# Post ts_109315822774097761

- Post ID: `ts_109315822774097761`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-11-09T20:51:20.911Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109315822774097761
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109315822774097761/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109315822774097761.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Now that the Election in Florida is over, and everything went quite well, shouldn’t it be said that in 2020, I got 1.1 Million more votes in Florida than Ron D got this year, 5.7 Million to 4.6 Million? Just asking?

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.429Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:16:36.191Z (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 a psychologically significant early marker in the Trump-DeSantis rivalry. Posted within 24 hours of DeSantis's historic 19-point Florida victory—widely framed as positioning DeSantis as Trump's chief 2024 rival—Trump immediately moves to diminish the achievement through a deliberately misleading statistical comparison. Presidential elections generate far higher turnout than gubernatorial races, making raw vote total comparisons meaningless, but the psychological function is clear: reasserting dominance over a threatening rival. The passive-aggressive "Just asking?" framing is a textbook deniability device. The use of "Ron D" (rather than the full name or even "Governor DeSantis") signals deliberate diminishment. Notably, in his previous posts from the same day, Trump was already reframing disappointing midterm results as personal victories ("219 WINS and 16 Losses"). This post extends that defensive posture specifically toward DeSantis, the one Republican whose success most threatens Trump's self-concept as the party's dominant figure. The narcissistic injury is triggered not by an enemy but by an ally's independent success—a pattern consistent with the inability to tolerate others' achievements within one's own domain (DSM-5 narcissistic criterion: "believes others are envious" / is envious of others). This post inaugurates what would become an extended campaign of rival devaluation.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109315822774097761

### Context
The day after the 2022 midterms, DeSantis won Florida by 19 points in a landslide widely covered as positioning him as Trump's chief 2024 rival. Trump, whose endorsed candidates underperformed nationally, immediately pivots to diminishing DeSantis by comparing Florida vote totals.

### Authorship
Posted at 3:51 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago or Palm Beach area). Business hours, but the rhetorical style—rhetorical question format, competitive framing, "Just asking?"—is classic authentic Trump. The passive-aggressive false modesty of "Just asking?" is a signature move.

### Psychological Dynamics
This is a textbook narcissistic injury response. DeSantis's landslide victory generated massive media coverage positioning him as the new GOP star, directly threatening Trump's dominance. Rather than congratulate, Trump immediately reframes DeSantis's historic win as inferior to his own 2020 performance. The comparison is deliberately misleading—presidential elections have higher turnout than gubernatorial races—but the psychological function is what matters: reasserting dominance over a rising rival.

The "Just asking?" closing is a classic passive-aggressive device—it allows deniability ("I'm just raising a question") while delivering the attack. This is the same pattern seen repeatedly when Trump feels threatened by allies gaining independent stature.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Devaluation**: Reducing DeSantis's historic victory to a number smaller than Trump's
- **Rationalization**: Framing a misleading comparison as innocent inquiry
- **Narcissistic supply-seeking**: Fishing for followers to affirm his superiority

### Rhetorical Analysis
The "shouldn't it be said" and "Just asking?" bookends create a JAQing (Just Asking Questions) structure—a well-documented rhetorical technique for advancing claims while maintaining plausible deniability. The use of "Ron D" rather than "DeSantis" or "Ron DeSantis" is a subtle diminishment, reducing the rival to an informal abbreviation.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Trump got 5.7 million votes in Florida in 2020" | **True** | Trump received approximately 5.67 million votes in Florida in 2020, rounded to 5.7 million |
| "DeSantis got 4.6 million votes in 2022" | **True** | DeSantis received approximately 4.61 million votes in the 2022 gubernatorial race |
| "Trump got 1.1 million more votes than DeSantis" | **Mostly True** | The arithmetic is correct (~1.06M difference), but the comparison is fundamentally misleading—presidential elections have vastly higher turnout than gubernatorial races. Comparing raw totals across different election types is statistically meaningless. |

Overall Veracity: 93%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 80%)

### Indicators

- Passive-aggressive 'Just asking?' signature
- Competitive framing typical of authentic Trump
- Rhetorical question structure he favors
- Use of informal 'Ron D' nickname
- Business hours but psychologically reactive content

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Comparison (DeSantis landslide victory and media coverage positioning him as 2024 rival)

**Rage:** Intensity 40% targeting Ron DeSantis
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.30

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid posting pace throughout election night and day after
- Competitive grandiosity

### Clinical

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

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Inviting audience to validate his superiority
- Creating shared frame where DeSantis achievement is diminished

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Trump got 5.7 million votes in Florida in 2020

**TRUE**

Trump received approximately 5.67 million votes in Florida in 2020, rounded to 5.7 million

Sources: 2020 Florida election results

> DeSantis got 4.6 million votes in 2022

**TRUE**

DeSantis received approximately 4.61 million votes in the 2022 gubernatorial race

Sources: 2022 Florida election results

> Trump got 1.1 million more votes than DeSantis

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The arithmetic is correct (~1.06M difference), but the comparison is fundamentally misleading—presidential elections have vastly higher turnout than gubernatorial races. Comparing raw totals across different election types is statistically meaningless.

Sources: Basic electoral math

Overall Veracity: 93%

## Tags

- rival-devaluation (90%)
- narcissistic-injury (85%)
- misleading-statistics (80%)
- desantis-rivalry (90%)
- passive-aggression (70%)

## 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). Now that the Election in Florida is over, and... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109315822774097761
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Now that the Election in Florida is over, and everything..." Truth Social, 9 Nov. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109315822774097761. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Now that the Election in Florida is over, and everything...," Truth Social, November 9, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109315822774097761.

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