# Post x_862286091759611905

- Post ID: `x_862286091759611905`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-05-10T12:39:59.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_862286091759611905
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_862286091759611905/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_862286091759611905.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: 61,884
- Reposts: 13,771
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.390Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T12:42:19.330Z (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 completes a three-part thread attacking Senator Blumenthal as a deflection from criticism of the Comey firing. It demonstrates textbook DARVO: Trump, who is under scrutiny for firing the FBI director investigating his campaign, reverses the frame by demanding his critic be investigated instead. The sadistic tone ("cried like a baby") and projection of investigative scrutiny onto the accuser are clinically notable as narcissistic defense mechanisms activated by perceived injury. The post distorts Blumenthal's documented public regret into humiliating groveling, serving both to devalue the critic and entertain the audience through contempt. This pattern — attacking the credibility of anyone who scrutinizes him rather than addressing substance — is a consistent longitudinal feature that intensifies during periods of institutional threat.

## Analysis: Post x_862286091759611905 (2017-05-10)

This is the third part of a multi-tweet thread attacking Senator Richard Blumenthal, posted the day after Trump fired FBI Director Comey. The thread deflects from the Comey firing by attacking Blumenthal's credibility regarding his Vietnam service record claims.

**Context:** Blumenthal had been publicly critical of the Comey firing. Trump responds not by defending the firing but by attacking Blumenthal's character — specifically his documented history of implying he served in Vietnam when he received deferments and served stateside in the Marine Reserve.

**Timing:** 8:39 AM ET (Trump in Washington). Business hours but early enough and emotional enough in tone to be authentic.

**Key psychological dynamics:** The post reveals classic DARVO — Blumenthal is recast from critic/judge into someone who should himself be "investigated." The phrase "cried like a baby and begged for forgiveness" is contemptuous and sadistic, designed to humiliate. "He should be the one who is investigated" is projection — Trump, facing scrutiny over the Comey firing and Russia investigation, redirects the investigative frame onto his critic.

**Fact check:** Blumenthal did misrepresent his military service on multiple occasions (documented by NYT in 2010), and did express regret publicly. However, characterizing him as having "cried like a baby" is hyperbolic distortion. The claim he should be "investigated for his acts" is rhetorical overreach — Blumenthal's misstatements, while serious, were not criminal.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Blumenthal cried like a baby and begged for forgiveness over Vietnam fraud" | **Mostly False** | Blumenthal publicly expressed regret in 2010 after NYT exposed his misrepresentations, but his response was measured, not groveling. 'Cried like a baby' is hyperbolic distortion. |
| "Blumenthal devised one of the greatest military frauds in U.S. history" | **Mostly False** | Blumenthal did misrepresent his service on multiple occasions, which was serious. But calling it 'one of the greatest military frauds in U.S. history' is extreme hyperbole. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- emotional reactivity
- contemptuous/humiliating language
- stream-of-consciousness multi-tweet thread
- early morning posting
- impulsive attack pattern

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Senator Blumenthal's public criticism of Comey firing)

**Rage:** Intensity 70% targeting Senator Richard Blumenthal
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.75

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 60%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- devaluation (immature)
- distortion (pathological)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared contempt for target
- framing critic as hypocrite

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- DARVO: reverses who should be investigated
- Distorts Blumenthal's measured public regret into abject groveling

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Blumenthal cried like a baby and begged for forgiveness over Vietnam fraud

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Blumenthal publicly expressed regret in 2010 after NYT exposed his misrepresentations, but his response was measured, not groveling. 'Cried like a baby' is hyperbolic distortion.

Sources: NYT 2010 reporting on Blumenthal

> Blumenthal devised one of the greatest military frauds in U.S. history

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Blumenthal did misrepresent his service on multiple occasions, which was serious. But calling it 'one of the greatest military frauds in U.S. history' is extreme hyperbole.

Sources: NYT 2010 investigation

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- deflection (90%)
- DARVO (80%)
- Comey-firing-fallout (90%)
- character-assassination (70%)

## 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_862286091759611905
- 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_862286091759611905. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "caught, he cried like a baby and begged for...," X (Twitter), May 10, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_862286091759611905.

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