# Post ts_109345539068027366

- Post ID: `ts_109345539068027366`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-11-15T02:48:35.579Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109345539068027366/analysis
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## Post text

> Wow! They just took the election away from Kari Lake. It’s really bad out there!

## Engagement

- Likes: 37,453
- Reposts: 12,231
- Replies: 8,227
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.429Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:15:38.423Z (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 brief post continues a perseverative pattern of election delegitimization visible across the surrounding posts. Following the 2020 election and January 6, Trump deploys identical rhetorical framing — vague conspiratorial agents ("they") stealing elections — to explain his endorsed candidate's loss. The post is notable for its danger implications: by framing normal democratic processes as theft, it mirrors the rhetorical escalation pattern that preceded January 6, 2021. The psychological function is clear: denial and paranoid externalization protect against narcissistic injury from endorsed candidates' defeats, which implicitly reflect on Trump's political influence. The vulnerable narcissistic state (victimized, persecuted) is consistent with the surrounding posts attacking McConnell, alleging "Giant Election Scam," and denouncing mail-in ballots. Longitudinally, this represents continuation rather than escalation of an established pattern, but the pattern itself remains at elevated danger level given its demonstrated capacity to mobilize followers toward anti-democratic action.

## Psychological Analysis: "Wow! They just took the election away from Kari Lake."

### Context
Posted at 9:48 PM ET on November 14, 2022 (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago). Kari Lake, Trump's endorsed candidate for Arizona governor, was trailing Katie Hobbs as mail-in ballot counting continued in Maricopa County. The race had not yet been officially called at this point but Lake's path was narrowing.

### Authorship
Late evening post, short, emotionally reactive, exclamatory — consistent with authentic Trump. The brevity and impulsive tone ("Wow!") are characteristic.

### Psychological Analysis
This post continues the pattern visible in surrounding posts of externalizing blame for midterm losses. Rather than acknowledging Lake lost votes, "they" — an unspecified conspiratorial agent — "took" the election. This is consistent with paranoid framing and denial as a defense mechanism. The passive construction ("was taken") reframes a democratic loss as theft, maintaining narcissistic equilibrium by preventing acknowledgment that his endorsed candidates were rejected by voters.

"It's really bad out there!" functions as catastrophizing and vague threat-signaling, implying a dangerous environment requiring intervention.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- Conspiracy framing via vague "they"
- Theft metaphor for electoral loss
- Catastrophizing ("really bad out there")
- Appeal to fear

### Longitudinal Note
This is the third consecutive post in this sequence alleging election fraud/scam, showing perseverative focus on delegitimizing unfavorable results — a pattern continuous from 2020.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "They took the election away from Kari Lake" | **False** | Kari Lake lost the Arizona governor race to Katie Hobbs by approximately 17,000 votes in a normally conducted election. Multiple audits and court challenges found no evidence of fraud. |

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Late evening timing (~9:48 PM ET)
- Short exclamatory style
- Emotional reactivity ('Wow!')
- No polish or formatting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Kari Lake trailing in Arizona governor race)

Sentiment: -0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 60%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 15%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared outrage
- us-vs-them framing

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Delegitimizes democratic election results
- Implies conspiratorial theft requiring response
- Pattern consistent with Jan 6 precursor rhetoric

### Gaslighting

- Reframes normal ballot counting as election theft
- Implies objective reality contradicts what actually occurred

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> They took the election away from Kari Lake

**FALSE**

Kari Lake lost the Arizona governor race to Katie Hobbs by approximately 17,000 votes in a normally conducted election. Multiple audits and court challenges found no evidence of fraud.

Sources: Arizona Secretary of State certified results; Multiple court rulings dismissing Lake's election challenges

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Tags

- election-delegitimization (100%)
- conspiracy-framing (80%)
- narcissistic-injury-response (90%)
- midterm-aftermath (70%)

## That day

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

**On the Eve of His 2024 Announcement, Trump Curates a Narrative of Invincibility While Privately Processing Midterm Losses**

The night before his 2024 presidential campaign announcement at Mar-a-Lago, Trump stayed up past 1 AM posting a curated mix of wins and grievances. The mood was overwhelmingly self-congratulatory — cherry-picking endorsement victories, sharing legal wins, and hyping the big day ahead — with one brief flash of victimhood over Kari Lake's loss in Arizona. A burst of five posts in under an hour after midnight suggests restless, pre-announcement energy rather than a calm leader preparing for a historic moment.

Full digest for 2022-11-15: https://trump.fm/date/2022-11-15/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, November 15). Wow! They just took the election away from Kari... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109345539068027366
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Wow! They just took the election away from Kari Lake. It’s..." Truth Social, 15 Nov. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109345539068027366. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Wow! They just took the election away from Kari Lake. It’s...," Truth Social, November 15, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109345539068027366.

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