# Post ts_109535436465594830

- Post ID: `ts_109535436465594830`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-18T15:41:59.942Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109535436465594830
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109535436465594830/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109535436465594830.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> These two very important tweets have been uncovered now that my account, which was shut down by the FBI, has been reinstated!https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1346912780700577792?s=20&t=EA4j0idG_NHKm-dOBph7nwhttps://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1346904110969315332?s=20&t=ao9ea1AzAql-9x97oKBnCg

## Media

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## Engagement

- Likes: 33,971
- Reposts: 12,274
- Replies: 1,777
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.425Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:07:53.397Z (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, part of a sustained defensive burst on the eve of the Jan 6 Committee's criminal referral vote, reveals a subject under significant perceived threat employing pathological-level distortion. The false claim that the FBI shut down his Twitter account represents deliberate historical revisionism, transforming a corporate content moderation decision into government persecution. The "uncovered" framing for publicly known tweets creates a false revelation narrative, inviting followers into a shared conspiracy worldview. Across the day's posts, defensive escalation is visible: from external blame ("thugs spied") to devaluation of accusers ("corrupt cowards") to martyrdom ("just fighting to save our country"). The vulnerable narcissistic state — characterized by persecution themes and victimhood — is consistent with approaching legal/political exposure. The revisionist strategy of highlighting Jan 6 peace tweets while omitting context of preceding incitement and hours of inaction represents selective evidence presentation characteristic of both legal defense strategy and narcissistic denial.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109535436465594830

### Context
On December 18, 2022, Trump posts about his recently reinstated Twitter account (Musk reinstated it late November 2022), highlighting two tweets from January 6, 2021 — his calls for peace/going home. He frames these as "very important" and falsely claims the account was "shut down by the FBI."

This post is part of a sustained burst on this date, all centered on the January 6th Select Committee, which was preparing criminal referrals against Trump (voted December 19, 2022). The post cluster reveals a subject under significant threat responding with characteristic defensive patterns.

### Authorship
Posted at 10:41 AM ET (Trump at Mar-a-Lago in December). Business hours, relatively coherent structure, includes formatted URLs. However, the content is emotionally driven and the false FBI claim is characteristic of Trump's personal grievance style. Mixed signals — likely Trump-directed, possibly aide-assisted in formatting.

### Psychological Analysis
The post serves a clear **revisionist** function: by highlighting his Jan 6 "peace" tweets, Trump constructs a counter-narrative to the Select Committee's findings. The claim that the FBI shut down his account is a significant **reality distortion** — Twitter suspended him based on its own policy assessment of incitement risk, not FBI action.

This fits within the day's pattern of escalating defensive rhetoric: "THUGS SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN," "political hacks," "Corrupt cowards," culminating in the martyrdom frame "I'M JUST FIGHTING TO SAVE OUR COUNTRY!" The trajectory moves from external blame → devaluation of accusers → self-as-savior.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Distortion**: Reframing FBI as responsible for Twitter ban
- **Denial**: Presenting Jan 6 peace tweets as exculpatory while ignoring the hours of inaction that preceded them
- **Projection**: Attributing corruption to the committee investigating him
- **Rationalization**: "Very important tweets" framing suggests these prove innocence

### Rhetorical Techniques
The phrase "have been uncovered" implies suppressed evidence being revealed — invoking a conspiracy frame where truth was hidden by powerful actors (FBI). This transforms a routine account reinstatement into a dramatic revelation narrative.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Twitter account was shut down by the FBI" | **False** | Twitter independently suspended Trump's account on January 8, 2021, citing risk of further incitement of violence. The decision was made by Twitter leadership, not directed by the FBI. Later Twitter Files revealed FBI-Twitter communications about content moderation broadly, but not an order to suspend Trump specifically. |

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 60%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (10:41 AM ET)
- Contains URLs with formatting suggesting aide assistance
- But content is emotionally driven grievance narrative typical of Trump
- False FBI claim is characteristic personal grievance style

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (January 6th Select Committee criminal referral vote (Dec 19))

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting FBI, January 6th Select Committee
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.50

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- High posting volume throughout the day
- Escalating emotional intensity across posts

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 70%
- Sadism: 20%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Inviting followers to view 'suppressed evidence'
- Conspiracy framing creates shared in-group knowledge

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Rewriting history of Twitter suspension to implicate FBI
- Framing publicly known tweets as newly 'uncovered' suppressed evidence

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Twitter account was shut down by the FBI

**FALSE**

Twitter independently suspended Trump's account on January 8, 2021, citing risk of further incitement of violence. The decision was made by Twitter leadership, not directed by the FBI. Later Twitter Files revealed FBI-Twitter communications about content moderation broadly, but not an order to suspend Trump specifically.

Sources: Twitter Safety announcement Jan 8 2021; Congressional testimony of former Twitter executives

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Tags

- historical revisionism (90%)
- FBI persecution narrative (80%)
- January 6th defense (90%)
- victim positioning (70%)

## That day

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

**On Eve of Criminal Referrals, a Daylong Defensive Siege Reveals Deep Narcissistic Injury**

Trump spent the day in a sustained defensive posture as the January 6th Committee prepared to vote on criminal referrals against him. The evening before began with a long, layered attack on the committee, followed by a rapid-fire morning burst of nine posts in under three hours -- nearly all focused on delegitimizing the investigation, the FBI, and the DOJ. The mood swung between defiant grandiosity and wounded victimhood, with repeated returns to the 2020 election fraud narrative now 25 months old. Several posts contained outright false claims, including that the committee had no Republican members and that the FBI shut down his Twitter account.

Full digest for 2022-12-18: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-18/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 18). These two very important tweets have been... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109535436465594830
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "These two very important tweets have been uncovered now..." Truth Social, 18 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109535436465594830. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "These two very important tweets have been uncovered now...," Truth Social, December 18, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109535436465594830.

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