# Post ts_109027329176156374

- Post ID: `ts_109027329176156374`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-09-19T22:03:37.953Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109027329176156374
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109027329176156374/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109027329176156374.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> AGAIN: How about this one. The man at the FBI in charge of investigating my FAKE involvement (none!) with Russia, was getting paid by, hold on, RUSSIA, and worked for the FBI. It is now called the No Collusion by Trump Hoax, as per the Mueller Report, a waste by the government of 40 Million Dollars, and lots of time…Although it did expose the Radical Left Lunatics that are working hard to destroy our Country!

## Engagement

- Likes: 36,037
- Reposts: 9,887
- Replies: 1,176
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.434Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T23:04:45.469Z (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: Post ts_109027329176156374

### Context
This is the second post on the same topic within the same day — Trump is revisiting the Charles McGonigal story (former FBI counterintelligence chief later charged with taking money from a Russian oligarch). The "AGAIN:" opening signals perseverative return to a grievance topic he already posted about earlier.

### Authorship
Posted at 6:03 PM ET (Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago or in the Northeast following his Ohio rally two days prior). The timing is consistent with either Trump or an aide, but the stylistic markers — "hold on," parenthetical asides "(none!)," stream-of-consciousness flow, ALL CAPS emphasis, ellipsis trailing into a pivot — are strongly characteristic of authentic Trump composition.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post is a textbook example of **vindication-seeking** following narcissistic injury. The Russia investigation remains one of Trump's deepest wounds, and the McGonigal story provides narcissistic supply in the form of perceived exoneration. The "AGAIN:" opening suggests he felt the first post didn't generate sufficient response.

The rhetorical structure follows a consistent pattern: injury → reversal → vindication → pivot to attack. The closing pivot ("Although it did expose the Radical Left Lunatics") converts a grievance narrative into a redemption sequence.

### Cognitive Notes
The sentence "It is now called the No Collusion by Trump Hoax" is syntactically awkward — it's unclear what "it" refers to or who is calling it that. This may reflect rushed composition rather than cognitive decline, but the phrase construction is notably disorganized.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Projection**: The people investigating him were "actually the ones involved with Russia"
- **Rationalization**: The $40M investigation was a "waste" but also useful because it "exposed" enemies

### Rhetorical Techniques
- Parenthetical denial "(none!)" — preemptive dismissal
- "Hold on" — faux-conversational dramatic pause for emphasis
- Cost framing ("40 Million Dollars") — delegitimizing investigation through financial waste narrative
- Closing pivot transforms victim narrative into warrior narrative

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The Mueller Report found No Collusion" | **Half True** | Mueller did not establish conspiracy/coordination between Trump campaign and Russia, but explicitly stated the report did not exonerate Trump. 'No collusion' is Trump's framing, not Mueller's conclusion. |
| "The investigation cost 40 Million Dollars" | **Mostly True** | The Special Counsel investigation cost approximately $32 million over its duration, though some estimates including broader DOJ costs reach closer to $40M. Trump consistently rounds up. |
| "FBI agent in charge of investigating Trump's Russia involvement was paid by Russia" | **Mostly True** | Charles McGonigal, former head of FBI counterintelligence in New York, was indicted in January 2023 for taking money from Oleg Deripaska. However, McGonigal was not 'in charge' of the entire Russia investigation — he headed the NY field office counterintelligence division. |

Overall Veracity: 70%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 90%)

### Indicators

- AGAIN: opening — personal, insistent
- Parenthetical asides (none!)
- hold on — conversational interjection
- Stream-of-consciousness with ellipsis
- ALL CAPS for emphasis on key words

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Exposure (McGonigal FBI/Russia story)

Sentiment: -0.30

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Perseverative return to same topic
- Pressured quality to writing with multiple parenthetical insertions

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 35%

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- conversational tone ('hold on')
- shared grievance framing
- dramatic reveal structure

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Reframing Mueller investigation as 'No Collusion by Trump Hoax' — renaming the event to control its meaning
- Claiming investigation proved his innocence when Mueller explicitly did not exonerate

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> The Mueller Report found No Collusion

**HALF TRUE**

Mueller did not establish conspiracy/coordination between Trump campaign and Russia, but explicitly stated the report did not exonerate Trump. 'No collusion' is Trump's framing, not Mueller's conclusion.

Sources: Mueller Report Vol. I

> The investigation cost 40 Million Dollars

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The Special Counsel investigation cost approximately $32 million over its duration, though some estimates including broader DOJ costs reach closer to $40M. Trump consistently rounds up.

Sources: DOJ financial disclosures

> FBI agent in charge of investigating Trump's Russia involvement was paid by Russia

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Charles McGonigal, former head of FBI counterintelligence in New York, was indicted in January 2023 for taking money from Oleg Deripaska. However, McGonigal was not 'in charge' of the entire Russia investigation — he headed the NY field office counterintelligence division.

Sources: DOJ indictment of Charles McGonigal

Overall Veracity: 70%

## Tags

- russia-investigation (100%)
- vindication-seeking (90%)
- perseveration (70%)
- projection (80%)
- mcgonigal (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). AGAIN: How about this one. The man at the FBI in... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109027329176156374
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "AGAIN: How about this one. The man at the FBI in charge of..." Truth Social, 19 Sep. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109027329176156374. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "AGAIN: How about this one. The man at the FBI in charge of...," Truth Social, September 19, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109027329176156374.

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