# Post ts_108368149360427165

- Post ID: `ts_108368149360427165`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-05-26T12:05:32.192Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> Kellyanne Conway never told me that she thought we lost the election. If she had I wouldn’t have dealt with her any longer - she would have been wrong - could go back to her crazy husband. Writing books can make people say some very strange things. I wonder why? Got 12 million more votes than we did the first time, the most votes, by far, of any sitting President.  The election was RIGGED. They used Covid to cheat and steal, and the evidence is massive and indisputable. See “2000 Mules

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.441Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T20:21:29.477Z (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 is a psychologically rich example of narcissistic loyalty enforcement following dual injuries: Kellyanne Conway's book acknowledging Trump lost, and Georgia primary voters decisively re-electing Kemp and Raffensperger over Trump-backed challengers — a direct repudiation of his election fraud narrative. The post follows a textbook devaluation cycle: deny Conway ever dissented, threaten expulsion, dismiss her via her "crazy husband," attribute her honesty to financial motives, then pivot to grandiose reassertion and conspiracy. The gendered devaluation — reducing a former senior counselor to her spouse — is a dominance display. Most significant is the loyalty-enforcement function: this post broadcasts to all allies that acknowledging electoral reality results in public humiliation. This creates a chilling effect that sustains the Big Lie by making the social cost of truth-telling visible. The mixed narcissistic state oscillates between grandiose ("most votes of any sitting President") and vulnerable/persecuted ("RIGGED," "cheat and steal"). Multiple pathological defenses operate simultaneously — denial, distortion, devaluation, and splitting. The factual claims range from slightly inflated (vote margin) to demonstrably false (election rigging). The incomplete final sentence and associative structure suggest impulsive, emotionally-driven composition consistent with authentic authorship.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_108368149360427165

### Context
This post responds to Kellyanne Conway's book revelations suggesting she believed Trump lost the 2020 election. Notably, this comes immediately after Trump-backed candidates Perdue and Hice were crushed in Georgia primaries by Kemp and Raffensperger — the very officials Trump targeted for refusing to overturn 2020 results. The Georgia losses represent a direct repudiation of his election fraud narrative.

### Authorship
Posted at 12:05 UTC = 8:05 AM ET. Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago or possibly traveling to NRA convention in Texas. Morning post, but the emotional reactivity, stream-of-consciousness structure, incomplete final sentence ("See '2000 Mules'" — no closing quote), and escalating intensity strongly suggest authentic Trump authorship.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post follows a classic narcissistic injury response arc:

1. **Denial/Rewriting** — Claims Conway "never told me" she thought he lost
2. **Punishment threat** — "wouldn't have dealt with her any longer"
3. **Devaluation** — dismissing her via "crazy husband" (George Conway)
4. **Motive attribution** — "Writing books can make people say strange things"
5. **Grandiose reassertion** — pivots to vote totals
6. **Persecution narrative** — "RIGGED," "cheat and steal"

The Georgia primary losses likely amplify the injury. When the electorate itself rejects his fraud narrative by re-electing Kemp/Raffensperger, the narcissistic system requires louder reassertion.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Denial**: Flatly denies Conway communicated doubt about election
- **Devaluation**: Reduces Conway to an appendage of her "crazy husband"
- **Distortion**: "Most votes of any sitting President" reframes a loss as achievement
- **Splitting**: Loyalty = truth, disloyalty = insanity/corruption
- **Rationalization**: Books = financial motive explains away dissent

### Rhetorical Analysis
The threat structure is notable: anyone who acknowledges reality (that he lost) faces expulsion. This functions as a loyalty test broadcast to all allies. The Conway attack serves as a public warning — speak truth, get discarded.

"Could go back to her crazy husband" is gendered devaluation, reducing a senior advisor to her marital status.

