Analysis: So we now find out that it was indeed the unverified and Fak...

8y ago Jul 23, 2018 at 10:30 AM

So we now find out that it was indeed the unverified and Fake Dirty Dossier, that was paid for by Crooked Hillary Clinton and the DNC, that was knowingly & falsely submitted to FISA and which was responsible for starting the totally conflicted and discredited Mueller Witch Hunt!

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-15. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

Elevated

Narcissistic State

Vulnerable

Authorship

Self-Written

Intensity

72%

This post is clinically significant as a textbook narcissistic injury response to the Carter Page FISA warrant release. Authenticity is near-certain: the 6:30 AM EDT timing, confirmed Fox & Friends viewing 15 minutes prior, stream-of-consciousness run-on structure, and stacked branded epithets ('Fake Dirty Dossier,' 'Crooked Hillary,' 'Witch Hunt') all mark this as direct reactive composition. The post occupies the vulnerable narcissistic pole — defensive and persecutory rather than expansively grandiose — consistent with the existential legal threat posed by the Mueller investigation. Four defense mechanisms operate in concert within a single sentence: pathological distortion ('we now find out'), immature projection ('knowingly & falsely submitted'), immature splitting, and neurotic rationalization via false causal chain. The compressed narrative (Clinton funds dossier → FBI submits falsely to FISA → Mueller appointed) omits that Mueller's appointment was triggered by Comey's firing, not the dossier. Gaslighting is present: 'totally conflicted and discredited' applied to an active investigation preemptively inoculates followers against future adverse findings. Epistemic closure is constructed through parasocial 'we' framing. Danger level is elevated at the institutional level — not through direct threat language but through sustained, evidence-resistant delegitimization of federal law enforcement, consistent with the longitudinal DARVO pattern documented across this period.

Authorship Analysis

Self-Written

Indicators:

UTC 10:30 = 6:30 AM EDT — consistent with pre-dawn/early-morning authentic Trump posting pattern
Concurrent 'Tom Fitton on @foxandfriends at 6:15 A.M. NOW!' tweet confirms Fox & Friends viewing; this post arrived 15 minutes later as reactive commentary
Stream-of-consciousness run-on sentence structure — single sentence with three stacked relative clauses
Multiple branded epithets ('Fake Dirty Dossier,' 'Crooked Hillary,' 'Witch Hunt') — authentic Trump rhetorical fingerprint
Characteristic 'So we now find out' opener — documented authentic Trump construction

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Vulnerable State

Trigger: Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Carter Page FISA warrant release; ongoing Mueller investigation as existential legal and legitimacy threat)

Rage: Intensity 62% targeting Mueller investigation, Hillary Clinton, DNC, FBI/DOJ

Proportionality

25%

Sentiment

-0.72

Mildly Hypomanic

Early morning reactive posting (6:30 AM) following television viewingMultiple tweets within hours on same morning (Iran all-caps threat, Fitton/Fox & Friends, this post)High certainty and grandiose assertion in context of ongoing legal threatRapid oscillation within same morning between grandiose (Iran all-caps) and vulnerable (Witch Hunt) states

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

76%

Antisocial

52%

Paranoid

82%

Sadism

28%

Defense Mechanisms:

distortionprojectionsplittingrationalization

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

52%

Parasocial Techniques:

'we now find out' — invites audience into shared epistemic discovery, creating in-group epistemologyBranded epithets recycled as loyalty markers ('Crooked Hillary,' 'Witch Hunt')Compressed authoritative narrative that rewards acceptance and punishes skepticism

Danger Assessment

Elevated

Indicators:

Sustained delegitimization of active federal law enforcement investigation ('totally conflicted and discredited')
Assertion of criminal conduct by government officials without evidentiary basis ('knowingly & falsely submitted')
Epistemic closure construction inviting followers to reject investigative conclusions in advance
Cumulative institutional corrosion pattern — repeated 'Witch Hunt' framing primes audience against compliance with investigative outcomes

Gaslighting Detected:

