# Post ts_116629446282651415

- Post ID: `ts_116629446282651415`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-05-24T12:01:59.369Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
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## Post text

> This is a bad (Sick!) group of people. Very destructive to our great Nation. Caused tremendous damage through Weaponization! President DJT

## Media

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/116/629/445/288/042/126/original/95d320557e04eef5.jpg

## Engagement

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-05-27T07:45:51.946Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

Short caption-style post deploying Trump's longstanding 'Weaponization' schema against an unnamed 'bad (Sick!) group of people.' Stylistic markers — parenthetical emotional aside, idiosyncratic capitalization, 'President DJT' signoff — point to authentic authorship despite the morning timestamp. Psychologically, the post functions as grievance maintenance rather than acute injury response, reinforcing established in-group/out-group framing. Notable is the projection dynamic: accusing adversaries of 'weaponization' while his own DOJ is actively pursuing political prosecutions (Comey indictment days earlier per provided events), exemplifying immature defense organization (projection, splitting, devaluation). Dehumanizing pathologization ('Sick!') of an unnamed target is rhetorically efficient because it allows followers to supply their own enemy. Within baseline; not clinically distinctive in isolation, but representative of cumulative pattern of out-group hostility and reality-inverting attribution.

## Analysis

**Post:** "This is a bad (Sick!) group of people. Very destructive to our great Nation. Caused tremendous damage through Weaponization! President DJT"

### Authorship Attribution
Posted 12:01 UTC = 8:01 AM EDT. Morning hours during business window, but several stylistic features point to authentic Trump authorship:
- Parenthetical interjection "(Sick!)" — characteristic mid-thought emotional aside
- Idiosyncratic capitalization of common nouns ("Nation," "Weaponization")
- Exclamation point usage, vague aggregating reference ("group of people") without naming
- "President DJT" signoff (a known authentic marker he has used)
- Brevity and stream-of-consciousness affect rather than polished press style

The post functions as a caption to an attached image, which is consistent with Trump's habit of reacting to visual stimuli (likely cable news segments or a chyron). Confidence: high (authentic).

### Psychological State & Triggers
The post reads as routine grievance maintenance rather than acute injury. "Weaponization" is a longstanding schema referring to perceived politicization of DOJ/FBI against him. Contextualized by surrounding posts — DOJ indictments of Comey, Castro, and continued anti-Democrat framing — this is part of an ongoing narrative campaign casting opponents as criminal-corrupt.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Projection**: At a moment when his own DOJ is prosecuting political adversaries (Comey indictment), he projects "weaponization" onto the unnamed target.
- **Splitting**: All-bad framing ("bad," "Sick!," "destructive") with no nuance.
- **Devaluation**: Reduces the target group to pathology ("Sick!").

### Rhetorical Techniques
- Dehumanizing pathologization ("Sick!")
- Vague aggregation (no named target → reader supplies the enemy)
- Hyperbole ("tremendous damage")
- Capitalized abstract noun ("Weaponization") functioning as ideological shorthand

### Narrative Identity
Protagonist as defender of the "great Nation" against a corrupt, sickly out-group. Standard contamination narrative directed at adversaries.

### Danger Indicators
"Sick!" labeling of an out-group is mild dehumanization but absent specific target identification or call to action, this does not rise to stochastic terrorism territory. Elevated only in pattern-accumulation sense.

### Clinical Significance
Consistent with baseline grievance-maintenance posting; no marked deviation. Not clinically significant in isolation.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The unnamed group 'caused tremendous damage through Weaponization'" | **Unverifiable** | Deep research has confirmed the target group: Trump's post served as the caption to an AI-generated 'Shady Bunch' image (a Brady Bunch parody) depicting eight Obama-era officials in orange prison jumpsuits — Barack Obama, James Comey, John Brennan, James Clapper, Susan Rice, Samantha Power, Valerie Jarrett, and Ben Rhodes. The post was made on Truth Social on May 24, 2026. Multiple outlets (Mediaite, AOL, Newsweek, Reality Tea, TMZ, JoeMyGod, Resist The Mainstream) confirm this context.

