# Post ts_112843245048191931

- Post ID: `ts_112843245048191931`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2024-07-24T20:01:13.315Z (UTC)
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## Post text

> I watched the Congressional Hearing today as Christopher Wray was asked the question whether or not he noticed any Cognitive Degeneration in his many conversations with Crooked Joe Biden and, despite the fact that Special Counsel Robert Hur said, effectively, that Joe Biden is INCOMPETENT, with LITTLE MEMORY, etc., Wray said that “it is not something I observed during my interactions with him, which were uneventful and unremarkable,” essentially stating that he found nothing wrong, mentally or physically, with “Joe.” If that is the case, Director Wray should resign immediately from the FBI, and stop “sweet talking” Congress every time he goes up, which he loves to do, because anybody can see that Joe Biden is cognitively and physically challenged, and if you can’t see that, you sure as hell can’t be running the FBI - Unless, that is, you want to illegally lead the Raid on Mar-a-Lago. Wray has to resign, and NOW, for LYING TO CONGRESS!

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T18:49:19.748Z (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 characteristic narcissistic pattern where disagreement with Trump's preferred narrative is reframed as criminal conduct. Triggered by FBI Director Wray's congressional testimony declining to validate claims about Biden's cognitive decline, Trump escalates from summary to demanding resignation to accusing Wray of perjury—all within a single post. The psychological mechanism is splitting: Wray must either agree with Trump's assessment or be corrupt/incompetent. The paranoid pivot to the Mar-a-Lago raid reveals how Trump weaves disparate events into a unified persecution schema. Notable is the continued hammering on Biden's cognitive fitness just 3 days after Biden's withdrawal—suggesting perseveration on a narrative disrupted by events. The "anybody can see" formulation is a gaslighting technique that positions institutional expertise as obviously inferior to populist common sense, pressuring audiences to distrust their own institutions. The danger level is elevated due to the explicit criminalization of institutional independence—framing an FBI Director's honest subjective assessment as "LYING TO CONGRESS" sets a precedent where any institutional actor who fails to validate Trump's claims faces accusations of criminality.

## Psychological Analysis: Trump Post ts_112843245048191931 (2024-07-24)

### Context
Posted at 4:01 PM ET (Trump likely in NJ/Bedminster area during this period), this is a business-hours post responding to Christopher Wray's congressional testimony about Biden's cognitive fitness. Biden had dropped out just 3 days prior.

### Authorship
The post is lengthy, syntactically complex with embedded clauses, and shows stream-of-consciousness escalation typical of authentic Trump. The emotional arc—starting with factual summary, building to outrage, culminating in ALL CAPS demand—is characteristic. Despite being during business hours, the rhetorical style, conditional logic chains, and impulsive quality suggest authentic authorship, possibly dictated.

### Psychological Analysis
This post is driven by **narcissistic injury via proxy**: Wray's refusal to validate Trump's narrative about Biden's incompetence is experienced as a personal affront. The logic chain is revealing—Wray must either agree Biden is incompetent OR be unfit/corrupt. This **splitting** (no middle ground exists) is combined with **paranoid attribution** (Wray's motive must be the Mar-a-Lago raid).

The post operates on multiple levels: (1) attacking Wray, (2) reinforcing the Biden-incompetent narrative even after Biden's withdrawal, (3) delegitimizing FBI leadership. The continued hammering on Biden's cognition 3 days after his exit suggests **perseveration** on a narrative that was working politically but has been disrupted.

### Rhetorical Techniques
The conditional structure ("If that is the case... if you can't see that") creates a logical trap. The closing ALL CAPS "LYING TO CONGRESS" escalates a disagreement about subjective observation into a criminal accusation—classic **distortion** where differing perception = perjury.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Special Counsel Robert Hur said Biden is incompetent with little memory" | **Half True** | Hur's report described Biden as 'a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory' and declined prosecution partly on grounds a jury might see him that way. 'Incompetent' is Trump's characterization, not Hur's exact word. |
| "Wray said interactions with Biden were 'uneventful and unremarkable'" | **Mostly True** | This appears to be a close paraphrase of Wray's congressional testimony on this date, consistent with reported coverage. |
| "Wray is LYING TO CONGRESS" | **False** | Offering a subjective assessment that differs from Trump's opinion is not perjury. Wray stated his own observation, which is not a verifiable factual claim subject to perjury standards. |

Overall Veracity: 43%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 80%)

### Indicators

- Stream-of-consciousness escalation
- Embedded parenthetical asides
- Emotional arc building to ALL CAPS climax
- Impulsive logical leaps
- Nickname usage (Crooked Joe)

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Christopher Wray refusing to validate Trump's narrative about Biden's cognitive decline)

**Rage:** Intensity 70% targeting FBI Director Christopher Wray
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.70

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid escalation from summary to criminal accusation
- Grandiose certainty in own perception over FBI Director's

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 70%
- Sadism: 30%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 65%

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Inviting audience to share his perception ('anybody can see')
- Creating in-group consensus against institutional authority

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Demand for removal of FBI Director for disagreeing with Trump's narrative
- Framing institutional independence as criminal conduct
- Delegitimizing law enforcement leadership

### Gaslighting

- 'Anybody can see' frames institutional expert assessment as obviously wrong
- Transforms subjective disagreement into 'LYING'
- Pressures audience to distrust FBI Director's direct observations

## Fact Checks (3)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-24._

> Special Counsel Robert Hur said Biden is incompetent with little memory

**HALF TRUE**

Hur's report described Biden as 'a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory' and declined prosecution partly on grounds a jury might see him that way. 'Incompetent' is Trump's characterization, not Hur's exact word.

Sources: Hur Special Counsel Report, February 2024

> Wray said interactions with Biden were 'uneventful and unremarkable'

**MOSTLY TRUE**

This appears to be a close paraphrase of Wray's congressional testimony on this date, consistent with reported coverage.

Sources: Congressional testimony, July 24, 2024

> Wray is LYING TO CONGRESS

**FALSE**

Offering a subjective assessment that differs from Trump's opinion is not perjury. Wray stated his own observation, which is not a verifiable factual claim subject to perjury standards.

Overall Veracity: 43%

## Tags

- FBI (90%)
- Christopher Wray (90%)
- Biden cognitive decline (80%)
- institutional delegitimization (80%)
- Mar-a-Lago raid (50%)

## That day

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

**First Rally After Biden Exit: Trump Pivots to Harris While Battling Institutional Ghosts**

Trump spent the day promoting and then delivering his first campaign rally since Biden's withdrawal, held in Charlotte, North Carolina. The mood was mostly upbeat and self-promotional, with celebratory posts about a court win against ABC News and boasts about his classified documents case dismissal. The sharpest moment came when he lashed out at FBI Director Christopher Wray over congressional testimony, accusing him of perjury for not validating claims about Biden's mental decline. He also issued an eyebrow-raising denial of any connection to Project 2025 and debuted a new attack label for Kamala Harris while complaining that his gag order was hobbling his campaign.

Full digest for 2024-07-24: https://trump.fm/date/2024-07-24/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, July 24). I watched the Congressional Hearing today as... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_112843245048191931
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I watched the Congressional Hearing today as Christopher..." Truth Social, 24 Jul. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112843245048191931. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "I watched the Congressional Hearing today as Christopher...," Truth Social, July 24, 2024, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112843245048191931.

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