# Post x_1030781399920455681

- Post ID: `x_1030781399920455681`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2018-08-18T11:40:11.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030781399920455681
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_1030781399920455681/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1030781399920455681.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> ....Too many voices are being destroyed, some good & some bad, and that cannot be allowed to happen. Who is making the choices, because I can already tell you that too many mistakes are being made. Let everybody participate, good & bad, and we will all just have to figure it out!

## Engagement

- Likes: 106,836
- Reposts: 27,825
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.398Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-15T20:27:57.087Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

On the morning of Unite the Right 2, Trump deployed a false-balance civil libertarian argument implicitly defending extremist platform access without naming the beneficiaries. The post displaces the day's genuine psychological stressors — McGahn's 30 hours of Mueller testimony, Omarosa's bestselling tell-all — onto a more navigable censorship grievance. The rhetorical center is "some good and some bad": an equivalence frame positioning neo-Nazi account removals alongside conservative content restrictions, achieved without naming the extremists whose access he was effectively defending. Defense mechanisms include displacement, rationalization, and projection — performing magnanimity ("let everybody participate") in stark contrast to adjacent posts calling CNN behavior "sick." Authorship is high-confidence authentic (7:40 AM local EDT, informal construction, thread continuation format). Danger is elevated not through explicit content but through presidential legitimation of extremist platform access at a moment of direct political relevance — the day white supremacists were rallying near the White House. Cognitive status is consistent with established baseline. The post is clinically significant for its deployment of strategic false balance as cover for politically toxic advocacy, and for the psychological mechanism of displacement channeling Mueller/Omarosa anxiety into a safer cultural grievance battlefield.

## Post Analysis: x_1030781399920455681 — August 18, 2018

### Authorship Attribution

**Verdict: High confidence authentic Trump.** Local time (EDT, UTC−4): **7:40 AM** at Trump Tower, NYC — consistent with his well-documented early-morning tweet pattern. The post opens with "....Too many voices" (four dots, not three), a sloppy continuation marker typical of authentic threading. The stream-of-consciousness construction, trailing exclamation point, informal "we will all just have to figure it out!", and paired "good & bad / good & bad" repetition are stylistically authentic. No aide would produce this construction for a policy position.

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### Situational Context

This post concludes a four-post thread on social media censorship, composed the morning of the Unite the Right 2 rally at Lafayette Square. Social media platforms had been actively removing white supremacist and neo-Nazi accounts in the days prior. Trump was also reacting to the Omarosa book release and the McGahn-Mueller cooperation revelation — a significant narcissistic injury cluster. The censorship thread functions as displacement: the more dangerous vulnerabilities (Mueller, McGahn's 30 hours of testimony) are not directly addressed; instead, Trump channels energy toward a safer but emotionally adjacent grievance — being silenced, controlled, wronged.

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### Level 1: Dispositional Traits

The post exhibits **low agreeableness** (adversarial framing, delegitimizing platform decisions), **low conscientiousness** (impulsive, informal), and **moderate neuroticism** (complaint-driven, mildly agitated). Notably, **extraversion is tempered** relative to adjacent posts — the grandiosity in "Speaking loudly and clearly for the Trump Administration" (prior post) gives way to a more diffuse, almost resigned "we will all just have to figure it out." This rhetorical softening is strategically significant (see Rhetorical section).

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### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations

**Dominant motive: Power/control.** "Who is making the choices" expresses a schema of illegitimate authority usurping proper hierarchy. The rhetorical question implies not genuine inquiry but accusation — *others* are wielding power improperly. "I can already tell you that too many mistakes are being made" asserts special epistemic access while distancing from direct naming, a characteristic evasion when the implied beneficiaries of "mistakes" are politically toxic.

**Schema revealed:** The world contains illegitimate gatekeepers making wrong decisions. The self is the rightful arbiter who "can already tell you" what others cannot. The audience is addressed as co-sufferers ("we will all just have to figure it out!") — a parasocial communion bid.

