# Post ts_109325213789027404

- Post ID: `ts_109325213789027404`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-11-11T12:39:36.419Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109325213789027404/analysis
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## Post text

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/Townhall/statuses/109321707924464397 These people are incompetent corrupt. Their finding some very strange ballots? Be careful, we MUST PROTECT KARI & BLAKE! #2020

## Engagement

- Likes: 25,869
- Reposts: 7,721
- Replies: 1,603
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.429Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:15:19.431Z (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 reveals the psychological persistence of the 2020 election wound through the inadvertent "#2020" hashtag applied to 2022 midterm events. Trump frames normal Arizona ballot counting as corrupt and suspicious, calling followers to "PROTECT" his endorsed candidates Kari Lake and Blake Masters rather than accepting potential electoral defeat. The "Be careful" warning directed at unnamed election officials carries an implicit threat characteristic of stochastic terrorism-adjacent rhetoric, though it stops short of explicit incitement. The post demonstrates pathological denial and projection as primary defenses against narcissistic injury from potential defeat. The Their/They're error and #2020 slip suggest authentic, emotionally reactive authorship in the early morning hours. Longitudinally, this post is consistent with the escalating delegitimization pattern seen throughout the day's posts ("Third World Elections!", "very strange things happening") and directly echoes the rhetorical framework established after the 2020 election. The perseverative conflation of 2022 with 2020 suggests these events are psychologically undifferentiated—all electoral setbacks processed through the same injury-denial-projection cycle.

## Psychological Analysis: RT About Protecting Kari Lake & Blake Masters

### Post Context
This is a retweet of a Townhall post with added commentary about election integrity in Arizona's 2022 midterms. Trump urges protection of Kari Lake (gubernatorial) and Blake Masters (Senate), both Trump-endorsed candidates whose races were still being counted days after Election Day.

### Authorship
Posted at 12:39 UTC = 7:39 AM ET. Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago (EST), making this an early morning post. The grammatical errors ("Their" for "They're"), the emotional urgency, ALL CAPS, the ampersand shorthand, and the erroneous "#2020" hashtag (referencing 2020 instead of 2022) all strongly suggest authentic Trump authorship. The "#2020" slip is particularly notable—conflating the current midterm with his 2020 grievance.

### Psychological Dynamics
The "#2020" hashtag is the most psychologically revealing element. It represents either perseveration on the 2020 election or a deliberate conflation strategy linking all electoral losses to the same fraud narrative. The post exhibits protective grandiosity—positioning himself as the guardian figure whose intervention is needed to "PROTECT" his endorsed candidates from losing.

### Defense Mechanisms
The core defense is **denial** and **projection**: rather than accepting that his endorsed candidates may simply lose, the losses are reframed as theft by "incompetent corrupt" people finding "strange ballots." This externalizes responsibility entirely.

### Rhetorical Analysis
"Be careful" functions as a vague threat/warning, creating an atmosphere of menace directed at election workers. Combined with naming specific candidates to "PROTECT," this follows a stochastic terrorism adjacent pattern—identifying a threat and implying action without specifying it.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Strange ballots are being found in Arizona" | **False** | No evidence of irregular or fraudulent ballots was found in Arizona's 2022 midterm count. Slow counting was due to Arizona's normal process for mail-in and provisional ballots. |
| "These people are incompetent corrupt" | **Mostly False** | Maricopa County experienced printer issues on Election Day but counting proceeded normally. No corruption was found. |

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 92%)

### Indicators

- Early morning posting (7:39 AM EST)
- Their/They're error
- #2020 instead of #2022 — a revealing slip
- ALL CAPS emphasis
- Ampersand shorthand

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Potential losses by Trump-endorsed candidates Lake and Masters)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting Election officials in Arizona
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.70

Baseline Deviation: slight

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Early morning posting
- Multiple posts in rapid succession on same topic
- Elevated urgency

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 70%
- Sadism: 20%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 25%

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration
- semantic paraphasia

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Call to collective action
- Protective father figure framing
- Creating urgency and threat

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- 'Be careful' directed at unnamed election workers
- 'MUST PROTECT' framing implies candidates are under attack, could mobilize supporters
- Delegitimization of election process

### Gaslighting

- Characterizing normal ballot counting as suspicious activity
- Framing routine election processes as corruption

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Strange ballots are being found in Arizona

**FALSE**

No evidence of irregular or fraudulent ballots was found in Arizona's 2022 midterm count. Slow counting was due to Arizona's normal process for mail-in and provisional ballots.

Sources: AP News; Arizona Secretary of State

> These people are incompetent corrupt

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Maricopa County experienced printer issues on Election Day but counting proceeded normally. No corruption was found.

Sources: Maricopa County Elections Department

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Tags

- election_delegitimization (90%)
- 2020_perseveration (80%)
- protective_grandiosity (70%)
- stochastic_adjacent (50%)

## That day

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

**Veterans Day Goes Unmentioned as Trump Wages All-Day War to Rewrite Midterm Results**

Trump spent the entire day trying to spin the midterm results into a personal victory, insisting "WE WON" despite his endorsed candidates losing key Senate races. He lashed out at a rotating cast of Republican figures — DeSantis, McConnell, Youngkin, Paul Ryan — while repeatedly claiming vote counts in Arizona and Nevada were rigged. A rapid-fire morning posting burst stood out for its escalating intensity and a racially-charged attack on Mitch McConnell's wife. Notably, he made no mention of Veterans Day, with every post consumed by election grievance.

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

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, November 11). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/Townhall/statuse... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109325213789027404
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/Townhall/statuses/10932170..." Truth Social, 11 Nov. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109325213789027404. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/Townhall/statuses/10932170...," Truth Social, November 11, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109325213789027404.

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