# Post x_1015723140364865536

- Post ID: `x_1015723140364865536`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2018-07-07T22:24:02.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> The Rigged Witch Hunt, originally headed by FBI lover boy Peter S (for one year) & now, 13 Angry Democrats, should look into the missing DNC Server, Crooked Hillary’s illegally deleted Emails, the Pakistani Fraudster, Uranium One, Podesta & so much more. It’s a Democrat Con Job!

## Engagement

- Likes: 130,602
- Reposts: 35,792
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.400Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-15T05:54:49.782Z (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 the fifth tweet on identical subject matter in a single day, exhibiting diagnostically significant perseveration consistent with unmetabolized narcissistic injury from the Mueller investigation. The organizing mechanism is DARVO: the investigation is recast as itself criminal, the subject becomes victim-hero, and political opponents are assigned culpability for a "Democrat Con Job." Defense mechanisms are predominantly immature-to-pathological (projection, splitting, distortion), with the entire content serving as externalization of intolerable affect rather than substantive engagement. The derogatory epithet system ("lover boy," "Crooked Hillary," "Pakistani Fraudster") performs dual rhetorical work: delegitimizing witnesses and activating diffuse audience hostility toward named targets. The ethnic specificity of "Pakistani Fraudster" — attaching national identity to criminal labeling — crosses into dehumanizing territory and represents individual targeting in front of a mass audience. Factual claims are predominantly false or mostly false, with the misattribution of investigation leadership to Strzok (rather than Mueller) being the most direct distortion. Authorship is assessed as likely authentic based on strong stylometric evidence. Cognitive status shows no acute markers of decline but the perseverative volume warrants longitudinal tracking. Danger level is elevated due to named individual targeting with dehumanizing framing; stochastic terrorism probability is low-moderate for specifically named persons.

# Analysis: x_1015723140364865536 (2018-07-07)

## Authorship Attribution

**Local time:** Trump was in Washington D.C. on July 7, 2018 (post-Montana rally, pre-NATO summit). UTC 22:24 = **6:24 PM EDT** — evening, not the classic late-night authentic window. However, stylometric evidence strongly favors authentic Trump: derogatory epithets ("lover boy," "Crooked Hillary," "Pakistani Fraudster"), parenthetical asides ("for one year"), trailing enumeration with "& so much more," and the informal ampersand are all characteristic signatures. This is the fifth tweet attacking the Mueller investigation on this single day, a perseverative pattern inconsistent with aide scheduling discipline. **Assessment: likely authentic**, with the caveat that aides may have occasionally posted in evening hours.

## Context and Trigger

This is posted the same day the Great Falls, Montana rally aired (July 5) and amid intense public focus on the Mueller probe. Justice Kennedy had announced retirement (June 27), giving Trump a potential Court reshaping — a moment of political confidence that may explain some grandiosity alongside the persecution framing. The post fires in the immediate aftermath of multiple same-day tweets on identical topics, suggesting sustained affective arousal rather than calculated messaging.

## Narcissistic Dynamics

**Trigger:** Narcissistic injury — the Mueller investigation represents an existential threat to the grandiose self. Five posts in one day on the same theme indicate the injury is not being metabolized; each post is an attempt to evacuate the intolerable affect.

**State:** Mixed grandiose/vulnerable. The accusatory, commanding tone ("should look into") reflects grandiosity; the "Rigged," "Con Job," and victimhood framing reflect the vulnerable pole. This oscillation within a single post is diagnostically characteristic.

**Rage:** Present, moderate intensity. Controlled enough to deploy nicknames strategically rather than erupt, but the pressure is visible in the accumulation of targets and the conclusory "It's a Democrat Con Job!" — the rhetorical equivalent of slamming a door.

## Defense Mechanisms

**DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender):** The central organizing mechanism. Trump does not address the investigation's substance; he reframes it as itself the crime, while positioning himself as the victim of a "Con Job." This is textbook DARVO at the macro level.

