# Post x_1040210045525536800 - Post ID: `x_1040210045525536800` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2018-09-13T16:06:15.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_1040210045525536800 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_1040210045525536800/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1040210045525536800.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > More text messages between former FBI employees Peter Strzok and Lisa Page are a disaster and embarrassment to the FBI &, DOJ. This should never have happened but we are learning more and more by the hour. “Others were leaking like mad” in order to get the President! ........ ## Engagement - Likes: 0 - Reposts: 13,370 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:25.037Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-16T02:19:07.389Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Summary Post x_1040210045525536800 exemplifies vulnerable narcissistic mode within a high-pressure information environment. Appearing two days after the Woodward book release and amid the Kavanaugh hearings, the post uses newly disclosed Strzok-Page texts to reinforce a persecution schema: "the President" as target of coordinated institutional attack. The dominant defense is projection — in a week when White House leaks dominated headlines, Trump redirects the leaking accusation onto FBI agents, displacing an accurate self-description onto safer enemy targets. Paranoid ideation is present at moderate intensity (requiring assumed coordinated malice: "in order to get the President"). Rhetorically, the post performs institutional delegitimization designed to pre-poison the evidential well before Mueller findings emerge. The embedded quotation functions as pseudo-evidentiary anchoring while the interpretive frame remains entirely asserted. Danger level is elevated, not from explicit threat language, but because the specific naming of individuals (Strzok, Page) within a persecution framing has a documented downstream pattern of audience-directed harassment. Cognitive status is baseline-consistent for 2018. Authorship is likely authentic based on stylistic markers (trailing ellipsis, hyperbolic branding) despite midday posting timing. The same-day cluster of posts across multiple high-affect topics (Puerto Rico, China, FBI, Dimon) suggests reactive emotional arousal rather than coordinated strategic communication. ## Psychological Analysis: Post x_1040210045525536800 ### Post Context This September 13, 2018 post targets FBI agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page via their disclosed text messages, framing further disclosures as evidence of a coordinated campaign against "the President." It appears within a dense same-day posting cluster addressing Puerto Rico death tolls, US-China trade, Hurricane Florence, and Jamie Dimon — a pattern consistent with a high-stimulation, threat-rich information environment. ### Authorship Attribution **Score: 0.65 (leaning authentic, medium confidence)** UTC 16:06:15 converts to **12:06 PM EDT** for Washington DC (Thursday, September 13, 2018) — business hours, which weakly favors aide involvement. Countervailing indicators include the trailing "........" ellipsis (a strongly authentic Trump signature), the hyperbolic evaluative tag ("disaster and embarrassment"), and the third-person victimhood framing of "the President." Assessment: likely authentic or minimally mediated. The business-hours timing cannot be dismissed but does not override the stylistic evidence. ### Psychological State: Vulnerable Narcissism Under Siege Conditions The post embodies **vulnerable narcissistic mode** — the self is not expansive or dominant but persecuted, targeted, and gathering evidence. This is distinct from the grandiose mode visible in the same-day Dimon post ("I've made a lot of bankers... look much smarter than they are with my great economic policy"). The oscillation between grandiose and vulnerable states within a single day's posting cluster is a documented feature of narcissistic personality organization. **Trigger:** Narcissistic injury via ongoing institutional threat. The Strzok-Page text disclosures provide fresh raw material to sustain and reinforce the "deep state" persecution schema. The timing is significant: Woodward's *Fear* had released two days prior and an anonymous NYT op-ed was still dominating discourse — the leak accusation against the FBI is structurally a **projection** of the White House's own documented leak crisis onto safer (more distant, more politically useful) institutional targets. ### Defense Mechanisms **Projection (immature, prominent):** In a week when Trump's own aides were documented leaking extensively to Woodward and the NYT, the post focuses entirely on FBI leaking. The accusation mirrors the actual circumstance almost exactly but displaces it onto enemies. **Splitting (immature):** FBI/DOJ are presented as unambiguously corrupt ("disaster and embarrassment") while the President is unambiguously victimized. No middle ground is available in the psychological architecture of the post. **Rationalization (neurotic):** The embedded quote and the "learning more and more" framing perform the appearance of evidence-based conclusion while the interpretive frame ("in order to get the President") is asserted, not demonstrated. ### Level 1: Dispositional Traits - **Neuroticism (high):** Angry hostility directed at institutional targets; suspicious framing - **Agreeableness (low):** Antagonism toward FBI/DOJ; no conciliation - **Extraversion (moderate-high):** Assertive, public-facing combat posture - **Openness (low):** Completely closed schema — evidence confirms existing persecution narrative ### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations Dominant motive here is **power/control** expressed defensively: the goal is not achievement or communion but prevention of narrative loss. The schema is siege: institutions are hostile, information is weaponized, the President is the target. ### Level 3: Narrative Identity - **Protagonist role:** Targeted President, wronged by corrupt deep-state actors - **Sequence:** Contamination — legitimate presidency being corroded by institutional conspirators - **Contrasting other:** Strzok and Page as named villains; "others" as unnamed leaking cabal - **Identity claim:** "The President" — the office itself is under attack, not merely the man ### Paranoid Features The framing "in order to get the President" requires the assumption of coordinated malicious intent, which is a **paranoid ideation** pattern at moderate intensity (0.65). It is notable that this framing is applied consistently across targets (media, FBI, Democrats, Puerto Rico officials) — suggesting an overarching persecutory schema rather than situationally appropriate suspicion. ### Rhetorical Analysis The post performs **institutional delegitimization** via hyperbolic branding ("disaster and embarrassment to the FBI & DOJ") — pre-poisoning the evidential well before Mueller findings can emerge. The drip-feed framing ("learning more and more by the hour") sustains audience suspense and implies ongoing revelation, a standard serial disclosure technique for maintaining engagement. The embedded quotation functions as pseudo-evidence: it signals documentary rigor while the interpretive frame ("in order to get the President") is entirely asserted. ### Cognitive Status Post is coherent and syntactically unremarkable for Trump's 2018 baseline. No word-finding difficulties, paraphasias, or temporal confusions detected. Complexity is low-moderate and consistent with baseline. No deviation warranting specific notation. ### Gaslighting / Reality Distortion The post attacks FBI/DOJ institutional credibility. This is part of a documented pattern of epistemic warfare — training the audience to distrust the investigative apparatus before it produces findings. The mechanism is not gaslighting in the interpersonal sense but **institutional reality distortion** deployed at scale. ### Danger Assessment **Elevated.** The post contributes to ongoing delegitimization of federal law enforcement. No explicit threat language, no dehumanization, no direct violence imagery. However, the cumulative effect of this pattern — constructing FBI/DOJ as corrupt persecutors of the President — seeds the audience schema from which more dangerous rhetoric can grow. The naming of specific individuals (Strzok, Page) in a persecution framing has historically preceded targeted harassment of those named. ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "More text messages between former FBI employees Peter Strzok and Lisa Page are being released" | **Mostly True** | Additional Strzok-Page texts were being disclosed through DOJ Inspector General processes in September 2018; the claim of ongoing releases has factual grounding | | "Others were leaking like mad in order to get the President" | **Half True** | The texts did contain discussion of leaks and media contacts; the interpretive frame attributing this specifically to a coordinated campaign 'in order to get the President' is an asserted conclusion not supported by available evidence from the texts themselves | Overall Veracity: 65% ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 65%) ### Indicators - Trailing '........' ellipsis is a strongly authentic Trump stylistic signature - Hyperbolic evaluative language ('disaster and embarrassment') is characteristic Trump register - Third-person reference to 'the President' as persecuted victim is a recurring authentic pattern - UTC 16:06:15 converts to 12:06 PM EDT (Trump was in Washington DC on this Thursday) — midday/business hours weakens authenticity signal - Sentence structure is slightly more coherent than typical unassisted Trump, though not dramatically so ## Psychological Profile ### State **Vulnerable State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (FBI/DOJ institutional resistance; Strzok-Page text disclosures as ongoing 'deep state' threat narrative) **Rage:** Intensity 55% targeting FBI, DOJ, unnamed 'others' who leaked - Proportionality: 20% Sentiment: -0.72 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 75% - Antisocial: 45% - Paranoid: 70% - Sadism: 20% **Defense Mechanisms:** - projection (immature) - splitting (immature) - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 38% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Inclusive framing ('we are learning') draws followers into the persecution narrative as co-discoverers - Use of quotation ('Others were leaking like mad') performs evidentiary rigor while selectively amplifying favorable interpretation - Trailing ellipsis creates open-ended suspense, inviting followers to anticipate further revelations ## Danger Assessment **ELEVATED** ### Indicators - Named individuals (Strzok, Page) placed within a persecution/conspiracy framing — pattern historically precedes audience-directed harassment of named targets - Institutional delegitimization of FBI/DOJ as pre-emptive narrative defense against investigative findings - Cumulative pattern: repeated persecution framing of named law enforcement officials builds a target schema in audience ### Gaslighting - Attacks on FBI/DOJ institutional credibility function to train audience to reject future investigative findings as corrupted - Framing of investigation as persecution ('in order to get the President') inverts the legitimate oversight relationship - Epistemic closure mechanism: any FBI/DOJ action is pre-explained as malicious, foreclosing neutral interpretation ## Fact Checks (2) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-16._ > More text messages between former FBI employees Peter Strzok and Lisa Page are being released **MOSTLY TRUE** Additional Strzok-Page texts were being disclosed through DOJ Inspector General processes in September 2018; the claim of ongoing releases has factual grounding Sources: DOJ Inspector General reports, September 2018 > Others were leaking like mad in order to get the President **HALF TRUE** The texts did contain discussion of leaks and media contacts; the interpretive frame attributing this specifically to a coordinated campaign 'in order to get the President' is an asserted conclusion not supported by available evidence from the texts themselves Sources: DOJ IG text disclosures, 2018 Overall Veracity: 65% ## Tags - deep-state-narrative (88%) - institutional-delegitimization (82%) - projection (78%) - vulnerable-narcissism (75%) - paranoid-ideation (65%) - strzok-page (72%) - mueller-delegitimization (70%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Death Toll Denial Anchors a Morning of Multi-Front Narcissistic Defense** Trump spent the morning in full reactive mode, lashing out across multiple fronts after a bruising week dominated by the Woodward book and an anonymous op-ed questioning his fitness. The most striking moment was his flat denial that nearly 3,000 people died in Hurricane Maria, dismissing the official death toll as a Democratic plot — even as he prepared the federal response to Hurricane Florence bearing down on the Carolinas. He also attacked JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon's intelligence, went after FBI officials by name over the Strzok-Page texts, and disputed Wall Street Journal reporting on the China trade war. The afternoon cooled to routine hurricane-prep messaging and a Farm Bill complaint, but the morning's Puerto Rico denial stood out as the day's most consequential and disturbing output. Full digest for 2018-09-13: https://trump.fm/date/2018-09-13/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2018, September 13). More text messages between former FBI employees... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_1040210045525536800 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "More text messages between former FBI employees Peter..." 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