# Post ts_108618553547048798

- Post ID: `ts_108618553547048798`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-07-09T17:26:36.852Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108618553547048798
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108618553547048798/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_108618553547048798.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> ….Other States are looking at, and studying, the amazing Wisconsin Supreme Court decision declaring Ballot Boxes ILLEGAL, and that decision includes the 2020 Presidential Election. Speaker Robin Vos has a decision to make! Does Wisconsin RECLAIM the Electors, turn over the Election to the actual winner (by a lot!), or sit back and do nothing as our Country continues to go to HELL? Brave American Patriots already have a Resolution on the Floor!

## Engagement

- Likes: 23,562
- Reposts: 8,055
- Replies: 1,070
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.439Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T21:19:59.812Z (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 clinically significant as a high-fidelity expression of sustained narcissistic injury organized around the 2020 election loss. The Wisconsin Supreme Court's drop-box ruling functions as narcissistic supply — external validation seized upon and radically misrepresented to sustain the central contamination narrative: legitimate winner → stolen election → constitutional remediation imminent. The post contains three factually false or distorted claims of material consequence: that the ruling covers the 2020 election, that Wisconsin can retroactively reclaim electors, and that Trump won Wisconsin. These are not exaggerations but wholesale reality distortions consistent with pathological-level denial and distortion defenses. Particularly notable is the public pressure campaign against a named official (Robin Vos) using a false moral binary — a structural pattern documented as preceding harassment of election officials. Gaslighting mechanisms are prominent: followers receive a false but internally consistent account that requires disregarding two years of legal and constitutional reality. Danger is assessed as elevated: no explicit incitement, but the post operationalizes the sustained anti-democratic narrative into institutional pressure with mobilization signals to an audience primed to view non-compliance as national betrayal. Cognitive functioning appears stable relative to mid-2022 baseline; the distortions are volitional rather than symptomatic of acute confusion.

## Analysis: Truth Social Post — July 9, 2022 (ts_108618553547048798)

### Authorship Attribution

Trump was in Las Vegas on this date (confirmed by same-day RT: "Just landed in Las Vegas. Will be speaking before a Commission on Crime at approximately 9:30 PM ET"). Las Vegas observes Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7) in July, placing this post at **10:26 AM PDT** — mid-morning business hours. That timing is ambiguous for authorship.

However, several stylistic markers point strongly to authentic composition: the ellipsis opener ("….") is a characteristic Trump tic indicating continuation of thought; "by a lot!" is a persistent verbal reflex documented across years of his speech; ALL-CAPS emphasis on single words ("ILLEGAL," "RECLAIM," "HELL") follows his established pattern; the rhetorical question structure is emotionally reactive rather than professionally curated; and the exclamatory close ("Brave American Patriots already have a Resolution on the Floor!") has the quality of a crowd-pleasing flourish rather than staff communications. The post lacks the calendar-announcement structure typical of Scavino-written content.

Assessment: **Likely authentic**, possibly with light aide refinement. Score: 0.70.

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### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Wisconsin Supreme Court declared Ballot Boxes ILLEGAL" | **Mostly True** | The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4-3 in Teigen v. Wisconsin Elections Commission (July 8, 2022) that unmanned drop boxes were not authorized under Wisconsin statutes governing absentee ballot return. 'ILLEGAL' overstates the precise finding (unauthorized under statute vs. affirmatively illegal) and the ALL-CAPS framing inflates the ruling's scope. |
| "The decision includes the 2020 Presidential Election" | **Mostly False** | The ruling is a prospective administrative-law decision about the statutory authorization of drop boxes. It contains no holding that the 2020 election was invalid, no mechanism to retroactively alter results, and no language addressing electoral certification. The court ruled on future conduct of elections, not past outcomes. |
| "Wisconsin can RECLAIM the Electors and turn over the Election to the actual winner" | **False** | Constitutionally and legally impossible. Congress certified Biden's electoral votes on January 7, 2021. Biden was inaugurated January 20, 2021. No constitutional provision, statute, or court ruling provides a mechanism for retroactive elector reassignment after certification and inauguration. No legal authority — including conservative scholars — has recognized this as viable. |
| "Trump was the actual winner of Wisconsin (by a lot!)" | **False** | Biden won Wisconsin by approximately 20,682 votes (0.63 percentage points). Multiple recounts, including a partial recount requested by Trump's campaign in November 2020, confirmed the margin. Wisconsin's election results were certified by the Wisconsin Elections Commission and the Governor. |

Overall Veracity: 25%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 70%)

### Indicators

- Ellipsis opener ('….') is a documented Trump stylistic tic
- 'by a lot!' is a persistent Trump verbal reflex across years of documented speech
- ALL-CAPS single-word emphasis on 'ILLEGAL', 'RECLAIM', 'HELL' follows established pattern
- Rhetorical question structure has emotionally reactive rather than professionally curated quality
- Post timing: 10:26 AM PDT (Las Vegas) — business hours, ambiguous; could reflect aide involvement

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Defeat (Wisconsin Supreme Court drop box ruling (Teigen v. Wisconsin Elections Commission))

