Analysis: Crooked H destroyed phones w/ hammer, 'bleached' emails, &am...

9y ago Jun 15, 2017 at 11:56 PM

Crooked H destroyed phones w/ hammer, 'bleached' emails, &amp, had husband meet w/AG days before she was cleared- &amp, they talk about obstruction?

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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

None

Narcissistic State

Vulnerable

Authorship

Self-Written

Intensity

65%

This post is part of a three-post escalation on June 15, 2017, the day Mueller's probe expanded to include obstruction of justice. The psychological sequence is clear: "WITCH HUNT" (general denial) → "why not investigate Clinton?" (displacement) → this specific enumeration of Clinton's alleged obstruction acts (full projection). The post exemplifies Trump's characteristic response to legal threat: rather than addressing allegations, he constructs a parallel prosecution of his opponent using the same legal framework being applied to him. The projection is structurally precise—he's accused of obstruction, so he enumerates what he frames as Clinton's obstruction. The vulnerable narcissistic state is evident in the closing rhetorical question, which functions as an appeal to the audience's sense of fairness. The near-duplicate posting (formatting error) suggests agitated, hasty composition consistent with genuine emotional reactivity rather than strategic communication.

Authorship Analysis

Self-Written

Indicators:

Evening but not late-night timing
Informal abbreviations (w/, H)
Whataboutism pattern characteristic of authentic Trump
Encoding error suggests hasty posting
Stream-of-consciousness enumeration style

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Vulnerable State

Trigger: Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Mueller obstruction probe expansion)

Rage: Intensity 60% targeting Hillary Clinton / investigators

Proportionality

30%

Sentiment

-0.70

Mildly Hypomanic

Multiple posts on same topic in short timeframeRapid-fire enumeration style

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

50%

Antisocial

30%

Paranoid

40%

Sadism

20%

Defense Mechanisms:

projectionrationalizationdisplacement

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

35%

Parasocial Techniques:

shared grievancerhetorical question inviting audience agreement

Fact Checks (3)

"Clinton destroyed phones with a hammer"

Mostly True

FBI report confirmed Clinton aides destroyed old mobile devices, some by breaking with a hammer. This was characterized as standard disposal practice.

"Clinton 'bleached' emails"

Half True

Emails were deleted using BleachBit software, not literal bleach. The term 'bleached' is Trump's deliberate rhetorical embellishment to make digital deletion sound more dramatic.

"Husband met with AG days before she was cleared"

Mostly True

Bill Clinton met AG Loretta Lynch on a tarmac in Phoenix on June 27, 2016. Comey announced no charges on July 5, 2016—about 8 days later, not 'days' in the sense of 2-3.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Psychological Analysis: Post x_875441788110110700

Context

Posted June 15, 2017 at 7:56 PM ET (Trump was in Washington, DC). This is the same day the Washington Post reported Mueller's investigation had expanded to include obstruction of justice. This post is a near-duplicate of another post from the same day—likely a repost or correction of an encoding issue (the &, vs & suggests a formatting glitch).

Authorship

Evening post (7:56 PM ET)—borderline timing. However, the content is classic authentic Trump: whataboutism deflecting to Hillary Clinton, emotional reactivity to the obstruction news, informal abbreviations ("Crooked H," "w/"), and the rhetorical question ending. The encoding artifacts suggest hasty composition.

Psychological Analysis

This is a textbook projection and whataboutism response to narcissistic injury. The Mueller obstruction probe expansion is the clear trigger. Rather than addressing the allegations, Trump enumerates Clinton's alleged transgressions—phone destruction, email deletion, Bill Clinton's tarmac meeting with AG Lynch—to reframe "obstruction" as something his opponents do, not him.

The three-item list structure (phones, emails, tarmac meeting) functions as a rapid-fire prosecution brief. The closing rhetorical question ("they talk about obstruction?") performs the core psychological work: projecting the obstruction frame onto Clinton while expressing indignation that it's being applied to him.

Longitudinal Note

This is the third post in a single-day barrage responding to the obstruction news. The sequence escalates: "WITCH HUNT" → "why not investigate Clinton's Russia dealings?" → this specific enumeration of Clinton's alleged obstruction. The pattern shows classic narcissistic defensive escalation—each post more specific and aggressive than the last.

Rhetorical Devices

The scare quotes around 'bleached' serve dual purpose: acknowledging the term is colloquial while embedding the more dramatic image. "Crooked H" is dehumanizing shorthand reducing Clinton to a label.

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"Clinton destroyed phones with a hammer"	Mostly True	FBI report confirmed Clinton aides destroyed old mobile devices, some by breaking with a hammer. This was characterized as standard disposal practice.
"Clinton 'bleached' emails"	Half True	Emails were deleted using BleachBit software, not literal bleach. The term 'bleached' is Trump's deliberate rhetorical embellishment to make digital deletion sound more dramatic.
"Husband met with AG days before she was cleared"	Mostly True	Bill Clinton met AG Loretta Lynch on a tarmac in Phoenix on June 27, 2016. Comey announced no charges on July 5, 2016—about 8 days later, not 'days' in the sense of 2-3.

Overall Veracity: 70%