# Post ts_109486238168005452

- Post ID: `ts_109486238168005452`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-09T23:10:13.453Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109486238168005452/analysis
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## Post text

> The biggest thing to come out of the Twitter Targeting Hoax is that the Presidential Election was RIGGED - And that’s as big as it can get!!!

## Engagement

- Likes: 43,590
- Reposts: 13,044
- Replies: 2,253
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.427Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:41:26.856Z (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 psychological displacement under pressure. With the Trump Organization just convicted on all 17 counts of tax fraud, Herschel Walker defeated in Georgia, and classified documents discovered at a storage unit, Trump faced a convergence of narcissistic injuries. Rather than address any, he seized on the Twitter Files as fresh evidence for the Big Lie — that the 2020 election was "RIGGED." The logical leap from Twitter's content moderation to election rigging constitutes pathological distortion. Coming just six days after Trump called for "termination" of the Constitution, this post represents continued erosion of democratic legitimacy. The danger level is elevated not for any single post but for the cumulative pattern: repeated election delegitimization primes followers for extralegal action. The post's psychological function is transparent — if the election was stolen, then the conviction, the losses, and the investigations are all illegitimate persecutions of the rightful president.

## Psychological Analysis: "Twitter Targeting Hoax" Post (2022-12-09)

### Context
This post references the "Twitter Files" — internal Twitter documents released by Elon Musk via journalists starting December 2, 2022, which Trump seized upon as evidence of election interference. Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago (Palm Beach, EST); posted at ~6:10 PM EST — business hours.

### Authorship
The post has mixed signals. The ALL CAPS "RIGGED," exclamation marks, and emotional content suggest authentic Trump. However, the relatively clean grammar and brevity could go either way. The emotional charge and the core theme (election rigging) are quintessentially Trump obsessions. Likely authentic, possibly lightly polished.

### Psychological Dynamics
This post is a textbook example of **motivated reasoning in service of narcissistic injury repair**. The Trump Organization had just been convicted on all 17 counts of tax fraud, Herschel Walker lost the Georgia runoff, and classified documents were found at a storage unit. Rather than address any of these setbacks, Trump redirects to his preferred narrative: the 2020 election was stolen.

The "Twitter Files" provided fresh supply for the persecution narrative. Trump performs a logical leap: content moderation decisions at Twitter → "Presidential Election was RIGGED." This is **distortion** as a defense mechanism — grossly reshaping partial evidence into total vindication.

### Rhetorical Analysis
The phrase "as big as it can get" is classic Trump superlative inflation. "Hoax" is deployed paradoxically — he labels the targeting itself a "hoax" while simultaneously claiming it proves rigging, creating semantic confusion that serves his purposes.

### Danger Assessment
Continued insistence that elections are "RIGGED" erodes democratic legitimacy. This post came just days after Trump called for "termination" of the Constitution — placing it in a pattern of escalating anti-democratic rhetoric.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The Presidential Election was RIGGED" | **False** | Multiple courts, audits, recounts, DOJ investigations, and Trump's own AG William Barr found no evidence of widespread fraud sufficient to alter the 2020 election outcome. |
| "Twitter Files reveal election rigging" | **Mostly False** | The Twitter Files showed internal content moderation decisions including suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story, but this does not constitute election rigging. Content moderation by a private company is not equivalent to rigging a government election. |

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 70%)

### Indicators

- ALL CAPS emphasis on RIGGED
- Triple exclamation marks
- Superlative construction 'as big as it can get'
- Evening posting time (6:10 PM EST)
- Clean grammar suggests possible light editing

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Multiple concurrent defeats: Trump Org conviction, Walker loss, classified docs discovery)

Sentiment: -0.50

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 25%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance framing
- validation seeking through exclamation

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Continued assertion that presidential election was 'RIGGED'
- Follows call for 'termination' of Constitution by 6 days
- Pattern of escalating anti-democratic rhetoric

### Gaslighting

- Reframes Twitter content moderation as proof of election rigging
- Labels documented events a 'Hoax'

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> The Presidential Election was RIGGED

**FALSE**

Multiple courts, audits, recounts, DOJ investigations, and Trump's own AG William Barr found no evidence of widespread fraud sufficient to alter the 2020 election outcome.

Sources: DOJ investigations; 60+ court cases dismissed; State audits and recounts

> Twitter Files reveal election rigging

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The Twitter Files showed internal content moderation decisions including suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story, but this does not constitute election rigging. Content moderation by a private company is not equivalent to rigging a government election.

Sources: Twitter Files releases Dec 2022

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Tags

- Big Lie (100%)
- displacement (90%)
- election delegitimization (80%)
- narcissistic injury response (85%)

## That day

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

**Under Siege on All Fronts, Trump Builds a Persecution Cathedral From the Twitter Files**

Trump spent the day besieged by his company's fraud conviction, fallout from dining with white supremacists, and the expanding classified documents probe — but addressed almost none of it head-on. Instead, he seized on the Twitter Files as proof the 2020 election was stolen, hammering the theme from morning to evening. The most alarming moment came when he accused Jewish leaders of disloyalty for criticizing the Fuentes dinner, warning their ingratitude was costing Israel support in Congress. He also dismissed the newly freed Brittney Griner as an "America hating basketball player," turning a hostage release into a grievance competition. The afternoon devolved into a rapid-fire dump of favorable links, suggesting the morning's emotional fuel had burned out.

Full digest for 2022-12-09: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-09/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 9). The biggest thing to come out of the Twitter... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109486238168005452
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The biggest thing to come out of the Twitter Targeting Hoax..." Truth Social, 9 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109486238168005452. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The biggest thing to come out of the Twitter Targeting Hoax...," Truth Social, December 9, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109486238168005452.

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