# Post x_1015697664514674689 - Post ID: `x_1015697664514674689` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2018-07-07T20:42:48.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_1015697664514674689 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_1015697664514674689/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1015697664514674689.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Public opinion has turned strongly against the Rigged Witch Hunt and the “Special” Counsel because the public understands that there was no Collusion with Russia (so ridiculous), that the two FBI lovers were a fraud against our Nation & that the only Collusion was with the Dems! ## Engagement - Likes: 116,645 - Reposts: 28,190 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.400Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-15T05:53:43.988Z (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 corrected repost exemplifies Trump's chronic defensive architecture against the Mueller investigation, deploying the full DARVO triad: Deny ("no Collusion"), Attack ("FBI lovers...fraud against our Nation"), and Reverse ("only Collusion was with the Dems"). The post oscillates between grandiose (claiming public validation) and persecuted (victimhood framing) narcissistic states, consistent with Kernberg's malignant narcissism formulation. Projection is the dominant defense — the collusion accusation is redirected wholesale to opponents without evidentiary basis. The false consensus claim ("public opinion has turned strongly against") constitutes active reality distortion contradicted by contemporaneous polling. Authorship is hybrid: the original typo-laden version ("Councel," broken HTML entity) bears strong authentic Trump markers; this corrected repost reflects aide-executed cleanup during business hours. The original's "Councel" misspelling is a phonemic approximation error consistent with Trump's documented orthographic patterns rather than clinically significant cognitive deterioration. The rhetorical architecture efficiently activates the base while sustaining epistemic closure: delegitimizing labels, emotional shorthand, and nationalist framing combine to render the framing unfalsifiable. No acute danger indicators are present. The chronic institutional delegitimization pattern ("fraud against our Nation," "Rigged") sustains ambient erosion of law enforcement legitimacy but remains stable relative to this subject's established baseline for Mueller-related content. ## Post Analysis: July 7, 2018 — "Rigged Witch Hunt" Corrected Repost ### Authorship Attribution This post is the **corrected repost** of an earlier, demonstrably authentic tweet (same day, same content, but with the misspelling "Councel" and a broken HTML entity `&,`). The corrected version was posted at **4:42 PM EDT** (business hours), consistent with aide-assisted cleanup. The original misspelled version carries strong authentic Trump markers: phonemic approximation error ("Councel" for "Counsel"), broken HTML entity, stream-of-consciousness construction, and emotional reactivity. This post thus represents a **hybrid**: authentic Trump content, aide-executed correction. Confidence: high. --- ### Psychological State & Trigger The Mueller investigation represents a **chronic narcissistic injury** — an unresolvable threat to Trump's self-narrative as powerful, untouchable, and vindicated. The July 6 DNC lawsuit dismissal (prior post) may have provided brief grandiose supply, priming this follow-on defensive outburst. The post oscillates between **grandiose** and **vulnerable** narcissistic states: grandiose in claiming "public opinion has turned strongly against" (validating self via manufactured consensus), and vulnerable in framing the investigation as "a fraud against our Nation" (victimhood positioning). --- ### Defense Mechanisms **Projection** (immature) is the dominant defense: "the only Collusion was with the Dems!" — the precise accusation leveled at Trump's campaign is redirected wholesale toward opponents with zero evidentiary basis provided. **Denial** (pathological): "there was no Collusion with Russia (so ridiculous)" — blanket negation of an ongoing federal investigation. **Distortion** (pathological): The claim that public opinion had "turned strongly against" the investigation contradicts contemporaneous polling (Reuters/Ipsos, Quinnipiac) showing majority support for Mueller's probe. **DARVO pattern** (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender): - *Deny*: "no Collusion with Russia" - *Attack*: "two FBI lovers were a fraud against our Nation" - *Reverse*: "the only Collusion was with the Dems" --- ### Rhetorical Techniques - **Delegitimizing labels**: "Rigged Witch Hunt," "Special" (scare quotes denying institutional authority) - **Ad hominem**: "two FBI lovers" — personalizing and sexualizing criticism of Strzok/Page rather than engaging substance - **False consensus manufacture**: "the public understands" — parasocial inclusion making followers feel they share privileged insight - **Hyperbolic nationalism**: "fraud against our Nation" - **Projection/whataboutism**: "the only Collusion was with the Dems" - **Parenthetical dismissal**: "(so ridiculous)" — registers emotional verdict without argument - **Epistemic closure enforcement**: framing is unfalsifiable; any counter-evidence is itself part of the "rigged" scheme --- ### Cognitive Markers The original version's "Councel" misspelling is a phonemic approximation error, consistent with Trump's documented orthographic patterns rather than clinically significant deterioration. This corrected version obscures that signal. Syntactic complexity is moderate and consistent with established baseline: multiple coordinate clauses chained via "that" subordination and "&." No significant deviation from baseline detected in this post. Longitudinal comparison to earlier Russia-investigation posts shows stable, not declining, production quality. --- ### Danger Assessment No direct violent imagery or stochastic terrorism pattern in this post. The chronic delegitimization of federal law enforcement ("fraud against our Nation," "Rigged") sustains ambient institutional erosion but does not reach an elevated physical danger threshold in isolation. The pattern is concerning at a systemic level over time. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Public opinion has turned strongly against the Rigged Witch Hunt and the 'Special' Counsel" | **Mostly False** | Reuters/Ipsos and Quinnipiac polling from mid-2018 consistently showed majority American support (approximately 53-55%) for Mueller's investigation. No major poll at this time showed a strong shift against the probe. | | "There was no Collusion with Russia" | **Unverifiable** | At time of posting, the investigation was ongoing. The Mueller Report (April 2019) found extensive contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives but did not establish a criminal conspiracy charge. The claim was unverifiable at posting date. | | "The two FBI lovers were a fraud against our Nation" | **Mostly False** | Refers to Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, who exchanged anti-Trump texts and were removed from the investigation. The DOJ Inspector General report (June 2018) found the texts reflected 'a serious lapse in judgment' but did not find evidence that political bias affected the outcomes of any investigative decisions. 