# Post ts_109027158266529628

- Post ID: `ts_109027158266529628`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-09-19T21:20:10.072Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109027158266529628/analysis
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## Post text

> Did you see that the FBI Agent who was in charge of the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax is being “investigated” for being paid by Russians while working in, of all places, the FBI? In other words, the people who were investigating me for Russia involvement (Mueller Report proved No Collusion!) WERE ACTUALLY THE ONES INVOLVED WITH RUSSIA. This could only happen to me!

## Engagement

- Likes: 25,343
- Reposts: 7,376
- Replies: 782
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.434Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T23:01:32.013Z (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 demonstrates a classic DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) pattern applied to the Russia investigation. Trump seizes on reports about Charles McGonigal's alleged Russian payments to execute a complete narrative reversal: the investigators become the guilty party, and Trump becomes the vindicated victim. The psychological operation converts a lingering narcissistic injury (being investigated for Russian ties) into narcissistic supply (triumphant vindication). The mixed grandiose-vulnerable state is characteristic — grandiose certainty of vindication paired with self-pitying uniqueness ("This could only happen to me!"). Defense mechanisms include projection (relocating Russian ties onto investigators), denial (reducing Mueller's nuanced findings to "No Collusion!"), and distortion (generalizing one agent's misconduct to invalidate the entire investigation). The logical structure is fallacious but rhetorically effective: the synecdoche of one corrupt agent standing for the whole investigation bypasses critical thinking. The post reinforces epistemic closure by providing followers a simple narrative that invalidates years of documented investigation. Factually, the claims are overstated — McGonigal led NY counterintelligence, not the overall Russia probe, and Mueller's report was far more complex than "No Collusion." No danger indicators present.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109027158266529628

### Context
Trump references news about Charles McGonigal, former FBI counterintelligence chief who was later charged with taking money from a Russian oligarch. Trump uses this to retroactively validate his "Russia Hoax" narrative — the investigators were the real Russian agents.

### Authorship
Posted at 5:20 PM ET (Trump at Mar-a-Lago per earlier posts). Business hours, but the emotional reactivity, stream-of-consciousness structure, ALL CAPS passages, and characteristic repetition ("Russia, Russia, Russia") are strongly authentic Trump markers. The exclamatory self-pity closing ("This could only happen to me!") is a signature.

### Psychological Dynamics
This is a textbook DARVO + projection post. The core psychological operation: reverse the accusation entirely. Those who investigated him for Russian ties are recast as the actual Russian operatives. This is deeply satisfying to the narcissistic economy — it transforms a narcissistic injury (being investigated) into vindication.

The closing "This could only happen to me!" combines grandiose uniqueness with victimhood — the mixed narcissistic state where persecution itself proves specialness.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Projection**: The Russia connection is entirely relocated onto investigators
- **Denial**: Mueller findings reduced to "No Collusion!" (Mueller explicitly did not exonerate on obstruction)
- **Distortion**: One FBI agent's alleged misconduct is generalized to invalidate the entire investigation

### Rhetorical Techniques
The "Russia, Russia, Russia" repetition is a minimization/mockery device that transforms a serious counterintelligence investigation into a punchline. The rhetorical question opener ("Did you see...") creates parasocial intimacy. "In other words" performs a logical translation that is actually a massive logical leap — one agent's alleged misconduct ≠ the entire investigation was corrupt.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "FBI Agent in charge of Russia investigation is being investigated for being paid by Russians" | **Mostly True** | Charles McGonigal, former head of FBI NY counterintelligence, was arrested in January 2023 (charged, not just investigated) for taking payments from Oleg Deripaska. However, he was not 'in charge of' the overall Russia investigation — he led the NY field office counterintelligence division. |
| "Mueller Report proved No Collusion" | **Half True** | Mueller did not establish conspiracy/coordination between Trump campaign and Russia, but explicitly stated the report 'does not exonerate' Trump on obstruction and documented extensive contacts between campaign and Russian-linked individuals. |

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Russia, Russia, Russia repetition
- ALL CAPS passages
- exclamatory self-pity closing
- stream-of-consciousness flow
- parenthetical asides

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (FBI/Mueller investigation)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting FBI/Mueller investigators
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.40

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- excited vindication tone
- rapid logical leaps

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 20%

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

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

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- rhetorical question opener creating shared discovery
- in-group knowledge assumption
- victimhood as bonding

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Reframing entire Russia investigation as fabricated based on one agent's misconduct
- Reducing Mueller's complex findings to 'No Collusion!'
- Implying investigators were the actual criminals

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> FBI Agent in charge of Russia investigation is being investigated for being paid by Russians

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Charles McGonigal, former head of FBI NY counterintelligence, was arrested in January 2023 (charged, not just investigated) for taking payments from Oleg Deripaska. However, he was not 'in charge of' the overall Russia investigation — he led the NY field office counterintelligence division.

Sources: DOJ indictment January 2023

> Mueller Report proved No Collusion

**HALF TRUE**

Mueller did not establish conspiracy/coordination between Trump campaign and Russia, but explicitly stated the report 'does not exonerate' Trump on obstruction and documented extensive contacts between campaign and Russian-linked individuals.

Sources: Mueller Report Volume I and II

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Tags

- DARVO (90%)
- Russia investigation (90%)
- vindication narrative (80%)
- projection (80%)
- FBI (70%)

## That day

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

**Back at the Crime Scene: Trump Returns to Mar-a-Lago to Catalogue His Grievances**

Trump returned to Mar-a-Lago after a rally in Ohio and spent part of the early morning inspecting the aftermath of the FBI's August search, posting about it with a mix of outrage and self-pity that descended from constitutional arguments to complaints about agents not removing their shoes. He stayed quiet for most of the day, then resurfaced in the late afternoon with a burst of posts focused on discrediting federal institutions — the FBI, the National Archives, and the Russia investigation. He seized on news about a former FBI official under investigation for Russian payments, posting about it twice in under an hour, framing it as total vindication. He also took a shot at Biden's seating position at the Queen's funeral.

Full digest for 2022-09-19: https://trump.fm/date/2022-09-19/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, September 19). Did you see that the FBI Agent who was in charge... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109027158266529628
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Did you see that the FBI Agent who was in charge of the..." Truth Social, 19 Sep. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109027158266529628. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Did you see that the FBI Agent who was in charge of the...," Truth Social, September 19, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109027158266529628.

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