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### Level 3: Narrative Identity

**Protagonist role:** Guardian/Protector of speech, positioned above the fray. The shift from "I won't let that happen" (prior post) to "we will all just have to figure it out" represents a narrative pivot from Warrior to reluctant pragmatist — subtly lowering threat perception.

**Contamination sequence:** A once-open platform ecosystem is being corrupted by unseen decision-makers making "mistakes," destroying voices. The good order is being infiltrated.

**Identity claim:** Fair-minded, inclusive ("some good & some bad") — a claim serving as rhetorical cover. Posted on the day of Unite the Right 2, the "some good & some bad" framing implicitly argues that white supremacist accounts being removed represent legitimate speech suppression, without Trump having to say so directly.

**Contrasting other:** Anonymous, unaccountable tech gatekeepers "making the choices."

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### Level 4: Clinical Indicators

**Narcissistic dynamics:** This post follows a cluster of significant narcissistic injuries (McGahn's 30 hours of Mueller testimony, Omarosa's #1 bestselling tell-all, the "dog" controversy). The censorship thread functions as **displacement** — genuine existential threats are unaddressable; a diffuse cultural grievance becomes the outlet. The post's relatively measured tone, compared to adjacent posts, suggests a **partial modulation** rather than full grandiose expression — possibly reflecting awareness that overt rage on a day when neo-Nazis are marching near the White House carries political risk.

**Narcissistic state:** Mixed, trending vulnerable. The absence of typical superlatives ("greatest," "best ever") and the inclusive "we" framing signal a brief pivot to communion, likely strategic.

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### Defense Mechanisms

1. **Displacement (neurotic):** Energy from the McGahn/Omarosa narcissistic injury cluster is redirected to social media censorship — a grievance where Trump can occupy a rhetorically safer position.

2. **Rationalization (neurotic):** Corporate content moderation — a lawful private decision — is reframed as "destroying voices" and "making mistakes," providing ideological justification for regulatory threats against platforms.

3. **Projection (immature):** Trump implicitly positions himself as a defender of all speech, including critics, while the adjacent post demonstrates he actively wants CNN/MSNBC labeled "Fake News." The post performs magnanimity ("I do not ask that their sick behavior be removed") while simultaneously delegitimizing platform content decisions.

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### Rhetorical Techniques

**False balance** is the dominant technique: "some good & some bad" creates an equivalence frame in which neo-Nazi account removals (occurring that weekend) are positioned as indistinguishable from the removal of legitimate conservative voices.

**Strategic vagueness:** "Who is making the choices" avoids naming Twitter, Facebook, or Google, preventing a factual rebuttal and sustaining a conspiratorial atmosphere.

**Parasocial communion:** "we will all just have to figure it out!" shifts register from accusation to shared struggle, creating audience identification.

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### Danger Assessment

**Elevated.** While the post contains no explicit eliminationist language, it was composed the morning of Unite the Right 2, in the context of platforms actively removing white supremacist accounts. The "let everybody participate, good & bad" formulation — made by the sitting President on this specific day — constitutes implicit presidential legitimation of platform access for extremist actors.

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### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Too many voices are being destroyed" | **Mostly False** | Platforms were removing specific accounts for documented policy violations (harassment, incitement, coordinated inauthentic behavior), not categorical suppression of political viewpoints. The framing of 'destruction' misrepresents suspension/removal policies. |
| "Too many mistakes are being made in content moderation" | **Unverifiable** | Whether moderation decisions constitute 'mistakes' is a value judgment contingent on one's theory of appropriate platform governance. Not a falsifiable factual claim. |
| "Who is making the choices (implying hidden/unaccountable decision-makers)" | **Mostly False** | Major platforms had publicly documented content policies and trust & safety teams. While moderation transparency was imperfect in 2018, the conspiratorial framing misrepresents the actual policy environment. |