However, the substantive claim that these individuals 'caused tremendous damage through Weaponization' remains an inherently subjective political characterization rather than a falsifiable factual assertion. The underlying factual basis is heavily disputed across partisan lines:

Evidence supporting the characterization (cited by Trump and allies): (1) The Durham report (May 2023) found the FBI used 'raw, unanalyzed, and uncorroborated intelligence' to launch Crossfire Hurricane and applied a double standard versus the Clinton campaign. (2) A 2025 declassified Durham annex was characterized by Senate Judiciary Republicans (Grassley, Graham) as showing the FBI failed to investigate evidence that the Clinton campaign manufactured the Trump-Russia narrative. (3) In July 2025, DNI Tulsi Gabbard released documents she characterized as showing Obama directed creation of a 'false intelligence report' to undermine Trump, and made a criminal referral to DOJ. (4) AG Pam Bondi ordered prosecutors to act on Gabbard's referral; a grand jury was convened in August 2025. (5) Brennan and Comey are reportedly under criminal investigation.

Evidence against the characterization: (1) The DOJ Inspector General report (Horowitz, December 2019) explicitly found no evidence that 'political bias or improper motivation influenced' the opening of Crossfire Hurricane, though it identified 17 'significant inaccuracies and omissions' in FISA applications, which Horowitz attributed to 'gross incompetence and negligence' rather than political bias. (2) Horowitz testified the report 'doesn't vindicate anybody who touched this' but explicitly rejected political bias findings. (3) Durham's four-year special counsel investigation produced only ONE guilty plea (Kevin Clinesmith, a low-level FBI lawyer not among the eight depicted) and two acquittals — no convictions of any of the eight individuals in the 'Shady Bunch' image. (4) FactCheck.org rated Gabbard's 'coup' claim as 'misleading,' finding the allegations 'conflate and misrepresent what the intelligence community actually concluded.' (5) CNN's analysis found Gabbard's claims didn't 'add up' and that newly unsealed documents did 'nothing to undercut the government's core findings.' (6) Brennan and Clapper publicly rebutted the allegations as 'patently false.' (7) The Comey prosecution is widely viewed by legal experts (including former federal prosecutors) as 'built on sand,' a 'thin case' with First Amendment problems, and a likely 'vindictive prosecution' — the first Comey indictment was already thrown out by a judge. (8) Critics across the political spectrum (International Bar Association, Senate Judiciary Democrats, Protect Democracy, The Bulwark, PBS News, CBS News) characterize Trump's current $1.776 billion 'Anti-Weaponization Fund' and ongoing criminal investigations of Bolton, Brennan, Comey, Powell, and Lisa Cook as the actual weaponization of government.

The terms 'tremendous damage' and 'Weaponization' are value-laden political characterizations that cannot be empirically measured. No court has found any of the eight depicted individuals criminally guilty of 'weaponization.' The factual underpinnings remain heavily contested, with the main official watchdog finding (Horowitz IG) explicitly rejecting the political-bias premise. While the target has been identified through deep research, the substantive truth of the characterization itself is a subjective political judgment rather than a verifiable factual claim, and therefore remains unverifiable as a factual assertion. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- Parenthetical emotional interjection '(Sick!)'
- Idiosyncratic capitalization of common nouns (Nation, Weaponization)
- 'President DJT' signoff is a known authentic marker
- Vague aggregating target ('group of people') typical of Trump
- Brevity with emotional reactivity to attached image

## Psychological Profile

### Traits

**Big Five:**
- Extraversion: 60%
- Agreeableness: 10%
- Conscientiousness: 30%
- Neuroticism: 70%
- Openness: 20%

Strongest facet: angry hostility

**Motives:**
- Agency: 70%
- Communion: 20%

Primary drive: power

### Narrative

- **Role:** Nation's defender against corrupt destroyers
- **Arc:** contamination
- **Contrasting:** Unnamed 'bad' group destructive to the nation

**Identity Claims:**
- Defender of the 'great Nation'
- President DJT (self-titling)

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Likely cable news segment or image shown in attached media)

**Rage:** Intensity 40% targeting Unnamed 'group of people' — likely Democrats or DOJ critics depicted in attached media
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 70%
- Sadism: 30%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- splitting (immature)
- devaluation (immature)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Vague enemy designation allowing followers to project their preferred target
- Capitalized ideological shorthand ('Weaponization') as in-group code

