# Post x_831840306161123328

- Post ID: `x_831840306161123328`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-02-15T12:19:18.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_831840306161123328
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_831840306161123328/analysis
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## Post text

> Information is being illegally given to the failing @nytimes & @washingtonpost by the intelligence community (NSA and FBI?).Just like Russia

## Engagement

- Likes: 80,376
- Reposts: 21,143
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.391Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T09:49:54.841Z (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, arriving the morning after Michael Flynn's forced resignation, reveals a pronounced paranoid schema and classic DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) dynamics. Rather than addressing the substance of Flynn's deception about Russian contacts, Trump reframes the narrative entirely: the crime is not what was done, but that it was exposed. The intelligence community — NSA and FBI — are cast as criminal conspirators, and the fragmentary comparison "Just like Russia" equates America's own intelligence apparatus with a foreign adversary. This is a significant escalation in delegitimizing domestic institutions during a period of active counterintelligence concern. The vulnerable narcissistic state is evident: the Flynn resignation exposed administration dysfunction barely a month into the presidency, constituting a narcissistic injury of the "exposure" type. Defense mechanisms are primarily immature — displacement (substance to process), projection (own side's misconduct attributed to institutional enemies), and denial. The post is part of a sustained morning barrage including attacks on media ("fake news," "conspiracy theories"), dismissal of Russia connections, and praise for friendly outlets. This pattern of institutional delegitimization, combined with paranoid framing, warrants elevated danger monitoring — not for direct violence incitement, but for systematic erosion of trust in democratic governance infrastructure during a period when those institutions were performing legitimate oversight functions.

## Psychological Analysis: Post x_831840306161123328

### Context
Posted February 15, 2017 at 12:19 UTC (7:19 AM EST — Trump was at the White House). This is the day after Michael Flynn's resignation over contacts with the Russian ambassador. The post is part of a morning barrage attacking media and deflecting from the Russia narrative.

### Authorship
7:19 AM EST falls in Trump's known early-morning tweeting window. The post has hallmark authentic features: no link, emotional content, incomplete thought ("Just like Russia" is a fragmentary comparison), and the ampersand encoding artifact. The elliptical ending suggests stream-of-consciousness. High confidence this is authentic.

### Psychological Analysis
The Flynn resignation was a major narcissistic injury — an admission of dysfunction within the administration just weeks in. This post redirects blame outward: the problem is not Flynn's deception or Russian contacts, but *leaks*. This is classic **displacement** and **externalization**.

"Just like Russia" is a remarkable fragment — it appears to compare the intelligence community's leaking to Russian espionage, effectively equating the US intelligence apparatus with a foreign adversary. This is a significant rhetorical escalation: casting domestic institutions as enemies of the state.

The word "illegally" frames Trump as victim of criminal activity, activating the **paranoid schema** — surrounded by disloyal actors within his own government. This is consistent with the paranoid features of malignant narcissism (preoccupation with perceived attacks, bearing grudges, quick to counterattack).

### Rhetorical Techniques
- **Delegitimization of institutions**: Intelligence community framed as criminal actors
- **"Failing" epithet**: Routine devaluation of NYT
- **Paranoid framing**: Government agencies conspiring against him
- **Deflection**: Shifts narrative from Flynn/Russia substance to leak process

### Danger Assessment
Labeling intelligence agencies as quasi-criminal adversaries ("Just like Russia") represents an escalation in delegitimizing state institutions. While not directly inciting violence, this rhetoric erodes trust in democratic governance infrastructure.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Information is being illegally given to the NYT and Washington Post by the intelligence community" | **Half True** | Classified information was indeed leaked to media, and unauthorized disclosure of classified info is illegal. However, whistleblower protections exist, and the characterization of the intelligence community as the source is speculative (the parenthetical 'NSA and FBI?' acknowledges uncertainty). |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 90%)

### Indicators

- Early morning posting (7:19 AM EST)
- Fragmentary thought ('Just like Russia')
- No links or polished formatting
- Emotional/reactive content
- Stream-of-consciousness quality

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Flynn resignation and intelligence community leaks exposing administration dysfunction)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting Intelligence community (NSA, FBI), NYT, Washington Post
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.70

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Morning barrage of 5+ tweets on multiple topics
- Rapid-fire institutional attacks

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 70%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared persecution narrative
- in-group identification against institutional enemies

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Equating domestic intelligence agencies with foreign adversary Russia
- Framing institutional oversight as criminal conspiracy
- Delegitimizing intelligence community during active counterintelligence concerns

### Gaslighting

- Reframes the story from 'Flynn misled VP about Russia contacts' to 'intelligence community is criminally leaking'
- DARVO pattern: administration wrongdoing reversed to institutional persecution

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Information is being illegally given to the NYT and Washington Post by the intelligence community

**HALF TRUE**

Classified information was indeed leaked to media, and unauthorized disclosure of classified info is illegal. However, whistleblower protections exist, and the characterization of the intelligence community as the source is speculative (the parenthetical 'NSA and FBI?' acknowledges uncertainty).

Sources: Flynn resignation coverage; subsequent leak investigations

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- Flynn resignation response (90%)
- intelligence community attack (80%)
- DARVO (70%)
- institutional delegitimization (80%)
- paranoid features (70%)
- leak narrative (80%)

## That day

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

**Flynn Resignation Triggers Morning Defensive Barrage Against Media and Intelligence Community**

The day after his National Security Advisor's forced resignation over Russian contacts, Trump split his time between routine presidential business and an aggressive counterattack on the media and intelligence agencies. A rapid-fire morning burst dismissed the Russia story as nonsense, accused the NSA and FBI of criminal leaking, and deflected blame onto Obama and Clinton -- then several of those same attack posts were reposted hours later, suggesting the topic kept gnawing at him. The rest of the day was business as usual: meetings with retail CEOs, a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, and a rally announcement for Saturday in Florida. The overall mood was defensive -- a president under siege, lashing outward rather than addressing the substance of the Flynn crisis.

Full digest for 2017-02-15: https://trump.fm/date/2017-02-15/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, February 15). Information is being illegally given to the... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_831840306161123328
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Information is being illegally given to the failing..." X (Twitter), 15 Feb. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_831840306161123328. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Information is being illegally given to the failing...," X (Twitter), February 15, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_831840306161123328.

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