# Post ts_109693458502793523

- Post ID: `ts_109693458502793523`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-01-15T13:29:04.836Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109693458502793523
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109693458502793523/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109693458502793523.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Page 1: The new narrative from the Fake News Media, virtually the same people that pushed the BIG LIE of Russia, Russia, Russia, only to go down in flames, is the even more ridiculous story that “what Bidden did isn’t as bad as what Trump did.” Number one, I did NOTHING wrong, have the right as President to “declassify,” had documents in a secure place, put an extra lock on at Radical Left NARA’s request, and was dealing with NARA nicely, as per PRA & Socks, until the FBI broke into Mar-a-Lago..

## Engagement

- Likes: 17,789
- Reposts: 5,103
- Replies: 570
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.423Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:44:01.097Z (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 textbook narcissistic response to unfavorable comparison. The Biden classified documents scandal created a parallel that media framed as less serious than Trump's case — triggering a narcissistic injury through comparison. Trump responds with a dense, single-sentence barrage combining multiple defense mechanisms: categorical denial ("NOTHING wrong"), pathological distortion (search warrant reframed as "break-in"), projection (accusing media of the "BIG LIE"), and rationalization (garbled legal arguments). The paranoid attribution of political motive to NARA — a nonpartisan archival agency — labeled "Radical Left" illustrates how persecution schemas extend to any institutional actor involved in accountability. The DARVO pattern is fully operational: he transforms himself from investigation subject to persecution victim. The misspelling "Bidden" and run-on structure confirm authentic authorship. Clinically notable is the mixed narcissistic state — oscillating between grandiosity (presidential declassification authority) and vulnerability (persecuted by FBI) within a single sentence. The firehose rhetorical technique — packing too many contestable claims into one post for effective rebuttal — serves both psychological and strategic functions.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109693458502793523

### Context
This post is a direct response to the Biden classified documents scandal, which created an uncomfortable parallel to Trump's own Mar-a-Lago documents case. Trump is seizing on the comparison to relitigate his own situation.

### Authorship
Posted at 13:29 UTC = 8:29 AM EST. Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago in mid-January 2023. This is early morning but not unusually so. The misspelling "Bidden" (double-d), stream-of-consciousness structure, ALL CAPS emphasis, and emotional reactivity all point strongly to authentic Trump authorship. The legal references (PRA, Socks case) suggest he's been briefed by lawyers but is rendering the arguments in his own voice.

### Psychological Dynamics
The Biden documents story is both a narcissistic supply opportunity (vindication) and a trigger (the media framing that Biden's situation "isn't as bad" constitutes a narcissistic injury through unfavorable comparison). The post oscillates between grandiose self-defense ("I did NOTHING wrong") and aggrieved victimhood ("FBI broke into Mar-a-Lago").

### Key Observations
- "Bidden" misspelling — likely authentic typo rather than deliberate, consistent with impulsive posting
- "Russia, Russia, Russia" — perseverative verbal tic used across hundreds of posts
- "Radical Left NARA" — paranoid attribution of political motivation to a nonpartisan agency
- The legal argument is garbled: citing Presidential Records Act and the Clinton "Socks" case as defenses while conflating declassification authority with document retention rights
- "FBI broke into Mar-a-Lago" — distortion of a court-authorized search warrant execution into a criminal break-in

### Defense Mechanisms
Primary defenses: denial ("I did NOTHING wrong"), distortion (search warrant → break-in), projection (media pushing "big lie" when Trump originated the term for election denial), whataboutism (Biden comparison).

