# Post ts_114886140818665946

- Post ID: `ts_114886140818665946`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-07-20T14:56:28.957Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114886140818665946
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114886140818665946/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114886140818665946.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> “In the months leading up to the November 2016 election, the Intelligence Community agreed that there was no Intelligence that reflected that Russia was trying to hack the election...So it was very striking when we look back at the documents that I declassified and released that show there was a shift in early December…”

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (2:07), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> the months leading up to the November 2016 election, the intelligence community agreed that there was no intelligence that reflected that Russia was trying to hack the election in favor of either candidate. The evidence showed, the intelligence showed, that again, Russia did not have either the intent nor the capability to be able to impact the outcome of the United States election. So it was very striking when we look back again at the documents that I declassified and released that shows there was a shift in early December, the first week of December. Again, another document was produced by the intelligence community, a president's daily brief that was consistent with every other assessment that was done previously leading up to the election. Russia was not, did not, this is after the election now, did not attempt to affect the outcome of the American election. That was never published. Hours before it would have gone into President Obama's president's daily brief, it was pulled by a senior level intelligence official saying that they had to pull it because they had received new guidance. The very next day, this meeting was called a National Security Council meeting, bringing together all of the senior leaders of President Obama's cabinet. And the topic that was put forward was the sensitive matter. The tasks that came out of that meeting was coming from President Obama directing the intelligence community, then Obama's ODNI director, Clapper, to produce a document, to produce an intelligence assessment that detailed not if, but how Moscow affected the outcome of the election that had already occurred, electing Donald Trump to the presidency. This document that they published in January of 2017 was the foundational groundwork that they continued to reference over and over and over again to enact this years-long coup against President Trump.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/114/886/140/015/729/964/original/58e0be769c20122a.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 8,496
- Reposts: 2,899
- Replies: 1,529
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.302Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T02:56:43.594Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Post ts_114886140818665946

## Overview
A quoted passage about the 2016 intelligence community's shift regarding Russian election interference, paired with a video. Part of a coordinated series on this date targeting Obama-era intelligence practices, including an adjacent post calling it "manufactured intelligence" and a reported AI video depicting Obama's arrest.

## Personality Framework

**Level 1 (Traits):** Low agreeableness (institutional distrust), moderate neuroticism (angry hostility facet expressed through grievance).

**Level 2 (Motives):** Power and vindication. The "I declassified" insertion transforms a policy discussion into a personal agency claim.

**Level 3 (Narrative):** Protagonist as truth-revealer who exposes institutional corruption. Contrasting other: Obama administration. Redemption sequence: persecution → vindication through document release.

## Archetypal Analysis
Truth-revealer/Hero archetype. Positions self as the one who pulled back the curtain on institutional deception. The quote format creates a chorus of validating voices.

## Context
This post is part of a multi-post campaign on July 20, 2025, that includes the "manufactured intelligence" quote, an AI Obama arrest video, and six-month anniversary celebration. The timing coincides with mounting Epstein file pressure—this campaign likely serves as counter-programming, redirecting attention to Obama-era grievances.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Intelligence Community agreed there was no intelligence reflecting Russia was trying to hack the 2016 election before November 2016" | **Mostly False** | The IC issued a joint statement on October 7, 2016 (before the election) stating the Russian government directed the hacking of emails. The bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee confirmed this. The quote selectively frames pre-assessment uncertainty to imply the conclusion was fabricated. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 30%)

### Indicators

- Quoted material (not original composition)
- Business hours posting (10:56 AM ET)
- Clean formatting with ellipsis
- Video attachment suggesting coordinated media push

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Preemptive Attack — Exposure (Epstein file pressure / ongoing legitimacy maintenance)

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

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

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- proxy voice validation
- document-as-evidence authority claim

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Selective presentation of declassified documents to construct alternative narrative about 2016 election
- Framing intelligence community consensus on Russian interference as fabricated

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Intelligence Community agreed there was no intelligence reflecting Russia was trying to hack the 2016 election before November 2016

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The IC issued a joint statement on October 7, 2016 (before the election) stating the Russian government directed the hacking of emails. The bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee confirmed this. The quote selectively frames pre-assessment uncertainty to imply the conclusion was fabricated.

Sources: ODNI/DHS Joint Statement October 7 2016; Senate Intelligence Committee Report Volume 5

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- russia_investigation (90%)
- obama_targeting (70%)
- vindication_narrative (80%)
- institutional_delegitimization (60%)

## That day

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

**Six-Month Victory Lap Derailed by Epstein Defense, Obama Revenge Fantasy, and Afternoon Rage Spiral**

Trump tried to make the day about celebrating six months in office, but the narrative quickly shifted to damage control over the Epstein files and an all-day campaign to relitigate the Obama-era Russia investigation. The afternoon brought the sharpest edges — a demand to prosecute Adam Schiff, dehumanizing language aimed at immigrants after a CBP officer was shot, and a pointed attack on the Wall Street Journal for suggesting his Treasury Secretary had to explain things to him. A recurring thread about restoring the Washington Redskins name escalated into a threat to withhold a government stadium deal. The overall mood was combative self-congratulation laced with defensive grievance.

Full digest for 2025-07-20: https://trump.fm/date/2025-07-20/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, July 20). “In the months leading up to the November 2016... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114886140818665946
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "“In the months leading up to the November 2016 election,..." Truth Social, 20 Jul. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114886140818665946. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "“In the months leading up to the November 2016 election,...," Truth Social, July 20, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114886140818665946.

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