# Post x_884361623514656769

- Post ID: `x_884361623514656769`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-07-10T10:40:16.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_884361623514656769
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_884361623514656769/analysis
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## Post text

> James Comey leaked CLASSIFIED INFORMATION to the media. That is so illegal!

## Engagement

- Likes: 112,155
- Reposts: 30,033
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.389Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T18:56:31.434Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "James Comey leaked CLASSIFIED INFORMATION to the media. That is so illegal!"

### Context
Posted July 10, 2017 at 10:40 UTC. Trump was returning from the G20 summit in Hamburg. Converting to EDT (likely in transit or back in DC): 6:40 AM — early morning, consistent with authentic Trump posting pattern.

### Authorship
Early morning timing, short punchy sentence structure, emotional reactivity, ALL CAPS emphasis on "CLASSIFIED INFORMATION," and the colloquial "That is so illegal!" all point strongly to authentic Trump. The informal intensifier "so" is characteristic.

### Psychological Analysis
This post is a textbook deflection. The G20 period was dominated by scrutiny of the Trump-Putin meetings, the undisclosed dinner conversation, and the cybersecurity unit controversy (visible in the preceding posts where Trump walks back the cyber unit idea). Attacking Comey redirects attention to a familiar adversary.

The claim that Comey leaked "CLASSIFIED INFORMATION" is a distortion — Comey testified that his memos were unclassified at the time he shared them. The escalation to "CLASSIFIED" serves the narrative of Comey-as-criminal, inverting the investigation dynamic.

### Rhetorical Devices
- ALL CAPS for emphasis/alarm
- Simple declarative framing ("That is so illegal") converting complex legal questions into black-and-white moral judgments
- Attack on perceived threat source

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "James Comey leaked classified information to the media" | **Mostly False** | Comey shared his personal memos about conversations with Trump with a friend (Columbia law professor Daniel Richman) to prompt appointment of a special counsel. Comey testified the memos he shared were unclassified. While some memos were later retroactively classified at the Confidential level, the specific memos Comey shared were not classified at the time. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Early morning posting (6:40 AM EDT)
- ALL CAPS emphasis
- Colloquial intensifier 'so illegal'
- Short, reactive structure
- No polished formatting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Preemptive Attack — Exposure (Comey/Russia investigation pressure)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting James Comey
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared outrage framing
- simple moral binary

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Mischaracterizing unclassified memos as 'CLASSIFIED INFORMATION'
- Framing investigator as criminal to undermine investigation legitimacy

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> James Comey leaked classified information to the media

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Comey shared his personal memos about conversations with Trump with a friend (Columbia law professor Daniel Richman) to prompt appointment of a special counsel. Comey testified the memos he shared were unclassified. While some memos were later retroactively classified at the Confidential level, the specific memos Comey shared were not classified at the time.

Sources: Comey Senate testimony June 8, 2017; DOJ IG report on Comey memos 2019

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- deflection (90%)
- comey (100%)
- russia_investigation (80%)
- factual_distortion (80%)
- DARVO_adjacent (70%)

## That day

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

**G20 Hangover: Retreat on Putin, Then Morning Offensive Across Multiple Fronts**

The day was dominated by cleanup from the G20 summit, with Trump walking back his own proposal for a joint cybersecurity unit with Russia after bipartisan mockery forced a rare retreat. He posted the same walkback message twice hours apart, then shifted to an early-morning offensive — attacking Comey over classified leaks, pressuring Congress on healthcare, and defending his decision to let Ivanka sit in for him at the summit. The mood moved from defensive damage control to combative posturing, but the overall intensity stayed relatively low. The most notable moment was the Chelsea Clinton whataboutism, a transparent attempt to reframe the Ivanka controversy as media bias.

Full digest for 2017-07-10: https://trump.fm/date/2017-07-10/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, July 10). James Comey leaked CLASSIFIED INFORMATION to the... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_884361623514656769
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "James Comey leaked CLASSIFIED INFORMATION to the media...." X (Twitter), 10 Jul. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_884361623514656769. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "James Comey leaked CLASSIFIED INFORMATION to the media....," X (Twitter), July 10, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_884361623514656769.

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