'Fraud against our Nation' is extreme hyperbole unsupported by official findings. | | "The only Collusion was with the Dems" | **Mostly False** | Refers to the Clinton campaign/DNC funding of Fusion GPS and the Steele dossier. While this funding arrangement was controversial and arguably not fully disclosed, no criminal charges were ever brought, and multiple investigations did not find this constituted 'collusion' in the legal sense the claim implies. | Overall Veracity: 27% ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 65%) ### Indicators - Original version posted same day contains authentic Trump markers: 'Councel' misspelling (phonemic approximation), broken HTML entity '&,' - This corrected version posted at 4:42 PM EDT — business hours consistent with aide-executed cleanup - Core content is Trumpian in register: scare quotes around 'Special', '(so ridiculous)' parenthetical, stream-of-consciousness chaining - Corrected repost pattern is documented behavior — staff clean up typo-laden authentic originals - Corrected spelling 'Counsel' and properly closed HTML entity '&' are aide indicators ## Psychological Profile ### State **Mixed State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Mueller investigation / ongoing legal exposure from Special Counsel) **Rage:** Intensity 55% targeting Mueller investigation, FBI agents Strzok and Page, Democrats - Proportionality: 20% Sentiment: -0.65 **Mildly Hypomanic** - Multiple tweets on same topic within single day including a corrected repost cycle — elevated posting tempo - Elevated emotional intensity across clustered July 7 posting activity (media criticism, SCOTUS, witch hunt) - Continued escalation of investigation rhetoric despite absence of a new acute triggering event ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 88% - Antisocial: 55% - Paranoid: 72% - Sadism: 35% **Defense Mechanisms:** - projection (immature) - denial (pathological) - distortion (pathological) - splitting (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 42% Cognitive Markers: - phonemic paraphasia **Parasocial Techniques:** - 'the public understands' — manufactured consensus drawing followers into privileged shared insight - 'our Nation' — collective identity merger positioning followers as co-victims of the fraud - Scare quotes around 'Special' inviting followers to share delegitimizing contempt ## Danger Assessment **NONE** ### Gaslighting - Denial of investigative validity through labeling: 'Rigged Witch Hunt' — frames documented legal process as fabricated persecution - Scare quotes around 'Special' delegitimize the Counsel's institutional authority - Manufactures false consensus: 'the public understands' — asserts shared reality that contradicts polling data - Reality revision: presents ongoing multi-indictment investigation as entirely without basis - Epistemic closure design: any contrary evidence is by definition part of the 'rigged' system ## Fact Checks (4) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-15._ > Public opinion has turned strongly against the Rigged Witch Hunt and the 'Special' Counsel **MOSTLY FALSE** Reuters/Ipsos and Quinnipiac polling from mid-2018 consistently showed majority American support (approximately 53-55%) for Mueller's investigation. No major poll at this time showed a strong shift against the probe. Sources: Reuters/Ipsos July 2018 polling; Quinnipiac University polling Q2-Q3 2018 > There was no Collusion with Russia **UNVERIFIABLE** At time of posting, the investigation was ongoing. The Mueller Report (April 2019) found extensive contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives but did not establish a criminal conspiracy charge. The claim was unverifiable at posting date. Sources: Mueller Report Vol. I, April 2019 > The two FBI lovers were a fraud against our Nation **MOSTLY FALSE** Refers to Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, who exchanged anti-Trump texts and were removed from the investigation. The DOJ Inspector General report (June 2018) found the texts reflected 'a serious lapse in judgment' but did not find evidence that political bias affected the outcomes of any investigative decisions. 'Fraud against our Nation' is extreme hyperbole unsupported by official findings. Sources: DOJ Office of Inspector General Report, June 2018 > The only Collusion was with the Dems **MOSTLY FALSE** Refers to the Clinton campaign/DNC funding of Fusion GPS and the Steele dossier. While this funding arrangement was controversial and arguably not fully disclosed, no criminal charges were ever brought, and multiple investigations did not find this constituted 'collusion' in the legal sense the claim implies. Sources: Senate Intelligence Committee Reports; FEC disclosures Overall Veracity: 27% ## Tags - Russia investigation (95%) - witch hunt (92%) - Mueller (88%) - projection (90%) - DARVO (88%) - FBI delegitimization (78%) - collusion (95%) - false consensus (72%) - institutional delegitimization (80%) - corrected repost (85%) - epistemic closure (82%) - narcissistic injury response (85%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Mueller Obsession Dominates as Triple Repost Reveals Unmetabolized Narcissistic Injury** Trump spent most of the day fixated on the Mueller investigation, posting essentially the same attack five times — including three nearly identical versions of one post, correcting typos each time while leaving his grievances intact. A brief, bland tease about his upcoming Supreme Court pick was the only break in an otherwise single-minded assault on the investigation, the FBI, and Democrats. The day ended with the most aggressive post yet, naming specific individuals with dehumanizing labels and rattling off debunked conspiracy theories. It was a day of grinding resentment, not eruption — a man unable to stop picking at the same wound. Full digest for 2018-07-07: https://trump.fm/date/2018-07-07/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2018, July 7). Public opinion has turned strongly against the... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_1015697664514674689 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Public opinion has turned strongly against the Rigged Witch..." X (Twitter), 7 Jul. 2018. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1015697664514674689. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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