# Post ts_108947258427791319

- Post ID: `ts_108947258427791319`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-09-05T18:40:35.288Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108947258427791319
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108947258427791319/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_108947258427791319.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: 62,475
- Reposts: 17,544
- Replies: 3,592
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.435Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T22:53:56.459Z (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 based on fabricated premises. Nearly two years after the 2020 election, Trump presents as fact that the FBI and DOJ were "caught" in an election rigging conspiracy—no such event occurred. The post likely represents a narcissistic injury response to Biden's Philadelphia speech labeling MAGA as extremist, combined with emboldened grandiosity following Judge Cannon's favorable special master ruling days earlier.

The psychological pattern shows marked perseveration on the 2020 election, pathological-level distortion (treating fiction as established fact), and projection (accusing institutions of the very election subversion he was accused of). The contamination narrative—legitimate victory stolen by corrupt forces—remains the dominant identity framework.

The danger rating is high: while no specific targets or violent imagery appear, the post explicitly advocates for anti-democratic action (reversing an election) based on delusional premises, and frames federal law enforcement as criminal conspirators. This delegitimization of democratic institutions, presented to millions of followers as settled fact, contributes to erosion of democratic norms. The rhetorical question format ("are they going to...? They should!!!") creates a call-to-action structure while maintaining thin plausible deniability. This post exemplifies the "big lie" maintenance pattern—repetition of disproven claims until they achieve perceived legitimacy within the epistemic bubble.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_108947258427791319

### Context
Posted during Labor Day weekend 2022, days after Biden's "Battle for the Soul of the Nation" speech labeling MAGA as extremist, and shortly after Judge Cannon granted Trump's special master request (a legal win). This post follows a series of vindication-seeking posts about Germany/Russia energy predictions.

### Authorship
Posted at 2:40 PM ET (Trump likely at Bedminster, NJ for Labor Day). Business hours, but the content style—emotional, impulsive, triple exclamation marks, rhetorical question format—is strongly authentic Trump. The demand to "change the results" of an election nearly two years prior is characteristic of his perseverative fixation.

### Psychological Analysis
This post is remarkable for its explicit demand to overturn a completed democratic election. The framing treats the 2020 result as a correctable error rather than settled democratic outcome. The trigger is likely Biden's Philadelphia speech, which constituted a major narcissistic injury (being labeled extremist/semi-fascist on national TV). The response: escalate the counter-narrative that *they* are the real election riggers.

The claim that FBI/DOJ were "caught" in an election rigging scam represents distortion—no such revelation occurred. Judge Cannon's favorable ruling may have emboldened this escalation, creating a grandiose state where reversing the election feels achievable.

### Rhetorical Devices
The rhetorical question format ("are they going to...?") followed by "They should!!!" creates a call-to-action structure while maintaining plausible deniability. The triple exclamation marks signal emotional intensity.

### Danger Assessment
This post explicitly calls for overturning a democratic election result. While framed as a rhetorical question, the imperative "They should!!!" crosses into active advocacy for anti-democratic action.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "FBI and DOJ have been caught in a massive Election Rigging Scam" | **False** | No evidence of FBI/DOJ election rigging was established. The Mar-a-Lago search related to classified documents retention, not election manipulation. Multiple courts, including Trump-appointed judges, rejected election fraud claims. |
| "The results of the 2020 Presidential Election should be changed" | **False** | No constitutional mechanism exists to retroactively change a certified presidential election. The 2020 results were certified by all 50 states and confirmed by Congress on January 6-7, 2021. |

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- Triple exclamation marks
- Rhetorical question structure
- Emotional/impulsive tone
- Perseverative election fixation
- ALL CAPS absent but intensity markers present

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Biden's 'semi-fascist' speech and ongoing DOJ investigation)

**Rage:** Intensity 70% targeting FBI, DOJ, 2020 election outcome
- Proportionality: 15%

Sentiment: -0.70

Baseline Deviation: slight

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Grandiose demand to reverse settled election
- Elevated emotional intensity (triple exclamation)

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 80%
- Antisocial: 60%
- Paranoid: 70%
- Sadism: 20%

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

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

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance framing
- we-are-the-victims solidarity

## Danger Assessment

**HIGH**

### Indicators

- Explicit call to overturn democratic election results
- Delegitimization of federal law enforcement institutions
- Framing democratic processes as criminal conspiracy

### Gaslighting

- Presents fabricated 'election rigging scam' as established fact ('have been caught')
- Implies consensus reality where FBI/DOJ guilt is proven
- Demands action based on false premise

## 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 of FBI/DOJ election rigging was established. The Mar-a-Lago search related to classified documents retention, not election manipulation. Multiple courts, including Trump-appointed judges, rejected election fraud claims.

Sources: Court records from 60+ post-election lawsuits; DOJ Inspector General reports

> The results of the 2020 Presidential Election should be changed

**FALSE**

No constitutional mechanism exists to retroactively change a certified presidential election. The 2020 results were certified by all 50 states and confirmed 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%)
- big lie maintenance (95%)
- narcissistic injury response (80%)
- perseveration (85%)

## 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_108947258427791319
- 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_108947258427791319. 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_108947258427791319.

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