# Post x_1079040052234203141

- Post ID: `x_1079040052234203141`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2018-12-29T15:42:50.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_1079040052234203141
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_1079040052234203141/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1079040052234203141.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> The Mueller Angry Democrats recently deleted approximately 19,000 Text messages between FBI Agent Lisa Page and her lover, Agent Peter S. These Texts were asked for and INVALUABLE to the truth of the Witch Hunt Hoax. This is a total Obstruction of Justice. All Texts Demanded!

## Engagement

- Likes: 112,124
- Reposts: 32,062
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.392Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-16T20:04:15.173Z (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 executes a textbook DARVO sequence in four sentences: the obstruction charge Trump himself faced is projected wholesale onto his investigators, who are accused of deliberately deleting 19,000 Strzok-Page texts. The factual claim is mostly false — the DOJ Inspector General documented the missing texts as a Samsung MDM software failure predating Mueller's appointment, with no evidence of intentional deletion. Attribution to "Mueller Angry Democrats" is fabricated. Authorship markers — truncated "Agent Peter S." (spelling avoidance), ALL CAPS single-word emphasis, compound label "Witch Hunt Hoax," and the inverted imperative "All Texts Demanded!" — strongly indicate authentic Trump composition despite the 10:42 AM EST posting time at Mar-a-Lago. Psychologically, this is a maintenance-mode narcissistic injury response to an ongoing threat: the Mueller investigation. The predominant defenses are projection (immature), denial, and distortion (both pathological). The vulnerable narcissistic current — victimhood framing, truth being suppressed — runs beneath the surface aggression of commanding authority. Danger is elevated longitudinally: named FBI employees (Page, Strzok) received documented death threats correlating with this post pattern; the target + criminal accusation + no evidence structure meets the soft criteria for stochastic amplification without constituting a direct call to action. No acute cognitive deterioration markers; complexity is consistent with established baseline.

## Post Analysis: x_1079040052234203141 — December 29, 2018

### Overview

This post targets the Mueller investigation through the lens of the missing Strzok–Page text messages, deploying a textbook DARVO maneuver: the investigators are reframed as the obstructors. The rhetorical architecture is compact and emotionally escalating — from accusation → characterization → legal verdict → imperative demand — all in four sentences.

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### Authorship Attribution

**Assessment: Authentic Trump (high confidence)**

The UTC timestamp of 15:42:50 converts to approximately **10:42 AM EST**. Trump was almost certainly at Mar-a-Lago during the Christmas/New Year holiday period (he traveled there December 27 for the annual break). While 10:42 AM is within business hours, several style markers strongly indicate authentic authorship:

- **"Agent Peter S."** — The truncated surname strongly suggests avoidance of the spelling "Strzok," a characteristically Trumpian dodge when uncertain of spelling. An aide would simply spell it correctly.
- **ALL CAPS on "INVALUABLE"** — Single-word capitalization for emotional emphasis is a Trump signature, not an aide convention.
- **"Witch Hunt Hoax"** — This compound epithet, fusing two of his preferred labels, is idiosyncratic Trump phrasing, not polished staff communication.
- **"All Texts Demanded!"** — The inverted syntax (object-first imperative) with terminal exclamation is a recurrent Trump stylistic fingerprint.
- **Missing Oxford comma and run-on construction** — Consistent with Trump's informal, unpunctuated prose rhythm.

The mid-morning timing is unusual but not disqualifying; Trump posted prolifically during holiday stays at Mar-a-Lago across all hours.

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### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Mueller Angry Democrats recently deleted approximately 19,000 Text messages between FBI Agent Lisa Page and her lover, Agent Peter S." | **Mostly False** | The DOJ Inspector General documented a gap of approximately 19,000 texts during December 14, 2016 – May 17, 2017, attributable to a technical malfunction in the FBI's Samsung MDM (mobile device management) software — a documented technical failure, not intentional deletion. The IG found no evidence of deliberate removal. Attribution to 'Mueller Angry Democrats' is doubly false: (1) the software failure predates Mueller's appointment (May 17, 2017 is the exact end date of the gap and the day Mueller was named Special Counsel); (2) it was the IG, not Mueller's team, who investigated and reported the missing texts. The number (~19,000) has a factual basis; the deletion claim and attribution are fabricated. |
| "These Texts were asked for and INVALUABLE to the truth of the Witch Hunt Hoax" | **Unverifiable** | An opinion claim embedded in a contested characterization. Whether the texts would have proven the investigation's illegitimacy is inherently unverifiable; the texts that were recovered (approximately 50,000) were reviewed by the IG and found to contain unprofessional messages but no evidence of investigative bias affecting case decisions. |
| "This is a total Obstruction of Justice" | **False** | No legal authority made this determination. The IG attributed the missing texts to software failure, not intentional obstruction. No criminal referral or finding of obstruction was issued in connection with the missing texts. |

