# Post ts_109448033122511580

- Post ID: `ts_109448033122511580`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-03T05:14:10.720Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109448033122511580
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109448033122511580/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109448033122511580.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Wow! That’s a really big story about Twitter and various forms of government Fraud including, specifically, Election Fraud. The same level of Fraud took place with the other Big Tech companies, if not even worse (if that’s possible?). We are living in a VERY CORRUPT COUNTRY &, AS THEY ARE SAYING ALL OVER THE INTERNET, “NOTHING WILL BE DONE ABOUT IT BECAUSE  THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT & FBI ARE TOTALLY CORRUPT.” But they’ll keep investigating “boxes” that were legally & openly taken from the W.H.

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.427Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:32:42.755Z (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 late-night post exemplifies Trump's characteristic dual-processing of narcissistic injury and supply. The Twitter Files release provides external validation for his election fraud narrative (supply), which he immediately weaponizes to delegitimize the DOJ/FBI investigation into his retention of classified documents (defense against injury). The manufactured consensus—attributing his own views to an unspecified "THEY" across the internet—is a notable reality-distortion technique. The splitting defense is textbook: his document removal was "legal & openly" done while the entire justice system is "TOTALLY CORRUPT." The post's elevated danger rating stems from systematic institutional delegitimization combined with the implied message that legitimate institutions won't act, which historically correlates with calls to extralegal action. This fits a contamination narrative sequence: America was good but has been corrupted by enemies within its own institutions.

## Psychological Analysis: Truth Social Post ts_109448033122511580

### Timestamp & Authorship
Posted 5:14 AM UTC = **12:14 AM EST**. Trump was almost certainly at Mar-a-Lago in early December 2022. The late-night timing, emotional intensity, run-on structure, ampersand usage, and characteristic parenthetical asides ("if that's possible?") strongly indicate authentic authorship (confidence: high, score 0.9).

### Context
This is the fifth post in a rapid-fire series on December 2-3, 2022, all responding to the first Twitter Files release by Matt Taibbi via Elon Musk. The post simultaneously seizes on the Twitter Files as validation while deflecting from the ongoing DOJ investigation into classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post is driven by **mixed narcissistic states**—grandiose vindication ("I was right") oscillating with vulnerable persecution ("they'll keep investigating 'boxes'"). The juxtaposition within a single post is characteristic: external events are seized as narcissistic supply, then immediately redirected to service the persecution narrative.

### Defense Mechanisms
1. **Splitting** (immature): His actions = "legally & openly"; their actions = "TOTALLY CORRUPT"
2. **Projection** (immature): Accuses institutions of corruption while under investigation
3. **Denial** (pathological): Reduces classified documents case to mere "boxes"
4. **Rationalization** (neurotic): "virtually every other President has done" this

### Rhetorical Techniques
- **Manufactured consensus**: "AS THEY ARE SAYING ALL OVER THE INTERNET" attributes his views to a fabricated popular voice
- **Whataboutism**: Pivots from Twitter Files to documents case to reframe himself as victim
- **Scare quotes**: "boxes" trivializes; "Justice" Department delegitimizes
- **ALL CAPS**: Creates urgency and emotional contagion

### Danger Assessment: ELEVATED
Systematic delegitimization of DOJ and FBI as "TOTALLY CORRUPT," combined with the manufactured consensus that "NOTHING WILL BE DONE," creates a rhetorical vacuum that implicitly invites extralegal remedies. This pattern—institutional delegitimization + learned helplessness framing—is a recognized precursor to calls for direct action.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Documents were legally and openly taken from the White House" | **Mostly False** | DOJ investigation found classified documents improperly retained at Mar-a-Lago; Trump resisted subpoena to return them, leading to FBI search in August 2022 |
| "FBI met with Big Tech companies to rig the 2020 election" | **Mostly False** | Twitter Files showed FBI flagged content and communicated with platforms about potential foreign influence, but this does not constitute election rigging. Content moderation decisions were made by companies themselves. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 90%)

### Indicators

- 12:14 AM EST posting time
- Stream-of-consciousness style
- ALL CAPS passages
- Emotional reactivity
- Ampersand usage

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (DOJ documents investigation; need for validation via Twitter Files)

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

Sentiment: -0.75

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Late-night posting
- Pressured quality to writing
- Grandiose framing

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 80%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 70%
- Sadism: 20%

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

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

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- false consensus via 'THEY ARE SAYING ALL OVER THE INTERNET'
- shared victimhood framing
- in-group solidarity against corrupt institutions

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Systematic delegitimization of federal law enforcement
- Framing DOJ/FBI as 'TOTALLY CORRUPT' undermines rule of law
- Manufactured consensus that 'nothing will be done' could fuel vigilantism

### Gaslighting

- Reframes classified documents removal as routine and legal
- Fabricates internet consensus via unattributed quote
- Attacks institutional credibility to undermine investigations into his conduct

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Documents were legally and openly taken from the White House

**MOSTLY FALSE**

DOJ investigation found classified documents improperly retained at Mar-a-Lago; Trump resisted subpoena to return them, leading to FBI search in August 2022

Sources: DOJ filings; FBI search warrant affidavit

> FBI met with Big Tech companies to rig the 2020 election

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Twitter Files showed FBI flagged content and communicated with platforms about potential foreign influence, but this does not constitute election rigging. Content moderation decisions were made by companies themselves.

Sources: Twitter Files releases by Matt Taibbi

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- election_fraud_narrative (90%)
- institutional_delegitimization (85%)
- documents_case_minimization (70%)
- twitter_files (80%)
- whataboutism (75%)

## That day

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

**Former President Calls for "Termination" of the Constitution in Most Extreme Post to Date**

Trump seized on the release of the "Twitter Files" to mount a full-day campaign claiming vindication for his 2020 election fraud narrative. What began as familiar grievance rhetoric escalated sharply by morning into an explicit call to terminate constitutional provisions — one of the most extreme statements ever made by a former president. The afternoon brought continued attacks on Republican leaders and democratic institutions before the day wound down with a flurry of supportive article links. The overall mood was one of emboldened grandiosity, with the Twitter Files serving as fuel for claims that grew more radical with each post.

Full digest for 2022-12-03: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-03/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 3). Wow! That’s a really big story about Twitter and... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109448033122511580
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Wow! That’s a really big story about Twitter and various..." Truth Social, 3 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109448033122511580. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Wow! That’s a really big story about Twitter and various...," Truth Social, December 3, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109448033122511580.

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