Analysis: ...New Donna B book says she paid for and stole the Dem Prim...

8y ago Nov 3, 2017 at 11:03 AM

...New Donna B book says she paid for and stole the Dem Primary. What about the deleted E-mails, Uranium, Podesta, the Server, plus, plus...

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-12. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

None

Narcissistic State

Mixed

Authorship

Self-Written

Intensity

50%

This post is part of a sustained same-day deflection campaign following the Manafort indictment and Papadopoulos guilty plea revelation days earlier. Trump seizes on Donna Brazile's book excerpt about Clinton-DNC arrangements to redirect attention, employing a compressed Gish gallop that lists multiple Clinton-adjacent grievances ("deleted E-mails, Uranium, Podesta, the Server") as self-evidently criminal. The "plus, plus..." trailing device is psychologically notable—it invites the audience to extend the accusation list themselves, creating participatory grievance construction. The entire day's output shows projection as the dominant defense: accusing Democrats of "collusion and dishonesty" precisely when his own campaign faces those charges. While individually unremarkable, the pattern across same-day posts reveals a coordinated psychological response to narcissistic injury from the Mueller investigation's escalation.

Authorship Analysis

Self-Written

Indicators:

Early morning timing (~7 AM ET)
Informal nickname 'Donna B'
Ellipsis framing style
Stream-of-consciousness list
'plus, plus...' trailing device

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Mixed State

Trigger: Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Mueller investigation (Manafort indictment, Papadopoulos plea))

Sentiment

-0.50

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

40%

Antisocial

30%

Paranoid

40%

Sadism

10%

Defense Mechanisms:

projectiondisplacement

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

30%

Cognitive Markers:

tangentiality

Parasocial Techniques:

Inviting audience to fill in grievances with 'plus, plus...'Creating shared prosecutorial narrative

Fact Checks (1)

"Donna Brazile's book says Clinton paid for and stole the Democratic primary"

Half True

Brazile's book revealed a joint fundraising agreement giving Clinton's campaign significant control over DNC finances and operations before she won the nomination. 'Paid for' is a simplification; 'stole' is Trump's characterization. Brazile herself used strong language but the arrangement, while ethically questionable, was not illegal.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Analysis: November 3, 2017 — "New Donna B book" Post

Context

This post references Donna Brazile's newly released book "Hacks," which revealed that the DNC had signed a joint fundraising agreement with the Clinton campaign in August 2015, giving Clinton's team significant control over DNC operations before she won the nomination. Trump seizes on this to deflect from the Mueller investigation pressure (Manafort indictment, Papadopoulos plea days earlier).

Authorship

Posted at 11:03 UTC = ~7:03 AM ET. Trump was likely in DC/White House area preparing for his Asia trip (departed Nov 3). Early morning tweet with characteristic informal style ("Donna B," ellipsis framing, "plus, plus...") strongly suggests authentic.

Psychological Analysis

This is classic deflection via whataboutism. The "plus, plus..." trailing construction is a signature Trump device—implying an endless list of offenses too numerous to enumerate, inviting the audience to fill in their own grievances. The post aggregates multiple unrelated Clinton-adjacent topics (emails, Uranium One, Podesta, "the Server") into a single undifferentiated mass of accusation.

The timing—days after Manafort's indictment and Papadopoulos's guilty plea—makes the deflection motive transparent. The entire day's posting pattern shows sustained redirection toward Clinton/Democrats.

Rhetorical Devices

The ellipsis bookending ("...New" at start, "plus, plus..." at end) creates a sense of ongoing narrative, as if this is one fragment of a much larger case being built. "Stole" is a strong verb choice that frames the DNC-Clinton arrangement as criminal rather than political maneuvering.

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"Donna Brazile's book says Clinton paid for and stole the Democratic primary"	Half True	Brazile's book revealed a joint fundraising agreement giving Clinton's campaign significant control over DNC finances and operations before she won the nomination. 'Paid for' is a simplification; 'stole' is Trump's characterization. Brazile herself used strong language but the arrangement, while ethically questionable, was not illegal.

Overall Veracity: 50%