Overall Veracity: 23%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Truncated 'Agent Peter S.' — strong marker of spelling avoidance for 'Strzok', characteristic of authentic posts
- ALL CAPS on single word 'INVALUABLE' — signature Trump emphasis technique, not aide convention
- Compound epithet 'Witch Hunt Hoax' fusing two prior labels — idiosyncratic Trump coinage
- 'All Texts Demanded!' — inverted object-first imperative with exclamation, recurrent Trump fingerprint
- Missing internal punctuation and abrupt sentence rhythm consistent with stream-of-consciousness composition

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Mueller investigation / missing Strzok-Page texts news cycle)

**Rage:** Intensity 55% targeting Mueller team / FBI agents Lisa Page and Peter Strzok
- Proportionality: 15%

Sentiment: -0.72

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 75%
- Antisocial: 55%
- Paranoid: 78%
- Sadism: 25%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- denial (pathological)
- distortion (pathological)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct audience address via imperative ('All Texts Demanded!') creates sense of shared ownership over the demand
- Compound label 'Witch Hunt Hoax' as loyalty-test shibboleth — accepting the phrase requires accepting the underlying reality distortion
- 'Angry Democrats' framing invites audience identification against a partisan enemy class
- Legal language ('Obstruction of Justice') lends false gravity and invites followers to adopt the legal framing

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Named individuals (Lisa Page, Peter Strzok) accused of federal crime without evidence, in post reaching millions of followers
- Pattern of posts targeting these specific employees correlates with documented death threats received by the named agents
- Legal accusation framing ('total Obstruction of Justice') escalates threat perception among followers who may act on implied grievance
- No direct call to action, but target + grievance + implied criminality structure is present

### Gaslighting

- Reframes documented software malfunction (per IG report) as deliberate deletion by named political actors — requires audience to disbelieve federal investigative findings
- 'Angry Democrats' label applied to career FBI law enforcement personnel — erases institutional identity, requires accepting partisan recharacterization
- 'Witch Hunt Hoax' compound — embeds paradox (truth of a hoax) that inverts the epistemic relationship between investigation and subject
- Legal verdict language ('total Obstruction of Justice') deployed without process or evidence — conditions audience to accept Trump's legal characterizations as authoritative

## Fact Checks (3)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-16._

> Mueller Angry Democrats recently deleted approximately 19,000 Text messages between FBI Agent Lisa Page and her lover, Agent Peter S.

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The DOJ Inspector General documented a gap of approximately 19,000 texts during December 14, 2016 – May 17, 2017, attributable to a technical malfunction in the FBI's Samsung MDM (mobile device management) software — a documented technical failure, not intentional deletion. The IG found no evidence of deliberate removal. Attribution to 'Mueller Angry Democrats' is doubly false: (1) the software failure predates Mueller's appointment (May 17, 2017 is the exact end date of the gap and the day Mueller was named Special Counsel); (2) it was the IG, not Mueller's team, who investigated and reported the missing texts. The number (~19,000) has a factual basis; the deletion claim and attribution are fabricated.

Sources: DOJ Office of Inspector General report on FBI/DOJ conduct in Clinton email and Russia investigations (2018); Senate Homeland Security Committee investigation into missing Strzok-Page texts (2018)

> These Texts were asked for and INVALUABLE to the truth of the Witch Hunt Hoax

**UNVERIFIABLE**

An opinion claim embedded in a contested characterization. Whether the texts would have proven the investigation's illegitimacy is inherently unverifiable; the texts that were recovered (approximately 50,000) were reviewed by the IG and found to contain unprofessional messages but no evidence of investigative bias affecting case decisions.

> This is a total Obstruction of Justice

**FALSE**

No legal authority made this determination. The IG attributed the missing texts to software failure, not intentional obstruction. No criminal referral or finding of obstruction was issued in connection with the missing texts.

Overall Veracity: 23%

## Tags

- DARVO (95%)
- projection (92%)
- mueller_investigation (90%)
- obstruction_accusation (88%)
- named_target_accusation (82%)
- reality_distortion (85%)
- witch_hunt_narrative (88%)
- authentic_authorship (82%)
- vulnerable_narcissism (75%)
- fact_check_failure (90%)

## That day

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

**Day 7 of Shutdown: Dead Children Become Political Currency as Trump Deflects on Every Front**

Trump spent the day at the White House during the first week of the government shutdown, alternating between blame-shifting and self-congratulation. The most striking thread was his response to migrant children dying in federal custody -- he expressed no sympathy, instead blaming Democrats and the children's own families for the deaths. He opened with an attack on the Mueller investigation, briefly boasted about a call with China's president, then spent the rest of the day fixated on the border wall. The mood was defensive throughout, with brief grandiose interludes that never held.

Full digest for 2018-12-29: https://trump.fm/date/2018-12-29/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2018, December 29). The Mueller Angry Democrats recently deleted... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_1079040052234203141
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The Mueller Angry Democrats recently deleted approximately..." X (Twitter), 29 Dec. 2018. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1079040052234203141. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The Mueller Angry Democrats recently deleted approximately...," X (Twitter), December 29, 2018, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1079040052234203141.

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