**Projection:** The accusation of partisan conspiracy ("Democrat Con Job") projects onto opponents the very thing Trump's critics allege — using government power for political ends. The demand to "look into" political enemies with the same investigative machinery mirrors exactly what he claims the Mueller probe is doing.

**Displacement:** Rather than engaging with the investigation's documented findings, Trump redirects to a laundry list of grievances (DNC server, emails, Awan, Uranium One, Podesta) — all previous or unrelated matters — displacing the threat onto safer targets.

**Splitting:** The world is cleanly divided: "13 Angry Democrats" (all-bad, corrupt, partisan) vs. the implicit Trump/Republican side (all-good, victimized). No ambivalence, no complexity.

## Personality Profile (Multi-Level)

**Dispositional Traits (Big Five):**
- Neuroticism: Highly elevated — angry hostility, impulsiveness evident in the perseverative pattern
- Agreeableness: Very low — derogatory labeling, contempt, zero reciprocity
- Extraversion: High — assertive, dominance-seeking even in victimhood mode
- Conscientiousness: Low — list is disorganized, trailing off ("& so much more")
- Openness: Very low — rigid schema, no new information processing

**Characteristic Adaptations (Level 2):**
- Dominant motive: **Power** — specifically power-as-control, the drive to neutralize threats to autonomy
- Schema of self: Uniquely persecuted yet righteous; the truth-teller surrounded by conspirators
- Schema of others: Enemies (corrupt, partisan, illegitimate) or absent allies

**Narrative Identity (Level 3):**
- Protagonist role: **Victim-Fighter** — simultaneously the target of the greatest fraud ever perpetrated and the warrior exposing it
- Contamination sequence: The legitimate apparatus of justice has been corrupted into a weapon ("Democrat Con Job")
- Contrasting other: "13 Angry Democrats," "Crooked Hillary," "FBI lover boy Peter S," "Pakistani Fraudster"
- Identity claim: I am the one who sees through the con; I am the wrongly accused righteous man

## Rhetorical Analysis

**Derogatory epithets as dehumanization strategy:** "Lover boy" (reduces Strzok to soap opera buffoonery, delegitimizes as law enforcement officer), "Crooked Hillary" (established brand), "Pakistani Fraudster" (ethnic identifier + criminal label for Imran Awan — the ethnic specificity is othering and more dehumanizing than simply "fraudster"). This epithet pattern preemptively disqualifies any source that might contradict Trump's narrative.

**Whataboutism:** The entire post is a whataboutism construction — the investigation "should look into" a list of Democratic-adjacent scandals. This is not merely deflection; it implies equivalence and inversion (the real conspiracy is over *there*).

**Numerological branding:** "13 Angry Democrats" — the number lends false precision; the emotional modifier ("Angry") frames them as partisan rather than legal professionals. This is a recurring Trump technique: quantify + emotionalize.

**Firehose model:** Five tweets on the same topic in one day, with slight variations (note the earlier corrected typos: "Councel" → "Councel" → "Counsel"), creates volume-based reality pressure regardless of content accuracy.

**Violent/dehumanizing language:** No direct violent imagery, but "Con Job," "Fraudster," "Rigged," and "Crooked" collectively constitute a criminal-conspiracy framing that invites hostile audience reactions toward named individuals (Strzok, Clinton, Awan, Podesta).

## Gaslighting and Reality Distortion

- **"originally headed by FBI lover boy Peter S"** — False. The investigation was headed by Robert Mueller (Special Counsel). Strzok was a senior agent. This misattributes leadership to delegitimize through personal attack.
- **"missing DNC Server"** — Distortion. The FBI obtained forensic images; the server was not "missing" from the investigation's perspective. Trump's framing implies obstruction or coverup.
- **"Democrat Con Job"** — Labels a constitutionally authorized investigation, staffed by career law enforcement, as a partisan crime. This is gaslighting at scale: followers who accept this frame must deny the reality of institutional legitimacy.