'we now find out' — presents contested partisan interpretation of redacted documents as objective shared discovery
'knowingly & falsely submitted' — asserts criminal intent without evidentiary basis, demands audience acceptance of unproven claim as factual
'totally conflicted and discredited' — applied to an active, ongoing investigation to preemptively poison future adverse findings
Compressed causal chain (Clinton → dossier → FISA → Mueller) forecloses alternative explanations including Comey firing as Mueller trigger

Reality Distortions:

Mueller investigation framed as originating from Dossier when it was triggered by Comey firing
FISA documents described as establishing 'knowing' falsity — the documents did not establish this
Investigation described as 'totally discredited' while still active and ongoing
Dossier funding attributed solely to Clinton/DNC, omitting Republican-origin phase
'we now find out' frames ongoing partisan dispute as settled objective discovery

Fact Checks (3)

"The Dirty Dossier was paid for by Crooked Hillary Clinton and the DNC"

Half True

The Steele Dossier research was initially commissioned by the Washington Free Beacon (Republican-aligned), then continued by Fusion GPS under contract with the Clinton campaign/DNC via Perkins Coie law firm. Attributing sole funding to Clinton/DNC omits the Republican-origin phase.

"The Dossier was knowingly and falsely submitted to FISA"

Mostly False

FISA applications on Carter Page cited multiple evidentiary sources beyond the Dossier. Deliberate knowing falsity was unsubstantiated at this date. The 2019 Horowitz IG report documented FISA process failures but affirmed adequate investigative predication. 'Knowingly' asserts unproven criminal intent.

"The Dossier was responsible for starting the Mueller Witch Hunt"

Mostly False

Mueller's appointment (May 17, 2017) was directly triggered by Trump's firing of FBI Director Comey per Deputy AG Rosenstein's appointment memo citing obstruction concerns. The Steele Dossier was not cited as the basis for Mueller's appointment.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Authorship Attribution

Verdict: Authentic Trump — High Confidence (~0.85)

UTC 10:30:11 converts to 6:30 AM EDT (Trump was most likely in Bedminster, NJ — his customary July retreat — or Washington D.C. on this Monday). The concurrent tweet "Tom Fitton on @foxandfriends at 6:15 A.M. NOW!" confirms Trump was watching Fox & Friends at 6:15 AM. This Dossier tweet arrived 15 minutes later — almost certainly a direct, reactive response to the broadcast segment. Stream-of-consciousness run-on structure, stacked branded epithets ("Fake Dirty Dossier," "Crooked Hillary," "Witch Hunt"), emotional charge, and the characteristic opener "So we now find out" are all hallmarks of authentic Trump composition rather than aide drafting.

Psychological State & Triggers

Primary Trigger: The Carter Page FISA warrant release (July 21–22, 2018) provided new documentary material that Trump immediately weaponized into his persecution narrative. The trigger is dual: a narcissistic injury response (the Mueller investigation continues to threaten legitimacy and potentially legal safety) and a supply-seeking moment (converting released government documents into evidence of victimhood for audience validation).

Narcissistic State: Predominantly Vulnerable. This post occupies the vulnerable pole of narcissistic oscillation. Rather than expansive, dominant grandiosity, the framing is defensive — Trump is constructed as the wrongly targeted victim of a process "responsible for starting" a "totally conflicted and discredited" investigation. The claim of discovery ("we now find out") is the only quasi-triumphant element. Contrasting sharply with the same morning's all-caps Iran threat (grandiose pole), this Dossier tweet reflects the persecuted/wounded state triggered by ongoing legal threat.

Defense Mechanisms

Multiple immature-to-pathological defenses are layered within a single sentence:

Distortion (Level 1/Pathological): "we now find out" reshapes a heavily redacted, contested FISA document release into a clean, objective revelation confirming the entire persecution narrative
Projection (Level 2/Immature): Attributing "knowingly & falsely" deceptive conduct to opponents — the deliberate false submission narrative mirrors the subject's own documented relationship with factual accuracy
Splitting (Level 2/Immature): Zero acknowledgment of factual complexity; the investigation is wholly illegitimate, opponents wholly corrupt, Trump wholly innocent
Rationalization (Level 3/Neurotic): Compressed causal chain (Dossier → FISA → Mueller) constructed to appear logically self-evident while omitting the actual trigger for Mueller's appointment (Comey firing)

