# Post x_349192067777437700

- Post ID: `x_349192067777437700`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2013-06-24T19:47:31.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_349192067777437700/analysis
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## Post text

> Even liberals &amp, Democrats think Eric Schneiderman’s use of the Atty General’s office is unfair &amp, unethical.  http://t.co/38ZYbpj4t3

## Engagement

- Likes: 0
- Reposts: 104
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:24.906Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-02-23T20:12:49.104Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

Posted two months before the formal Trump University lawsuit filing (August 2013), this post represents the calculated opening salvo of Trump's documented multi-year campaign against NY AG Eric Schneiderman. The trigger is a narcissistic injury of the most direct variety: a law enforcement investigation targeting the Trump brand name itself. The DARVO pattern is textbook — Trump, subject of a fraud investigation eventually settled for $25M, reframes himself as victim of the investigator's "unfair & unethical" conduct. The rhetorical centerpiece, "even liberals & Democrats," constructs a false cross-partisan consensus from what was almost certainly a single linked op-ed, insulating the attack from dismissal as mere partisanship. Defense mechanisms include projection (attributing unethical conduct to the investigator while facing fraud allegations), denial (bypassing the investigation's substance entirely), and rationalization (treating one article as broad liberal consensus). The narcissistic state oscillates between grandiose (universal vindication) and vulnerable (institutional persecution). Posted at 3:47 PM EDT during business hours with polished grammar, aide authorship or aide-assisted drafting is indicated — though Trump's personal direction is near-certain given the stakes. Notably, this measured June attack predates the more emotionally raw September 2013 escalation ("worse than Spitzer or Weiner"), illustrating the progression from strategic opening moves to obsessive sustained campaign. Later reporting suggests Trump may have had private knowledge of Schneiderman's personal misconduct as early as 2013, adding a possible opposition-research dimension to the attacks. Danger level: none.

## Contextual Frame

This post was authored during a critical and legally sensitive juncture: New York AG Eric Schneiderman's office was actively investigating Trump University for fraud, with settlement negotiations having been ongoing since approximately 2012. The formal $40M civil lawsuit would not be filed for another two months (August 24, 2013); this post is therefore a **preemptive attack** launched during the negotiation/investigation phase — before the legal threat fully materialized publicly. The investigation was ultimately vindicated: Trump settled for $25M in November 2016 without admitting wrongdoing.

A secondary but analytically significant context: later reporting indicates Trump was allegedly informed of Schneiderman's personal misconduct (abuse allegations) as early as 2013 — information consistent with his September 2013 tweet predicting Schneiderman would be "gone" like Weiner and Spitzer. It remains unclear whether the June 24 post was informed by this opposition research or was purely a reflex against the legal threat.

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## Authorship Attribution

**Local time conversion:** UTC 19:47 → 15:47 EDT (Trump almost certainly in New York/Trump Tower on this date). This is mid-afternoon business hours — the primary Scavino/aide indicator.

**Aide-consistent signals:** (1) Correct grammar and punctuation throughout; (2) Sourced article citation suggesting research-assisted framing; (3) Structured argumentative claim with evidentiary support rather than raw emotional outburst; (4) Lacks the ALL-CAPS, misspellings, and stream-of-consciousness that mark authentic late-night Trump output.

**Trump-authentic signals:** (1) Personal legal stakes — a direct investigation of Trump's own branded enterprise — make Trump's personal direction highly probable; (2) "Even liberals & Democrats" is a characteristic cross-partisan consensus construction Trump employed repeatedly throughout this period; (3) The strategic goal (delegitimizing the investigator before the lawsuit's formal filing) is consistent with Trump's self-interested attack pattern.

**Assessment:** Most likely aide-drafted or aide-polished with Trump's direct direction or dictation. The distinction between "Trump said this" and "aide wrote what Trump wanted" may be immaterial here given the evident personal stakes.

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## Psychological Analysis

### Trigger and Narcissistic Dynamics

The trigger is a narcissistic injury of the most proximate kind: a law enforcement action targeting the **"Trump" brand itself** — the very name that constitutes his identity and commercial value. The investigation directly challenges his self-conception as a uniquely successful businessman-educator whose name alone commands premium pricing. The DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) structure is textbook:

- **Deny:** The post implicitly denies the merits of the investigation by reframing it as institutional misconduct
- **Attack:** Schneiderman is labeled "unfair & unethical" — reversing the ethical positions of investigator and investigated
- **Reverse:** Trump, the subject of a fraud investigation, positions himself as the wronged party

The narcissistic state is **mixed**: grandiose in claiming that "even liberals & Democrats" validate his position (constructing a fantasy of universal vindication), vulnerable in the underlying posture of persecution by institutional power.

