# Post x_747874856130183168

- Post ID: `x_747874856130183168`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2016-06-28T19:30:35.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_747874856130183168
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_747874856130183168/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_747874856130183168.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Check it out - 2nd video on Lying Crooked Hillary is now online! Watch it here:
> https://t.co/5mtwkOvQnd
> #CrookedHillary #Trump2016

## Engagement

- Likes: 10,908
- Reposts: 5,110
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.376Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-10T07:10:46.497Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

Routine campaign promotional post distributing an anti-Clinton attack video, assessed as primarily aide-composed based on business-hours posting (3:30 PM EDT) and polished structure. The primary psychological content is the compound label 'Lying Crooked Hillary,' which functions as sustained opponent-devaluation through repetition — a branding strategy requiring no evidentiary argument, only consistent conditioning of audience associations. The notable contextual feature is the posting date: June 28, 2016, the same day the House Benghazi Committee released its 800-page final report finding no new evidence of wrongdoing by Clinton. The attack video deployment is consistent with counter-programming strategy — flooding the information environment with the corruption frame at precisely the moment when the most prominent investigative process had failed to substantiate it. This reflects immature splitting and projection as characteristic defenses: Clinton is encoded as purely bad ('lying,' 'crooked'), while the disowned shadow element of dishonesty is projected outward. No acute narcissistic injury is detectable; this is maintenance-level aggression and supply-seeking through audience mobilization. No danger indicators are present. Clinically, the post is unremarkable as an isolated sample — its significance lies in its role within the sustained 'Crooked Hillary' labeling campaign as an archetypal example of enemy-definition through accumulated pejorative branding.

# Psychological Analysis: Trump Tweet — June 28, 2016

## Overview

A brief campaign promotional post directing followers to an attack video targeting Hillary Clinton. Posted at approximately 3:30 PM EDT, the post is assessed as primarily aide-composed. Its psychological content is thin as an isolated sample but strategically significant given the day's news context.

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## Authorship Attribution

**Assessment: Primarily aide-written (confidence: medium) | Score: 0.28**

The 19:30 UTC timestamp converts to ~3:30 PM EDT — squarely within business hours for New York-based campaign staff. The format is disciplined: imperative hook → subject label → link → hashtags, consistent with Scavino-era social media operations. No typos, no ALL CAPS emotional surges, no fragmentary syntax. The casual opener "Check it out" carries recognizable Trump vernacular and may represent a dictated phrase incorporated into an aide-drafted template. Overall, the post reads as staff-composed with possible Trump directional input.

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## Contextual Significance: Counter-Programming on Benghazi Day

The most analytically salient feature of this post is **its date**. June 28, 2016 was the day the House Select Committee on Benghazi released its final 800-page report — the product of a two-year, $7M investigation — finding **no new evidence of wrongdoing by Hillary Clinton**. 

The deployment of a sequenced anti-Clinton attack video ("2nd video") on this specific date is consistent with **counter-programming strategy**: flooding the information environment with the corruption frame at the precise moment when the most prominent investigative mechanism had declined to substantiate it. This is not evidence of conscious psychological dynamics (it is likely strategic staff decision-making), but it illustrates the campaign's operational commitment to sustaining epistemic closure within the supporter base — maintaining the "Crooked Hillary" schema regardless of investigative outcomes.

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## Rhetorical Analysis

### The Compound Label as Primary Instrument

"**Lying Crooked Hillary**" represents the post's sole substantive content. The compound construction is rhetorically sophisticated in its simplicity:

- **"Lying"** — attacks on credibility and character simultaneously
- **"Crooked"** — implies criminal or ethical corruption
- **Compounding** — each modifier amplifies the other; the cumulative label is more damaging than either alone
- **Proper name attachment** — the label eventually replaces the name in audience cognition (classical conditioning principle)

This is consistent with the RAND Firehose model of propaganda: repeated assertion substitutes for evidentiary argument. The claim to Clinton's dishonesty and corruption is presented as established fact requiring no support — audiences who accept the frame accept the conclusion.

### Mobilization Mechanics

- **Imperative register** ("Check it out") mimics peer recommendation, exploiting social trust dynamics
- **Series framing** ("2nd video") creates narrative continuity and anticipation — implies an ongoing revelatory project
- **Hashtag deployment** (#CrookedHillary, #Trump2016) enrolls the follower in group identity signaling and amplification network

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## Psychological Frameworks

### Level 1: Dispositional Traits

Extraversion is dominant (assertive, energetic promotional voice). Agreeableness is characteristically suppressed — the compound attack label reflects hostile interpersonal orientation. Openness is minimal; the post encodes a rigid binary. Neuroticism is present at baseline levels through the hostile labeling, though no acute emotional escalation is detectable.

### Level 2: Motives

**Agency motives** overwhelm communion motives (ratio ~16:1 in this post). The drive is power and status — defining the opponent to define the self. The video series constitutes an **achievement-oriented** project (sequential production of persuasive content), consistent with high agency motivation.

