# Post x_862286091759611900 - Post ID: `x_862286091759611900` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2017-05-10T16:39:59.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_862286091759611900 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_862286091759611900/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_862286091759611900.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > caught, he cried like a baby and begged for forgiveness...and now he is judge &, jury. He should be the one who is investigated for his acts. ## Engagement - Likes: 0 - Reposts: 10,588 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:25.018Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T12:42:47.562Z (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 is the culmination of a three-tweet thread attacking Senator Blumenthal during the acute crisis following Trump's firing of FBI Director Comey. The psychological pattern is textbook narcissistic defense: facing criticism and investigation, Trump deploys ad hominem deflection to discredit a critic rather than address substance. The most clinically notable feature is the projection — demanding that Blumenthal "should be the one who is investigated" while Trump himself faces the Russia investigation. The DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) structure reverses who is under scrutiny. Infantilizing language ("cried like a baby") functions as dominance display with mild sadistic quality. The Blumenthal Vietnam scandal is factual, making this an effective but psychologically revealing deflection. The disproportionality between the trigger (a senator's TV criticism) and the response (a three-tweet character assassination) suggests elevated narcissistic reactivity consistent with the Comey firing crisis period. ## Analysis: Post x_862286091759611900 (2017-05-10) ### Context This is the third tweet in a thread attacking Senator Richard Blumenthal, posted the day after Trump fired FBI Director Comey. Blumenthal was publicly criticizing the firing. Trump is in Washington, D.C.; 12:39 PM ET — business hours. ### Thread Reconstruction The full thread reads: "Watching Senator Richard Blumenthal speak of Comey is a joke. 'Richie' devised one of the greatest military frauds in U.S. history. For years, as a pol in Connecticut, Blumenthal would talk of his great bravery and conquests in Vietnam - except he was never there. When caught, he cried like a baby and begged for forgiveness...and now he is judge & jury. He should be the one who is investigated for his acts." ### Psychological Analysis This post is a textbook ad hominem deflection. Rather than addressing the substance of Blumenthal's criticism of the Comey firing, Trump attacks Blumenthal's credibility via his documented Vietnam service misrepresentation scandal. The "he should be the one who is investigated" line is classic DARVO — reversing who should face scrutiny. The infantilizing language ("cried like a baby") serves as dominance display and humiliation. The projection is notable: Trump, under investigation, demands his critic be investigated instead. ### Cognitive Notes The thread is coherent, logically sequenced across multiple tweets, and references a real scandal (Blumenthal did misrepresent his Vietnam-era service). This is functional, if aggressive, political combat rhetoric — no cognitive markers of concern. ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Blumenthal misrepresented his Vietnam service record" | **True** | In 2010, the NYT reported Blumenthal had on multiple occasions said he served 'in Vietnam' when he actually received five military deferments and served stateside in the Marine Reserve. | Overall Veracity: 100% ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 65%) ### Indicators - Business hours (12:39 PM ET) - Multi-tweet thread is coherent and structured - Uses diminutive 'Richie' — characteristic Trump move - Emotional content but grammatically correct - Could be Trump dictating or aide polishing ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Senator Blumenthal criticizing Comey firing) **Rage:** Intensity 65% targeting Richard Blumenthal - Proportionality: 40% Sentiment: -0.70 **Mildly Hypomanic** - Rapid-fire multi-tweet thread - Elevated combativeness on day of major crisis ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 70% - Antisocial: 30% - Paranoid: 40% - Sadism: 50% **Defense Mechanisms:** - projection (immature) - devaluation (immature) - displacement (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 50% **Parasocial Techniques:** - shared contempt for critic - framing critic as hypocrite ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-11._ > Blumenthal misrepresented his Vietnam service record **TRUE** In 2010, the NYT reported Blumenthal had on multiple occasions said he served 'in Vietnam' when he actually received five military deferments and served stateside in the Marine Reserve. Sources: New York Times, May 2010 Overall Veracity: 100% ## Tags - deflection (90%) - comey-firing (80%) - ad-hominem (85%) - projection (80%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Comey Firing Fallout: A Day of Defensive Fury and Manufactured Consensus** The day after firing FBI Director James Comey, Trump spent nearly every waking hour defending the decision on social media. His strategy was consistent: insist that Democrats had wanted Comey gone too, mock anyone who pushed back, and attack individual critics by name. The sharpest moment came in a morning three-part thread savaging Senator Blumenthal's military record — a classic redirect away from the investigation that had prompted the firing. By evening, the tone had cooled slightly, but the message never changed: everyone secretly agrees with me, and anyone who says otherwise is a fraud. Full digest for 2017-05-10: https://trump.fm/date/2017-05-10/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, May 10). caught, he cried like a baby and begged for... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_862286091759611900 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "caught, he cried like a baby and begged for..." X (Twitter), 10 May. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_862286091759611900. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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