# Post ts_109535486698049636

- Post ID: `ts_109535486698049636`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-18T15:54:46.388Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109535486698049636
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109535486698049636/analysis
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## Post text

> This was the REAL insurrection!https://youtu.be/gcVlsq2x79g

## Media

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/109/535/485/789/841/416/original/fd8ccfd231bf5a22.qt

## Engagement

- Likes: 30,457
- Reposts: 12,397
- Replies: 3,191
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.425Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:08:12.535Z (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, part of a dense December 18, 2022 cluster responding to the January 6th Committee's criminal referrals, exemplifies DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) in its most compressed form. By declaring something else the "REAL insurrection," Trump performs semantic inversion — co-opting the very term used against him and redirecting it at opponents. This is a pathological-level distortion defense combined with immature projection (accusing others of the act he is investigated for). The broader posting pattern that day reveals an escalating defensive posture: the committee is delegitimized ("Unselect," "political hacks"), media is attacked, and Trump positions himself as a persecuted savior ("I'M JUST FIGHTING TO SAVE OUR COUNTRY!"). The narcissistic state oscillates between vulnerable (persecuted victim of corrupt institutions) and grandiose (lone fighter saving America). This reality-distortion pattern is clinically significant because it demands followers accept a counter-narrative that directly contradicts documented events, functioning as an epistemic loyalty test. The escalation across the day's posts — from attacking the committee to redefining insurrection itself — suggests increasing narcissistic injury as criminal referrals became imminent.

## Analysis: "This was the REAL insurrection!"

### Context
Posted December 18, 2022, during the period when the January 6th Select Committee was finalizing criminal referrals against Trump. The post shares a YouTube video (likely depicting alleged censorship or FBI/government overreach) and reframes "insurrection" — redirecting the term away from January 6th and onto his opponents. This sits within a cluster of posts attacking the committee ("Unselect Committee," "political hacks," "Thugs and Scoundrels").

### Authorship
At ~10:55 AM EST (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago), this is a business-hours post. However, the brevity, ALL CAPS emphasis, and combative framing are consistent with authentic Trump style. The lack of polish and the impulsive quality of redefining "insurrection" suggest personal authorship despite the timing.

### Psychological Analysis
This post is a textbook example of **DARVO** (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender). Facing criminal referrals for his role in January 6th, Trump reverses the accusation entirely — claiming his opponents committed the "REAL insurrection." This is projection as a primary defense, combined with distortion of the term's meaning.

The entire December 18th posting cluster shows escalating defensive activity: the committee is framed as corrupt, media is attacked, and Trump casts himself as a persecuted fighter ("I'M JUST FIGHTING TO SAVE OUR COUNTRY!"). The vulnerable narcissistic state (persecution) oscillates with grandiose counterattack.

### Rhetorical Technique
The word "REAL" in caps performs the central rhetorical work — it presupposes a false version exists (the mainstream understanding of Jan 6) and asserts Trump's counter-narrative as truth. This is classic reality distortion through semantic inversion.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Something other than January 6th was the 'REAL insurrection'" | **False** | January 6, 2021 involved a violent breach of the U.S. Capitol to disrupt certification of election results. No comparable event by Trump's opponents meets the legal or common definition of insurrection. |

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 70%)

### Indicators

- Brief, punchy format
- ALL CAPS emphasis on REAL
- Combative reframing
- Business hours but stylistically authentic

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (January 6th Select Committee criminal referrals)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting January 6th Committee / government institutions
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.60

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- High-volume posting cluster on single day
- Escalating combative tone

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 60%
- Sadism: 20%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 15%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance
- reality reframing
- in-group truth claiming

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Delegitimizing institutional accountability for political violence
- Reframing insurrection as acceptable while accusing opponents

### Gaslighting

- Redefining 'insurrection' to mean something other than January 6th
- DARVO - reversing who committed insurrection
- Implicit demand to reject documented reality

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Something other than January 6th was the 'REAL insurrection'

**FALSE**

January 6, 2021 involved a violent breach of the U.S. Capitol to disrupt certification of election results. No comparable event by Trump's opponents meets the legal or common definition of insurrection.

Sources: Congressional Record; DOJ prosecutions

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Tags

- DARVO (90%)
- projection (85%)
- reality_distortion (80%)
- jan6_committee (90%)
- semantic_inversion (85%)

## That day

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

**On Eve of Criminal Referrals, a Daylong Defensive Siege Reveals Deep Narcissistic Injury**

Trump spent the day in a sustained defensive posture as the January 6th Committee prepared to vote on criminal referrals against him. The evening before began with a long, layered attack on the committee, followed by a rapid-fire morning burst of nine posts in under three hours -- nearly all focused on delegitimizing the investigation, the FBI, and the DOJ. The mood swung between defiant grandiosity and wounded victimhood, with repeated returns to the 2020 election fraud narrative now 25 months old. Several posts contained outright false claims, including that the committee had no Republican members and that the FBI shut down his Twitter account.

Full digest for 2022-12-18: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-18/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 18). This was the REAL insurrection!https://youtu.be/gc... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109535486698049636
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "This was the REAL insurrection!https://youtu.be/gcVlsq2x79g" Truth Social, 18 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109535486698049636. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "This was the REAL insurrection!https://youtu.be/gcVlsq2x79g," Truth Social, December 18, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109535486698049636.

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