# Post ts_109311896633189531

- Post ID: `ts_109311896633189531`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-11-09T04:12:52.747Z (UTC)
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## Post text

> Don Bolduc was a very nice guy, but he lost tonight when he disavowed, after his big primary win, his longstanding stance on Election Fraud in the 2020 Presidential Primary. Had he stayed strong and true, he would have won, easily. Lessons Learned!!!

## Engagement

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:18:44.006Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

On election night 2022, as Trump-endorsed candidates underperformed nationwide, Trump posted about Don Bolduc's NH Senate loss, attributing it to Bolduc's post-primary retreat from election denialism. This post is psychologically significant as a loyalty enforcement mechanism: it publicly punishes a candidate for insufficient devotion to Trump's reality distortions while implicitly warning other Republicans against moderation. The counterfactual claim that Bolduc "would have won, easily" by maintaining election denial in purple New Hampshire is unsupported—Hassan won by ~10 points. The post exemplifies narcissistic blame displacement during a night of mounting losses that threatened Trump's kingmaker narrative. Rather than processing that his endorsements or positions may be electorally toxic, Trump constructs a causal story where the problem is always insufficient loyalty. "Lessons Learned!!!" is addressed not to Bolduc but to the entire Republican field, creating a chilling effect against future moderation. This dynamic—where candidates are disciplined for approaching truth and rewarded for maintaining distortion—represents an epistemically corrosive feedback loop with implications for democratic discourse. The elevated danger rating reflects not violent rhetoric but the systematic pressure to maintain false claims about electoral integrity as a condition of political viability.

## Psychological Analysis: Don Bolduc Post (2022-11-09)

### Context
Posted at 11:12 PM ET on election night 2022, likely from Mar-a-Lago. Trump-endorsed candidates are underperforming across the board, and Trump is actively narrating losses in real time.

### Authorship
Late-night election night posting, emotional/reactive content, stream-of-consciousness rationalization. Clearly authentic Trump. The exclamation-heavy closing ("Lessons Learned!!!") is signature.

### Psychological Dynamics
This post is a masterclass in **preemptive blame displacement**. With a night of losses mounting—losses that threaten Trump's kingmaker narrative—he immediately constructs a causal story: Bolduc lost not because of Trump's endorsement toxicity, but because Bolduc *abandoned Trump's election fraud position*. The implicit message to all Republican candidates: fealty to Trump's reality distortions is the path to victory; deviation is punished.

The phrase "Had he stayed strong and true" frames loyalty to Trump's election fraud narrative as a moral virtue. "Strong and true" are character descriptors that imply Bolduc's policy reversal was weakness and betrayal. The word "disavowed" carries particular weight—it implies Bolduc rejected something sacred.

"Lessons Learned!!!" functions as both a warning to the broader Republican field and a narcissistic reframing: Trump's endorsement wasn't the problem; insufficient devotion was. This is a loyalty enforcement mechanism delivered during a night when the evidence overwhelmingly pointed to Trump's endorsements as a liability.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Denial/Distortion**: Refuses to process that his endorsement or election fraud stance may be electoral poison
- **Projection**: The "lesson" projects responsibility for loss onto the candidate's insufficient loyalty
- **Rationalization**: Constructs post-hoc causal narrative absolving himself

### Rhetorical Function
This post serves as a **disciplinary communication** to the broader GOP. The message: if you lose after softening on Trump's positions, Trump will publicly attribute your loss to that softening. This creates a chilling effect—future candidates learn that walking back Trump positions guarantees public humiliation, while losing as a loyalist at least earns silence or sympathy.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Bolduc disavowed his election fraud stance after winning the primary" | **True** | Bolduc did reverse his position after winning the NH GOP primary, stating Biden legitimately won the 2020 election |
| "Had he stayed strong and true, he would have won, easily" | **Mostly False** | NH is a purple state where election denialism polled poorly. Most analysts attributed Bolduc's weakness to his extreme primary positions, not his general election pivot. Sen. Hassan won by ~10 points. |

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 90%)

### Indicators

- Late night posting (11:12 PM ET on election night)
- Emotional reactivity to real-time results
- Triple exclamation marks
- Stream-of-consciousness rationalization

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Midterm election losses threatening kingmaker status)

Sentiment: -0.30

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid-fire election night posting
- Triple exclamation marks

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 20%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- loyalty enforcement through public example-making
- framing devotion to Trump's claims as moral virtue

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Frames acceptance of election fraud narrative as prerequisite for political success
- Loyalty enforcement mechanism pressuring candidates to maintain reality-distorting positions

### Gaslighting

- Implies election denialism is electorally advantageous despite contrary evidence
- Reframes a candidate's pivot toward truth as the cause of his defeat

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._

> Bolduc disavowed his election fraud stance after winning the primary

**TRUE**

Bolduc did reverse his position after winning the NH GOP primary, stating Biden legitimately won the 2020 election

Sources: contemporary news coverage

> Had he stayed strong and true, he would have won, easily

**MOSTLY FALSE**

NH is a purple state where election denialism polled poorly. Most analysts attributed Bolduc's weakness to his extreme primary positions, not his general election pivot. Sen. Hassan won by ~10 points.

Sources: 2022 NH Senate election results; polling data

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Tags

- loyalty_enforcement (90%)
- blame_displacement (80%)
- election_denial (70%)
- midterm_2022 (100%)

## That day

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

**Election Night Reality Engineering: From "Red Wave" Collapse to Personal Victory Lap**

Trump spent election night and the following day aggressively reframing what was widely seen as a disappointing midterm performance into a personal triumph. The day began with punishing Republicans who had distanced themselves from him, moved through a relentless running tally of inflated win-loss numbers, and ended with the first shot fired at Ron DeSantis — whose strong Florida victory was emerging as the real threat. The mood was defensive grandiosity throughout, with Trump never once acknowledging the loss of key Senate races his endorsees were expected to win.

Full digest for 2022-11-09: https://trump.fm/date/2022-11-09/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, November 9). Don Bolduc was a very nice guy, but he lost... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109311896633189531
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Don Bolduc was a very nice guy, but he lost tonight when he..." Truth Social, 9 Nov. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109311896633189531. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Don Bolduc was a very nice guy, but he lost tonight when he...," Truth Social, November 9, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109311896633189531.

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