Analysis: How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during th...

9y ago Mar 4, 2017 at 12:02 PM

How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-11. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

Elevated

Narcissistic State

Mixed

Authorship

Self-Written

Intensity

88%

This post is the culmination of a six-tweet early-morning tweetstorm making baseless accusations that President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower. Triggered by the narcissistic injury of AG Sessions' recusal from the Russia investigation two days prior, the tweetstorm represents a textbook DARVO response: deny wrongdoing, attack the accuser (recast as Obama), and reverse victim/offender roles. The psychological dynamics are clinically significant. The rage response is grossly disproportionate — fabricating a presidential scandal equivalent to Watergate based on a talk radio segment. Defense mechanisms are predominantly immature-to-pathological: projection (accusing others of surveillance misconduct while under investigation), distortion (elevating unverified claims to Watergate-level scandal), and splitting (all-bad characterization of Obama). The paranoid features are prominent, with Trump constructing a conspiracy narrative involving illegal presidential surveillance without evidence. The mixed narcissistic state combines grandiose self-importance (worthy target of presidential conspiracy, "sacred" election) with vulnerable victimhood. The misspelling "tapp" and early-morning timing confirm authentic authorship during a state of emotional dysregulation. Intelligence officials and congressional leaders from both parties later debunked these claims entirely. This tweetstorm successfully shifted media attention from Sessions/Russia to the wiretapping allegations — suggesting the defensive strategy, however psychologically driven, was also tactically effective.

Authorship Analysis

Self-Written

Indicators:

Misspelling 'tapp'
7:02 AM local time (early morning Mar-a-Lago)
Raw emotional tone with exclamation marks
Stream-of-consciousness escalation across tweetstorm
Parenthetical hedge '(or sick)' is signature Trump device

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Mixed State

Trigger: Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Jeff Sessions recusal validating Russia investigation)

Rage: Intensity 80% targeting Barack Obama

Proportionality

10%

Sentiment

-0.85

Baseline Deviation: slight

Moderately Hypomanic

Six rapid-fire tweets on single topic starting early morningEscalating grandiosity of claims across tweetstormDecreased need for sleep implied by early morning postingPressured quality to output

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

80%

Antisocial

50%

Paranoid

80%

Sadism

30%

Defense Mechanisms:

projectiondistortionsplitting

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

50%

Cognitive Markers:

perseveration

Parasocial Techniques:

shared outrage framingimplicit call to followers to validate persecution narrative

Danger Assessment

Elevated

Indicators:

Former president falsely accused of felony by sitting president
Delegitimization of law enforcement/intelligence institutions
Persecution narrative could mobilize supporter aggression toward perceived conspirators

Gaslighting Detected:

Stating unverified accusation as established fact ('Just found out')
DARVO: reversing who is investigating whom
Creating false equivalence with Watergate to reframe narrative
Attacking perception of reality — reframing legitimate investigation as persecution

Reality Distortions:

No evidence Obama ordered wiretapping of Trump Tower
Nixon/Watergate comparison is fabricated equivalence
Framing as 'just found out' implies intelligence briefing when source was media commentary

Fact Checks (2)

"Obama tapped my phones during the election process"

False

FBI Director Comey, NSA Director Rogers, and congressional intelligence leaders from both parties confirmed no evidence of Obama ordering wiretapping of Trump Tower. DOJ found no evidence supporting the claim.

"This is Nixon/Watergate"

False

Watergate involved proven criminal conspiracy directed by the president. No evidence exists that Obama ordered surveillance of Trump. The comparison is factually baseless.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Psychological Analysis: "How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones..."

Context

This is the sixth in a rapid-fire tweetstorm on the morning of March 4, 2017, all centered on the accusation that President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower. Trump was at Mar-a-Lago (EST, UTC-5), making this approximately 7:02 AM — early morning, consistent with his known pattern of early-morning reactive tweeting. The misspelling "tapp" and the raw emotional quality confirm authenticity.

Trigger Analysis

The Sessions recusal two days prior was a significant narcissistic injury — a member of Trump's inner circle publicly validating the Russia investigation's legitimacy. This tweetstorm represents a classic counterattack: deflect from Sessions/Russia by creating a new, bigger scandal implicating Obama. The Breitbart article sourcing these claims (from radio host Mark Levin) was reportedly consumed by Trump the evening before.

Psychological Dynamics

The escalation across the tweetstorm is notable. This final tweet reaches maximum intensity: comparing Obama to Nixon, calling him "Bad (or sick) guy!" The parenthetical "(or sick)" is a characteristic Trump device — planting an insinuation while maintaining deniability. It implies mental illness or corruption while technically hedging.

The phrase "very sacred election process" is striking — Trump rarely uses religious/reverential language about democratic institutions. Here it serves to maximize the severity of the alleged transgression rather than reflect genuine institutional reverence.

Defense Mechanisms

The entire tweetstorm is a textbook example of projection (accusing others of surveillance/misconduct while under investigation himself) and DARVO (Deny wrongdoing regarding Russia, Attack Obama, Reverse Victim and Offender by casting himself as the surveilled victim). The Nixon/Watergate comparison is distortion — grossly reshaping an unverified claim into an equivalence with the most famous presidential scandal in American history.

Rhetorical Analysis

The post employs several propaganda techniques: false equivalence (Nixon/Watergate), appeal to sanctity ("very sacred"), ad hominem ("Bad (or sick) guy!"), and the firehose model — six tweets in rapid succession creating an overwhelming counter-narrative. The parenthetical hedge is a form of innuendo that plants suspicion while maintaining plausible deniability.

Cognitive Note

The misspelling "tapp" (double-p) is notable but consistent with rapid, emotionally-driven typing rather than cognitive decline. Trump was 70 and tweeting from a phone early in the morning. The syntax is coherent and the argument, while factually baseless, is logically structured within its false premises.

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"Obama tapped my phones during the election process"	False	FBI Director Comey, NSA Director Rogers, and congressional intelligence leaders from both parties confirmed no evidence of Obama ordering wiretapping of Trump Tower. DOJ found no evidence supporting the claim.
"This is Nixon/Watergate"	False	Watergate involved proven criminal conspiracy directed by the president. No evidence exists that Obama ordered surveillance of Trump. The comparison is factually baseless.

Overall Veracity: 0%