### Preemptive Delegitimization

The post's most significant psychological function is forward-looking: by establishing a public narrative of AG misconduct *before* the formal lawsuit is filed, Trump is laying reputational groundwork to undermine the legal proceedings in the court of public opinion. This is not reactive — it is anticipatory. The pattern will extend for years (44+ "lightweight" tweets between August 2013 and February 2015; appearance-based attacks by June 2014), ultimately accompanying the $25M settlement.

### Paranoid Ideation

The framing of a legitimate law enforcement action as "unfair & unethical" AG conduct is consistent with the paranoid features of Kernberg's malignant narcissism model: Trump perceives Schneiderman's statutory enforcement activity as a politically motivated personal attack, and responds by attacking the legitimacy of the office rather than engaging with the investigation's substance.

### Defense Mechanisms

**Projection (immature):** The "unfair & unethical" attribution mirrors the allegations Trump's own organization faces. Projecting ethical violations onto the investigator inverts the ethical landscape and protects against confronting the possibility of genuine wrongdoing.

**Denial (pathological):** The entire post bypasses the substance of the investigation — the allegations of deceptive marketing, false promises, and $40M in consumer fraud — and treats it as non-existent except as vehicle for AG misconduct.

**Rationalization (neurotic):** The linked article serves as evidentiary scaffolding for a sweeping consensus claim, substituting a single citation for genuine broad agreement.

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## Rhetorical Analysis

**"Even liberals & Democrats"** is the post's rhetorical centerpiece. By invoking partisan opponents as corroborating witnesses, Trump accomplishes three things simultaneously: (1) insulates the claim from dismissal as partisan sour grapes; (2) constructs an impression of universal validation exceeding his own base; (3) implicitly frames the matter as a question of fairness rather than legality. The linked article (inaccessible) almost certainly represents one or two liberal commentators' opinions rather than a documentable broad consensus — a classic false generalization from a single data point.

The **ad hominem institutionnel** strategy — attacking the investigator's conduct and motives rather than the legal arguments — is a consistent Trump pattern when facing legal threat. It redirects public attention from "is the investigation legitimate?" to "is the investigator legitimate?" This framing proves especially durable because it requires no engagement with evidence.

The **authority-by-citation** move (linking the article) lends apparent evidentiary weight while the actual claim remains unverifiable to readers.

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## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Even liberals & Democrats think Eric Schneiderman's use of the Atty General's office is unfair & unethical" | **Mostly False** | No documented evidence of broad liberal or Democratic consensus against Schneiderman's Trump University investigation. The linked article (inaccessible) almost certainly represented one or two commentators rather than a broad consensus. Schneiderman's investigation was ultimately vindicated: Trump settled for $25M in November 2016 without admitting wrongdoing. Schneiderman himself said in 2016: 'We sued him in 2013. He says it's a political case. Nobody in August 2013 thought that this guy was going to be the Republican nominee for president' — consistent with the investigation being routine law enforcement rather than politically motivated. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Longitudinal Context

This post occupies the **controlled early phase** of what becomes an escalating multi-year campaign. Compared to same-day posts, it is notably more measured than the emotionally direct Snowden tweets posted hours earlier ("Snowden is showing how weak the U.S. has become"). The Schneiderman attack is calculated rather than reactive — a strategic move rather than an emotional vent. By September 2013, following the formal lawsuit filing, Trump escalates to: "Weiner is gone, Spitzer is gone — next will be lightweight A.G. Eric Schneiderman. Is he a crook? Wait and see, worse than Spitzer or Weiner." The June post is the opening shot; the September post is the declaration of sustained war.

The day's posting pattern — hotel promotion (aide), Iowa summit announcement (aide), Snowden outrage (authentic), ObamaCare/debt complaint (authentic), Schneiderman attack (mixed) — reveals the dual-track Twitter operation characteristic of this era: aide-managed brand/schedule content running alongside authentic emotional reactivity and strategic personal attacks.

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## Danger Assessment

**None.** No violent imagery, no dehumanizing language, no mobilization calls. The post is a political/reputational attack within normal parameters of political speech. The longer-term harassment pattern (44+ attack tweets) merits documentation but not a danger flag for this individual post.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 45%)

### Indicators

- Posted at 15:47 EDT — mid-afternoon business hours, primary Scavino/aide indicator
- Correct grammar and complete sentence structure throughout
- Sourced article citation suggests research-assisted framing rather than spontaneous outburst
- No ALL-CAPS, no misspellings, no stream-of-consciousness hallmarks of authentic Trump
- Personal legal stakes (direct investigation of Trump brand) make Trump's direction highly probable

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Schneiderman's active investigation of Trump University during settlement negotiation phase, pre-formal lawsuit)

