# Post x_1099713451457462300

- Post ID: `x_1099713451457462300`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2019-02-24T21:51:33.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> The only Collusion with the Russians was with Crooked Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee...And, where’s the Server that the DNC refused to give to the FBI?  Where are the new Texts between Agent Lisa Page and her Agent lover, Peter S? We want them now!

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:25.070Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-17T01:40:43.751Z (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 exhibits a dense cluster of defensive operations triggered by the Mueller investigation's most legally consequential week: the Stone gag order expansion, Manafort sentencing dates, and McCabe treason accusation cycle. The organizing mechanism is textbook DARVO — the subject of a major federal investigation positions himself as wronged party demanding accountability from investigators and their targets. Projection is near-total: the central charge against the subject (Russian collusion) is attributed wholesale to Clinton and the DNC with factual claims rated false or mostly false. The naming of Lisa Page and Peter Strzok with diminishing, aggressive framing before a mass audience extends an established targeting pattern — both individuals received documented death threats during this period, meeting the lower threshold for stochastic terrorism criteria (named target + articulated grievance + imperative demand). Defense mechanisms present (projection, pathological distortion, DARVO, displacement) are consistent with the paranoid-narcissistic configuration documented across the 2017–2019 baseline. No marked cognitive deviation is evident. Notably, this post appears within the same day's sequence as expansive grandiose-register tweets about diplomatic summits and approval ratings, illustrating rapid oscillation between vulnerable and grandiose narcissistic states — a pattern with longitudinal continuity. The post is clinically significant for its targeting function and the completeness of the DARVO inversion rather than any novel deviation from established baseline dynamics.

# Psychological Analysis: Trump Tweet, February 24, 2019

## Post Context & Timing

**Post (UTC 21:51:33):** Converted to EST (Washington DC — Trump was in Washington, departing for Hanoi the following day per adjacent tweet), this post was issued at **4:51 PM local time** — business hours, a mild indicator for aide authorship. However, the stylistic evidence overwhelmingly favors authentic authorship (see Authorship section).

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## Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five)

The post presents with **dominant Neuroticism (N2: Angry Hostility)** and severely suppressed Agreeableness. The subject is operating in attack mode with low deliberation (low Conscientiousness) and high assertiveness (Extraversion facet) channeled destructively rather than affiliatively. There is no evidence of Openness — the post demonstrates maximal cognitive rigidity, treating contested and largely false claims as self-evident fact.

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## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations — Motives & Schemas

**Dominant motive: Power/Control.** The post is not supply-seeking (fishing for admiration) but rather an attempt to assert dominance over the investigative frame surrounding the subject. The rhetorical demands ("We want them now!") reflect an agency schema in which the subject believes he retains legitimate authority to direct federal investigative priorities despite being a subject of investigation.

**Schemas revealed:**
- *Self:* Wronged, righteous, and uniquely perceptive ("I alone see the real collusion")
- *Others:* Clinton and DNC as guilty conspirators; Page and Strzok as corrupt agents whose private communications must be exposed; the public as a collective "We" whose demands the subject channels
- *World:* A two-tier system where the guilty escape accountability while the innocent (himself) are persecuted

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## Level 3: Narrative Identity

**Protagonist role:** Persecuted innocent / righteous accuser. The subject inverts the standard legal relationship — from investigation target to investigative demander — through a narrative sleight-of-hand.

**Narrative sequence:** **Contamination** — a period of legitimate governance and diplomatic success (the adjacent tweets on China trade and Kim Jong Un) has been contaminated by corrupt actors (Clinton, DNC, rogue FBI agents) who manufacture false accusations.

**Contrasting other:** "Crooked Hillary Clinton" and the DNC (institutional corruption), with Page and Strzok as embodiments of "deep state" operational malice.

**Identity claims:**
1. "I am the wrongfully investigated party"
2. "I alone name the real collusion"
3. "My supporters and I have righteous authority to demand federal evidence"

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## Level 4: Clinical Analysis

### Narcissistic Dynamics

**Trigger:** Narcissistic injury from sustained investigative exposure. The immediate contextual pressure includes the Roger Stone comprehensive gag order expansion, Manafort sentencing dates set (19-24 years recommended), and the subject's own sustained McCabe/treason attack cycle — all converging in a single week to make the Mueller investigation's consequences maximally salient.