## Cognitive Status

No word-finding difficulties, phonemic paraphasia, or semantic paraphasia detected. The listing style ("DNC Server, Crooked Hillary's illegally deleted Emails, the Pakistani Fraudster, Uranium One, Podesta & so much more") could reflect either normal ellipsis or mild tangential drift. The same-day perseveration (five posts on identical theme) is within documented baseline for periods of acute stress. Compare to 2011-2013 Twitter baseline: similar nickname deployment, similar grievance cataloguing. No marked deviation suggesting acute cognitive change.

## Danger Assessment

"Pakistani Fraudster" targets Imran Awan by ethnic identity alongside criminal label — this is individual targeting with dehumanizing framing in front of a mass audience that includes individuals prone to harassment or violence. Elevated (not high) danger: no explicit calls to action, but the target-plus-grievance structure is present. Stochastic terrorism probability: low-moderate for named individuals.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Rigged Witch Hunt originally headed by FBI lover boy Peter S (for one year)" | **False** | Robert Mueller was appointed Special Counsel and headed the investigation. Peter Strzok was a senior FBI agent and lead investigator, not the head of the investigation. Mueller was appointed May 17, 2017. |
| "13 Angry Democrats" | **Mostly False** | Mueller's team comprised approximately 17 attorneys. Party registrations varied; the label 'Angry Democrats' implies uniform partisan motivation without substantiation. The number 13 was inaccurate. |
| "Missing DNC Server" | **Mostly False** | The FBI obtained forensic images of the DNC servers through cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. The physical servers were not handed to FBI directly, but forensic data was available. 'Missing' implies evidentiary suppression that investigators denied. |
| "Crooked Hillary's illegally deleted Emails" | **Half True** | Emails were deleted after a preservation order was in place, which FBI Director Comey noted was improper. However, FBI investigation concluded there was insufficient evidence of criminal intent to prosecute. 'Illegally' is contested; no charges were brought. |
| "Pakistani Fraudster (Imran Awan)" | **Mostly False** | Imran Awan pled guilty to one count of bank fraud (making false statements on a loan application) in August 2018. Prosecutors explicitly stated there was no evidence of compromised congressional data or espionage. Broader conservative media framing as Pakistani spy ring was not substantiated. |
| "Uranium One (implied Clinton criminality)" | **Mostly False** | The Uranium One transaction was approved by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS) with nine agency sign-offs. Multiple congressional reviews and DOJ review found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing by Clinton. Clinton was not on CFIUS and did not have unilateral authority to approve the deal. |

Overall Veracity: 22%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 78%)

### Indicators

- Derogatory nickname deployment ('lover boy', 'Crooked Hillary', 'Pakistani Fraudster') is characteristic authentic Trump
- Parenthetical aside '(for one year)' matches Trump's verbal rhythm
- Trailing enumeration with '& so much more' is a documented Trump stylistic signature
- Five posts on identical topic same day — perseverative pattern inconsistent with aide message discipline
- Informal ampersand '&' throughout matches authentic style

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Mueller investigation ongoing / sustained media coverage)

**Rage:** Intensity 62% targeting Mueller investigation, Peter Strzok, Hillary Clinton, Democrats broadly, Imran Awan, Podesta
- Proportionality: 15%

Sentiment: -0.78

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Five posts on same subject within single day — pressured output consistent with elevated arousal
- Racing enumeration of grievances ('DNC Server... Emails... Fraudster... Uranium One... Podesta & so much more') suggests ideational pressure
- Escalating intensity across same-day posts suggests sustained activation rather than momentary reaction

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 82%
- Antisocial: 65%
- Paranoid: 78%
- Sadism: 55%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- splitting (immature)
- distortion (pathological)
- displacement (neurotic)
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 38%

