# Post ts_110940016653569293 - Post ID: `ts_110940016653569293` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2023-08-23T17:05:12.697Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110940016653569293 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110940016653569293/analysis ## Post text > https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/08/04/exc-it-was-crawling-with-feds-capitol-police-chief-confirms-fbi-dhs-undercovers-in-jan-6-crowd/ ## Engagement - Likes: 9,089 - Reposts: 3,048 - Replies: 207 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.401Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T07:50:32.605Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Summary On the day of his historic Fulton County booking, this aide-deployed link advances the core Jan 6 revisionist narrative: federal agents engineered or provocateured the events for which Trump faces prosecution. The post contains no original Trump text — it operates as pure information warfare, silently circulating a "false flag" frame during maximum legal exposure. The DARVO structure is clinical: Trump is simultaneously defendant and victim of a government conspiracy. The surrounding post cluster reveals a coordinated same-day narrative package. The "crawling with feds" framing exploits a legitimate fact — undercovers were present — and inflates it into conspiratorial exculpation. Notably, this technique allows Trump's feed to circulate the claim while he retains deniability. Danger is elevated: delegitimizing Jan 6 accountability at the moment of arraignment reinforces the radicalization architecture. The fact that this runs silently — no caps, no rage, no typos — underscores that the most dangerous content in this feed is not always the most emotionally raw. ## Analysis: Truth Social Post — 2023-08-23T17:05:12Z ### Contextual Framing This post consists entirely of a hyperlink to *The National Pulse* (a right-wing outlet), published August 4, 2023, with the slug: `exc-it-was-crawling-with-feds-capitol-police-chief-confirms-fbi-dhs-undercovers-in-jan-6-crowd`. The linked article promotes the conspiracy narrative that January 6 was engineered or infiltrated by federal agents, using selectively framed Capitol Police testimony. **Posting Time:** 17:05 UTC = **1:05 PM EDT**. On August 23, 2023, Trump was in Atlanta, Georgia for his historic Fulton County jail booking — the first U.S. president to be fingerprinted and photographed at a county jail. This post was published mid-day during one of the most legally consequential events of his life. --- ### Level 1: Dispositional Traits No direct text to assess vocabulary or syntax. The act of sharing this article — silently, without commentary — is itself a rhetorical move. Low agreeableness and low conscientiousness (regarding civic norms) are implied by the content selection. The choice of source is consistent with the baseline pattern of sharing fringe-right outlets that validate persecution narratives. --- ### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Agency motives dominate.** The shared narrative serves to reframe Trump's legal jeopardy around Jan 6 by shifting blame to the federal government — the very institution prosecuting him. The motive is *control of the historical record* and *neutralization of accountability*. **Schema revealed:** The world is a place where federal agencies engineer crises to trap political opponents. This schema is consistent across many prior posts and reflects a deeply entrenched persecution construct. --- ### Level 3: Narrative Identity - **Protagonist role:** Implicit victim of a government-engineered trap. The "fed plants" narrative positions Jan 6 not as a mob Trump incited but as a federal operation — exonerating the self entirely. - **Contamination sequence:** Victory (election claims) → Betrayal (government plants engineering the insurrection to destroy him) - **Identity claim (implicit):** "I am being persecuted by the same government agencies that orchestrated the events I am being prosecuted for." - **Contrasting other:** The deep state / federal law enforcement apparatus --- ### Level 4: Clinical Indicators **DARVO in action (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender):** This is a textbook DARVO operation executed with a single URL. Rather than acknowledging Jan 6, the post attacks the credibility of the prosecution by suggesting the event was a federal setup. The subject is simultaneously defendant and (implied) victim of the very crime being prosecuted. **Defense mechanisms:** - **Denial (pathological):** The article's framing denies that Jan 6 was an organic mob event Trump bear responsibility for - **Delusional projection (pathological):** Federal law enforcement's culpability is asserted as the primary explanatory frame - **Rationalization (neurotic):** Selective use of legitimate fact (undercovers exist at large events) to support an illegitimate conclusion (Jan 6 was a false flag) --- ### Authorship Attribution **Strong aide indicators:** - Posted at 1:05 PM EDT — deep within business hours - Pure link share, no emotional text, no ALL CAPS, no typos - Polished, curated information warfare rather than reactive expression - On this specific date, Trump was occupied with his Fulton County booking; posting behavior during this window is inconsistent with personal social media activity - Fits a pattern: surrounding posts are also clean link-shares curated to build a coherent defensive narrative (Ukraine disinformation, DeSantis attacks, Alabama endorsements, rally crowd size) **Verdict:** High confidence this is aide/Scavino-posted content, scheduled or deployed as part of a coordinated same-day narrative management operation during the booking. The cluster of posts on this date reads as a pre-planned information package designed to flood the zone while Trump processed his arrest. --- ### Rhetorical & Propaganda Analysis - **Firehose technique:** One link among many same-day links, all reinforcing the same siege narrative. Volume without direct authorship. - **False flag implication:** The article's headline does the rhetorical