# Post ts_109744374390590612

- Post ID: `ts_109744374390590612`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-01-24T13:17:39.627Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109744374390590612/analysis
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## Post text

> PAGE 2: With many people on the line on what was a PERFECT call protesting the Rigged Georgia Election, which I have a clear right to do, and in fact an obligation to do since I made the call as President, how come not one person said, while on the call, that I acted inappropriately, or made a statement of protest at what I said, & then slammed down the phone. Not one, even with so many opposing people, lawyers, and others on the line. NO ADMONISHMENT at all. We nicely  agreed to speak again….

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:55:50.517Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

Trump's "Page 2" defense of the Georgia phone call reveals characteristic reality distortion under legal threat. The core rhetorical move — arguing that no one objected on the call, therefore it was proper — is a rationalization that contradicts the recorded transcript, in which Georgia officials repeatedly pushed back. The perseverative "PERFECT call" label, recycled identically from the Ukraine impeachment defense, suggests a rigid cognitive template for handling exposure of inappropriate phone calls. The post elevates potential criminal conduct to presidential "obligation," a narcissistic reframe transforming vulnerability into virtue. Gaslighting is present: Trump rewrites the documented content of a recorded call that the public can listen to. The mixed narcissistic state combines grandiosity ("PERFECT," "obligation") with vulnerability (implicit victimhood from prosecution). Defense mechanisms are layered — rationalization, denial, and distortion work together to construct an alternative reality in which a coercive call was collegial and proper. This post is significant primarily as a data point in Trump's pattern of reality distortion regarding documented, recorded events, and for the perseverative reuse of the "perfect call" cognitive template across different legal threats.

## Psychological Analysis: Georgia Phone Call Defense (Page 2)

This is the second page of a multi-part post defending Trump's January 2, 2021 phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, in which he asked Raffensperger to "find 11,780 votes." This post was made amid the Fulton County DA's ongoing criminal investigation into election interference.

### Authorship
Posted at 8:17 AM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago, so local time). Business hours, but the raw emotional quality, ALL CAPS emphasis, stream-of-consciousness argumentation, and the "&" shorthand are consistent with authentic Trump. The multi-page format and legal argumentation suggest he may have been working from talking points but composing himself.

### Psychological Analysis
The core argument is a **social proof defense**: nobody on the call objected, therefore nothing wrong was said. This is a classic rationalization — conflating absence of real-time objection with propriety. The legal reality is that multiple participants later testified the call was inappropriate.

The framing reveals **narcissistic injury** from the ongoing criminal investigation. The repeated insistence on "PERFECT" (echoing the Ukraine call defense) shows **perseveration** on a defensive frame that worked politically before. The phrase "NO ADMONISHMENT at all" and "We nicely agreed to speak again" attempt to recast a coercive call as collegial.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Rationalization**: If nobody objected in real-time, the call was proper
- **Denial**: Refuses to acknowledge the coercive nature of the call
- **Distortion**: "PERFECT call" grossly reshapes documented reality

### Rhetorical Techniques
The social proof argument is rhetorically effective for his audience — it's concrete, intuitive, and shifts the burden of proof.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Not one person on the call said he acted inappropriately or protested" | **Mostly False** | While no one dramatically 'slammed down the phone,' Georgia officials on the call pushed back repeatedly. Raffensperger and his attorney Ryan Germany contradicted Trump's claims multiple times during the call, telling him his data was wrong. |
| "The Georgia Election was rigged" | **False** | Georgia conducted three counts of its ballots including a full hand recount. No evidence of systematic fraud was found. Multiple courts rejected fraud claims. Trump's own AG Barr stated the DOJ found no fraud sufficient to change the outcome. |
| "He had 'a clear right' and 'obligation' to make the call as President" | **Mostly False** | Presidents have no legal obligation to pressure state officials about election results. The call became the basis for criminal charges in Fulton County. Constitutional scholars widely disputed any such right or obligation. |

Overall Veracity: 13%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 75%)

### Indicators

- ALL CAPS emphasis
- stream-of-consciousness legal argument
- ampersand shorthand
- emotional tone
- early morning but business hours posting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

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

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 10%

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

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

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- inviting audience to adopt his frame of the call as innocent
- creating simple heuristic (no objection = no wrongdoing) for followers to repeat

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Rewriting the documented content of a recorded phone call
- Claiming no one objected when pushback is on the recording
- Labeling a coercive call as 'PERFECT' to override public memory of the actual transcript

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Not one person on the call said he acted inappropriately or protested

**MOSTLY FALSE**

While no one dramatically 'slammed down the phone,' Georgia officials on the call pushed back repeatedly. Raffensperger and his attorney Ryan Germany contradicted Trump's claims multiple times during the call, telling him his data was wrong.

Sources: Recorded call transcript released January 2021

> The Georgia Election was rigged

**FALSE**

Georgia conducted three counts of its ballots including a full hand recount. No evidence of systematic fraud was found. Multiple courts rejected fraud claims. Trump's own AG Barr stated the DOJ found no fraud sufficient to change the outcome.

Sources: Georgia Secretary of State recounts; DOJ statements; Court rulings

> He had 'a clear right' and 'obligation' to make the call as President

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Presidents have no legal obligation to pressure state officials about election results. The call became the basis for criminal charges in Fulton County. Constitutional scholars widely disputed any such right or obligation.

Sources: Legal analysis of presidential authority over state elections

Overall Veracity: 13%

## Tags

- legal-defense (90%)
- georgia-investigation (90%)
- reality-distortion (80%)
- rationalization (80%)
- perseveration-perfect-call (70%)
- gaslighting (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 2: With many people on the line on what was... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109744374390590612
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "PAGE 2: With many people on the line on what was a PERFECT..." Truth Social, 24 Jan. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109744374390590612. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "PAGE 2: With many people on the line on what was a PERFECT...," Truth Social, January 24, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109744374390590612.

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