# Post ts_109342885938600238

- Post ID: `ts_109342885938600238`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-11-14T15:33:52.026Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> I assume everyone is watching Arizona as the great Kari Lake’s easy election win is slowly, yet systematically, being drained away from her, and from the American people. This is a very sad thing to watch. Mail in Ballots, long election counts, many day elections, machines that very few people understand, massive counting centers, and more, are an American disaster. Our elections have become an unreliable joke, and the whole world is watching!

## Engagement

- Likes: 34,792
- Reposts: 11,272
- Replies: 2,877
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.429Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:22:32.590Z (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 exemplifies Trump's systematic delegitimization of election infrastructure following endorsed candidate defeats. Triggered by narcissistic injury (Lake's Arizona loss reflecting on his endorsement power), Trump employs pathological denial — reframing a competitive loss as an "easy win" being "drained away." The firehose rhetorical technique lists multiple election grievances (mail ballots, machines, counting centers) to overwhelm specific rebuttal. The fusion of Lake's personal defeat with harm to "the American people" demonstrates narcissistic extension — her loss is his loss is America's loss. Clinically significant as a continuation of the delegitimization pattern that preceded January 6, now applied to 2022 midterms. The vulnerable narcissistic state (defeat-triggered) drives externalization through projection and splitting. Danger level is elevated: while no direct call to action, the systematic framing of routine democratic processes as corrupt theft creates conditions for radicalized response. Multiple reality distortions are present, including the false premise that Lake's win was "easy" and that votes were systematically stolen. This post should be tracked longitudinally as part of the broader election denial narrative arc.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109342885938600238

### Context
Posted November 14, 2022 at 10:33 AM EST (Trump was at Mar-a-Lago preparing for his Nov 15 presidential announcement). Kari Lake was losing the Arizona governor's race to Katie Hobbs as mail ballots were counted. This post fits a pattern of election delegitimization seen across the day's posts, which collectively show Trump deflecting blame for midterm underperformance.

### Authorship
Business hours posting, relatively polished structure with rhetorical buildup. However, the stream-of-consciousness list ("Mail in Ballots, long election counts, many day elections, machines..."), emotional tone, and characteristic closing ("the whole world is watching!") suggest authentic Trump composition, possibly lightly edited.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post is a textbook example of **externalization**: rather than accepting that endorsed candidates lost, the system itself is corrupt. The framing of Lake's loss as something "drained away from her, and from the American people" fuses her personal defeat with collective victimhood — a narcissistic extension where her loss = his loss = America's loss.

The phrase "I assume everyone is watching" is a parasocial technique — creating shared attention and implying consensus.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Denial/Distortion**: Reframes a democratic vote count as a "disaster" being perpetrated against the people
- **Projection**: Attributes unreliability to election systems rather than candidate quality
- **Splitting**: Clean binary — Lake's win is "easy" and rightful; the counting process is corrupt

### Rhetorical Analysis
The list structure ("Mail in Ballots, long election counts...") is a classic firehose technique — overwhelming with multiple grievances prevents focused rebuttal of any single one. "The whole world is watching" is an appeal to shame/humiliation, a recurring Trump device.

### Cognitive Notes
Language is coherent and syntactically typical for Trump. No notable markers of decline. The comma-separated list style is characteristic baseline Trump rhetoric.

### Danger Assessment
This post continues the systematic delegitimization of democratic processes that preceded January 6. While no direct call to action, the pattern of framing routine vote counting as theft from "the American people" creates conditions for radicalization.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Kari Lake had an easy election win that was drained away" | **False** | Lake lost to Hobbs by approximately 17,000 votes (0.7%). The race was competitive throughout; Lake never had a decisive lead that was 'drained.' |
| "Our elections have become an unreliable joke" | **False** | U.S. elections are extensively audited and verified. No systemic fraud has been found in 2020 or 2022 elections despite numerous investigations and audits. |

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 70%)

### Indicators

- Business hours (10:33 AM EST) suggests possible aide involvement
- Stream-of-consciousness list style is authentic Trump
- Emotional framing and exclamation point ending typical of Trump
- Relatively coherent structure could indicate light editing
- Characteristic 'the whole world is watching' closing

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Kari Lake losing Arizona despite Trump endorsement)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting election systems/infrastructure
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 60%
- Sadism: 10%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Creating shared attention ('I assume everyone is watching')
- Fusing personal/political defeat with collective victimhood ('from the American people')
- Implying consensus view of corruption

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Frames routine democratic vote counting as theft from 'the American people'
- Delegitimizes multiple election infrastructure components simultaneously
- Pattern consistent with pre-January 6 rhetoric of stolen elections
- Creates grievance framework without specific call to action

### Gaslighting

- Frames a losing candidate's deficit as an 'easy election win' being 'drained away'
- Redefines normal vote counting as systematic corruption
- Attacks perception of election legitimacy ('unreliable joke')

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Kari Lake had an easy election win that was drained away

**FALSE**

Lake lost to Hobbs by approximately 17,000 votes (0.7%). The race was competitive throughout; Lake never had a decisive lead that was 'drained.'

Sources: Arizona Secretary of State certified results

> Our elections have become an unreliable joke

**FALSE**

U.S. elections are extensively audited and verified. No systemic fraud has been found in 2020 or 2022 elections despite numerous investigations and audits.

Sources: CISA; Multiple state audit reports

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Tags

- election-delegitimization (90%)
- narcissistic-injury-response (80%)
- externalization (80%)
- firehose-technique (70%)
- vulnerable-narcissism (60%)
- midterm-aftermath (70%)

## That day

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

**Eve of 2024: Post-Midterm Grievance Machine Runs Full Speed as Announcement Looms**

The day before announcing his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump spent most of his social media energy relitigating the midterm results rather than building anticipation. He bounced between inflating his endorsement record, attacking Republican allies who publicly distanced themselves, and claiming Arizona's ongoing ballot count was election theft. A brief, cryptic tease about "tomorrow" being one of the most important days in American history was the only forward-looking moment in an otherwise backward-facing, defensive day. The overall mood was agitated and blame-heavy, with a notable burst of election fraud rhetoric during the late morning.

Full digest for 2022-11-14: https://trump.fm/date/2022-11-14/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, November 14). I assume everyone is watching Arizona as the... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109342885938600238
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I assume everyone is watching Arizona as the great Kari..." Truth Social, 14 Nov. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109342885938600238. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "I assume everyone is watching Arizona as the great Kari...," Truth Social, November 14, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109342885938600238.

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