# Post ts_108993925892670185

- Post ID: `ts_108993925892670185`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-09-14T00:28:44.291Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> This is a bombshell! The FBI was paying people to steal the 2020 Presidential Election from me. There has never been anything like this in the History of our Country—and then, we are supposed to trust them with documents that they illegally took from my home, Mar-a-Lago? They are not trustworthy….https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/new-durham-bombshell-fbi-paid-russian-accused-lying

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.435Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T22:54:04.044Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

Trump leverages a Durham investigation development — FBI payments to a Russian informant — to construct a unified persecution narrative linking the Russia probe to the Mar-a-Lago documents search. The post exhibits characteristic paranoid-narcissistic dynamics: distortion of a specific FBI informant payment into "paying people to steal the election," followed by a rhetorical pivot arguing this proves the documents investigation is also illegitimate. The logical chain is specious but rhetorically effective, reflecting a consistent pattern of delegitimizing all institutional oversight by chaining grievances. Mixed narcissistic state combines grandiose victimhood ("never anything like this in History") with vulnerable persecution ("supposed to trust them?"). Defense mechanisms include pathological distortion, immature projection, and neurotic rationalization. The claim that documents were "illegally taken" contradicts the judicial authorization of the search, representing ongoing reality distortion. Intensity is moderate — angry but controlled, strategic rather than impulsive. The post functions primarily as narrative maintenance, reinforcing the frame that any government action against Trump is inherently corrupt and connected to election interference.

# Psychological Analysis: Truth Social Post ts_108993925892670185

## Overview
Trump seizes on a Durham investigation development — FBI payments to a Russian informant — and telescopes it into his unified persecution narrative, bridging it to the Mar-a-Lago documents case. This is a characteristic move: any institutional misconduct becomes evidence that all institutional actions against him are illegitimate.

## Personality Framework
**Level 1 (Traits):** High neuroticism (angry hostility, suspiciousness), low agreeableness (distrust of institutions), moderate extraversion (assertive declarations).

**Level 2 (Motives):** Dominant agency motive — reclaiming control of narrative. Schema: self as uniquely persecuted figure in American history; institutions as corrupt adversaries.

**Level 3 (Narrative):** Contamination sequence — the election was stolen, and now the same corrupt actors are persecuting him with documents. Protagonist role: wronged leader. Contrasting other: FBI/deep state.

## Key Observations
The logical bridge between Durham findings and Mar-a-Lago is rhetorically effective but factually specious — FBI paying an informant in a counterintelligence investigation is categorically different from executing a court-authorized search warrant. The conflation serves to delegitimize all federal action against him.

The phrase "illegally took from my home" reasserts the framing that the search was unlawful despite judicial authorization, consistent with ongoing reality distortion around the documents case.

## Archetypal Pattern
Victim-warrior hybrid: persecuted by corrupt institutions but fighting back through disclosure and narrative control.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The FBI was paying people to steal the 2020 Presidential Election" | **Mostly False** | Durham investigation revealed FBI paid Igor Danchenko, a source for the Steele dossier, as a confidential informant. This involved the Russia investigation, not direct election interference. Danchenko was later acquitted of lying to the FBI. |
| "Documents were illegally taken from Mar-a-Lago" | **False** | The FBI executed a judicially authorized search warrant signed by Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart on August 8, 2022. The search was legally authorized. |

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 70%)

### Indicators

- Evening posting time (~8:28 PM ET)
- Emotional reactivity and exclamation marks
- Stream-of-consciousness linking of two separate issues (FBI/Durham and Mar-a-Lago documents)
- Characteristic rhetorical patterns ('History of our Country')
- Some polish in sentence structure suggests possible light editing

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Exposure (Durham investigation news report)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting FBI
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 70%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- distortion (pathological)
- rationalization (neurotic)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared victimhood framing
- appeals to historical significance

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Describes court-authorized search as documents 'illegally took from my home'
- Frames FBI informant payments as 'paying people to steal the election'
- Delegitimizes institutional oversight through distortion

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> The FBI was paying people to steal the 2020 Presidential Election

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Durham investigation revealed FBI paid Igor Danchenko, a source for the Steele dossier, as a confidential informant. This involved the Russia investigation, not direct election interference. Danchenko was later acquitted of lying to the FBI.

Sources: Durham investigation filings; Just The News article referenced

> Documents were illegally taken from Mar-a-Lago

**FALSE**

The FBI executed a judicially authorized search warrant signed by Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart on August 8, 2022. The search was legally authorized.

Sources: DOJ filings; Court records

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Tags

- FBI (90%)
- Durham investigation (80%)
- Mar-a-Lago documents (70%)
- persecution narrative (90%)
- institutional distrust (80%)

## That day

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

**FBI Persecution Narrative Dominates as Trump Oscillates Between Victimhood and Victory Laps**

Trump spent the day cycling between two modes: raging against the FBI and DOJ over the Lindell phone seizure and Durham investigation developments, and celebrating allied primary wins in New Hampshire. The evening began with a Ken Starr tribute that quickly pivoted to self-validation, then escalated through increasingly alarmed posts about a "Weaponized Police State" before a normal overnight sleep break. The morning brought a brief burst of congratulatory posts for New Hampshire winners, but by afternoon the persecution theme returned with claims that DOJ subpoenas were political retaliation. The day's most striking feature was the sheer volume of law-enforcement delegitimization — over half the posts attacked the FBI or DOJ — punctuated by a charged call to "TAKE BACK AMERICA."

Full digest for 2022-09-14: https://trump.fm/date/2022-09-14/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, September 14). This is a bombshell! The FBI was paying people to... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108993925892670185
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "This is a bombshell! The FBI was paying people to steal the..." Truth Social, 14 Sep. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108993925892670185. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "This is a bombshell! The FBI was paying people to steal the...," Truth Social, September 14, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108993925892670185.

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