# Post ts_114951224261822778

- Post ID: `ts_114951224261822778`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-08-01T02:48:03.562Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> Jonathan Turley: "Well, there are a lot of people worried in this city tonight. This is the great reveal that John Ratcliffe was promising, and there is more to come."

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (1:36), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> Well there's a lot of people worried in this city tonight. This is the great reveal that John Radcliffe was promising and there's more to come. The important thing about this, Sean, is that it confirms things that we knew and it gives us things that we did not know. We always knew, not always, but we knew earlier in July 2016 Brennan briefed Obama to say that Hillary Clinton was planning to create a Russian collusion scandal for Trump to distract from her email scandal. He briefed the president on that and then months later he played a critical role in overruling CIA analysts and including the Steele dossier. We also know that the Clinton campaign lied to the media, denied they had funded the Steele dossier, and indeed hid that funding as legal expenses by Mark Elias, the general counsel at that time, of the Clinton campaign. And all of this required this all-on-deck effort, the government, the campaign, the media. That's why when you see the reaction of the media today, it's clear that no matter what is produced, you can show a dozen heads in a duffel bag and they're still not impressed. And the reason is that for most of the media, this is not coverage, it would be a confession. That is, if they actually cover this story, they are confessing their own role in what may be the greatest political hit job in history.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/114/951/223/983/714/004/original/16382cc20774f3d8.mp4

## Engagement

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- Reposts: 4,270
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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.301Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T03:16:28.562Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_114951224261822778

### Context
Trump quotes Fox News legal analyst Jonathan Turley regarding CIA Director John Ratcliffe's promised "great reveal" about the Russia investigation. Posted at 2:48 AM UTC on August 1, 2025. Trump was in Scotland (Turnberry resort), making local time ~3:48 AM BST — strongly suggesting authentic posting during a late-night media consumption session.

This post is part of a cluster of Russia-hoax vindication posts on the same date, including links to Washington Times and Daily Caller articles, plus the typo-laden "THE PANICANS WE WRONG AGAIN" — all indicating a personally-driven vindication binge.

### Personality Analysis

**Level 1 (Traits):** Low agreeableness (vindictive pursuit of perceived enemies), high neuroticism (angry hostility, grievance rumination), high extraversion (assertiveness, public broadcasting of victories).

**Level 2 (Motives):** Pure vindication-seeking. The Russia investigation remains a core narcissistic wound; Ratcliffe's revelations serve as delayed narcissistic supply — external validation of the persecution narrative.

**Level 3 (Narrative):** Classic redemption sequence: wrongly accused → truth revealed → vindicated hero. Turley's quote ("a lot of people worried in this city tonight") positions Trump's enemies as now facing consequences, completing the contamination-to-redemption arc.

### Clinical Notes
The 3:48 AM posting time during an international trip, combined with the obsessive clustering of Russia-hoax content, suggests rumination and possible sleep disruption — consistent with grievance-driven arousal patterns. The content itself is relatively moderate in intensity; Trump lets Turley speak for him rather than adding inflammatory commentary, suggesting controlled satisfaction rather than acute rage.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "John Ratcliffe promised a 'great reveal' about the Russia investigation" | **Mostly True** | Ratcliffe as CIA Director had signaled planned declassifications regarding Russia investigation origins |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 82%)

### Indicators

- 3:48 AM local time in Scotland
- Part of late-night posting cluster
- Companion post 'THE PANICANS WE WRONG AGAIN' contains typos characteristic of authentic Trump
- Topic is personally emotional (Russia hoax vindication)

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Exposure (Ratcliffe revelations about Russia investigation)

Sentiment: +0.55

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- 3:48 AM posting during international travel
- rapid-fire posting cluster on single topic

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 30%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- authority endorsement
- shared vindication with audience

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> John Ratcliffe promised a 'great reveal' about the Russia investigation

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Ratcliffe as CIA Director had signaled planned declassifications regarding Russia investigation origins

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- russia-hoax-vindication (100%)
- supply-seeking (80%)
- late-night-posting (70%)
- appeal-to-authority (60%)

## That day

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

**Vindication Binge Derailed by Economic Reality Triggers Institutional Rage Cascade and Nuclear Posturing**

Trump spent the day toggling between celebrating what he called total vindication in the Russia investigation and lashing out at economic institutions that delivered bad news. A weak jobs report set off a chain reaction: he publicly ordered the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics fired, called the data rigged, and escalated his attacks on Fed Chair Powell from name-calling to demanding his resignation. The most alarming moment came in the afternoon when he announced repositioning nuclear submarines in response to provocative statements by a former Russian president — delivered with the same casual sign-off he uses for routine political posts. The overall mood was combative and scattered, with late-night rapid-fire posting giving way to a daytime pattern of grievance escalation across multiple fronts.

Full digest for 2025-08-01: https://trump.fm/date/2025-08-01/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, August 1). Jonathan Turley: "Well, there are a lot of people... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114951224261822778
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Jonathan Turley: "Well, there are a lot of people worried..." Truth Social, 1 Aug. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114951224261822778. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Jonathan Turley: "Well, there are a lot of people worried...," Truth Social, August 1, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114951224261822778.

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