Overall Veracity: 30%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- 7:40 AM local time (EDT) at Trump Tower — consistent with early-morning authentic posting pattern
- Four-dot ellipsis thread continuation ('....Too many') — sloppy, authentic format
- Double 'good & bad' repetition within single post — stylistic perseveration typical of authentic posts
- Trailing exclamation point with informal construction 'we will all just have to figure it out!'
- Stream-of-consciousness structure without polished conclusion — no aide would end a presidential statement this way

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Cluster: McGahn Mueller cooperation (30 hours), Omarosa tell-all book release, 'dog' controversy backlash)

Sentiment: -0.35

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Multi-post thread burst (4+ posts on single topic in rapid succession)
- Elevated activity on a day of significant political sensitivity
- Shift between emotional registers within thread suggests affective lability

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 45%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 32%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Inclusive 'we' framing ('we will all just have to figure it out!') — communion bid with audience
- Shared grievance construction — positions audience as co-sufferers of censorship
- Epistemic authority performance ('I can already tell you') — positions self as one who already knows what others don't

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Implicit presidential legitimation of extremist platform access on the day of Unite the Right 2 rally
- False equivalence frame normalizes white supremacist content removal as equivalent to political censorship
- No explicit eliminationist language, but post contributes to normalization frame eroding platform enforcement willingness
- Pattern across thread: moves from explicit accusation to false-balance legitimation — a rhetorical laundering sequence

### Gaslighting

- Frames legitimate corporate content moderation as error ('too many mistakes'), delegitimizing platform authority
- Implies hidden, unaccountable decision-making when moderation policies are publicly documented
- Positions the President as neutral free-speech arbiter while the thread simultaneously attacks specific outlets as 'sick'

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Too many voices are being destroyed

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Platforms were removing specific accounts for documented policy violations (harassment, incitement, coordinated inauthentic behavior), not categorical suppression of political viewpoints. The framing of 'destruction' misrepresents suspension/removal policies.

Sources: General knowledge of 2018 platform content moderation policies

> Too many mistakes are being made in content moderation

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Whether moderation decisions constitute 'mistakes' is a value judgment contingent on one's theory of appropriate platform governance. Not a falsifiable factual claim.

> Who is making the choices (implying hidden/unaccountable decision-makers)

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Major platforms had publicly documented content policies and trust & safety teams. While moderation transparency was imperfect in 2018, the conspiratorial framing misrepresents the actual policy environment.

Sources: General knowledge of 2018 social media governance structures

Overall Veracity: 30%

## Tags

- social-media-censorship (90%)
- false-balance (85%)
- displacement (80%)
- unite-the-right-2 (75%)
- implicit-extremist-defense (70%)
- parasocial-communion (60%)
- authentic-trump (82%)
- narcissistic-injury-displacement (70%)

## That day

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

**Under Siege From All Sides, Trump Lashes Out at DOJ, Brennan, and Social Media While Rewriting McGahn Narrative**

Trump spent the day under pressure from multiple fronts — the revelation that his own White House counsel spoke to Mueller for 30 hours, Omarosa's bestselling tell-all, and blowback from revoking John Brennan's security clearance. He began with a late-night attack thread accusing a DOJ official of financial corruption, shifted to a morning crusade against social media censorship on the same day as the Unite the Right 2 rally, and repeatedly tried to reframe the McGahn bombshell as proof of his own transparency. The mood swung between aggressive offense and defensive spin, with no sustained calm period across a long and scattered posting day.

Full digest for 2018-08-18: https://trump.fm/date/2018-08-18/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2018, August 18). ....Too many voices are being destroyed, some... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_1030781399920455681
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "....Too many voices are being destroyed, some good &..." X (Twitter), 18 Aug. 2018. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1030781399920455681. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "....Too many voices are being destroyed, some good &...," X (Twitter), August 18, 2018, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1030781399920455681.

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