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Pathologizing dehumanization of unnamed group ('Sick!')
- Vague enemy designation contributing to cumulative out-group hostility

### Gaslighting

- Projection of 'Weaponization' onto adversaries while his own DOJ pursues political prosecutions (Comey indictment days prior)

**Dehumanizing Language Present**

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-05-27; a recheck of the unverifiable ones last ran 2026-05-27._

> The unnamed group 'caused tremendous damage through Weaponization'

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Deep research has confirmed the target group: Trump's post served as the caption to an AI-generated 'Shady Bunch' image (a Brady Bunch parody) depicting eight Obama-era officials in orange prison jumpsuits — Barack Obama, James Comey, John Brennan, James Clapper, Susan Rice, Samantha Power, Valerie Jarrett, and Ben Rhodes. The post was made on Truth Social on May 24, 2026. Multiple outlets (Mediaite, AOL, Newsweek, Reality Tea, TMZ, JoeMyGod, Resist The Mainstream) confirm this context.

However, the substantive claim that these individuals 'caused tremendous damage through Weaponization' remains an inherently subjective political characterization rather than a falsifiable factual assertion. The underlying factual basis is heavily disputed across partisan lines:

Evidence supporting the characterization (cited by Trump and allies): (1) The Durham report (May 2023) found the FBI used 'raw, unanalyzed, and uncorroborated intelligence' to launch Crossfire Hurricane and applied a double standard versus the Clinton campaign. (2) A 2025 declassified Durham annex was characterized by Senate Judiciary Republicans (Grassley, Graham) as showing the FBI failed to investigate evidence that the Clinton campaign manufactured the Trump-Russia narrative. (3) In July 2025, DNI Tulsi Gabbard released documents she characterized as showing Obama directed creation of a 'false intelligence report' to undermine Trump, and made a criminal referral to DOJ. (4) AG Pam Bondi ordered prosecutors to act on Gabbard's referral; a grand jury was convened in August 2025. (5) Brennan and Comey are reportedly under criminal investigation.

Evidence against the characterization: (1) The DOJ Inspector General report (Horowitz, December 2019) explicitly found no evidence that 'political bias or improper motivation influenced' the opening of Crossfire Hurricane, though it identified 17 'significant inaccuracies and omissions' in FISA applications, which Horowitz attributed to 'gross incompetence and negligence' rather than political bias. (2) Horowitz testified the report 'doesn't vindicate anybody who touched this' but explicitly rejected political bias findings. (3) Durham's four-year special counsel investigation produced only ONE guilty plea (Kevin Clinesmith, a low-level FBI lawyer not among the eight depicted) and two acquittals — no convictions of any of the eight individuals in the 'Shady Bunch' image. (4) FactCheck.org rated Gabbard's 'coup' claim as 'misleading,' finding the allegations 'conflate and misrepresent what the intelligence community actually concluded.' (5) CNN's analysis found Gabbard's claims didn't 'add up' and that newly unsealed documents did 'nothing to undercut the government's core findings.' (6) Brennan and Clapper publicly rebutted the allegations as 'patently false.' (7) The Comey prosecution is widely viewed by legal experts (including former federal prosecutors) as 'built on sand,' a 'thin case' with First Amendment problems, and a likely 'vindictive prosecution' — the first Comey indictment was already thrown out by a judge. (8) Critics across the political spectrum (International Bar Association, Senate Judiciary Democrats, Protect Democracy, The Bulwark, PBS News, CBS News) characterize Trump's current $1.776 billion 'Anti-Weaponization Fund' and ongoing criminal investigations of Bolton, Brennan, Comey, Powell, and Lisa Cook as the actual weaponization of government.

The terms 'tremendous damage' and 'Weaponization' are value-laden political characterizations that cannot be empirically measured. No court has found any of the eight depicted individuals criminally guilty of 'weaponization.' The factual underpinnings remain heavily contested, with the main official watchdog finding (Horowitz IG) explicitly rejecting the political-bias premise. While the target has been identified through deep research, the substantive truth of the characterization itself is a subjective political judgment rather than a verifiable factual claim, and therefore remains unverifiable as a factual assertion.