### Rhetorical Techniques
Classic DARVO pattern: he was the subject of investigation but frames himself as the victim of a break-in. The "Fake News Media" framing preemptively discredits any unfavorable comparison.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Has the right as President to declassify" | **Half True** | Presidents have broad declassification authority while in office, but Trump was no longer president when documents were found, and no evidence of formal declassification process was produced. The legal question of whether a president can declassify by simply thinking about it was contested. |
| "FBI broke into Mar-a-Lago" | **False** | The FBI executed a court-authorized search warrant on August 8, 2022, approved by a federal magistrate judge. Trump's attorneys were notified. This is a lawful search, not a break-in. |
| "Put an extra lock on at NARA's request" | **Mostly True** | DOJ/NARA did request that an additional padlock be placed on the storage room at Mar-a-Lago. However, this was after concerns about inadequate security, and Trump's team later failed to comply fully with a subpoena for remaining documents. |
| "Was dealing with NARA nicely as per PRA & Socks" | **Mostly False** | The timeline shows repeated delays, incomplete responses, and ultimately a grand jury subpoena was required. The 'Socks' reference is to Clinton v. Judicial Watch (2012), which concerned presidential records but is not directly applicable to classified documents retention. |

Overall Veracity: 38%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Misspelling 'Bidden'
- Stream-of-consciousness run-on sentence
- ALL CAPS emphasis on NOTHING, NARA
- Early morning posting (8:29 AM EST)
- Emotional reactivity and grievance tone

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Comparison (Media framing Biden documents as less serious than Trump's)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting Fake News Media, FBI, NARA
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.70

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Pressured, run-on sentence structure
- Dense packing of multiple arguments in single post

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 60%
- Sadism: 10%

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

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

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration
- tangentiality

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Shared grievance framing
- Us-vs-them media distrust

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Reframing lawful search warrant as 'break-in'
- Labeling nonpartisan NARA as 'Radical Left'
- Preemptive discrediting of media comparisons as 'Fake News'

## Fact Checks (4)

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

> Has the right as President to declassify

**HALF TRUE**

Presidents have broad declassification authority while in office, but Trump was no longer president when documents were found, and no evidence of formal declassification process was produced. The legal question of whether a president can declassify by simply thinking about it was contested.

Sources: DOJ filings in US v. Trump (S.D. Fla.); Presidential Records Act

> FBI broke into Mar-a-Lago

**FALSE**

The FBI executed a court-authorized search warrant on August 8, 2022, approved by a federal magistrate judge. Trump's attorneys were notified. This is a lawful search, not a break-in.

Sources: Search warrant filed in S.D. Florida; DOJ public statements August 2022

> Put an extra lock on at NARA's request

**MOSTLY TRUE**

DOJ/NARA did request that an additional padlock be placed on the storage room at Mar-a-Lago. However, this was after concerns about inadequate security, and Trump's team later failed to comply fully with a subpoena for remaining documents.

Sources: DOJ court filings 2022

> Was dealing with NARA nicely as per PRA & Socks

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The timeline shows repeated delays, incomplete responses, and ultimately a grand jury subpoena was required. The 'Socks' reference is to Clinton v. Judicial Watch (2012), which concerned presidential records but is not directly applicable to classified documents retention.

Sources: DOJ timeline of document negotiations; Clinton v. Judicial Watch, 2012

Overall Veracity: 38%

## Tags

- classified-documents (100%)
- whataboutism (90%)
- DARVO (80%)
- reality-distortion (80%)
- biden-comparison (90%)
- narcissistic-injury (70%)

## That day

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

**Biden Document Scandal Becomes Trump's Mirror — and His Shield**

Trump spent most of the day fixated on the Biden classified documents scandal, using it as both vindication and weapon in a three-part morning manifesto comparing Mar-a-Lago's security to Biden's garage. The mood was broadly self-congratulatory, with brief flashes of anger when addressing his own legal exposure. Outside the documents fight, the day was filled with casual endorsements, media-decline schadenfreude, and promotion of Truth Social. A late-night posting cluster after midnight and a large evening burst were bookended by a quiet midday stretch of link-only shares.

Full digest for 2023-01-15: https://trump.fm/date/2023-01-15/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, January 15). Page 1: The new narrative from the Fake News... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109693458502793523
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Page 1: The new narrative from the Fake News Media,..." Truth Social, 15 Jan. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109693458502793523. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Page 1: The new narrative from the Fake News Media,...," Truth Social, January 15, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109693458502793523.

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