# Post ts_109563160381474985

- Post ID: `ts_109563160381474985`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-23T13:12:33.284Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109563160381474985/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109563160381474985.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> The Government of the United States changed our Election Result, and it just doesn’t get any worse than that. Just look at the damage that’s been done to our Country, and the World, in the last two years — It’s incalculable. TRUMP WON!!!

## Engagement

- Likes: 35,766
- Reposts: 11,707
- Replies: 3,101
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.425Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:14:57.260Z (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 sustained December 23 barrage (5+ posts) fixated on 2020 election fraud claims, triggered by the Jan. 6 Committee's criminal referral and the vote to release Trump's tax returns. The psychological pattern is textbook narcissistic injury response: facing exposure and potential prosecution, Trump escalates reality distortion to its logical extreme—claiming the entire US government committed the greatest crime imaginable. The projection is striking: the Jan. 6 Committee documented Trump's own efforts to change the election result, and here he attributes precisely that conduct to the government. The oscillation between vulnerable ("look at the damage") and grandiose ("TRUMP WON!!!") states within a single short post illustrates the mixed narcissistic presentation typical of acute injury. The perseverative quality—repeating the same theme across multiple posts with escalating intensity (culminating in an all-caps version)—suggests genuine psychological distress rather than strategic messaging. The danger dimension lies in the delegitimization of state authority: framing "The Government of the United States" as the perpetrator of the ultimate crime implicitly justifies extralegal remedies, maintaining the same ideological architecture that preceded January 6, 2021.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109563160381474985

### Context
Posted December 23, 2022 at 8:12 AM EST (Mar-a-Lago). This is one of several posts in a sustained barrage on this date, all centered on the claim that the 2020 election was stolen via FBI/social media collusion—triggered by the Twitter Files revelations and, more acutely, by the Jan. 6 Committee's criminal referral and the House vote to release Trump's tax returns.

### Authorship
The timing (8:12 AM EST) falls in a transitional zone. However, the content is unmistakably authentic Trump: the grandiose framing ("The Government of the United States changed our Election Result"), the emotional escalation, the closing "TRUMP WON!!!" with triple exclamation marks, and the characteristic rhetorical structure (claim → appeal to evidence → superlative intensifier → slogan). The capitalization patterns (Country, World, Election Result) are signature Trump orthographic habits.

### Psychological State
This post sits within a cluster of escalating posts on the same theme, representing a perseverative episode. The trigger is clearly narcissistic injury—specifically the Jan. 6 criminal referral and tax return release, both representing exposure and defeat. The post functions as a reality-replacement assertion: rather than engaging with the actual events threatening him, Trump constructs an alternative narrative in which he is the victim of the greatest crime in history.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Distortion** (pathological): The claim that "the Government of the United States changed our Election Result" grossly reshapes reality to serve psychological needs.
- **Projection**: His own attempts to change the election result (documented by the Jan. 6 committee) are attributed to the government.
- **Denial**: Complete refusal to accept the 2020 election outcome two years later.

### Narcissistic Dynamics
The post oscillates between **vulnerable** (victimized—"just look at the damage") and **grandiose** ("TRUMP WON!!!"). The vulnerable framing serves the grandiose conclusion: the damage proves the theft, which proves he actually won. This is a contamination sequence (legitimate victory → stolen by corrupt forces) serving a redemption promise (truth will prevail).

### Rhetorical Analysis
- Hyperbole: "incalculable" damage, "just doesn't get any worse"
- Appeal to consequences (the damage proves the crime)
- Slogan/rallying cry ("TRUMP WON!!!")
- False presupposition (treats the contested claim as established fact)
- The phrase "The Government of the United States" is deliberately chosen to frame the entire federal apparatus as the enemy—an escalation from specific actors.

### Cognitive Markers
Sentence structure is coherent and on-message. The post is more controlled than the ALL CAPS post in the longitudinal series, suggesting this may be a more deliberate composition. No word-finding difficulties or tangentiality. The perseveration across multiple posts on the same theme is notable but consistent with baseline behavior during perceived threat periods.

### Danger Assessment
The framing of the entire US government as having committed the ultimate crime against the people carries inherent danger—it delegitimizes state authority and implicitly justifies extralegal responses. Combined with the Jan. 6 committee context, this rhetoric maintains the same ideological framework that preceded January 6, 2021. The call is implicit rather than explicit, but the grievance architecture remains intact.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The Government of the United States changed our Election Result" | **False** | No court, audit, or investigation has found evidence that the federal government changed the 2020 election result. Over 60 lawsuits were dismissed. Trump's own AG Barr stated there was no evidence of fraud sufficient to change the outcome. |
| "Incalculable damage done to the country in the last two years" | **Unverifiable** | Subjective political assessment, not a factual claim amenable to verification. |

Overall Veracity: 25%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- Signature capitalization (Country, World, Election Result)
- Triple exclamation marks
- Stream-of-consciousness escalation pattern
- Characteristic em-dash usage
- TRUMP WON slogan

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Jan. 6 Committee criminal referral and tax return release vote)

**Rage:** Intensity 70% targeting The Government of the United States
- Proportionality: 10%

Sentiment: -0.70

Baseline Deviation: slight

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid-fire posting cluster on single theme
- Elevated emotional intensity

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 85%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 70%
- Sadism: 15%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Shared grievance framing
- Rallying cry inviting collective identification

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Delegitimization of entire US government as criminal actor
- Maintains same grievance framework that preceded Jan 6 2021
- Implicit justification for extralegal response to government crime

### Gaslighting

- Presents contested claim as established fact
- Demands acceptance of alternative election reality
- Frames documented events as opposite of what occurred

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> The Government of the United States changed our Election Result

**FALSE**

No court, audit, or investigation has found evidence that the federal government changed the 2020 election result. Over 60 lawsuits were dismissed. Trump's own AG Barr stated there was no evidence of fraud sufficient to change the outcome.

Sources: DOJ statements; Federal court rulings 2020-2021

> Incalculable damage done to the country in the last two years

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Subjective political assessment, not a factual claim amenable to verification.

Overall Veracity: 25%

## Tags

- election_denial (100%)
- narcissistic_injury_response (90%)
- state_delegitimization (80%)
- perseveration_cluster (70%)
- projection (80%)

## That day

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

**Besieged by Jan. 6 Referrals, Trump Mounts an All-Caps Counteroffensive Built on Election Fraud Obsession**

Two days before Christmas, Trump spent his morning in a sustained fury over the Jan. 6 Committee's criminal referral, firing off escalating posts insisting the 2020 election was stolen and the government itself was the real criminal. The intensity peaked with an all-caps declaration that the U.S. government had been "caught" cheating, complete with a fabricated statistic and calls for prosecutors to root out a national "cancer." By afternoon, the storm had passed and he pivoted to rapid-fire link sharing and a plug for his coffee-table book -- a familiar cool-down pattern after a rage-heavy morning.

Full digest for 2022-12-23: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-23/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 23). The Government of the United States changed our... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109563160381474985
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The Government of the United States changed our Election..." Truth Social, 23 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109563160381474985. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The Government of the United States changed our Election...," Truth Social, December 23, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109563160381474985.

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