Sources: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-posts-image-of-obama-comey-and-others-in-prison-jumpsuits-sick-group-of-people/; https://news.meaww.com/trump-shares-shady-bunch-meme-showing-obama-comey-in-prison-jumpsuits-during-doj-push; https://www.aol.com/articles/donald-trump-shares-wild-shady-184000000.html; https://www.realitytea.com/2026/05/25/donald-trump-barack-obama-prison-jumpsuit-truth-social-post/; https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/25/donald-trump-posts-fake-barack-obama-mug-shot/; https://www.joemygod.com/2026/05/trump-depicts-obama-comey-others-as-prisoners/; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham_special_counsel_investigation; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossfire_Hurricane_(FBI_investigation); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_General_report_on_the_Crossfire_Hurricane_investigation; https://www.justice.gov/storage/durhamreport.pdf; https://oig.justice.gov/node/16547; https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/786323546/doj-inspector-general-testifies-on-fbi-probe-of-trump-campaign; https://www.justsecurity.org/67691/the-crossfire-hurricane-reports-inconvenient-findings/; https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/newly-declassified-appendix-to-durham-report-sheds-additional-light-on-clinton-campaign-plan-to-falsely-tie-trump-to-russia-and-fbis-failure-to-investigate; https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2025/4090-pr-18-25; https://www.factcheck.org/2025/07/gabbards-misleading-coup-claim/; https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/politics/how-tulsi-gabbard-is-trying-to-rewrite-history-of-the-russia-investigation; https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-receives-gabbards-criminal-referral-bombshell-claims-obama-admin-manufactured-russian-collusion-hoax; https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/4/doj-launches-grand-jury-probe-russiagate-hoax/; https://www.foxnews.com/media/james-clapper-john-brennan-hit-back-trump-allegations-about-russia-probe-patently-false; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecution_of_James_Comey; https://www.cbsnews.com/news/james-comey-indictment-vindictive-selective-prosecution/; https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/comey-8647-trumo-shells-threat-indictment-9.7181694; https://www.freedomforum.org/james-comey-indictment-first-amendment/; https://us.cnn.com/2026/05/26/politics/targets-of-trump-retribution-slam-fund; https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-slush-fund-is-based-on-a-lie-weaponization-lawfare-prosecutions-corruption-james-comey-cook-powell-january-6th; https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-anti-weaponization-fund-legal-questions/; https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/why-legal-experts-say-trumps-new-anti-weaponization-fund-is-unprecedented; https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/05/25/where-trumps-18b-anti-weaponization-fund-gets-its-money-how-it-could-work/; https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/18/politics/what-to-know-trump-weaponization-fund-for-allies; https://www.ibanet.org/US-presidency-weaponised-Department-of-Justice-investigations-prompt-concerns-over-independence; https://protectdemocracy.org/work/retaliatory-action-tracker/

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- weaponization-schema (90%)
- projection (90%)
- dehumanization (60%)
- grievance-maintenance (80%)
- vague-enemy (70%)
- splitting (70%)

## That day

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

**A photo of a live bomb captioned "THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!" went up 80 minutes after he promised Iran a good deal**

Trump spent the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend managing the Iran negotiations in two different voices. In writing he promised a deal that would be "good and proper," while conceding in the same post that it wasn't finished and nobody had seen it. In pictures he posted a drone blowing up Iranian boats under the word "Adios," and later a photograph of a live bomb under an aircraft wing captioned "THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!" The rest was routine — praise for Xi Jinping posted twice by accident, stock-market charts, and endorsements in Kansas and Texas. He posted well under his May average and got close to seven hours of sleep, which by his recent standards made this a quiet day.

Full digest for 2026-05-24: https://trump.fm/date/2026-05-24/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, May 24). This is a bad (Sick!) group of people. Very... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_116629446282651415
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "This is a bad (Sick!) group of people. Very destructive to..." Truth Social, 24 May. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116629446282651415. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "This is a bad (Sick!) group of people. Very destructive to...," Truth Social, May 24, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116629446282651415.

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