**Narcissistic state:** **Vulnerable.** Notably, within the same day's tweet sequence the subject oscillated from an expansive, grandiose register (diplomatic summits, "one of the great economic powers anywhere in the World," 52% approval rating) into this post's persecuted, defensive register — a within-day state oscillation consistent with the narcissistic instability pattern documented across the 2017-2019 baseline.

**Rage:** Present at moderate-high intensity (0.72/1.0). The response is grossly disproportionate (0.25/1.0 proportionality) to any specific triggering event on this date — the post reads as accumulated injury discharge rather than response to a discrete provocation.

### Defense Mechanisms

1. **Projection (Immature):** The central charge against the subject — Russian collusion — is attributed wholesale to Clinton and the DNC with near-perfect structural symmetry. "The *only* Collusion with the Russians was with Crooked Hillary" — the word "only" signals the projective completeness.

2. **Denial (Pathological):** The categorical "only" construction attempts to erase a documented evidentiary record of campaign contacts with Russian nationals, reframing it as nonexistent.

3. **Distortion (Pathological):** The DNC server claim misrepresents an accepted forensic methodology (CrowdStrike image transfer, FBI-approved) as deliberate obstruction. This is reality reshaping to meet inner defensive needs.

4. **Displacement (Neurotic):** Unable to directly attack Mueller, Stone's judge (gag order), or Manafort's judges without legal or political cost, aggression is displaced to Clinton, DNC, and the Page/Strzok targets — who can be attacked without procedural consequence.

5. **DARVO (meta-defense):** The post's entire architecture executes Deny-Attack-Reverse Victim and Offender: deny the subject's conduct, attack the investigators, position the subject as victim demanding accountability.

### Malignant Narcissism Assessment (Kernberg)

- **Narcissistic features (0.72):** Grandiosity implicit in "I alone see the real collusion"; entitlement operationalized as "We want them now!"; no empathy for named targets despite documented threats they face.
- **Paranoid features (0.75):** Preoccupation with perceived attacks is intense and sustained; bearing of grudges against Page and Strzok (years-long targeting pattern); rapid counterattack orientation.
- **Antisocial features (0.60):** Deliberate factual distortion; disregard for safety implications of targeting named individuals; no remorse for consequences to targets.
- **Ego-syntonic sadism (0.55):** The contemptuous truncation "Peter S," the deliberate mislabeling of Page as "Agent," the "her Agent *lover*" phrasing — these reflect pleasure in diminishment rather than neutral information transmission.

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## Rhetorical & Propaganda Analysis

**Primary device: Whataboutism.** The post's sole rhetorical function is redirecting investigative attention. It contributes no new evidence, makes no affirmative policy argument, and engages no substantive claim — it only points elsewhere.

**Presuppositional rhetorical questions:** "Where's the Server?" and "Where are the new Texts?" both presuppose damning answers exist and are being deliberately withheld — embedding false premises as shared assumptions without requiring the subject to defend them as claims.

**Collectivization ("We want them now!"):** Transforms personal grievance into quasi-democratic demand, appropriating popular sovereignty and positioning the subject as voice of aggrieved citizenry rather than individual investigation target.

**Professional mislabeling:** Page was an FBI *attorney*, not a Special Agent (armed law enforcement). The "Agent" designation in "Agent Lisa Page" is a deliberate conflation that may amplify threat perception among hostile audience members who associate "Agent" with armed federal presence.

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## Gaslighting & Reality Distortion

DARVO pattern is complete and structurally deliberate. The DNC server claim had been publicly debunked multiple times prior to this post, including in congressional testimony — its repetition functions as iterative gaslighting, wearing down audience resistance through volume rather than persuasion.

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## Danger Assessment: **ELEVATED**

Named individual targeting of Lisa Page and Peter Strzok before a mass audience — both individuals received documented death threats attributable to sustained presidential targeting throughout 2017-2019. The post meets the lower threshold for stochastic terrorism criteria: **named targets + articulated grievance narrative + imperative demand framing ("We want them now!")** without explicit incitement. The pattern does not require explicit instruction; it operates by identifying and legitimizing targets for an audience predisposed toward action.

