# Post ts_108380569454858262

- Post ID: `ts_108380569454858262`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-05-28T16:44:07.862Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108380569454858262/analysis
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## Post text

> Another BIG WIN! State Senator Burt Jones, who had my “Complete and Total” Endorsement, has just been declared the Republican Primary winner for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia. Great job Burt! Along with all of the Congressional Candidates, plus our great Senate Candidate, we did very well in Georgia!

## Engagement

- Likes: 24,276
- Reposts: 6,897
- Replies: 624
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.441Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T20:23:25.947Z (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 exemplifies narcissistic injury management through reality distortion. Following the decisive defeats of Trump's top Georgia endorsees — David Perdue for Governor and Jody Hice for Secretary of State — by the very officials Trump targeted for 2020 election grievances, the post cherry-picks a Lt. Governor primary win to construct a false victory narrative. The claim "we did very well in Georgia" directly contradicts the headline results, which represented one of the most significant public repudiations of Trump's political influence to date. The post employs pathological-level distortion and denial, erasing major losses entirely while aggregating minor wins into an illusion of dominance. Likely aide-crafted given the strategic framing, business-hours timing, and absence of the direct attacks on Kemp/Raffensperger that would characterize an authentic Trump response to such a stinging defeat. The gaslighting dimension is notable: followers who watched the Georgia results are being asked to accept a fundamentally false interpretation of what happened.

## Psychological Analysis: "Another BIG WIN!" (2022-05-28)

### Context
This post celebrates Burt Jones winning the Georgia Republican Lt. Governor primary. Critically, this follows the **decisive defeats** of Trump's highest-profile Georgia endorsees — David Perdue (for Governor) and Jody Hice (for Secretary of State) — by Kemp and Raffensperger respectively. Trump had made Georgia a personal vendetta after 2020. The post's framing — "we did very well in Georgia!" — represents a textbook reality distortion, cherry-picking a minor down-ballot win while ignoring catastrophic top-ticket losses.

### Authorship
Posted at 12:44 PM ET. Trump was in Houston (CDT = 11:44 AM). Business hours, polished grammar, structured sentences, proper punctuation — strongly suggests aide-drafted content, likely Dan Scavino. The careful, spin-heavy framing supports this: an authentic Trump response to the Georgia losses would more likely attack Kemp/Raffensperger directly.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post functions as **narcissistic injury management**. The Georgia primaries were a public, measurable repudiation of Trump's influence. Rather than acknowledge defeat, the response employs:

- **Distortion**: Reframing Georgia as a success by spotlighting a Lt. Governor race while omitting the Governor and Secretary of State defeats
- **Denial**: "We did very well in Georgia" directly contradicts the headline results
- **Splitting**: Burt Jones = "BIG WIN" (idealized); Kemp/Raffensperger losses simply don't exist in this narrative

The phrase "Complete and Total Endorsement" (a trademark Trumpism) and the aggregation strategy ("all of the Congressional Candidates, plus our great Senate Candidate") serve to dilute the significance of individual losses within a manufactured narrative of broad success.

### Rhetorical Function
This is **supply-seeking through victory narrative**. The post exists not to inform but to maintain the myth of endorsement omnipotence — the "101 to 6" framing from earlier posts. The exclamation-heavy, celebratory tone performs confidence that the underlying results do not support.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Burt Jones won the Republican Primary for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia" | **True** | Jones won the GOP Lt. Gov primary in Georgia's May 24, 2022 election |
| "We did very well in Georgia" | **Mostly False** | Trump's top-ticket endorsees Perdue and Hice lost decisively to Kemp and Raffensperger. Winning a Lt. Gov race and some congressional seats does not constitute doing 'very well' when the marquee races were major defeats. |

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 20%)

### Indicators

- Business hours (11:44 AM CDT)
- Polished grammar and complete sentences
- Strategic spin framing unlikely from impulsive authentic Trump
- Professional structure with proper punctuation

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Georgia primary losses (Perdue, Hice defeated decisively))

Sentiment: +0.80

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Victory celebration inviting audience participation
- Inclusive 'we' framing

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Rewriting the Georgia primary narrative from a major defeat into a victory by selective omission

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Burt Jones won the Republican Primary for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

**TRUE**

Jones won the GOP Lt. Gov primary in Georgia's May 24, 2022 election

> We did very well in Georgia

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Trump's top-ticket endorsees Perdue and Hice lost decisively to Kemp and Raffensperger. Winning a Lt. Gov race and some congressional seats does not constitute doing 'very well' when the marquee races were major defeats.

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Tags

- narcissistic_injury_management (90%)
- reality_distortion (80%)
- endorsement_narrative (70%)
- cherry_picking (80%)

## That day

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

**Kingmaker Narrative Maintained Through Selective Reality on Primary Night Aftermath**

A quiet day of political spin as Trump traveled from Houston to a rally in Wyoming targeting Liz Cheney. The main story was a carefully managed victory lap for primary endorsements -- claiming wins in Pennsylvania and Georgia while ignoring high-profile losses. The mood was calm and promotional, with most posts appearing staff-written except a brief jab at Fox News for featuring too many Democrats. No anger, no outbursts, just a curated image of political dominance that didn't quite match the full picture.

Full digest for 2022-05-28: https://trump.fm/date/2022-05-28/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, May 28). Another BIG WIN! State Senator Burt Jones, who... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108380569454858262
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Another BIG WIN! State Senator Burt Jones, who had my..." Truth Social, 28 May. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108380569454858262. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Another BIG WIN! State Senator Burt Jones, who had my...," Truth Social, May 28, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108380569454858262.

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