# Post ts_109389134419975998

- Post ID: `ts_109389134419975998`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-11-22T19:35:27.844Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109389134419975998/analysis
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## Post text

> This Election was a disgrace, everything was geared by Republicans toward Election Day and then, when it finally came around, the Republican machines were systematically broken. They should at minimum redo the Arizona Election. https://dailycaller.com/2022/11/21/maricopa-maricopa-tabulator-ballot-memo/

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:27:31.147Z (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 continues Trump's perseverative election denial schema, now applied to the 2022 midterms. The psychological pattern is notable: rather than processing defeat through reality-testing, the same defensive template from 2020 is redeployed—externalization onto broken machines, conspiratorial framing ("systematically"), and grandiose demands to redo elections. The claim that machines were "systematically broken" distorts documented but routine tabulator issues in Maricopa County. Ironically, Republican messaging discouraging early voting concentrated GOP voters on Election Day, making them more vulnerable to the very issues Trump decries. The demand to "redo" a state election reflects an entitled relationship with democratic processes that warrants continued monitoring, particularly given the Jan 6 precedent. The post is rated elevated danger not for direct incitement but for continued erosion of institutional legitimacy through the same rhetorical pattern that preceded the Capitol breach.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109389134419975998

### Context
Posted 2022-11-22 at ~2:35 PM ET (Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach). This comes days after the 2022 midterms where Republican underperformance was widely attributed to Trump-endorsed candidates. Arizona's gubernatorial race (Kari Lake) was called for Democrat Katie Hobbs. The post references Maricopa County tabulator issues on Election Day.

### Authorship
Afternoon timing and relatively coherent structure suggest possible aide involvement, but the emotional tone ("disgrace"), conspiratorial framing, and imperative demand ("should at minimum redo") are characteristic Trump. The linking to Daily Caller (a favored right-media source) is consistent with both. Mixed signals—likely authentic given the emotional charge.

### Psychological Dynamics
This post channels narcissistic injury from the midterm losses through **externalization**. Rather than examining candidate quality or strategy, the machinery itself is blamed—literally ("Republican machines were systematically broken"). The word "systematically" implies deliberate sabotage, escalating from malfunction to conspiracy.

The demand to "redo the Arizona Election" reflects grandiose entitlement—elections should be repeated until the preferred outcome is achieved. This mirrors the 2020 pattern, suggesting **perseveration** on election denial as a fixed schema.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Projection/Externalization**: Losses attributed to broken machines rather than weak candidates
- **Denial**: Refusal to accept legitimate electoral outcomes
- **Distortion**: Framing routine technical issues as systematic sabotage

### Rhetorical Techniques
The post uses a grievance sandwich: emotional label ("disgrace") → conspiratorial narrative → demand for action, with a link providing pseudo-evidentiary support.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Republican machines were systematically broken" | **Mostly False** | Maricopa County experienced tabulator issues affecting about 70 of 223 voting centers. Ballots were not lost—affected voters could deposit ballots in a secure box for later counting. Issues were not 'systematic' sabotage but technical malfunctions. Both parties' voters were equally affected. |
| "Everything was geared by Republicans toward Election Day" | **Mostly True** | Republican messaging in 2022 discouraged early/mail voting, concentrating their voters on Election Day, which paradoxically made them more vulnerable to Election Day technical issues. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 65%)

### Indicators

- Afternoon posting (~2:35 PM ET)
- Emotional language ('disgrace')
- Imperative demand style
- Links to right-media outlet
- Coherent but charged tone

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Republican midterm losses, especially Arizona)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting Election infrastructure, Republican party machinery
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 60%
- Sadism: 10%

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

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

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

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Delegitimization of election results
- Demand to overturn certified election
- Echoes 2020 election denial pattern that culminated in Jan 6

### Gaslighting

- Reframing routine technical issues as deliberate sabotage
- Implying elections are rigged without sufficient evidence

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Republican machines were systematically broken

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Maricopa County experienced tabulator issues affecting about 70 of 223 voting centers. Ballots were not lost—affected voters could deposit ballots in a secure box for later counting. Issues were not 'systematic' sabotage but technical malfunctions. Both parties' voters were equally affected.

Sources: Maricopa County official statements; AP reporting on Election Day issues

> Everything was geared by Republicans toward Election Day

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Republican messaging in 2022 discouraged early/mail voting, concentrating their voters on Election Day, which paradoxically made them more vulnerable to Election Day technical issues.

Sources: Multiple media analyses of GOP voting strategy

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- election-denial (100%)
- externalization (90%)
- Arizona-midterms (80%)
- institutional-delegitimization (80%)

## That day

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

**Legal Siege Mentality: Special Counsel Appointment Triggers Afternoon Escalation from Self-Promotion to Full Devaluation Campaign**

Trump spent the afternoon at Mar-a-Lago posting a mix of favorable poll results and shared articles before pivoting sharply to the Special Counsel investigation. The mood darkened as the day went on, with posts about Jack Smith's appointment growing increasingly conspiratorial -- linking the prosecutor to Eric Holder and Obama and targeting Smith's wife. The day's most aggressive post came in the early evening: a scorched-earth attack on former Attorney General Bill Barr, rewriting Barr's departure as a firing and stripping him of all credibility. Notably absent from the day's posts was any mention of his dinner that evening with Kanye West and white nationalist Nick Fuentes, an event that would soon dominate headlines.

Full digest for 2022-11-22: https://trump.fm/date/2022-11-22/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, November 22). This Election was a disgrace, everything was... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109389134419975998
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "This Election was a disgrace, everything was geared by..." Truth Social, 22 Nov. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109389134419975998. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "This Election was a disgrace, everything was geared by...," Truth Social, November 22, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109389134419975998.

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