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## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The only Collusion with the Russians was with Crooked Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee" | **False** | Mueller investigation documented extensive contacts between Trump campaign personnel and Russian nationals/operatives: the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting (Don Jr., Kushner, Manafort with Russian lawyer); Manafort sharing internal polling data with Konstantin Kilimnik (assessed by Senate Intelligence Committee as a Russian intelligence officer); Flynn's undisclosed communications with Ambassador Kislyak; multiple campaign figures' contacts subsequently prosecuted or documented. The Clinton/DNC claim references Fusion GPS/Steele dossier funding — opposition research procurement by a private entity, which is legally and structurally distinct from coordinated government-level election interference. |
| "the Server that the DNC refused to give to the FBI" | **Mostly False** | The DNC engaged CrowdStrike for forensic analysis and provided forensic images and full findings to the FBI. FBI Director Comey stated in congressional testimony (January 2017) that the FBI received CrowdStrike's forensic images and found the arrangement satisfactory for investigative purposes. Physical server hardware was not transferred, but the characterization that the DNC 'refused' materially misrepresents an accepted forensic methodology that the FBI itself did not publicly object to. CrowdStrike's co-founder later testified to Congress that they had no evidence forensic images were altered. |
| "Agent Lisa Page and her Agent lover, Peter S" | **Mostly False** | The romantic relationship between Page and Strzok is factually accurate — both confirmed an extramarital affair. However, Page held the title of FBI attorney/special counsel, not Special Agent (armed law enforcement). The designation 'Agent Lisa Page' is a deliberate professional mislabeling that conflates her role with that of field agents. Peter Strzok was a Special Agent (accurately titled). The texts between them were being produced to congressional committees in tranches during this period — accurate contextually but the framing implies suppression rather than phased disclosure. |

Overall Veracity: 13%

## Authorship Attribution

**Confidence: Medium-High (0.82) for authentic Trump authorship.** Stylistic fingerprint — ellipsis mid-sentence, paired presuppositional rhetorical questions, established "Crooked Hillary" epithet, contemptuous name truncation ("Peter S"), imperative collective close — is consistent with authenticated attack-post baseline from 2017-2019. Business-hours timing (4:51 PM EST) is the only aide-authorship indicator and is outweighed by the stylistic evidence and emotional register.

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## Cognitive Status

No markers of acute cognitive disturbance. The "Agent Lisa Page" mislabeling is assessed as deliberate rhetorical conflation rather than semantic paraphasia — it serves the functional purpose of associating Page with armed law enforcement. Perseveration on DNC server and Page/Strzok themes reflects schema fixation with longitudinal continuity across many months, not acute cognitive disturbance. Language complexity is below general presidential baseline but consistent with the subject's established attack-post register. **No deviation from 2017-2019 baseline.**

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Ellipsis mid-sentence — stylistic Trump marker consistent with authenticated baseline
- Paired presuppositional rhetorical questions in rapid sequence
- 'Crooked Hillary' epithet — established authentic Trump lexicon
- Contemptuous truncation 'Peter S' as dominance display
- Imperative collective close 'We want them now!'

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Mueller investigation convergence — Stone gag order, Manafort sentencing, McCabe attack cycle)

**Rage:** Intensity 72% targeting Hillary Clinton, DNC, Lisa Page, Peter Strzok
- Proportionality: 25%

Sentiment: -0.78

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 72%
- Antisocial: 60%
- Paranoid: 75%
- Sadism: 55%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Collective 'We' voice — subject speaks for an implied mass, dissolving boundary between self and audience
- Rhetorical questions presupposing damning answers audience is being denied — manufactured shared grievance
- Sustaining shared enemy framework (Page/Strzok as embodiments of 'deep state')
- Loyalty test: accepting the projection as true signals in-group membership

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

**Stochastic Terrorism Pattern Detected**

### Indicators

- Named targeting of Lisa Page and Peter Strzok — both individuals received documented death threats attributable to sustained presidential targeting during 2017-2019 period
- 'We want them now!' functions as mobilization signal to audience members who view themselves as agents of subject's will
- Pattern: named target + articulated grievance narrative + imperative demand framing — meets lower threshold for stochastic terrorism definitional criteria without explicit incitement
- Professional mislabeling of Page as 'Agent' (armed law enforcement vs. attorney) may amplify threat perception among hostile audience members
- Post is part of sustained multi-week targeting pattern of same individuals — cumulative exposure effect exceeds single-post danger level

