# Post ts_109615636263894025

- Post ID: `ts_109615636263894025`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-01-01T19:37:51.707Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109615636263894025
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109615636263894025/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109615636263894025.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> It wasn’t my fault that the Republicans didn’t live up to expectations in the MidTerms. I was 233-20! It was the “abortion issue,” poorly handled by many Republicans, especially those that firmly insisted on No Exceptions, even in the case of Rape, Incest, or Life of the Mother, that lost large numbers of Voters. Also, the people that pushed so hard, for decades, against abortion, got their wish from the U.S. Supreme Court, & just plain disappeared, not to be seen again. Plus, Mitch stupid $'s!

## Engagement

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:18:57.927Z (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 New Year's Day post is a defensive response to the narrative that Trump bears responsibility for Republican midterm underperformance. The psychological architecture is notable: Trump opens with categorical denial ("It wasn't my fault"), immediately pivots to a grandiose self-statistic (233-20), then distributes blame across three separate targets—abortion hardliners, demobilized pro-life voters, and McConnell's spending. This cascade structure is psychologically significant because it makes the externalization harder to rebut; no single counter-argument addresses all three claims. The central irony—that Trump's own Supreme Court appointees produced the Dobbs decision he blames others for mishandling—appears completely invisible to him, consistent with narcissistic externalization where the self is structurally excluded from causal blame. The 233-20 figure, while roughly accurate in raw numbers, is deeply misleading: the vast majority of endorsements were in safe races. His endorsed candidates in competitive Senate races (Oz, Walker, Masters, Bolduc) significantly underperformed. The closing "Mitch stupid $'s!" is a compressed contempt marker targeting McConnell's Senate Leadership Fund for not supporting Trump-aligned candidates. Longitudinally, this post fits the established pattern of post-defeat processing through externalization rather than reflection, consistent with the contamination narrative sequence (victory/expectation → betrayal by others).

## Psychological Analysis: Midterm Blame-Shifting Post (2023-01-01)

### Overview
Trump deflects responsibility for Republican underperformance in the 2022 midterms, citing his personal 233-20 endorsement record while blaming abortion hardliners and Mitch McConnell's spending decisions. This is a textbook externalization post combining statistical self-aggrandizement with distributed blame.

### Authorship
Posted at 2:37 PM ET (Trump was at Mar-a-Lago for New Year's). Business hours, but the emotional content, stream-of-consciousness structure, and characteristic "Mitch stupid $'s!" closing strongly suggest authentic Trump composition. The ampersand usage and run-on quality are hallmarks.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post is driven by **narcissistic injury** from the "Red Wave" failure. The 233-20 figure serves as a narcissistic shield—isolating his personal record from the collective outcome. The logic: "I won my battles; others lost theirs." This is classic **splitting** combined with **externalization**.

The blame distribution is strategic: (1) abortion hardliners, (2) pro-life advocates who "disappeared" after Dobbs, (3) McConnell's PAC spending. Notably absent: any self-reflection on candidate quality (Oz, Walker, Masters—all Trump picks who lost).

### Rhetorical Notes
The "Mitch stupid $'s!" truncation is revealing—it compresses complex grievance (McConnell's Senate Leadership Fund not supporting Trump-endorsed candidates) into a dismissive epithet, signaling contempt rather than argument.

### Cognitive Markers
Coherent and logically sequenced argument, though self-serving. No notable cognitive markers beyond baseline patterns.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "His endorsement record was 233-20" | **Half True** | The raw number is roughly accurate for all endorsements across federal, state, and local races, but the vast majority were in safe, uncompetitive races. In competitive Senate races, Trump-endorsed candidates like Oz, Walker, Masters, and Bolduc underperformed significantly. |
| "The 'abortion issue' lost large numbers of voters for Republicans" | **Mostly True** | Exit polls confirmed abortion was a major motivating issue for Democratic-leaning voters after Dobbs, particularly in swing states and ballot referenda. |

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Stream-of-consciousness run-on structure
- Emotional epithet closing: 'Mitch stupid $'s!'
- Ampersand usage
- Scare quotes around 'abortion issue'
- Business hours but highly personal/defensive content

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (2022 midterm underperformance and media narrative of Trump as liability)

**Rage:** Intensity 40% targeting Abortion hardliners, disappeared pro-life voters, Mitch McConnell
- Proportionality: 50%

Sentiment: -0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 20%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 60%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Statistical self-validation (233-20)
- Distributed blame across multiple targets

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Rewriting midterm narrative to exclude his role in candidate selection
- The 233-20 figure obscures that many endorsements were in uncompetitive races

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> His endorsement record was 233-20

**HALF TRUE**

The raw number is roughly accurate for all endorsements across federal, state, and local races, but the vast majority were in safe, uncompetitive races. In competitive Senate races, Trump-endorsed candidates like Oz, Walker, Masters, and Bolduc underperformed significantly.

Sources: Ballotpedia 2022 endorsement tracking

> The 'abortion issue' lost large numbers of voters for Republicans

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Exit polls confirmed abortion was a major motivating issue for Democratic-leaning voters after Dobbs, particularly in swing states and ballot referenda.

Sources: 2022 exit polling data

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Tags

- blame-externalization (90%)
- midterm-postmortem (80%)
- intra-party-conflict (70%)
- statistical-self-aggrandizement (70%)

## That day

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

**New Year's Grievance: Holiday Milestones Converted to Blame Distribution and Enemy Cataloging**

Trump's New Year straddled two posting sessions — a combative burst on New Year's Eve and an afternoon flurry on the holiday itself. Rather than turning the page, he used the occasion to relitigate impeachments, deflect blame for Republican midterm losses, and launch repeated attacks on Mitch McConnell and Elaine Chao, twice deploying a racial nickname for Chao. The most notable thread was a reframing of January 6 as "the REAL Insurrection" happening at the border — an apparent preemptive move ahead of the anniversary. The day's mood was combative but controlled, with no signs of spiraling or sleep disruption.

Full digest for 2023-01-01: https://trump.fm/date/2023-01-01/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, January 1). It wasn’t my fault that the Republicans didn’t... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109615636263894025
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "It wasn’t my fault that the Republicans didn’t live up to..." Truth Social, 1 Jan. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109615636263894025. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "It wasn’t my fault that the Republicans didn’t live up to...," Truth Social, January 1, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109615636263894025.

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