# Post ts_109744279450346708

- Post ID: `ts_109744279450346708`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-01-24T12:53:31.028Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> PAGE 1: My phone call to the Secretary of State of Georgia, and a second call which the Marxists, Communists, Racists, and RINOS don’t even want to talk about, were “PERFECT” calls. Many people, including lawyers for both sides, were knowingly on the line. I was protesting a RIGGED & STOLEN Election, which evidence proves it was. I won Georgia by a lot, but only needed a small number of votes from that total number. They cheated in many ways including STUFFING Ballots, ALL CAUGHT LIVE ON TAPE...

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:55:19.176Z (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 a concentrated specimen of narcissistic defense against legal exposure. Facing investigation for a recorded phone call in which he pressured Georgia officials to "find" votes, Trump deploys pathological denial (the call was "PERFECT"), distortion (reframing pressure as "protesting"), and projection (opponents are the real cheaters). The post contains at least three demonstrably false factual claims: that he won Georgia (he lost by 11,779 votes), that ballot stuffing was "caught on tape" (debunked by GBI investigation), and that evidence proves the election was stolen (no court or investigation found this). The reuse of "PERFECT" from his Ukraine impeachment defense reveals a rigid defensive template—any scrutinized communication is reflexively declared perfect. The kitchen-sink enemy labeling ("Marxists, Communists, Racists, and RINOS") represents maximally broad delegitimization of anyone involved in accountability. Clinically, this demonstrates the characteristic malignant narcissistic pattern: grandiose self-assessment coexisting with paranoid persecution narratives, antisocial disregard for documented facts, and the demand that followers accept reality distortion as a condition of loyalty. The post functions as both legal defense and epistemic loyalty test.

## Psychological Analysis: Georgia Phone Call Defense (2023-01-24)

### Context
Trump is defending his January 2021 phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, in which he asked officials to "find 11,780 votes." This post likely responds to ongoing legal scrutiny from the Fulton County DA investigation. The post is part of a high-volume morning posting session that includes attacks on Biden (classified documents), sharing favorable polls, and attacking the FBI.

### Authorship
Posted at 12:53 UTC = 7:53 AM EST. Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago in January 2023, making this ~7:53 AM local time. The post has strong authentic markers: ALL CAPS emphasis, stream-of-consciousness structure, emotional escalation, ellipsis ending (suggesting a thread), and characteristic rhetorical patterns ("PERFECT," "RIGGED & STOLEN"). The labeling of opponents as "Marxists, Communists, Racists, and RINOS" is signature Trump escalatory chain.

### Psychological State
This is a textbook narcissistic injury response to legal threat. The Georgia investigation represents one of the most direct legal threats Trump faced, as the phone call was recorded and widely publicized. The defensive posture is intense—he must reframe a documented, recorded conversation as "PERFECT" (echoing his "perfect phone call" language from the first impeachment over Ukraine).

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Denial**: The calls were "PERFECT"—wholesale rejection of any wrongdoing
- **Distortion**: Reframing election interference as "protesting" a stolen election
- **Projection**: Opponents are the real cheaters ("They cheated"), the real racists
- **Rationalization**: "Many people, including lawyers for both sides, were knowingly on the line"—implying transparency negates wrongdoing

### Rhetorical Analysis
The post deploys several notable techniques:
1. **Reframing/euphemism**: "protesting" replaces what prosecutors characterize as solicitation of election fraud
2. **Kitchen-sink labeling**: "Marxists, Communists, Racists, and RINOS" — maximally broad enemy categorization
3. **Self-quotation callback**: "PERFECT" deliberately echoes his Ukraine call defense, establishing a pattern where any scrutinized communication is declared perfect
4. **Unfalsifiable claim**: "evidence proves it was" rigged — stated as settled fact without citation
5. **Moving goalposts**: "I won Georgia by a lot, but only needed a small number of votes" — contradictory framing (won by a lot but needed to find votes?)

