# Post ts_109528969886786149

- Post ID: `ts_109528969886786149`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-17T12:17:27.743Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109528969886786149/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109528969886786149.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> This (the FBI’s wild and crazy relationship with Twitter) is absolutely a coordinated effort to change Election Results! Rachel Campos-Duffy…and it worked, but they got caught. This is why people protested in Washington. Our 2020 Presidential Election was Crooked, Rigged, and Stolen, and yet the Unselect Committee of Political Hacks & Thugs didn’t spend any time investigating this outrage!

## Engagement

- Likes: 29,442
- Reposts: 8,755
- Replies: 1,312
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.426Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:59:57.479Z (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 is clinically significant for its explicit reframing of the January 6 Capitol attack as legitimate protest justified by FBI-Twitter censorship coordination. Trump constructs a causal chain: government-Big Tech collusion → stolen election → justified protest → the real criminals are uninvestigated. This represents a DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) pattern at scale, inverting the established narrative so that insurrectionists become protesters and Congressional investigators become "Political Hacks & Thugs."

The post arrives during a period of narcissistic supply from the Twitter Files releases, which Trump seizes as retroactive vindication. The mixed narcissistic state combines grandiose vindication ("they got caught") with vulnerable persecution (election was stolen, committee is corrupt). Five posts on the same morning suggest mild hypomanic activation driven by the validating news cycle.

The danger assessment is elevated not because of direct incitement but because of the systematic normalization of political violence. By consistently reframing January 6 as justified response to government malfeasance, Trump maintains the cognitive and emotional framework that could motivate future action. The tricolon "Crooked, Rigged, and Stolen" functions as a loyalty test — accepting this demonstrably false claim signals in-group membership, deepening epistemic closure. The delegitimization of oversight institutions (FBI, Congressional committees) further erodes democratic norms.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109528969886786149

### Context
Posted 2022-12-17 at 12:17 UTC = 7:17 AM EST (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago). Early morning posting consistent with authentic Trump pattern of consuming Fox News morning programming and reacting in real time. Rachel Campos-Duffy is a Fox News host.

### Authorship
Early morning, reactive, stream-of-consciousness quality, emotional intensity, parenthetical aside, ALL CAPS on key phrases — strongly indicates authentic Trump. The post quotes/paraphrases Fox News coverage of the "Twitter Files" (Elon Musk's release of internal Twitter communications with FBI), then pivots to familiar grievances about 2020 election and January 6 Committee.

### Psychological Analysis
This post is a textbook example of narcissistic injury response channeled through conspiratorial framing. The Twitter Files provided external validation for Trump's longstanding grievance that the 2020 election was stolen. The post seizes on this as vindication ("they got caught") while simultaneously reframing January 6 ("This is why people protested in Washington") — a significant reality distortion that reframes an insurrection as legitimate protest caused by government censorship.

The causal chain constructed: FBI-Twitter collusion → stolen election → justified protest (Jan 6) → the real crime is uninvestigated. This is a complete inversion of the established narrative, employing DARVO dynamics.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Distortion**: Reframing January 6 violence as justified "protest"
- **Projection**: Accusing investigators ("Unselect Committee") of being the real "Political Hacks & Thugs"
- **Rationalization**: Using Twitter Files as retroactive justification for election denial

### Rhetorical Devices
The parenthetical "(the FBI's wild and crazy relationship with Twitter)" mimics casual speech to make conspiratorial claims feel like common knowledge. "Unselect Committee" is a persistent devaluing neologism. The stacking of "Crooked, Rigged, and Stolen" is tricolon for emphasis.

### Danger Assessment
The post explicitly reframes January 6 as justified response to government malfeasance. This retroactive legitimization of political violence, while not a direct call to action, normalizes insurrection as protest and maintains the grievance framework that motivated the original event.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The FBI had a coordinated relationship with Twitter to change election results" | **Mostly False** | The Twitter Files revealed FBI flagged content to Twitter, but no evidence of a coordinated effort specifically aimed at changing election results. FBI communications were largely about foreign influence operations. |
| "Our 2020 Presidential Election was Crooked, Rigged, and Stolen" | **False** | No credible evidence supports this claim. Over 60 court cases were dismissed, Trump's own AG Barr stated no fraud sufficient to change the outcome, and multiple audits confirmed results. |
| "The January 6 Committee didn't investigate FBI-Twitter relationship" | **Mostly True** | The Jan 6 Committee's mandate was investigating the Capitol attack, not social media content moderation. This is presented as an outrage but reflects differing mandates. |

Overall Veracity: 33%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- 7:17 AM EST early morning posting
- Reactive to Fox News morning segment (Rachel Campos-Duffy)
- Stream-of-consciousness with parenthetical aside
- Emotional intensity and familiar grievance patterns
- Characteristic neologism 'Unselect Committee'

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Defeat (Twitter Files / Fox News coverage validating election conspiracy claims)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting FBI, Twitter, January 6 Committee
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.70

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Early morning reactive posting
- Rapid-fire posting pattern (5+ posts same day)
- Grandiose vindication claims

### Clinical

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

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

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

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance framing
- victimhood identification
- us-vs-them bonding

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Retroactive legitimization of January 6 violence as justified protest
- Maintains grievance framework that motivated original insurrection
- Delegitimizes democratic oversight mechanisms

### Gaslighting

- Reframing January 6 insurrection as legitimate 'protest'
- Presenting unproven election fraud as established fact
- Delegitimizing Congressional investigation as 'Political Hacks & Thugs'

## Fact Checks (3)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._

> The FBI had a coordinated relationship with Twitter to change election results

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The Twitter Files revealed FBI flagged content to Twitter, but no evidence of a coordinated effort specifically aimed at changing election results. FBI communications were largely about foreign influence operations.

Sources: Twitter Files releases Dec 2022

> Our 2020 Presidential Election was Crooked, Rigged, and Stolen

**FALSE**

No credible evidence supports this claim. Over 60 court cases were dismissed, Trump's own AG Barr stated no fraud sufficient to change the outcome, and multiple audits confirmed results.

Sources: DOJ statements; court records; state audit results

> The January 6 Committee didn't investigate FBI-Twitter relationship

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The Jan 6 Committee's mandate was investigating the Capitol attack, not social media content moderation. This is presented as an outrage but reflects differing mandates.

Sources: H.Res.503 establishing the committee

Overall Veracity: 33%

## Tags

- election_denial (90%)
- jan6_reframing (80%)
- twitter_files (70%)
- institutional_delegitimization (70%)
- vindication_narrative (60%)

## That day

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

**Twitter Files Fuel Overnight Rage Spiral, Culminating in Dehumanizing "Cancer" Metaphor for Federal Law Enforcement**

Trump's day started with a victory lap over his NFT trading cards selling out, then shifted sharply into grievance mode as he latched onto the Twitter Files story. A late-night barrage of link shares gave way to angry, all-caps posts past midnight framing all legal scrutiny as political persecution. The morning brought the day's darkest moment -- a post calling the FBI and DOJ a "cancer" that "must be dealt with," using language that frames eliminating institutions as life-saving necessity. The afternoon cooled off into passive link sharing and a book plug, but the rhetorical damage was already done.

Full digest for 2022-12-17: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-17/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 17). This (the FBI’s wild and crazy relationship with... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109528969886786149
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "This (the FBI’s wild and crazy relationship with Twitter)..." Truth Social, 17 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109528969886786149. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "This (the FBI’s wild and crazy relationship with Twitter)...," Truth Social, December 17, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109528969886786149.

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