# Post ts_114882476831486897

- Post ID: `ts_114882476831486897`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-07-19T23:24:40.949Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114882476831486897
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114882476831486897/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114882476831486897.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> “We had, in President Obama and his leadership team, people who did not want to accept the will of the American people in electing Donald Trump in 2016 — and therefore cooked up this treasonous conspiracy to…effectively launch a years-long coup against the sitting President of the United States.”

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (2:46), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> The intelligence community assessed, and this is what the documents detail. The intelligence community assessed, essentially Russia doesn't have the tools, the capability or the intent to try to change the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. Donald Trump pulls off a historic victory against Hillary Clinton in November of 2016, even in the days after that election, the intelligence community continued their consistent assessment that reflected the same thing in the months leading up to the election. All of a sudden, in the early days of December, there was a president's daily brief that was drafted. This is put together by the different elements of the intelligence community that reflected that same assessment. Russia did not try to hack the election, in essence. That PDB, that document was pulled hours before it was supposed to be published for the president to see that following morning. That document was never published until we released it yesterday. One day later, President Obama calls a meeting of his national security council, his top officials, to be held on what they called a sensitive topic. And the results of that meeting, which we released yesterday in these over a hundred documents that talk about in detail how President Obama and his team, he directed a manufactured piece of intelligence that detailed not if, but how Russia tried to influence the outcome of the United States election that President Trump won in November of 2016. This document was then used as the foundation for everything that came next. It was essentially a years long coup that was launched against President Trump before he even had the opportunity to take his oath of office and be sworn in as President of the United States. So as you know, there was a Mueller investigation that went on for years, cost taxpayers nearly $40 million. There were two congressional impeachments. President Trump and almost every member of his family were smeared and attacked, faced lawsuits, depositions, high level officials were investigated. Some were arrested and put in jail. The list goes on and on about the ramifications of this, but, but foundational to it all was the fact that we had in President Obama and his leadership team, uh, uh, people who did not want to accept the will of the American people in electing Donald Trump in 2016, and therefore cooked up this treasonous conspiracy to again, try to effectively, and they did effectively launch a years long coup against the sitting president of the United States.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/114/882/469/056/654/824/original/b78f6c0ed9f629a8.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 10,287
- Reposts: 3,721
- Replies: 1,791
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.305Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T02:55:20.430Z (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 part of a concentrated July 19 campaign targeting Obama, sharing a video clip that frames the Russia investigation as a "treasonous conspiracy" and "years-long coup." The language represents significant escalation—"treason" and "coup" are not ordinary political accusations but imply existential threats to democratic order deserving severe punishment. The Durham investigation (2019-2023), which had full authority to investigate these claims, produced no convictions of senior Obama officials and no evidence of conspiracy. The post employs third-party attribution as a rhetorical shield, allowing Trump to amplify extreme claims while maintaining distance. Psychologically, this functions as vindication-seeking and grievance amplification during a period when Trump appears focused on retribution themes. The elevated danger rating reflects the criminalization of political opposition—when a sitting president repeatedly frames predecessors as treasonous, it normalizes political prosecution and creates expectation of punitive action among supporters. The DARVO pattern (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) is notable: the subject of investigation becomes the victim of a "coup," inverting accountability. Longitudinally, this represents continuation rather than escalation of a years-long narrative, but the multi-post concentration on a single day suggests heightened engagement with this theme.

## Analysis: Repost of Video Clip Re: Obama "Treasonous Conspiracy"

This post shares a video clip (likely from the Fox News panel referenced in the preceding post about Harrison Fields) featuring a quote alleging that Obama's team "cooked up this treasonous conspiracy" to "launch a years-long coup" against Trump following the 2016 election. The post is a direct amplification of third-party rhetoric rather than original content.

### Context
This is one of several posts on July 19 focused on the theme of Obama-era officials conspiring against Trump. The preceding post praised a Fox News panel for "prosecuting Obama and the 'thugs'" and congratulated Tulsi Gabbard. This post amplifies the same narrative arc with a specific video clip.

### Authorship
Posted at 7:24 PM ET (assuming Mar-a-Lago), evening hours. The post is a simple video share with a quoted excerpt—minimal original composition. Format is consistent with either Trump or aide curation of supportive media content.

### Psychological Function
The post serves as narcissistic supply and vindication-seeking. By amplifying claims of a "coup" against him, Trump positions himself as the wronged protagonist who has been vindicated. The quote's use of "treasonous" and "coup" escalates beyond standard political criticism into criminal/existential framing.

### Rhetorical Note
The quoted language ("treasonous conspiracy," "coup against the sitting President") employs eliminationist legal framing—framing political opposition as criminal acts deserving severe punishment.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Obama's team launched a 'treasonous conspiracy' and 'years-long coup' against Trump" | **Mostly False** | The Russia investigation originated from legitimate counterintelligence concerns about Russian election interference. The Durham investigation (2019-2023) found no evidence of a conspiracy or coup, resulting in zero convictions of senior officials. Inspector General Horowitz found the FBI investigation was properly predicated but identified significant FISA application errors. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- evening posting time
- simple video share with quoted excerpt
- no typos or emotional outbursts
- curated media amplification pattern

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Exposure (Fox News panel validating persecution narrative)

Sentiment: -0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 60%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- vindication through third-party authority
- shared grievance narrative

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Framing political opposition as 'treason' and 'coup' — language that implies severe criminal punishment
- Pattern of posts on this date building toward prosecution of political opponents (Obama)

### Gaslighting

- Reframing legitimate investigation as 'treasonous conspiracy'
- DARVO pattern: casting investigated party as victim of 'coup'

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-22._

> Obama's team launched a 'treasonous conspiracy' and 'years-long coup' against Trump

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The Russia investigation originated from legitimate counterintelligence concerns about Russian election interference. The Durham investigation (2019-2023) found no evidence of a conspiracy or coup, resulting in zero convictions of senior officials. Inspector General Horowitz found the FBI investigation was properly predicated but identified significant FISA application errors.

Sources: Durham Report 2023; Horowitz IG Report 2019

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- persecution-narrative (80%)
- opponent-criminalization (90%)
- vindication-seeking (70%)
- obama-targeting (80%)

## That day

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

**Iran Strikes, Epstein Deflection, and Obama "Treason" — A Saturday of Grandiose Military Chest-Thumping and Political Retribution**

Trump had a moderately active Saturday dominated by a boastful mood. The morning's highlight was a triumphant announcement about the destruction of Iranian nuclear sites, delivered with a bizarrely businesslike sign-off. He then made a preemptive move on the Epstein files — announcing he'd asked DOJ to release grand jury testimony while dismissing in advance anyone who might scrutinize the results. After a long midday silence, the evening shifted to political retribution, with back-to-back posts pushing the claim that Obama committed treason through the Russia investigation.

Full digest for 2025-07-19: https://trump.fm/date/2025-07-19/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, July 19). “We had, in President Obama and his leadership... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114882476831486897
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "“We had, in President Obama and his leadership team,..." Truth Social, 19 Jul. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114882476831486897. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "“We had, in President Obama and his leadership team,...," Truth Social, July 19, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114882476831486897.

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