# Post ts_109547468987890706

- Post ID: `ts_109547468987890706`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-20T18:42:01.620Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109547468987890706
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109547468987890706/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109547468987890706.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> In addition to everything else, our Government, through the FBI, RIGGED the 2020 Presidential Election!

## Engagement

- Likes: 19,978
- Reposts: 6,218
- Replies: 1,042
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.425Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:11:29.200Z (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, arriving the day the Jan. 6 Committee voted to criminally refer Trump to the DOJ, functions as a compressed counternarrative. Rather than addressing the referral, it reasserts the foundational "stolen election" claim and escalates by naming the FBI as the instrument of electoral rigging. The psychological pattern is classic DARVO — the subject, facing criminal referral for attempting to overturn an election, accuses the government of rigging that same election. The post exhibits pathological-level denial and projection, with paranoid features prominent in the conspiratorial framing. It serves as a "thesis statement" for the day's longer posts, designed for maximum memetic spread. The danger level is elevated: this rhetoric delegitimizes democratic institutions and federal law enforcement, and reinforces the same conspiratorial framework that animated the January 6th attack — now deployed on the very day criminal accountability is being pursued for that event. The escalatory context (criminal referral) combined with the escalatory claim (government rigged the election) represents a feedback loop between legal pressure and conspiratorial radicalization.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109547468987890706

### Context
This post arrives on the same day the Jan. 6 Committee voted to refer Trump for criminal prosecution — a historically unprecedented action. This is one of several posts that day hammering the "rigged election" narrative, forming a coordinated rhetorical barrage.

### Authorship
Posted at 1:42 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago). The brevity, emotional charge, ALL CAPS on "RIGGED," and the phrase "In addition to everything else" (stream-of-consciousness connector to his other posts) all suggest authentic authorship. The sentence is grammatically simple but complete — consistent with Trump's own style when making declarative claims.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a compressed, distilled version of the longer posts surrounding it. The trigger is clearly the Jan. 6 Committee criminal referral — a massive narcissistic injury combining criticism, exposure, and potential defeat. The post functions as a counterattack: rather than addressing the referral, it reasserts the foundational grievance (election was "RIGGED") and escalates by implicating the FBI as an arm of government conspiracy.

The phrase "In addition to everything else" is psychologically revealing — it frames the subject as someone besieged by multiple injustices, reinforcing the victim-warrior identity. The exclamation mark conveys indignation and certainty.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Denial/Distortion**: Reframes 2020 loss as theft
- **Projection**: Government accused of rigging — while subject faced referral for attempting to overturn results
- **Acting out**: Public declaration functioning as counterattack

### Rhetorical Function
This post serves as a "thesis statement" for the day's longer posts — a punchy, shareable summary designed for maximum memetic spread. The ALL CAPS "RIGGED" is the anchoring word.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The FBI rigged the 2020 Presidential Election" | **False** | No evidence supports FBI rigging the election. The claim likely references FBI communications with Twitter about Hunter Biden laptop story, which involved content moderation decisions by a private company — not vote manipulation or election rigging. |

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- ALL CAPS emphasis on RIGGED
- Stream-of-consciousness connector 'In addition to everything else'
- Exclamation point conveying indignation
- Simple declarative structure
- Afternoon posting but emotionally reactive content

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Jan. 6 Committee criminal referral)

**Rage:** Intensity 70% targeting FBI / US Government
- Proportionality: 20%

Sentiment: -0.75

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid-fire posting — multiple posts on same topic within hours
- Escalating claims across the post sequence

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 80%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 80%
- Sadism: 10%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance framing
- inclusive 'our Government' implying betrayal of the people

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Delegitimizes federal law enforcement and democratic processes
- Reinforces conspiratorial framework that motivated Jan. 6 violence
- Posted same day as criminal referral — escalatory context

### Gaslighting

- Reframes content moderation as 'rigging' an election
- Asserts as settled fact what is a conspiratorial claim
- Part of DARVO pattern — subject facing criminal referral accuses government of the crime

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> The FBI rigged the 2020 Presidential Election

**FALSE**

No evidence supports FBI rigging the election. The claim likely references FBI communications with Twitter about Hunter Biden laptop story, which involved content moderation decisions by a private company — not vote manipulation or election rigging.

Sources: FBI statement on election security; Twitter Files reporting

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Tags

- election_denial (100%)
- FBI_conspiracy (90%)
- jan6_committee_response (95%)
- DARVO (85%)
- big_lie_repetition (90%)

## That day

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

**Criminal Referral Day: Trump Unleashes 20-Post Defensive Barrage as Jan. 6 Committee Votes to Prosecute**

Trump spent the day in sustained defensive mode after the January 6 Committee voted to criminally refer him to the Department of Justice. He posted 20 times, with two intense bursts -- four posts in an hour that morning and five more in just fifteen minutes that afternoon -- all hammering the same message: the FBI rigged the 2020 election, January 6 was a justified protest, and his accusers are the real insurrectionists. By mid-afternoon the original posts gave way to a rapid dump of six supportive news links, and the evening wound down with a pair of gloomy retweets. The mood was angry and defensive throughout, with flashes of grandiosity when he found arguments he believed vindicated him.

Full digest for 2022-12-20: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-20/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 20). In addition to everything else, our Government,... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109547468987890706
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "In addition to everything else, our Government, through the..." Truth Social, 20 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109547468987890706. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "In addition to everything else, our Government, through the...," Truth Social, December 20, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109547468987890706.

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