# Post ts_109661819754962098

- Post ID: `ts_109661819754962098`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-01-09T23:22:55.852Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> As has been stated many times concerning the World’s longest running Witch Hunt, my phone call(s) to Georgia Officials were PERFECT, perhaps even more so than my PERFECT call to the President of Ukraine, which led to complete Victory on Impeachment Hoax #1. Even the Washington Post apologized for their incorrect statements. The call to the Secretary of State challenged Election Integrity, or lack there of, which is my Right/Duty. Also, many people on the call, & nobody “hung up” or was offended!

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:23:59.391Z (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 exemplifies Trump's rigid defensive template when facing legal exposure. Triggered by the Fulton County investigation into his recorded call pressuring Georgia's Secretary of State to "find" votes, he deploys the identical "PERFECT" branding used during his first impeachment — revealing a perseverative defensive strategy that recycles prior "victories" as talismans against new threats. The post layers multiple defense mechanisms: pathological denial (the calls were perfect), distortion (reframing vote-finding pressure as civic duty), and rationalization (calling it his "Right/Duty"). The claim that the Washington Post "apologized" significantly inflates a narrow quote correction into wholesale vindication — a characteristic reality distortion. The mixed grandiose-vulnerable narcissistic state oscillates between self-aggrandizement ("PERFECT," "complete Victory") and persecution ("World's longest running Witch Hunt"). The social proof argument ("nobody hung up or was offended") conflates absence of immediate confrontation with legitimacy — a logically hollow but rhetorically effective move. This post is clinically notable not for any single element but for the crystallized rigidity of the defensive architecture: the same words, same framing, same template applied mechanically across different legal threats, suggesting these defenses have calcified into automatic responses rather than flexible adaptations.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109661819754962098

### Context
This post responds to the ongoing Fulton County, Georgia investigation into Trump's January 2021 phone call to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, in which Trump asked him to "find 11,780 votes." The post deploys a now-familiar defensive template: reframing legally scrutinized conduct as "PERFECT."

### Authorship
Posted at 6:22 PM EST (Trump was based at Mar-a-Lago in January 2023). This is early evening — plausible for either Trump or an aide. However, the emotional reactivity, the self-referential "PERFECT" callback, stream-of-consciousness structure, grammatical irregularities ("lack there of" for "lack thereof"), and the ampersand usage all point strongly to authentic Trump authorship.

### Psychological Analysis

**Narcissistic Dynamics:** The post is a textbook narcissistic injury response. The Georgia investigation threatens legal exposure, triggering defensive reframing. The word "PERFECT" — recycled from the Ukraine impeachment defense — functions as a magical-thinking talisman: if the label worked once (acquittal), repeating it should work again. The escalation ("perhaps even more so than my PERFECT call") reveals compulsive one-upmanship even against himself.

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- **Denial**: The calls were "PERFECT" despite recorded evidence of pressuring officials
- **Distortion**: Reframing election pressure as "challenged Election Integrity" — a civic duty
- **Rationalization**: Claiming it was his "Right/Duty" to make the calls
- **Appeal to social proof**: "many people on the call, & nobody 'hung up' or was offended!" — as if absence of immediate objection equals legality

**Reality Distortion:** The claim that "the Washington Post apologized for their incorrect statements" refers to a March 2021 correction about a specific quote attribution in their reporting on the Raffensperger call — not an apology for the substance of the story. Trump inflates a narrow correction into a wholesale vindication.

**Rhetorical Template:** "As has been stated many times" is a characteristic appeal to repetition-as-truth. The "Witch Hunt" framing (used hundreds of times) is perseverative branding. The post follows the standard defensive architecture: (1) label investigation illegitimate, (2) declare conduct perfect, (3) cite prior "victory" as precedent, (4) reframe legally problematic conduct as virtuous, (5) cite social proof.

### Cognitive Notes
"lack there of" (for "lack thereof") is a minor orthographic error consistent with dictation or hasty typing. "World's longest running Witch Hunt" shows preserved capacity for dramatic framing. No significant cognitive markers beyond baseline.

### Personality Profile
The post is dominated by **low agreeableness** (combative, zero acknowledgment of legitimate concerns), **high neuroticism** (angry hostility, defensive reactivity), and **high extraversion** (assertive, attention-commanding). Agency motives overwhelm: power, autonomy, and status preservation are the exclusive concerns. No communion motives detectable.

