# Post x_817004210529116160

- Post ID: `x_817004210529116160`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-01-05T13:45:57.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_817004210529116160
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_817004210529116160/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_817004210529116160.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> to make up their own minds as to the truth. The media lies to make it look like I am against "Intelligence" when in fact I am a big fan!

## Engagement

- Likes: 67,888
- Reposts: 15,333
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.392Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T08:35:59.644Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Post x_817004210529116160 (2017-01-05)

### Context
This is the continuation of a thread beginning with "The dishonest media likes saying that I am in Agreement with Julian Assange - wrong." This second part completes the thought: he's not agreeing with Assange, just relaying what Assange says, and the media "lies" to make it seem he's "against Intelligence." The scare quotes around "Intelligence" and the closing "I am a big fan!" are notable.

### Authorship
Posted at 8:45 AM EST (Trump Tower, NYC). Business hours, but the thread style with emotional reactivity and scare quotes is characteristic of authentic Trump. The continuation format ("...to make up their own minds") matches his multi-tweet threading habit.

### Psychological Analysis
This post is a textbook response to narcissistic injury. The intelligence community had just briefed on Russian election interference, and media coverage framed Trump as hostile to US intelligence agencies. The defensive posture—"I am a big fan!"—is classic reaction formation: converting the actual antagonism into its opposite.

The scare quotes around "Intelligence" function as passive-aggressive devaluation while maintaining plausible deniability. He can claim he meant the concept, not the agencies, if pressed.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- **DARVO lite**: He's the one being misrepresented by the media, not the one attacking intelligence agencies
- **Populist framing**: "for the people to make up their own minds" positions him as transparency champion vs. media gatekeepers
- **Reaction formation**: "big fan!" overcompensates for documented hostility toward intelligence community findings on Russian interference

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The media lies to make it look like I am against Intelligence" | **Mostly False** | Trump had repeatedly questioned and attacked intelligence community assessments on Russian interference, including comparing them unfavorably to Assange's claims. Media coverage reflected his actual public statements. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 75%)

### Indicators

- Multi-tweet thread continuation
- Scare quotes as passive aggression
- Emotional reactivity
- Exclamation mark emphasis
- Business hours but reactive style

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Media coverage framing Trump as anti-intelligence community)

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- reaction formation (neurotic)
- rationalization (neurotic)
- projection (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Populist framing - empowering audience to 'make up their own minds'
- Creating shared enemy in 'the media'

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Reframes documented hostility toward intelligence community as media fabrication
- Claims neutral information relay while actively amplifying adversarial source (Assange)

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-11._

> The media lies to make it look like I am against Intelligence

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Trump had repeatedly questioned and attacked intelligence community assessments on Russian interference, including comparing them unfavorably to Assange's claims. Media coverage reflected his actual public statements.

Sources: Trump's own tweets from this period; Intelligence community briefings on Russian interference

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- media-attack (70%)
- intelligence-community (80%)
- reaction-formation (90%)
- russia-narrative (60%)

## That day

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

**Pre-Inauguration Trump Juggles Healthcare Offense, Assange Damage Control, and Toyota Trade Threat**

Trump spent the morning on a familiar two-front campaign: attacking ObamaCare and Chuck Schumer, then pivoting to defend himself against media reports linking him to Julian Assange. The Assange defense was the most psychologically revealing moment of the day, with Trump denying agreement while literally describing agreement. The day closed with a public threat against Toyota over a planned Mexico plant, continuing his pattern of using social media as a trade-policy cudgel. Overall, a low-intensity day with no rage and a controlled, strategic tone throughout.

Full digest for 2017-01-05: https://trump.fm/date/2017-01-05/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, January 5). to make up their own minds as to the truth. The... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_817004210529116160
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "to make up their own minds as to the truth. The media lies..." X (Twitter), 5 Jan. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_817004210529116160. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "to make up their own minds as to the truth. The media lies...," X (Twitter), January 5, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_817004210529116160.

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