# Post x_818134981344165888

- Post ID: `x_818134981344165888`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-01-08T16:39:14.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no, but it quotes a tweet by @FoxNews
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_818134981344165888
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_818134981344165888/analysis
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## Post text

_Quotes @FoxNews, pasted in quotation marks the way early X retweets were made by hand. The words in quotation marks are @FoxNews's, not his; a reply of his, if any, follows the closing mark._

> "@FoxNews: "We certainly don’t want intelligence interfering with politics and we don’t want politics interfe… https://t.co/bwDjEg1d7S"

## Engagement

- Likes: 35,121
- Reposts: 8,043
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.392Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T08:44:19.466Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Retweet of Fox News on Intelligence and Politics (2017-01-08)

### Context
This post is a retweet/quote of a Fox News segment discussing the separation of intelligence from politics. Posted January 8, 2017—12 days before inauguration—this falls squarely within Trump's ongoing campaign to discredit the US intelligence community's assessment of Russian interference in the 2016 election. By amplifying Fox News commentary, Trump uses third-party validation to advance his preferred narrative without directly making the argument himself.

### Authorship
Posted at 11:39 AM EST (Trump was in New York at Trump Tower during transition). Business hours, simple retweet with no personal commentary added—consistent with aide-assisted posting, though Trump was known to retweet from his own device as well. The mechanical quote-tweet format leans toward aide or shared authorship.

### Psychological Function
The post serves a defensive function: by endorsing the frame that "intelligence shouldn't interfere with politics," Trump inverts the actual concern (that a foreign power interfered in the election) into a frame where *intelligence agencies* are the ones "interfering." This is a classic projection and reframing maneuver.

### Rhetorical Strategy
The use of Fox News as a proxy voice is a well-documented propaganda technique—appeal to authority combined with source laundering. Trump doesn't need to make the controversial claim himself; he simply amplifies it with implied endorsement.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Intelligence is interfering with politics" | **Mostly False** | Intelligence agencies were fulfilling their mandate by briefing on foreign election interference. The January 6, 2017 ICA (Intelligence Community Assessment) was a consensus product of CIA, FBI, and NSA. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 35%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (11:39 AM EST)
- Simple retweet format with no personal commentary
- Mechanical quote-tweet structure

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Intelligence community assessment of Russian interference delegitimizing election victory)

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

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

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 15%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- appeal to trusted media source
- implied consensus through retweet

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Reframing intelligence findings as political interference inverts reality
- Implicit delegitimization of institutional fact-finding

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Intelligence is interfering with politics

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Intelligence agencies were fulfilling their mandate by briefing on foreign election interference. The January 6, 2017 ICA (Intelligence Community Assessment) was a consensus product of CIA, FBI, and NSA.

Sources: ODNI ICA January 2017

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- russia_investigation (80%)
- institutional_attack (60%)
- proxy_messaging (70%)

## That day

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

**President-Elect Pivots from Diplomacy to Intelligence Community Grievance**

Trump started the evening before with diplomatic niceties — welcoming a meeting with Britain's prime minister and congratulating a state party chair — before going quiet for the night. When he resumed late Sunday morning, the tone shifted sharply toward grievance: he attacked the media for editing a Kellyanne Conway interview and grew increasingly agitated about the classified Russia hacking report being leaked to NBC before he saw it. It was a low-volume, relatively calm day by his standards, but the intelligence community leak clearly got under his skin the most.

Full digest for 2017-01-08: https://trump.fm/date/2017-01-08/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, January 8). "@FoxNews: "We certainly don’t want intelligence... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_818134981344165888
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. ""@FoxNews: "We certainly don’t want intelligence..." X (Twitter), 8 Jan. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_818134981344165888. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, ""@FoxNews: "We certainly don’t want intelligence...," X (Twitter), January 8, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_818134981344165888.

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