# Post ts_108323014522324057

- Post ID: `ts_108323014522324057`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-05-18T12:47:09.216Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108323014522324057
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108323014522324057/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_108323014522324057.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Here we go again! In Pennsylvania they are unable to count the Mail-In Ballots. It is a BIG MESS. Our Country should go to paper ballots, with same day voting. Just done in France, zero problems. Get Smart America!!!

## Engagement

- Likes: 48,162
- Reposts: 17,902
- Replies: 3,144
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.442Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T20:21:27.389Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Psychological Analysis: Mail-In Ballot Grievance Post (2022-05-18)

## Context
This post arrives the morning after the Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary, where Trump-endorsed Dr. Oz leads McCormick by fewer than 1,000 votes with mail-in ballots still being counted. The previous posts from the same day show Trump claiming victory for Oz while simultaneously acknowledging the mail-in ballot complication.

## Authorship
High confidence authentic Trump. Posted ~8:47 AM ET, consistent with his morning posting pattern. Stylistic markers (ALL CAPS, triple exclamation marks, imperative tone) are characteristic.

## Psychological Dynamics
The post represents a **perseverative grievance** about mail-in ballots that has been a central fixation since 2020. The trigger here is specific: if mail-in ballots flip the Oz-McCormick race, Trump's endorsement narrative is threatened. By preemptively delegitimizing the counting process, he insulates himself from potential loss.

The **projection** defense is operative: Trump's own anxiety about the outcome is projected onto the system as institutional incompetence. Normal recount procedures in a razor-thin race are reframed as dysfunction.

## Rhetorical Function
The France comparison serves as a "common sense" appeal — presenting a complex electoral infrastructure question as having an obvious, simple answer. This is characteristic of populist rhetoric that frames expertise and institutional process as unnecessary complication.

## Danger Assessment
Elevated but not high. Continued erosion of trust in electoral processes is cumulative rather than acute. No specific targets or mobilization calls.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Pennsylvania unable to count Mail-In Ballots" | **Mostly False** | PA was counting ballots normally; the Oz-McCormick race was simply extremely close (under 1000 votes), triggering automatic recount procedures. This is the system working as designed, not a failure. |
| "France uses paper ballots with same day voting, zero problems" | **Half True** | France does use paper ballots counted by hand on election day. However, France has a national ID system, centralized voter rolls, and elections on Sundays - very different structural conditions. Claiming 'zero problems' is an overstatement; France has had election controversies. |

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 80%)

### Indicators

- ALL CAPS emphasis (BIG MESS)
- Exclamation marks
- Imperative commands (Get Smart America!!!)
- Stream-of-consciousness feel
- Morning posting time (~8:47 AM ET)

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Pennsylvania mail-in ballot counting threatening Oz victory narrative)

**Rage:** Intensity 40% targeting mail-in ballot system / Pennsylvania election administration
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.50

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance framing ('Our Country')
- imperative call to action ('Get Smart America!!!')

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Continued delegitimization of mail-in voting processes
- Framing normal ballot counting as systemic failure

### Gaslighting

- Reframes normal democratic process (counting close-race ballots) as institutional failure
- Implies incompetence where none exists

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-19._

> Pennsylvania unable to count Mail-In Ballots

**MOSTLY FALSE**

PA was counting ballots normally; the Oz-McCormick race was simply extremely close (under 1000 votes), triggering automatic recount procedures. This is the system working as designed, not a failure.

Sources: Known events: PA GOP Senate Primary

> France uses paper ballots with same day voting, zero problems

**HALF TRUE**

France does use paper ballots counted by hand on election day. However, France has a national ID system, centralized voter rolls, and elections on Sundays - very different structural conditions. Claiming 'zero problems' is an overstatement; France has had election controversies.

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Tags

- election_delegitimization (80%)
- mail_in_ballot_grievance (70%)
- simple_solutions (50%)

## That day

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

**Primary Night Victory Lap: Trump Claims Kingmaker Crown as Oz Race Remains Razor-Thin**

Trump spent the day celebrating what he called a near-perfect record of primary endorsement wins, posting a running score that inflated from "75 to 1" on election night to "about 85 and 3" by morning. The closest race — Dr. Oz's Senate primary in Pennsylvania — drew the most psychologically revealing moment: Trump urged Oz to declare victory before counting finished, echoing his own 2020 playbook. The mood was triumphant and self-congratulatory throughout, with detours into promoting a children's book casting him as "the handsome King Donald" and weighing in on the PGA-LIV Golf rivalry. No meltdowns, no spirals — just a long, confident strut through what he framed as total vindication.

Full digest for 2022-05-18: https://trump.fm/date/2022-05-18/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, May 18). Here we go again! In Pennsylvania they are unable... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108323014522324057
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Here we go again! In Pennsylvania they are unable to count..." Truth Social, 18 May. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108323014522324057. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Here we go again! In Pennsylvania they are unable to count...," Truth Social, May 18, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108323014522324057.

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