome. The null finding reflects absence of evidence, not investigator bias. |

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 60%)

### Indicators

- Ellipsis opening suggests continuation of thread
- Parenthetical asides typical of Trump
- Self-referential 'me!' ending
- Mixed polished/impulsive qualities

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (FBI/DOJ investigation and Mar-a-Lago raid)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting FBI agent/institutional investigators
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 70%
- Sadism: 20%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance
- victimhood bonding

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Delegitimizing FBI/DOJ investigations
- Framing law enforcement as politically corrupt
- Sustained campaign to undermine institutional credibility

### Gaslighting

- Reframes investigative null findings as proof of investigator corruption
- Presents contested narrative as established fact ('guaranteed win')

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> The Hunter Biden laptop story 'took away a guaranteed win' for Trump in 2020

**FALSE**

No election outcome is guaranteed. While some polling suggested the story could have shifted some voters, Biden won by over 7 million popular votes and 74 electoral votes. The characterization of a 'guaranteed win' is unsupported.

Sources: 2020 election results

> The investigator 'found nothing' in the 2020 election investigation due to political bias

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Multiple investigations including by Trump-appointed officials found no evidence of widespread fraud sufficient to change the outcome. The null finding reflects absence of evidence, not investigator bias.

Sources: DOJ investigations; State election audits

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Tags

- election_fraud_claims (80%)
- institutional_delegitimization (90%)
- persecution_narrative (80%)
- hunter_biden_laptop (60%)

## That day

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

**45-Post Persecution Marathon: FBI Raid Fallout Consumes Entire Day as Trump Constructs Unified Deep State Conspiracy**

Trump spent nearly the entire day consumed by the fallout from the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago three weeks earlier, posting 45 times across a span that included a notable late-night entry after 1 AM. Over half his posts were devoted to attacking the FBI, DOJ, and the 2020 election outcome, weaving them into a single persecution narrative anchored by the departure of an FBI supervisor. The few breaks — a boast about his endorsement record, a book plug, a rally link — were brief islands in an otherwise relentless stream of grievance. A New York Post editorial blaming him for Georgia Senate losses triggered a sharp defensive response in the evening, but the dominant mood all day was wounded defiance rather than any single explosive outburst.

Full digest for 2022-08-30: https://trump.fm/date/2022-08-30/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, August 30). …He is also the one who was in charge of... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108913161899575568
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "…He is also the one who was in charge of investigating the..." Truth Social, 30 Aug. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108913161899575568. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "…He is also the one who was in charge of investigating the...," Truth Social, August 30, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108913161899575568.

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