### Cognitive Observations
The logical contradiction ("won by a lot" but "only needed a small number of votes from that total number") is notable. The phrasing "only needed a small number of votes from that total number" is syntactically awkward and may reflect an attempt to retroactively justify the specific request for 11,780 votes. The ellipsis ending suggests this is part of a multi-post thread.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The election was RIGGED & STOLEN" | **False** | Over 60 lawsuits failed to demonstrate fraud. DOJ, CISA, and election officials across party lines confirmed the 2020 election's integrity. Trump's own AG William Barr stated the DOJ found no evidence of widespread fraud. |
| "I won Georgia by a lot" | **False** | Biden won Georgia by 11,779 votes. Results were confirmed by three counts including a hand recount. |
| "STUFFING Ballots, ALL CAUGHT LIVE ON TAPE" | **False** | The State Farm Arena surveillance footage was investigated by the GBI and found to show normal ballot processing. The 'suitcases' were standard ballot containers. No evidence of ballot stuffing was found. |

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 90%)

### Indicators

- ALL CAPS emphasis on key words
- Ellipsis ending suggesting thread continuation
- Kitchen-sink enemy labeling
- Stream-of-consciousness escalation
- Early morning timing (~7:53 AM EST)

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Fulton County DA investigation / Georgia phone call scrutiny)

**Rage:** Intensity 70% targeting Prosecutors, political opponents, Georgia officials
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.60

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- High-volume morning posting session
- Grandiose certainty despite contrary evidence

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 85%
- Antisocial: 60%
- Paranoid: 70%
- Sadism: 20%

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

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

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance framing
- us-vs-them mobilization
- loyalty test via accepting false election claims

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Delegitimization of legal process
- Framing prosecutors as ideological enemies (Marxists, Communists)
- Demand for followers to accept false election narrative

### Gaslighting

- Reframing recorded phone call as 'PERFECT' despite widely available evidence
- Claiming election fraud 'evidence proves' without evidence
- Asserting he won Georgia when certified results show he lost

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> The election was RIGGED & STOLEN

**FALSE**

Over 60 lawsuits failed to demonstrate fraud. DOJ, CISA, and election officials across party lines confirmed the 2020 election's integrity. Trump's own AG William Barr stated the DOJ found no evidence of widespread fraud.

Sources: DOJ statements; CISA joint statement Nov 2020; Multiple court rulings

> I won Georgia by a lot

**FALSE**

Biden won Georgia by 11,779 votes. Results were confirmed by three counts including a hand recount.

Sources: Georgia Secretary of State certified results

> STUFFING Ballots, ALL CAUGHT LIVE ON TAPE

**FALSE**

The State Farm Arena surveillance footage was investigated by the GBI and found to show normal ballot processing. The 'suitcases' were standard ballot containers. No evidence of ballot stuffing was found.

Sources: Georgia Bureau of Investigation; Lead Stories fact check; Georgia Secretary of State office

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Tags

- election denial (100%)
- legal defense (90%)
- Georgia investigation (95%)
- narcissistic injury response (90%)
- reality distortion (85%)
- PERFECT call callback (70%)

## That day

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

**Legal Siege Mentality: Trump Mounts Multi-Front Defense as FBI Arrest Fuels Vindication and Rage**

Trump spent the day consumed by two stories: the arrest of an FBI official who investigated him for Russian ties and was himself charged with taking Russian money, and a three-part defense of his recorded phone call to Georgia election officials. The FBI arrest produced some of the day's most intense posts, including a late-night "Rot In Hell" outburst and an afternoon comparison of the FBI to the Gestapo. The Georgia defense recycled the same "perfect call" language he used during impeachment, insisting nothing inappropriate happened despite the publicly available recording showing otherwise. The day ended quietly with a wine competition announcement, but the overwhelming mood was embattled defiance driven by converging legal threats.

Full digest for 2023-01-24: https://trump.fm/date/2023-01-24/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, January 24). PAGE 1: My phone call to the Secretary of State... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109744279450346708
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "PAGE 1: My phone call to the Secretary of State of Georgia,..." Truth Social, 24 Jan. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109744279450346708. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "PAGE 1: My phone call to the Secretary of State of Georgia,...," Truth Social, January 24, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109744279450346708.

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