# Post ts_109446783460038797

- Post ID: `ts_109446783460038797`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-02T23:56:22.392Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109446783460038797/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109446783460038797.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> So now it is learned that the FBI, and others in conjunction with the “Justice” Department, met with Big Tech companies to bend them into saying bad things about “Trump” and Republicans in order to RIG & STEAL the 2020 Presidential Election, which was a Scam and a Fraud. Now additional evidence, different but just as illegal and sinister as the many other forms of cheating used, is flowing out of the crevices of this corrupt wound. This is big “stuff.” DO SOMETHING as our Country Melts!!!

## Engagement

- Likes: 45,196
- Reposts: 13,214
- Replies: 1,562
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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.427Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:35:11.249Z (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 deflection-under-fire pattern. Posted during peak backlash over his dinner with white nationalist Nick Fuentes, Trump pivots entirely to 2020 election grievance, seizing on the Twitter Files as fresh material. The displacement is transparent — not a single post in this period addresses the Fuentes controversy. The vulnerable narcissistic state is evident in the persecution narrative and visceral wound metaphor, while the "DO SOMETHING as our Country Melts" combines mobilization language with catastrophic urgency. The post maintains the Big Lie through gaslighting techniques ("So now it is learned") that present contested claims as established fact. The elevated danger rating reflects the combination of delegitimizing justice institutions, catastrophizing national conditions, and issuing vague action demands to followers — a pattern that, while routine for Trump, maintains ambient mobilization pressure. Clinically, the displacement defense is doing heavy work: genuine narcissistic injury from Republican allies' criticism is redirected entirely toward familiar institutional enemies.

## Psychological Analysis: Truth Social Post ts_109446783460038797

### Context
Posted December 2, 2022 at 6:56 PM EST (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago). This follows the release of the "Twitter Files" by Elon Musk and comes during a period where Trump faced bipartisan condemnation for dining with Nick Fuentes — a clear narcissistic injury he is deflecting from.

### Authorship
Evening post, emotional and stream-of-consciousness with characteristic Trump markers: scare quotes around "Trump," "Justice," and "stuff"; ALL CAPS imperative "DO SOMETHING"; dramatic metaphorical language ("flowing out of the crevices of this corrupt wound," "Country Melts"). The euphemism "stuff" replacing a likely intended profanity is classic Trump self-censorship. High confidence authentic.

### Psychological Dynamics
This post is a textbook deflection from the Fuentes dinner controversy. Rather than address the bipartisan criticism, Trump redirects to a grievance narrative about 2020 election rigging — seizing on the Twitter Files as fresh ammunition. The timing is transparent: the Fuentes story dominated news cycles Nov 28-Dec 1, and this post constructs an alternative outrage.

The "DO SOMETHING" imperative reveals both frustration and a parasocial demand for follower mobilization. The wound/infection metaphor ("flowing out of the crevices of this corrupt wound") is notably visceral and somewhat unusual in Trump's lexicon, suggesting heightened emotional arousal.

### Rhetorical Notes
The scare quotes around his own name ("Trump") create odd third-person self-reference — distancing or dramatizing his victimhood. The post layers multiple propaganda techniques: appeal to conspiracy, false equivalence ("no different than stuffing ballot boxes" from the RT), and urgency manufacture.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "FBI met with Big Tech companies to say bad things about Trump to rig the 2020 election" | **Mostly False** | The Twitter Files and congressional testimony revealed FBI flagged potential foreign interference content to social media companies — standard counter-intelligence practice, not direction to 'say bad things about Trump.' No evidence these contacts constituted election rigging. |
| "2020 Presidential Election was a Scam and a Fraud" | **False** | No court, audit, or investigation found evidence of fraud sufficient to alter the 2020 election outcome. Over 60 legal challenges were dismissed. Trump's own AG Barr stated DOJ found no evidence of widespread fraud. |

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 88%)

### Indicators

- Evening posting time (6:56 PM EST)
- Scare quotes as rhetorical device
- ALL CAPS imperative
- Stream-of-consciousness structure
- Visceral metaphor (corrupt wound/crevices)

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Fuentes dinner backlash / bipartisan Republican criticism)

**Rage:** Intensity 70% targeting FBI, DOJ, Big Tech
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.85

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Pressured quality to writing
- Catastrophic urgency framing
- Grandiose conspiracy scope

### Clinical

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

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- displacement (neurotic)
- distortion (pathological)
- acting out (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 45%

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Urgency manufacture ('Country Melts')
- Call to action ('DO SOMETHING')
- Shared victimhood framing

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Vague call to action ('DO SOMETHING') without specifying what
- Catastrophizing frame ('Country Melts') implying existential urgency
- Delegitimization of justice system

### Gaslighting

- Framing 2020 election as established fact of fraud ('Now it is learned')
- Presenting FBI-tech meetings as proof of election rigging
- Reality claim requiring followers to reject certified election results

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> FBI met with Big Tech companies to say bad things about Trump to rig the 2020 election

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The Twitter Files and congressional testimony revealed FBI flagged potential foreign interference content to social media companies — standard counter-intelligence practice, not direction to 'say bad things about Trump.' No evidence these contacts constituted election rigging.

Sources: Twitter Files (Taibbi thread); Congressional testimony referenced in Fox News link

> 2020 Presidential Election was a Scam and a Fraud

**FALSE**

No court, audit, or investigation found evidence of fraud sufficient to alter the 2020 election outcome. Over 60 legal challenges were dismissed. Trump's own AG Barr stated DOJ found no evidence of widespread fraud.

Sources: DOJ statements; Court rulings in 60+ cases

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Tags

- election_denial (90%)
- institutional_delegitimization (80%)
- deflection (90%)
- mobilization (60%)
- twitter_files (70%)
- fuentes_deflection (80%)

## That day

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

**A Day of Displacement: Link Dumps and Escalating Rage Mask the Fuentes Fallout**

Trump spent the day flooding his feed with shared links rather than original commentary, a pattern consistent with deflection during uncomfortable news cycles — in this case, the ongoing backlash over his dinner with white nationalist Nick Fuentes. The morning was quiet link-sharing, but as afternoon turned to evening, he latched onto newly surfacing FBI-Big Tech testimony and worked himself into genuine anger, culminating in his one original post of the day: a furious demand that someone "DO SOMETHING" about the "rigged" 2020 election. The elephant in the room — the Fuentes controversy — went entirely unaddressed.

Full digest for 2022-12-02: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-02/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 2). So now it is learned that the FBI, and others in... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109446783460038797
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "So now it is learned that the FBI, and others in..." Truth Social, 2 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109446783460038797. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "So now it is learned that the FBI, and others in...," Truth Social, December 2, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109446783460038797.

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