### Gaslighting

- DARVO inversion: subject of federal investigation positions self as wronged party demanding accountability from investigators
- DNC server claim misrepresents documented forensic process — iterative gaslighting, repeated after multiple public debunkings
- False equivalence construction forces audience to choose between mutually exclusive narratives, one factually false
- Institutional delegitimization ('refused to give to the FBI') attacks perception of FBI's own forensic standards and judgments
- 'The only Collusion' — 'only' functions as gaslighting word, erasing documented evidentiary record as if nonexistent

**Dehumanizing Language Present**

## Fact Checks (3)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-17._

> The only Collusion with the Russians was with Crooked Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee

**FALSE**

Mueller investigation documented extensive contacts between Trump campaign personnel and Russian nationals/operatives: the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting (Don Jr., Kushner, Manafort with Russian lawyer); Manafort sharing internal polling data with Konstantin Kilimnik (assessed by Senate Intelligence Committee as a Russian intelligence officer); Flynn's undisclosed communications with Ambassador Kislyak; multiple campaign figures' contacts subsequently prosecuted or documented. The Clinton/DNC claim references Fusion GPS/Steele dossier funding — opposition research procurement by a private entity, which is legally and structurally distinct from coordinated government-level election interference.

Sources: Mueller Report Vol. I (2019); Senate Intelligence Committee Report Vol. 5 (2020); Congressional testimony record 2017-2019

> the Server that the DNC refused to give to the FBI

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The DNC engaged CrowdStrike for forensic analysis and provided forensic images and full findings to the FBI. FBI Director Comey stated in congressional testimony (January 2017) that the FBI received CrowdStrike's forensic images and found the arrangement satisfactory for investigative purposes. Physical server hardware was not transferred, but the characterization that the DNC 'refused' materially misrepresents an accepted forensic methodology that the FBI itself did not publicly object to. CrowdStrike's co-founder later testified to Congress that they had no evidence forensic images were altered.

Sources: James Comey Senate testimony January 10 2017; CrowdStrike congressional testimony released 2020; DOJ Inspector General reports

> Agent Lisa Page and her Agent lover, Peter S

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The romantic relationship between Page and Strzok is factually accurate — both confirmed an extramarital affair. However, Page held the title of FBI attorney/special counsel, not Special Agent (armed law enforcement). The designation 'Agent Lisa Page' is a deliberate professional mislabeling that conflates her role with that of field agents. Peter Strzok was a Special Agent (accurately titled). The texts between them were being produced to congressional committees in tranches during this period — accurate contextually but the framing implies suppression rather than phased disclosure.

Sources: DOJ Inspector General Report on Clinton Email Investigation (June 2018); FBI organizational records; Congressional testimony and document production records 2018

Overall Veracity: 13%

## Tags

- DARVO (95%)
- projection (92%)
- whataboutism (95%)
- narcissistic_injury_response (88%)
- mueller_investigation (90%)
- individual_targeting (82%)
- stochastic_terrorism_lower_threshold (65%)
- vulnerable_narcissistic_state (85%)
- deep_state_narrative (88%)
- epistemic_closure (80%)
- disinformation (85%)
- page_strzok_targeting (78%)

## That day

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

**Eve of Hanoi: Diplomatic Grandiosity and Midnight Denial Frame a Day of Oscillating Legal Anxiety**

Trump spent the day gearing up for his departure to the Hanoi Summit with Kim Jong Un, projecting lavish optimism about North Korea's future while flattering its leader. He also announced a July 4th celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, billing it as a personal spectacle featuring "your favorite President, me!" Beneath the diplomatic confidence, legal anxiety broke through repeatedly -- from a midnight post seeking reassurance that there was "not one shred of evidence" against him, to a late-afternoon outburst accusing Clinton and the DNC of the very collusion he was being investigated for, while targeting FBI figures by name. The day's mood swung from calm self-promotion to a brief flash of anger before cooling off with dismissive mockery of foreign policy critics.

Full digest for 2019-02-24: https://trump.fm/date/2019-02-24/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2019, February 24). The only Collusion with the Russians was with... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_1099713451457462300
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The only Collusion with the Russians was with Crooked..." X (Twitter), 24 Feb. 2019. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1099713451457462300. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The only Collusion with the Russians was with Crooked...," X (Twitter), February 24, 2019, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1099713451457462300.

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