**Rage:** Intensity 30% targeting Eric Schneiderman / New York Attorney General's office
- Proportionality: 15%

Sentiment: -0.55

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 62%
- Antisocial: 35%
- Paranoid: 62%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 25%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Cross-partisan consensus appeal: invoking political opponents as corroborating witnesses creates impression of universal validation beyond partisan base
- Authority-by-citation: linked article implies evidentiary support while actual claim remains unverifiable to audience

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- DARVO: reframes himself as victim of AG misconduct while being subject of an active fraud investigation
- Preemptive attack on legitimacy of law enforcement action ('unfair & unethical') before formal charges are filed
- False consensus construction ('even liberals & Democrats') manufactures broader agreement than evidence supports
- Attacks on investigator's perception/ethics serve to preemptively discredit any findings as the product of misconduct rather than evidence

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-02-23._

> Even liberals & Democrats think Eric Schneiderman's use of the Atty General's office is unfair & unethical

**MOSTLY FALSE**

No documented evidence of broad liberal or Democratic consensus against Schneiderman's Trump University investigation. The linked article (inaccessible) almost certainly represented one or two commentators rather than a broad consensus. Schneiderman's investigation was ultimately vindicated: Trump settled for $25M in November 2016 without admitting wrongdoing. Schneiderman himself said in 2016: 'We sued him in 2013. He says it's a political case. Nobody in August 2013 thought that this guy was going to be the Republican nominee for president' — consistent with the investigation being routine law enforcement rather than politically motivated.

Sources: https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2013/ag-schneiderman-sues-donald-trump-trump-university-michael-sexton-defrauding; https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/02/politics/eric-schneiderman-attorney-general-trump-university-fraud/index.html; https://abcnews.com/US/calling-lawsuits-trump-schneidermans-turbulent-history/story?id=55012785

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- Trump University (95%)
- Schneiderman (95%)
- DARVO (88%)
- projection (82%)
- preemptive-delegitimization (85%)
- false-consensus (82%)
- narcissistic-injury-response (88%)
- harassment-campaign-initiation (75%)
- aide-authored (60%)

## That day

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

**Parallel Tracks: Brand Custodian by Morning, Legal Combatant and Nationalist by Afternoon — The Earliest 'Witch Hunt'**

June 24, 2013 presents a day of carefully segmented psychological activity operating across two largely distinct modes. The morning opened with routine brand maintenance — brief social replies and hotel promotions — before pivoting sharply at 11:46 AM EDT into legal defense posture with the first of three coordinated attacks on New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (x_349192067777437696). This rapid transition from social pleasantries to preemptive counter-narrative, compressed into minutes, illustrates the hair-trigger responsiveness of Trump's narcissistic injury schema: brand custodian one moment, prosecutorial combatant the next. These posts are historically significant as the earliest documented specimens of the 'witch hunt' defensive schema — deployed approximately six weeks before the formal $40M Trump University fraud lawsuit filing.

The afternoon bifurcated across commercial promotion (Ivanka hotel menu, Trump-Damac golf development, Trump New York luxury positioning) and a nationalist-political narrative anchored to the Snowden diplomatic crisis. Posts x_349231954396332032 and x_349242382199422976 represent early deployment of the 'America has become weak' contamination narrative, using Snowden as a vehicle to attack Obama while implicitly positioning Trump as a strength-restoring alternative. The day's intensity peaked modestly at 0.42 in the Schneiderman cluster before closing with a self-affirming quote from Think Like a Champion — a likely deliberate resilience reframe after a day partially dominated by legal threat anxiety.

The most clinically notable behavioral anomaly is serial post duplication: both the Schneiderman attack (re-posted as x_349192067777437700 at 3:47 PM EDT with a rage signal absent from the morning version) and the fiscal criticism post (re-posted as x_349248454045859840 at 7:31 PM EDT) appear twice in near-identical form. The afternoon Schneiderman repost carrying a rage flag while the aide-attributed morning version did not may indicate direct personal re-engagement — Trump overwriting delegated content with his own impulsive amplification. No hypomanic indicators are present: all activity fell within standard business hours (11:04 AM–7:31 PM EDT) and no pressure-of-speech or overnight posting patterns are evident.

Full digest for 2013-06-24: https://trump.fm/date/2013-06-24/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2013, June 24). Even liberals &amp, Democrats think Eric... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_349192067777437700
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Even liberals &amp, Democrats think Eric Schneiderman’s use..." X (Twitter), 24 Jun. 2013. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_349192067777437700. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Even liberals &amp, Democrats think Eric Schneiderman’s use...," X (Twitter), June 24, 2013, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_349192067777437700.

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