### Cognitive Markers
The incomplete sentence ("See '2000 Mules" — missing closing punctuation/quote) and the slightly disjointed logic flow (jumping from Conway to vote counts to rigging to a documentary recommendation) suggest impulsive composition. The phrase "I wonder why?" is a rhetorical tic that recurs frequently in his posts.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Got 12 million more votes than the first time" | **Mostly False** | Trump received ~74.2M in 2020 vs ~62.9M in 2016, a difference of ~11.3M, not 12M. Minor inflation. |
| "The most votes, by far, of any sitting President" | **Mostly True** | Trump did receive the most votes of any incumbent president in history. However 'by far' is an exaggeration and the framing omits that he lost to Biden's 81.2M. |
| "The election was RIGGED" | **False** | No court, audit, or investigation has found evidence of systematic fraud sufficient to alter any state outcome. Over 60 lawsuits were dismissed. |
| "The evidence is massive and indisputable" | **False** | No credible evidence of systematic election fraud has been established. '2000 Mules' methodology has been widely debunked. |

Overall Veracity: 25%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 88%)

### Indicators

- Incomplete sentence/missing closing quote on '2000 Mules'
- Stream-of-consciousness structure with topic jumps
- Emotional reactivity and personal attacks
- Morning timing consistent with Trump's known early posting habits
- Rhetorical tic 'I wonder why?'

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Kellyanne Conway's book (proximal); Georgia primary losses repudiating election fraud narrative (contextual))

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting Kellyanne Conway
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.60

Baseline Deviation: slight

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid topic shifts within single post
- Grandiose claims amid emotional reactivity

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 80%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 60%
- Sadism: 40%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- denial (pathological)
- devaluation (immature)
- distortion (pathological)
- splitting (immature)
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 35%

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- loyalty enforcement through public punishment
- shared grievance reinforcement
- epistemic closure maintenance

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Public punishment of dissent serves to enforce loyalty and silence future truth-tellers
- Continued Big Lie reinforcement maintains radicalization pipeline
- Epistemic closure demand — followers must reject observable reality

### Gaslighting

- Denial that Conway ever communicated belief he lost
- Framing acknowledgment of election loss as aberrant behavior caused by book deals
- Asserting evidence is 'massive and indisputable' when courts found none

## Fact Checks (4)

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

> Got 12 million more votes than the first time

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Trump received ~74.2M in 2020 vs ~62.9M in 2016, a difference of ~11.3M, not 12M. Minor inflation.

Sources: FEC certified results

> The most votes, by far, of any sitting President

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Trump did receive the most votes of any incumbent president in history. However 'by far' is an exaggeration and the framing omits that he lost to Biden's 81.2M.

Sources: FEC certified results

> The election was RIGGED

**FALSE**

No court, audit, or investigation has found evidence of systematic fraud sufficient to alter any state outcome. Over 60 lawsuits were dismissed.

Sources: DOJ findings; state audit results; court rulings

> The evidence is massive and indisputable

**FALSE**

No credible evidence of systematic election fraud has been established. '2000 Mules' methodology has been widely debunked.

Sources: AP fact checks; election security experts

Overall Veracity: 25%

## Tags

- election_denial (90%)
- loyalty_enforcement (80%)
- devaluation_of_ally (70%)
- gendered_attack (50%)
- 2000_mules (40%)

## That day

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

**A Night of Quiet Defeat Gives Way to Morning Loyalty Purges**

A very quiet day with just two posts, both processing political wounds. A vague late-night lament about the state of the country avoided naming any specific grievance — notable given the Uvalde massacre and his candidates' losses in Georgia had just occurred. By morning, the mood shifted to combative as he publicly attacked former senior advisor Kellyanne Conway for acknowledging in her book that he lost the 2020 election, reducing her to her husband and threatening anyone who breaks ranks. The day's throughline was loyalty enforcement: the cost of telling the truth was made visible.

Full digest for 2022-05-26: https://trump.fm/date/2022-05-26/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, May 26). Kellyanne Conway never told me that she thought... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108368149360427165
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Kellyanne Conway never told me that she thought we lost the..." Truth Social, 26 May. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108368149360427165. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Kellyanne Conway never told me that she thought we lost the...," Truth Social, May 26, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108368149360427165.

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