### Narrative Identity
Trump casts himself as a **persecuted hero** — someone whose perfectly legitimate actions are endlessly targeted by corrupt forces. The redemption narrative template is: unfair attack → steadfast resistance → eventual vindication (citing impeachment acquittal as proof). The "Witch Hunt" is the contamination agent that keeps converting his good deeds into legal jeopardy.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The Washington Post apologized for their incorrect statements about the Georgia call" | **Mostly False** | In March 2021, WaPo issued a correction to a specific quote they attributed to Trump from the Raffensperger call (about finding 'the fraud' and a 'willing secretary of state'). The correction concerned the exact wording of one quote, not the substance of the story. This was a narrow factual correction, not an 'apology' and not a retraction of the story's core reporting. |
| "The Ukraine call led to 'complete Victory on Impeachment Hoax #1'" | **Mostly True** | Trump was acquitted by the Senate in February 2020 on both articles of impeachment stemming from the Ukraine call. 'Complete Victory' is subjective framing — he was acquitted on party-line votes, not exonerated on merits. |
| "Nobody 'hung up' or was offended on the Georgia call" | **Unverifiable** | The full recording of the Raffensperger call is public. No one hung up, but Raffensperger and his counsel pushed back on Trump's claims during the call. Whether anyone was 'offended' is subjective. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- grammatical errors ('lack there of')
- emotional reactivity and ALL CAPS emphasis
- self-referential callback to 'PERFECT' call branding
- ampersand usage
- stream-of-consciousness defensive structure

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Fulton County Georgia investigation)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting prosecutors, Washington Post, investigation apparatus
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.40

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- grandiose framing
- escalating self-praise ('perhaps even more so than my PERFECT call')

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 80%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 60%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration
- semantic paraphasia

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- appeal to shared grievance
- repetition of branding ('PERFECT', 'Witch Hunt')
- social proof claim

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Rewriting the substance of the Georgia call from documented vote-finding pressure into civic duty
- Framing a minor WaPo correction as a wholesale apology
- Implying consensus approval ('nobody hung up') to delegitimize the investigation

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> The Washington Post apologized for their incorrect statements about the Georgia call

**MOSTLY FALSE**

In March 2021, WaPo issued a correction to a specific quote they attributed to Trump from the Raffensperger call (about finding 'the fraud' and a 'willing secretary of state'). The correction concerned the exact wording of one quote, not the substance of the story. This was a narrow factual correction, not an 'apology' and not a retraction of the story's core reporting.

Sources: Washington Post correction, March 2021

> The Ukraine call led to 'complete Victory on Impeachment Hoax #1'

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Trump was acquitted by the Senate in February 2020 on both articles of impeachment stemming from the Ukraine call. 'Complete Victory' is subjective framing — he was acquitted on party-line votes, not exonerated on merits.

> Nobody 'hung up' or was offended on the Georgia call

**UNVERIFIABLE**

The full recording of the Raffensperger call is public. No one hung up, but Raffensperger and his counsel pushed back on Trump's claims during the call. Whether anyone was 'offended' is subjective.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- legal defense (90%)
- Georgia investigation (90%)
- narcissistic injury response (85%)
- reality distortion (70%)
- persecution narrative (80%)
- PERFECT branding (70%)

## That day

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

**McCarthy Victory Lap Gives Way to Racial Attacks on McConnell's Wife and Evening Legal Anxiety**

Trump spent the day claiming credit for Kevin McCarthy's House speakership and launching racially charged attacks against Mitch McConnell and former Cabinet secretary Elaine Chao, whom he repeatedly mocked with ethnic slurs. He pushed Republicans toward aggressive debt ceiling brinkmanship, calling potential economic disruption "a beautiful and joyous thing to watch." The mood shifted in the evening toward self-defense as he recycled his "perfect phone call" script for the Georgia investigation and jumped on the newly breaking Biden classified documents story to cry foul over his own FBI raid. Overall a combative day with a notable undercurrent of racial hostility and a late pivot from offense to legal anxiety.

Full digest for 2023-01-09: https://trump.fm/date/2023-01-09/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, January 9). As has been stated many times concerning the... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109661819754962098
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "As has been stated many times concerning the World’s..." Truth Social, 9 Jan. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109661819754962098. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "As has been stated many times concerning the World’s...," Truth Social, January 9, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109661819754962098.

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