Rhetorical Techniques

Assertion as revelation: "So we now find out" — presents contested interpretation as objective discovery, activating parasocial epistemology with the audience
Ad hominem branding: "Crooked Hillary Clinton" — recycled brand epithet that functions as both attack and loyalty signal
Loaded language saturation: "Fake Dirty Dossier," "Witch Hunt," "totally conflicted and discredited," "knowingly & falsely" — every evaluative term is maximally pejorative
False causal chain: Compresses a multi-actor, multi-year legal landscape into single-origin causation (Clinton → dossier → Mueller), crowding out alternative framings
Proleptic delegitimization: "discredited" applied to an ongoing, not-yet-concluded investigation — inoculating against future adverse findings

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"The Dirty Dossier was paid for by Crooked Hillary Clinton and the DNC"	Half True	The Steele Dossier research was initially commissioned by the Washington Free Beacon (Republican-aligned), then continued by Fusion GPS under contract with the Clinton campaign/DNC via Perkins Coie law firm. Attributing sole funding to Clinton/DNC omits the Republican-origin phase.
"The Dossier was knowingly and falsely submitted to FISA"	Mostly False	FISA applications on Carter Page cited multiple evidentiary sources beyond the Dossier. Deliberate knowing falsity was unsubstantiated at this date. The 2019 Horowitz IG report documented FISA process failures but affirmed adequate investigative predication. 'Knowingly' asserts unproven criminal intent.
"The Dossier was responsible for starting the Mueller Witch Hunt"	Mostly False	Mueller's appointment (May 17, 2017) was directly triggered by Trump's firing of FBI Director Comey per Deputy AG Rosenstein's appointment memo citing obstruction concerns. The Steele Dossier was not cited as the basis for Mueller's appointment.

Overall Veracity: 30%

Narrative Identity (McAdams Level 3)

Protagonist role: Persecuted truth-teller / fighter — "we now find out" casts Trump as the agent revealing a conspiracy against him
Contamination sequence: Legitimate presidency contaminated by fraudulent investigation built on manufactured, politically-funded evidence
Contrasting other: "Crooked Hillary Clinton," the DNC, Mueller's team
Identity claims (implicit): Rightful president targeted by corrupt institutional machinery — the dual Victim/Fighter archetype (wounded but exposing the wound)
Jungian frame: Primarily Victim archetype with Trickster undertones — disrupting the investigative narrative by "revealing" hidden origins; the Warrior archetype present but subordinate to victimhood framing in this specific post

Cognitive Status

No markers of cognitive difficulty. The post is a single compound-complex sentence with multiple embedded relative clauses — syntactically functional and internally coherent (if factually misleading). The run-on structure is baseline-characteristic, not indicative of impaired production. Vocabulary is within established range. Complexity is moderate. No deviation from established baseline.

Order/Chaos Dynamics

Order attacker: Trump positions himself against the corrupt institutional order (FBI, DOJ, Mueller's team) rather than defending established hierarchies
Grievance mapping: The grievance is existential — the illegitimacy of the investigation itself, not a specific policy complaint
Hierarchy restructuring: Elevating Trump's narrative of persecution; diminishing Mueller's institutional authority through "discredited" labeling

Gaslighting & Reality Distortion

"we now find out" — transforms partisan interpretation of redacted documents into shared epistemic revelation
"knowingly & falsely submitted" — asserts criminal intent without evidentiary basis, demands audience acceptance of unproven claim
"totally... discredited" — applied to an active, ongoing investigation, preemptively poisoning future findings

Epistemic closure: Yes — the post constructs a closed explanatory system (Clinton/DNC → dossier → FISA → Mueller) requiring no external verification, with "we" framing inviting followers into the closed belief structure.

Danger Assessment

Level: Elevated (institutional) — No direct threat language, no dehumanization of persons, no stochastic terrorism indicators. The danger is systemic: the sustained, evidence-resistant delegitimization of federal law enforcement and the independent judiciary creates cumulative institutional corrosion. When the subject of a federal investigation consistently characterizes it as a criminal conspiracy, the danger is to the investigative process, rule-of-law norms, and — longitudinally — to the officers and institutions involved.