work without Trump having to make the claim himself — deniable at surface level. - **Appeal to authority:** Citing a "Capitol Police Chief" lends false institutional weight to a fringe interpretation. - **Whataboutism by proxy:** Federal presence at Jan 6 is used to deflect from the core accountability question. - **Reality distortion:** The mere presence of undercover agents (standard practice at large events) is elevated into evidence of conspiracy. --- ### Gaslighting & Reality Distortion This post participates in the ongoing systematic effort to rewrite the Jan 6 narrative. By circulating the "crawling with feds" framing, it: 1. Invites followers to disbelieve the prosecutorial account as fabricated 2. Establishes alternative "facts" that function as loyalty tests 3. Contributes to epistemic closure in the base — any conviction becomes evidence of the conspiracy rather than evidence of guilt --- ### Danger Assessment **Elevated.** Jan 6 revisionism that delegitimizes accountability for political violence carries ongoing radicalization risk. The "government engineered it" narrative can function as a retroactive justification for future mobilization. Posted on the day of his arraignment, it seeds doubt in the justice system at a moment of peak visibility. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "FBI and DHS undercover agents were present in the January 6 crowd" | **Mostly True** | It is documented that federal informants and some undercover personnel were present at Jan 6-adjacent events; some were in or near the crowd. This is a confirmed but narrow fact. | | "Capitol Police Chief confirmed the crowd was 'crawling with feds'" | **Mostly False** | The phrase 'crawling with feds' is the outlet's hyperbolic characterization, not a direct quote. Capitol Police testimony acknowledged federal presence but did not use this framing or imply orchestration. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 15%) ### Indicators - Posted at 1:05 PM EDT — peak business hours - Pure URL share with no emotional text, typos, or ALL CAPS - Trump occupied with Fulton County booking/fingerprinting at this time - Part of a coordinated same-day link cluster suggesting pre-planned deployment - Polished, curated information warfare rather than reactive personal expression ## Psychological Profile ### State **Vulnerable State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Fulton County indictment and booking) Sentiment: -0.45 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 70% - Antisocial: 60% - Paranoid: 80% - Sadism: 10% **Defense Mechanisms:** - denial (pathological) - delusional projection (pathological) - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Implicit victim identification — followers told the government set them all up - Epistemic closure reinforcement — prosecution reframed as the crime - Deniable messaging — Trump makes no direct claim, article does the work ## Danger Assessment **ELEVATED** ### Indicators - Jan 6 revisionism delegitimizes accountability for political violence at moment of peak legal exposure - False flag narrative functions as retroactive justification for future mobilization - Epistemic closure reinforcement — prosecution itself reframed as evidence of conspiracy - Posted on arraignment day amplifies radicalization impact ### Gaslighting - Systematic rewriting of Jan 6 narrative via proxy article - Federal prosecution reframed as the actual crime - Legitimate fact (undercovers present) weaponized to support false conclusion - Loyalty test: followers who accept the framing must reject the prosecution as illegitimate ## Fact Checks (2) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > FBI and DHS undercover agents were present in the January 6 crowd **MOSTLY TRUE** It is documented that federal informants and some undercover personnel were present at Jan 6-adjacent events; some were in or near the crowd. This is a confirmed but narrow fact. Sources: Senate Judiciary Committee reports; FBI testimony to Congress; Court filings in Jan 6 prosecutions > Capitol Police Chief confirmed the crowd was 'crawling with feds' **MOSTLY FALSE** The phrase 'crawling with feds' is the outlet's hyperbolic characterization, not a direct quote. Capitol Police testimony acknowledged federal presence but did not use this framing or imply orchestration. Sources: Congressional testimony records Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - Jan6 revisionism (95%) - DARVO (90%) - aide-authored (85%) - false flag implication (85%) - Fulton County arraignment (90%) - epistemic closure (80%) - zone flooding (75%) - proxy disinformation (80%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **On the Eve of His Mugshot, Trump Oscillates Between Martyrdom and Rage While Aides Flood the Feed With Defensive Links** Trump spent the day preparing for his historic Fulton County booking, framing the arrest as a badge of honor in a dramatic early-morning post declaring he would "PROUDLY be arrested." His communications team then flooded his feed with nearly twenty conservative news links in a coordinated midday blitz -- legal defenses, favorable polls, and rival-bashing -- all while Trump himself stayed largely silent. By evening, his tone shifted: he defended the arrested Rudy Giuliani, attacked Fox News anchors by name for hosting the GOP debate he boycotted, and cast his indictments as "Biden indictments" and election interference. The day's mood was defiant but increasingly agitated, with a notable absence of any mention of the Prigozhin plane crash or other world events. Full digest for 2023-08-23: https://trump.fm/date/2023-08-23/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, August 23). https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/08/04/exc-it-was... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110940016653569293 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/08/04/exc-it-was-crawling-..." Truth Social, 23 Aug. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110940016653569293. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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