### Level 3: Narrative Identity

Trump positions as **warrior-campaigner** advancing against a corrupt establishment figure. The compound label performs **narrative work**: it establishes the antagonist's character so the protagonist's heroism requires no separate elaboration. The implicit contamination sequence is: America was (or could be) great → Clinton and her corruption are contaminating it → Trump will restore it.

**Contrasting other:** "Lying Crooked Hillary" is the post's entire content beyond the link. Clinton is constructed as the shadow figure — the repository of dishonesty and corruption — against which Trump's self-image as a straight-talker and honest dealmaker is constituted.

### Level 4: Defense Mechanisms

**Projection (immature):** The "Lying" label projects dishonesty as Clinton's defining characteristic. Trump simultaneously cultivated a "tell it like it is" persona in which truthfulness was a core identity claim. The unacknowledged complexity of his own relationship to factual accuracy is displaced onto the opponent.

**Splitting (immature):** Clinton is encoded as a purely devalued object. No nuance, no acknowledgment of complexity. The binary structure (Trump/honest vs. Clinton/lying-crooked) is classic splitting.

**Rationalization (neurotic):** The promotional frame ("Check it out") positions the attack video as a public service — information the audience deserves — rather than political aggression.

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## Cognitive Assessment

Post is too brief and formulaic to yield substantive cognitive assessment. No word-finding difficulty, perseveration, or disorganization is detectable. Consistent with aide-composed promotional text. **No deviation from baseline.**

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## Danger Assessment

**Level: None.** Standard campaign attack content. No eliminationist language, no dehumanization, no violent imagery, no stochastic terrorism indicators.

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## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "This is the 2nd video on Lying Crooked Hillary" | **Unverifiable** | The claim that this is a sequenced second video is plausible given the campaign's ongoing anti-Clinton content production, but cannot be verified without accessing the linked content. |
| "Hillary Clinton is 'Lying' and 'Crooked'" | **Unverifiable** | These are evaluative/pejorative political labels, not factual propositions amenable to verification. Notably, the House Benghazi Committee released its final 800-page report on this same date (June 28, 2016) finding no new evidence of wrongdoing by Clinton — the most prominent contemporaneous investigative finding directly contradicts the 'crooked' framing in the context of that investigation. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Summary Assessment

Clinically unremarkable as an isolated post. Its significance is contextual (counter-programming the Benghazi report) and typological (exemplar of sustained compound-label branding strategy). No acute psychological state is detectable beyond the chronic baseline of hostile agreeableness and aggressive campaign posture characteristic of this period.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 28%)

### Indicators

- Posted at 19:30 UTC = ~3:30 PM EDT (New York business hours)
- Clean hashtag placement and consistent formatting
- Structured promotional format typical of campaign communications staff
- No typos, no ALL CAPS emotional bursts, no mid-sentence tangents
- 'Check it out' opener carries mild Trump vernacular, suggesting possible Trump-dictated framing with aide polish

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Preemptive Attack — Comparison (Hillary Clinton / Benghazi report news cycle)

Sentiment: -0.48

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 55%
- Antisocial: 25%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 20%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 100%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address imperative ('Check it out') creates false intimacy and shared mission
- Hashtag community signaling (#Trump2016) enrolls follower in group identity

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-10._

> This is the 2nd video on Lying Crooked Hillary

**UNVERIFIABLE**

The claim that this is a sequenced second video is plausible given the campaign's ongoing anti-Clinton content production, but cannot be verified without accessing the linked content.

> Hillary Clinton is 'Lying' and 'Crooked'

**UNVERIFIABLE**

These are evaluative/pejorative political labels, not factual propositions amenable to verification. Notably, the House Benghazi Committee released its final 800-page report on this same date (June 28, 2016) finding no new evidence of wrongdoing by Clinton — the most prominent contemporaneous investigative finding directly contradicts the 'crooked' framing in the context of that investigation.

Sources: House Select Committee on Benghazi Final Report, June 28, 2016

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- attack-video promotion (90%)
- Crooked Hillary branding (85%)
- counter-programming (70%)
- aide-authored (70%)
- splitting (65%)
- Benghazi news cycle response (60%)

## That day

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

**Afternoon Campaign Blitz: Benghazi Narrative Inversion and Istanbul Attack Instrumentalization**

Trump spent a focused two-hour afternoon window retweeting supporters, pushing a new anti-Clinton attack video, and reframing the Benghazi committee's exoneration of Clinton as proof of her failure. When news of the Istanbul airport bombing broke, he pivoted quickly to terrorism messaging, casting himself as the leader who understands the threat. The mood was controlled and strategic throughout — no anger, no drama, just steady campaign-mode operation.

Full digest for 2016-06-28: https://trump.fm/date/2016-06-28/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2016, June 28). Check it out - 2nd video on Lying Crooked Hillary... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_747874856130183168
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Check it out - 2nd video on Lying Crooked Hillary is now..." X (Twitter), 28 Jun. 2016. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_747874856130183168. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Check it out - 2nd video on Lying Crooked Hillary is now...," X (Twitter), June 28, 2016, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_747874856130183168.

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