# Post ts_108947257706420248

- Post ID: `ts_108947257706420248`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-09-05T18:40:24.282Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108947257706420248
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108947257706420248/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_108947257706420248.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Now that the FBI and DOJ have been caught in a massive and determinative Election Rigging Scam, are they going to change the results of the 2020 Presidential Election? They should!!!

## Engagement

- Likes: 22,131
- Reposts: 5,320
- Replies: 559
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.435Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T22:56:21.913Z (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 for its explicit demand to overturn a certified democratic election nearly two years after the fact. The persistence of this claim—undiminished by dozens of court losses, audits, and recounts—is consistent with pathological-level denial and reality distortion serving narcissistic defense against the intolerable experience of defeat. The post employs DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) by recasting the DOJ's investigation of Trump as the DOJ's own crime, a classic projection defense. The false premise is stated as established fact ("Now that...have been caught"), a gaslighting technique demanding audience acceptance of an alternate reality as the price of group membership. The demand itself—that election results be retroactively changed—has no basis in constitutional law, yet is presented as a reasonable remedy. This represents ongoing epistemic closure where followers are asked to inhabit a reality fundamentally incompatible with documented evidence. The elevated danger rating reflects not imminent violence but the continued erosion of democratic legitimacy through persistent delegitimization of institutions and electoral processes. The post appeared during a period of emboldened grandiosity following Judge Cannon's favorable special master ruling, suggesting legal victories reinforce rather than moderate the underlying delusional framework.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_108947257706420248

### Context
Posted September 5, 2022, 2:40 PM ET (Labor Day). Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago or Bedminster. This is approximately 2:40 PM local time—business hours posting.

### Content Analysis
The post claims the FBI and DOJ were "caught in a massive and determinative Election Rigging Scam" and demands they "change the results of the 2020 Presidential Election." This follows Judge Cannon's favorable special master ruling and Biden's "semi-fascist" speech—a period of simultaneous legal relief and perceived political attack.

### Authorship
The post has mixed indicators. The ALL CAPS emphasis, exclamation marks, and emotional charge suggest authentic Trump. However, posting during business hours and relatively coherent sentence structure could indicate either. The demand to overturn an election result nearly two years later is characteristic of Trump's persistent fixation. Weight of evidence: likely authentic.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post represents a remarkable escalation—explicitly calling for overturning a certified election based on unsubstantiated claims. The framing of FBI/DOJ as having been "caught" inverts reality (Trump was the subject of investigation). This constitutes a classic projection and DARVO pattern.

### Rhetorical Analysis
"Massive and determinative" functions as hyperbolic framing converting subjective grievance into stated fact. The rhetorical question followed by "They should!!!" is a demand disguised as inquiry—a technique that allows plausible deniability while clearly communicating intent.

### Danger Assessment
The explicit call to reverse a democratic election outcome represents elevated danger rhetoric, normalizing anti-democratic action.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "FBI and DOJ have been caught in a massive Election Rigging Scam" | **False** | No evidence supports this claim. The FBI executed a lawful search warrant at Mar-a-Lago for classified documents. Over 60 courts rejected election fraud claims. No DOJ/FBI election rigging has been established. |
| "Results of the 2020 Presidential Election should be changed" | **False** | No constitutional or legal mechanism exists to retroactively change certified presidential election results. The 2020 election was certified by all 50 states and by Congress on January 6-7, 2021. |

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 75%)

### Indicators

- Emotional intensity and exclamation marks
- ALL CAPS not present but triple exclamation marks
- Persistent election grievance theme
- Business hours posting weighs against
- Stream-of-consciousness rhetorical question style

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (FBI Mar-a-Lago raid, Biden speech attacking MAGA)

**Rage:** Intensity 70% targeting FBI and DOJ
- Proportionality: 15%

Sentiment: -0.70

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Grandiose demand with no basis in reality
- Triple exclamation marks suggesting pressured expression

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 85%
- Antisocial: 60%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 20%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance framing
- implying audience should agree with rhetorical question

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Explicit demand to reverse democratic election outcome
- Delegitimization of federal law enforcement and justice system
- Framing legitimate investigation as criminal conspiracy

### Gaslighting

- Presents unsubstantiated claim as established fact ('have been caught')
- Reframes investigation of self as crime by investigators (DARVO)
- Demands acceptance of false premise as basis for action

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> FBI and DOJ have been caught in a massive Election Rigging Scam

**FALSE**

No evidence supports this claim. The FBI executed a lawful search warrant at Mar-a-Lago for classified documents. Over 60 courts rejected election fraud claims. No DOJ/FBI election rigging has been established.

Sources: Court records from 2020 election litigation; DOJ Inspector General reports

> Results of the 2020 Presidential Election should be changed

**FALSE**

No constitutional or legal mechanism exists to retroactively change certified presidential election results. The 2020 election was certified by all 50 states and by Congress on January 6-7, 2021.

Sources: U.S. Constitution Article II and 12th Amendment; Electoral Count Act

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Tags

- election denial (100%)
- institutional delegitimization (90%)
- DARVO (85%)
- big lie (95%)
- grandiose narcissism (80%)

## That day

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

**Labor Day Barrage: 18-Post Assault on Institutions Escalates from Family Victimhood to Election Reversal Demand**

Trump spent Labor Day in a sustained posting blitz, cycling between personal grievance over the FBI's Mar-a-Lago search and sweeping attacks on every major American institution. The morning began with emotional appeals about agents searching his family's living quarters, then shifted to rapid-fire conspiracy claims about election rigging and DOJ corruption. A midday lull gave way to an afternoon burst of self-validating article shares, followed by an evening spike in hostility targeting a former prosecutor by name and calling on supporters to "Fight back." The day's most striking moment was a repeated demand — posted twice — that the 2020 election results be reversed.

Full digest for 2022-09-05: https://trump.fm/date/2022-09-05/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, September 5). Now that the FBI and DOJ have been caught in a... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108947257706420248
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Now that the FBI and DOJ have been caught in a massive and..." Truth Social, 5 Sep. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108947257706420248. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Now that the FBI and DOJ have been caught in a massive and...," Truth Social, September 5, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108947257706420248.

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