# Post ts_109462569894458040

- Post ID: `ts_109462569894458040`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-05T18:51:04.326Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109462569894458040
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109462569894458040/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109462569894458040.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> WE WANT PEOPLE WHO “LEGITIMATELY” WON THE ELECTION TO LEAD OUR COUNTRY, NOT PEOPLE WHO HAD TO CHEAT IN ORDER TO WIN!!!

## Engagement

- Likes: 58,110
- Reposts: 16,596
- Replies: 3,845
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.427Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:35:26.942Z (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 is part of a December 5, 2022 damage-control sequence following Trump's widely condemned call to "terminate" the Constitution. Rather than retracting or clarifying, Trump deploys classic DARVO—pivoting from his own anti-democratic statement to accusing his opponents of stealing the 2020 election through cheating. The projection is psychologically striking: the individual who just called for terminating constitutional governance now frames himself and his supporters as defenders of legitimate democracy against cheaters.

The ALL CAPS delivery, scare quotes around "LEGITIMATELY," and triple exclamation marks signal high emotional activation consistent with narcissistic injury from bipartisan condemnation. The collective framing ("WE WANT") recruits the audience into shared grievance, functioning as parasocial bonding through perceived persecution.

The post continues the perseverative pattern of 2020 election denial now over two years post-election, with no new evidence offered. It maintains epistemic closure by treating repeatedly debunked fraud claims as self-evident truth. Within the broader sequence—which includes calling for Constitution termination and demanding elections be redone with "NO TIME LIMIT"—this post contributes to an escalating delegitimization of democratic institutions. The danger level is elevated not from this post in isolation but from its role in a sequence that explicitly advocated overriding constitutional governance. The timing, one day before the Georgia runoff, adds electoral manipulation context.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109462569894458040

### Context
This post is part of a flurry on December 5, 2022, as Trump attempts damage control after his "termination of the Constitution" statement. The Georgia Senate runoff (Walker vs. Warnock) is the next day. The post continues the ALL CAPS pattern from the previous post and reiterates the Big Lie about the 2020 election.

### Authorship
Posted at 1:51 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago). Business hours, but the ALL CAPS, emotional intensity, and brevity are consistent with authentic Trump. The scare quotes around "LEGITIMATELY" and the triple exclamation marks are signature stylistic markers. This reads as an emotionally reactive post from Trump himself during an active damage-control sequence.

### Psychological Dynamics
This post functions as classic DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender). Trump, who literally called for terminating the Constitution to reinstall himself, now frames his opponents as illegitimate cheaters. The projection is striking: the person seeking to override democratic processes accuses others of subverting democracy.

The use of "WE WANT" is notable—it frames the demand as collective rather than personal, recruiting the audience into shared grievance. "LEGITIMATELY" in scare quotes implies no one actually won legitimately, casting doubt on the entire democratic process.

### Rhetorical Function
Within the damage-control sequence, this post serves to redirect attention from the Constitution controversy back to the familiar 2020 election fraud narrative—a well-rehearsed script that reliably activates his base.

### Danger Assessment
The post continues to undermine democratic legitimacy. In the context of the broader sequence (calling for Constitution termination, demanding election results be overturned with "no time limit"), this contributes to an escalating pattern of anti-democratic rhetoric.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "People had to cheat in order to win the 2020 election" | **False** | Over 60 legal challenges failed. Multiple audits including Republican-led Maricopa County audit confirmed Biden's victory. No court found evidence of fraud sufficient to alter any state result. |

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 80%)

### Indicators

- ALL CAPS entire post
- Triple exclamation marks
- Scare quotes around LEGITIMATELY
- Emotional reactivity consistent with damage-control mode
- Business hours but fits active posting sequence

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Widespread condemnation of Constitution termination statement)

**Rage:** Intensity 70% targeting 2020 election winners / Biden administration
- Proportionality: 20%

Sentiment: -0.60

Baseline Deviation: slight

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid-fire posting sequence
- ALL CAPS intensity
- Grandiose certainty

### Clinical

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

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- collective identity framing ('WE WANT')
- shared grievance activation
- in-group/out-group boundary enforcement

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Continued delegitimization of democratic election results
- Part of sequence that included calling for Constitution termination
- Implicitly frames current government as illegitimate occupiers

### Gaslighting

- Redirects from his Constitution termination statement to accusing others of cheating
- Presents repeatedly debunked election fraud claims as established fact
- DARVO: reverses who is threatening democratic legitimacy

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> People had to cheat in order to win the 2020 election

**FALSE**

Over 60 legal challenges failed. Multiple audits including Republican-led Maricopa County audit confirmed Biden's victory. No court found evidence of fraud sufficient to alter any state result.

Sources: AP News; Reuters; Maricopa County audit results

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Tags

- election denial (100%)
- damage control (90%)
- DARVO (80%)
- projection (90%)
- delegitimization (90%)

## That day

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

**After calling to "terminate" the Constitution, Trump denies it — then restates the demand in softer terms**

Trump spent the afternoon in damage-control mode after his weekend call to "terminate" the Constitution drew condemnation from both parties. He accused the media of fabricating his words, then proceeded to restate essentially the same demand — that elections should be overturned with no time limit — in slightly softer language. The day opened with a quiet endorsement repost in the evening prior, but the real action was a tight cluster of three defensive posts over about an hour at midday, all driven by the same wound. With the Georgia Senate runoff one day away and his company's tax fraud trial in jury deliberations, it was a day of deflection and doubling down.

Full digest for 2022-12-05: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-05/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 5). WE WANT PEOPLE WHO “LEGITIMATELY” WON THE... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109462569894458040
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "WE WANT PEOPLE WHO “LEGITIMATELY” WON THE ELECTION TO LEAD..." Truth Social, 5 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109462569894458040. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "WE WANT PEOPLE WHO “LEGITIMATELY” WON THE ELECTION TO LEAD...," Truth Social, December 5, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109462569894458040.

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