Analysis: “New revelations on Twitter show how President Trump was ban...

3y ago Dec 13, 2022 at 5:36 PM

“New revelations on Twitter show how President Trump was banned without having broken any of the rules. Come on!” Harris Faulkner. This despite allowing vicious foreign Country dictators to stay on Twitter. It was all about the Crooked Election!!!

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-20. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

None

Narcissistic State

Mixed

Authorship

Uncertain

Intensity

45%

Authorship Analysis

Uncertain

Indicators:

Business hours (12:36 PM ET)
Odd capitalization of 'Country'
Triple exclamation marks on 'Election!!!'
Quote-then-comment structure common in aide posts
Emotional pivot and stream-of-consciousness feel

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Mixed State

Trigger: Supply Seeking — Exposure (Twitter Files / Harris Faulkner validation)

Sentiment

-0.50

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

60%

Antisocial

20%

Paranoid

40%

Sadism

10%

Defense Mechanisms:

rationalizationdistortionprojection

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

35%

Parasocial Techniques:

Third-party validation via Fox News quoteShared grievance framing

Danger Assessment

None

Gaslighting Detected:

Frames Twitter ban as having no rule-breaking basis, omitting January 6 context
Attributes ban entirely to election-related conspiracy

Reality Distortions:

Claim he was banned 'without having broken any of the rules' — the ban was for incitement risk around January 6
Framing the 2020 election as 'Crooked' without evidence of systemic fraud

Fact Checks (2)

"Trump was banned from Twitter without having broken any rules"

Mostly False

Twitter banned Trump on Jan 8, 2021 citing 'risk of further incitement of violence' following the January 6 Capitol attack. While debatable whether specific tweets violated literal rules, the ban was based on Twitter's assessment of incitement risk, not arbitrary action.

"Foreign country dictators were allowed to stay on Twitter"

Mostly True

Various authoritarian leaders maintained Twitter accounts during Trump's ban, including Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei and others. Twitter had a 'world leaders' exception policy that was inconsistently applied.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109507576634504640

Context

This post references the ongoing "Twitter Files" releases by Elon Musk, quoting Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner regarding Trump's Twitter ban. Trump frames his ban as unjust and connects it to his persistent "Crooked Election" narrative. Posted December 13, 2022, at 12:36 PM ET (Trump at Mar-a-Lago), this is a business-hours post.

Authorship

The post has mixed signals. The quote-then-comment structure and business-hours timing suggest aide involvement, but the emotional punctuation ("Come on!"), the phrase "Crooked Election!!!" with triple exclamation marks, and the stream-of-consciousness pivot from the quote to "foreign Country dictators" to the election narrative feel authentically Trump. The odd capitalization of "Country" is a classic Trump tell. Likely dictated or lightly polished.

Psychological Analysis

The Twitter Files provided external validation for Trump's long-held grievance about censorship and his ban. This post exemplifies supply-seeking behavior — using a Fox News quote as third-party validation of victimhood. The pivot to "Crooked Election" reveals the core fixation: the 2020 election loss remains the primary narcissistic injury.

The comparison to "foreign Country dictators" staying on Twitter while he was banned reflects grandiose-vulnerable oscillation — simultaneously claiming he was treated worse than dictators (vulnerable/victimized) while implicitly asserting his superior importance.

Defense Mechanisms

Rationalization: The ban wasn't about rule violations — it was political persecution
Projection: Framing Twitter's moderation as "crooked" while the real crookedness is attributed to the election
Distortion: Collapsing his ban (related to January 6) into the election fraud narrative

Rhetorical Techniques

The post uses appeal to authority (quoting Faulkner), false equivalence (comparing his situation to dictators on Twitter), and epistemic anchoring — linking every grievance back to the "Crooked Election" master narrative.

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"Trump was banned from Twitter without having broken any rules"	Mostly False	Twitter banned Trump on Jan 8, 2021 citing 'risk of further incitement of violence' following the January 6 Capitol attack. While debatable whether specific tweets violated literal rules, the ban was based on Twitter's assessment of incitement risk, not arbitrary action.
"Foreign country dictators were allowed to stay on Twitter"	Mostly True	Various authoritarian leaders maintained Twitter accounts during Trump's ban, including Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei and others. Twitter had a 'world leaders' exception policy that was inconsistently applied.

Overall Veracity: 50%