# Post ts_109507576634504640

- Post ID: `ts_109507576634504640`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-13T17:36:52.615Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109507576634504640
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109507576634504640/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109507576634504640.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> “New revelations on Twitter show how President Trump was banned without having broken any of the rules. Come on!” Harris Faulkner. This despite allowing vicious foreign Country dictators to stay on Twitter. It was all about the Crooked Election!!!

## Engagement

- Likes: 11,688
- Reposts: 3,643
- Replies: 435
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.426Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:04:49.171Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109507576634504640

### Context
This post references the ongoing "Twitter Files" releases by Elon Musk, quoting Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner regarding Trump's Twitter ban. Trump frames his ban as unjust and connects it to his persistent "Crooked Election" narrative. Posted December 13, 2022, at 12:36 PM ET (Trump at Mar-a-Lago), this is a business-hours post.

### Authorship
The post has mixed signals. The quote-then-comment structure and business-hours timing suggest aide involvement, but the emotional punctuation ("Come on!"), the phrase "Crooked Election!!!" with triple exclamation marks, and the stream-of-consciousness pivot from the quote to "foreign Country dictators" to the election narrative feel authentically Trump. The odd capitalization of "Country" is a classic Trump tell. Likely dictated or lightly polished.

### Psychological Analysis
The Twitter Files provided external validation for Trump's long-held grievance about censorship and his ban. This post exemplifies **supply-seeking** behavior — using a Fox News quote as third-party validation of victimhood. The pivot to "Crooked Election" reveals the core fixation: the 2020 election loss remains the primary narcissistic injury.

The comparison to "foreign Country dictators" staying on Twitter while he was banned reflects **grandiose-vulnerable oscillation** — simultaneously claiming he was treated worse than dictators (vulnerable/victimized) while implicitly asserting his superior importance.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Rationalization**: The ban wasn't about rule violations — it was political persecution
- **Projection**: Framing Twitter's moderation as "crooked" while the real crookedness is attributed to the election
- **Distortion**: Collapsing his ban (related to January 6) into the election fraud narrative

### Rhetorical Techniques
The post uses **appeal to authority** (quoting Faulkner), **false equivalence** (comparing his situation to dictators on Twitter), and **epistemic anchoring** — linking every grievance back to the "Crooked Election" master narrative.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Trump was banned from Twitter without having broken any rules" | **Mostly False** | Twitter banned Trump on Jan 8, 2021 citing 'risk of further incitement of violence' following the January 6 Capitol attack. While debatable whether specific tweets violated literal rules, the ban was based on Twitter's assessment of incitement risk, not arbitrary action. |
| "Foreign country dictators were allowed to stay on Twitter" | **Mostly True** | Various authoritarian leaders maintained Twitter accounts during Trump's ban, including Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei and others. Twitter had a 'world leaders' exception policy that was inconsistently applied. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 65%)

### Indicators

- Business hours (12:36 PM ET)
- Odd capitalization of 'Country'
- Triple exclamation marks on 'Election!!!'
- Quote-then-comment structure common in aide posts
- Emotional pivot and stream-of-consciousness feel

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Exposure (Twitter Files / Harris Faulkner validation)

Sentiment: -0.50

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 35%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Third-party validation via Fox News quote
- Shared grievance framing

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Frames Twitter ban as having no rule-breaking basis, omitting January 6 context
- Attributes ban entirely to election-related conspiracy

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Trump was banned from Twitter without having broken any rules

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Twitter banned Trump on Jan 8, 2021 citing 'risk of further incitement of violence' following the January 6 Capitol attack. While debatable whether specific tweets violated literal rules, the ban was based on Twitter's assessment of incitement risk, not arbitrary action.

Sources: Twitter Safety blog post, January 8, 2021

> Foreign country dictators were allowed to stay on Twitter

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Various authoritarian leaders maintained Twitter accounts during Trump's ban, including Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei and others. Twitter had a 'world leaders' exception policy that was inconsistently applied.

Sources: Known Twitter policy discussions 2021

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- election_denial (80%)
- censorship_grievance (70%)
- twitter_files (60%)
- supply_seeking (50%)

## That day

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

**Twitter Files Fuel Quiet Grievance-to-Grandiosity Cycle on a Low-Key Day**

Trump spent a routine afternoon amplifying the "Twitter Files" story — the ongoing release of internal documents about his 2021 ban — quoting Fox News segments and sharing links that painted him as unfairly censored. Between grievance posts, he retweeted supporters and boasted about making America great "twice." The mood was low-intensity throughout, with a brief flash of anger over the perceived double standard of keeping foreign dictators on Twitter while banning him. The evening ended with a rapid-fire dump of links targeting Jack Smith, Letitia James, and FBI-Twitter coordination — more of a daily bulletin board than any focused campaign.

Full digest for 2022-12-13: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-13/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 13). “New revelations on Twitter show how President... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109507576634504640
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "“New revelations on Twitter show how President Trump was..." Truth Social, 13 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109507576634504640. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "“New revelations on Twitter show how President Trump was...," Truth Social, December 13, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109507576634504640.

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