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Shared persecution narrative ('they are coming after all of us')
- Us-vs-them binary (Patriots vs. 'Angry Democrats')
- Epistemic positioning as truth-teller ('should look into' the real crimes)
- Accumulated grievance list activates audience's pre-existing conspiracy maps

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Named individual targeting: Peter Strzok, Hillary Clinton, Imran Awan, Podesta — all identified by name or demeaning pseudonym to mass audience
- Ethnic othering in 'Pakistani Fraudster' — attaches national identity to criminal accusation, amplifying hostility beyond target's acts
- Enemy list structure: seven distinct targets in one post creates diffuse audience hostility with multiple potential flashpoints
- Criminal conspiracy framing ('Con Job') implies ongoing threat requiring audience response beyond passive consumption

### Gaslighting

- 'Originally headed by FBI lover boy Peter S' — false attribution of leadership; misrepresents Mueller investigation structure to delegitimize via personal attack
- 'Missing DNC Server' — distorts evidentiary record; FBI had forensic copies; 'missing' implies suppressed evidence that does not exist
- 'Democrat Con Job' — labels a constitutionally authorized process as partisan crime, requiring followers to deny institutional legitimacy to remain in-group
- Rapid revisionism: framing the investigation's investigators as the real criminals inverts documented reality

**Dehumanizing Language Present**

## Fact Checks (6)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-15._

> Rigged Witch Hunt originally headed by FBI lover boy Peter S (for one year)

**FALSE**

Robert Mueller was appointed Special Counsel and headed the investigation. Peter Strzok was a senior FBI agent and lead investigator, not the head of the investigation. Mueller was appointed May 17, 2017.

Sources: DOJ Special Counsel appointment order, May 17, 2017

> 13 Angry Democrats

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Mueller's team comprised approximately 17 attorneys. Party registrations varied; the label 'Angry Democrats' implies uniform partisan motivation without substantiation. The number 13 was inaccurate.

Sources: DOJ Special Counsel staffing disclosures

> Missing DNC Server

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The FBI obtained forensic images of the DNC servers through cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. The physical servers were not handed to FBI directly, but forensic data was available. 'Missing' implies evidentiary suppression that investigators denied.

Sources: FBI Director Comey Senate testimony 2017; CrowdStrike engagement records

> Crooked Hillary's illegally deleted Emails

**HALF TRUE**

Emails were deleted after a preservation order was in place, which FBI Director Comey noted was improper. However, FBI investigation concluded there was insufficient evidence of criminal intent to prosecute. 'Illegally' is contested; no charges were brought.

Sources: FBI Director Comey July 5 2016 press statement

> Pakistani Fraudster (Imran Awan)

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Imran Awan pled guilty to one count of bank fraud (making false statements on a loan application) in August 2018. Prosecutors explicitly stated there was no evidence of compromised congressional data or espionage. Broader conservative media framing as Pakistani spy ring was not substantiated.

Sources: DOJ plea agreement, August 2018

> Uranium One (implied Clinton criminality)

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The Uranium One transaction was approved by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS) with nine agency sign-offs. Multiple congressional reviews and DOJ review found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing by Clinton. Clinton was not on CFIUS and did not have unilateral authority to approve the deal.

Sources: CFIUS public records; Congressional Research Service Uranium One analysis

Overall Veracity: 22%

## Tags

- witch-hunt-narrative (95%)
- DARVO (92%)
- whataboutism (90%)
- mueller-investigation (95%)
- derogatory-epithets (88%)
- ethnic-othering (72%)
- projection (85%)
- perseveration (75%)
- enemy-list-construction (82%)
- narcissistic-injury-response (90%)

## 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). The Rigged Witch Hunt, originally headed by FBI... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_1015723140364865536
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The Rigged Witch Hunt, originally headed by FBI lover boy..." X (Twitter), 7 Jul. 2018. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1015723140364865536. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The Rigged Witch Hunt, originally headed by FBI lover boy...," X (Twitter), July 7, 2018, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1015723140364865536.

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