**Rage:** Intensity 55% targeting certified 2020 election outcome; Robin Vos as proxy
- Proportionality: 15%

Sentiment: -0.55

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 82%
- Antisocial: 72%
- Paranoid: 75%
- Sadism: 25%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 52%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Public shaming of named individual (Robin Vos) via rhetorical question
- In-group heroizing ('Brave American Patriots') to activate identity-based compliance
- Existential stakes framing ('Country goes to HELL') to make inaction feel unconscionable
- Institutional legitimization ('Resolution on the Floor') to signal organized movement momentum

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Named individual (Robin Vos, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker) publicly framed as facing national moral test — this pattern preceded documented harassment and threats against election officials post-2020
- In-group heroizing of 'Brave American Patriots' acting through institutional channels signals to broader audience that this cause merits active participation
- Existential apocalyptic stakes ('Country continues to go to HELL') frame inaction as nationally catastrophic, justifying escalating responses from followers who accept the premise
- Anti-democratic content: advocating retroactive reversal of certified presidential election normalizes subversion of democratic governance as legitimate political action
- Post sits within a sustained 20-month pattern of election denial that has been empirically linked to threats, intimidation, and violence against election administrators

### Gaslighting

- Fabricated scope extension: court ruling about drop box authorization reframed as a court ruling covering the 2020 election outcome
- DARVO pattern: Trump as victim of stolen election whose grievance is now being judicially confirmed — attackers (fraudulent election officials) are reversed into the wrongdoers
- Reality denial: treating the 2020 election as legally open and reversible requires followers to disregard certification, congressional counting, inauguration, and two years of Biden governance
- False implication of imminent remedy: 'Brave American Patriots already have a Resolution on the Floor' — implies legal path exists when none does, redirecting followers toward false hope that sustains engagement

## Fact Checks (4)

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

> Wisconsin Supreme Court declared Ballot Boxes ILLEGAL

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4-3 in Teigen v. Wisconsin Elections Commission (July 8, 2022) that unmanned drop boxes were not authorized under Wisconsin statutes governing absentee ballot return. 'ILLEGAL' overstates the precise finding (unauthorized under statute vs. affirmatively illegal) and the ALL-CAPS framing inflates the ruling's scope.

Sources: Teigen v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, 2022 WI 64 (July 8, 2022)

> The decision includes the 2020 Presidential Election

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The ruling is a prospective administrative-law decision about the statutory authorization of drop boxes. It contains no holding that the 2020 election was invalid, no mechanism to retroactively alter results, and no language addressing electoral certification. The court ruled on future conduct of elections, not past outcomes.

Sources: Teigen v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, 2022 WI 64

> Wisconsin can RECLAIM the Electors and turn over the Election to the actual winner

**FALSE**

Constitutionally and legally impossible. Congress certified Biden's electoral votes on January 7, 2021. Biden was inaugurated January 20, 2021. No constitutional provision, statute, or court ruling provides a mechanism for retroactive elector reassignment after certification and inauguration. No legal authority — including conservative scholars — has recognized this as viable.

Sources: U.S. Constitution, Twelfth Amendment; Electoral Count Act (3 U.S.C. § 15); Congressional certification record, January 7, 2021

> Trump was the actual winner of Wisconsin (by a lot!)

**FALSE**

Biden won Wisconsin by approximately 20,682 votes (0.63 percentage points). Multiple recounts, including a partial recount requested by Trump's campaign in November 2020, confirmed the margin. Wisconsin's election results were certified by the Wisconsin Elections Commission and the Governor.

Sources: Wisconsin Elections Commission official canvass results, November 2020; Wisconsin recount results, November-December 2020

Overall Veracity: 25%

## Tags

- 2020-election-denial (95%)
- election-reversal-demand (90%)
- official-pressure-campaign (85%)
- constitutional-distortion (88%)
- grandiose-narcissism (82%)
- pathological-distortion (80%)
- epistemic-closure (85%)
- patriot-mobilization (75%)
- wisconsin-drop-boxes (80%)
- anti-democratic-content (88%)

## That day

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

**Power Broker at 30,000 Feet: Endorsement Denials, Election Demands, and Musk Retaliation on the Way to Alaska**

Trump spent the day in campaign mode, traveling from Las Vegas to Anchorage for a rally while firing off posts between stops. The Wisconsin Supreme Court's ruling against ballot drop boxes consumed most of his attention, fueling a four-post escalation that demanded state legislators overturn the 2020 election results and branded the situation an "atrocity." He also took public shots at Elon Musk over the collapsed Twitter deal, denied endorsement to a Missouri Senate candidate in deliberately humiliating fashion, and shared a brief tribute to the assassinated Shinzo Abe. The overall mood was assertive and grandiose — a power broker dispensing favor and punishment from the campaign trail.

Full digest for 2022-07-09: https://trump.fm/date/2022-07-09/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, July 9). ….Other States are looking at, and studying, the... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108618553547048798
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "….Other States are looking at, and studying, the amazing..." Truth Social, 9 Jul. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108618553547048798. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "….Other States are looking at, and studying, the amazing...," Truth Social, July 9, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108618553547048798.

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