# Post ts_109787615208732604

- Post ID: `ts_109787615208732604`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-02-01T04:34:22.147Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109787615208732604
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109787615208732604/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109787615208732604.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Remember, I was 233-20 in the Midterms, and got 1.2 Million Votes MORE than Ron DeSanctimonious in the Great State of Florida. Also, 12 Million MORE Votes in 2020 than in 2016, and Won!

## Engagement

- Likes: 14,582
- Reposts: 3,644
- Replies: 1,026
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.422Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T02:01:33.361Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

Late-night post revealing narcissistic threat response to DeSantis's rising 2024 challenge. Trump chains three escalating numerical claims — midterm endorsement record, Florida vote comparison, and 2020 gains — to assert dominance. The statistics are cherry-picked or misleading: the midterm record inflates safe-seat wins, the Florida comparison crosses incomparable race types, and the 2020 claim omits Biden's larger gains. Most significantly, the post ends with the casual assertion "and Won!" — embedding the Big Lie as unremarkable fact rather than contested claim. This normalization-through-repetition technique is characteristic of epistemic closure maintenance, requiring followers to accept election denial as a precondition for group membership. Psychologically, this is status-motive dominance display triggered by unfavorable comparison with a rising rival, employing distortion (election denial), devaluation (nickname), and rationalization (selective statistics) as layered defenses.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109787615208732604

### Overview
A late-night post (11:34 PM ET, likely from Mar-a-Lago) combining three numerical claims to assert electoral dominance — over DeSantis specifically, and broadly via 2020 results.

### Authorship
Posted at 11:34 PM ET — firmly in Trump's late-night authentic posting window. The "DeSanctimonious" nickname, stream-of-consciousness chaining of stats, and lack of links all point strongly to personal authorship.

### Psychological Dynamics
Triggered by DeSantis's rising 2024 threat. Trump chains three claims in escalating scope: midterm endorsement record → Florida head-to-head → national 2020 performance. The casual "and Won!" reasserts election denial as a perseverative identity claim.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "233-20 in the Midterms" | **Mostly False** | Trump's figure includes many safe-seat incumbents and excludes notable competitive losses. Independent analyses put his competitive-race record much lower. |
| "1.2 Million Votes MORE than DeSantis in Florida" | **Half True** | Compares Trump 2020 presidential (~5.67M) to DeSantis 2022 gubernatorial (~4.61M) — fundamentally different turnout dynamics make this misleading. |
| "12 Million MORE Votes in 2020 than in 2016" | **Mostly True** | Trump gained ~11.2M votes (62.9M to 74.2M). Close to 12M but slightly overstated; omits Biden's larger gains. |
| "Won the 2020 election" | **False** | Trump lost to Biden 306-232 in Electoral College and by over 7 million popular votes. |

Overall Veracity: 38%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 92%)

### Indicators

- 11:34 PM ET posting time
- DeSanctimonious nickname
- stream-of-consciousness stat chaining
- no links or formatting
- exclamation marks

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Comparison (DeSantis rising as 2024 rival)

Sentiment: +0.40

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Late-night posting
- grandiose self-assessment
- rapid chaining of boastful claims

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 80%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 20%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 35%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Remember — direct address creating shared framing

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Casual assertion of winning 2020 election treats the Big Lie as settled fact

## Fact Checks (4)

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

> 233-20 in the Midterms

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Trump's figure includes many safe-seat incumbents and excludes notable competitive losses. Independent analyses put his competitive-race record much lower.

Sources: Ballotpedia 2022 endorsement tracker

> 1.2 Million Votes MORE than DeSantis in Florida

**HALF TRUE**

Compares Trump 2020 presidential (~5.67M) to DeSantis 2022 gubernatorial (~4.61M) — fundamentally different turnout dynamics make this misleading.

Sources: Florida Division of Elections

> 12 Million MORE Votes in 2020 than in 2016

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Trump gained ~11.2M votes (62.9M to 74.2M). Close to 12M but slightly overstated; omits Biden's larger gains.

Sources: FEC certified results

> Won the 2020 election

**FALSE**

Trump lost to Biden 306-232 in Electoral College and by over 7 million popular votes.

Sources: National Archives Electoral College results

Overall Veracity: 38%

## Tags

- narcissistic_supply (80%)
- rival_devaluation (70%)
- election_denial (90%)
- DeSantis_rivalry (80%)
- statistical_manipulation (60%)

## That day

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

**Multi-Front Offensive Day Escalates from Grandiose Dominance Display to Death Penalty Rhetoric Against FBI**

Trump spent the day firing in every direction -- attacking DeSantis, the Manhattan DA, cable news, Mitch McConnell, Nikki Haley, and the FBI across 19 posts. The mood was overwhelmingly combative and self-congratulatory, with rapid-fire morning bursts and a darker afternoon turn. The most alarming moment came in the final post, where he floated the death penalty for an FBI figure accused of election interference. Immigration rhetoric was especially aggressive, describing the country as being "poisoned to death" -- a preview of language that would intensify throughout 2023.

Full digest for 2023-02-01: https://trump.fm/date/2023-02-01/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, February 1). Remember, I was 233-20 in the Midterms, and got... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109787615208732604
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Remember, I was 233-20 in the Midterms, and got 1.2 Million..." Truth Social, 1 Feb. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109787615208732604. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Remember, I was 233-20 in the Midterms, and got 1.2 Million...," Truth Social, February 1, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109787615208732604.

## For agents

- Site overview: https://trump.fm/llms.txt
- API specification: https://trump.fm/openapi.json
- MCP server: https://trump.fm/mcp (search and fetch tools, no auth)
- This post as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/posts/ts_109787615208732604
- Analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/ts_109787615208732604
- All citation formats: https://trump.fm/api/cite/ts_109787615208732604
- Same day: https://trump.fm/date/2023-02-01
- The record alone, without the analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109787615208732604.md?analysis=false

_Markdown view of a trump.fm page. Post, analysis, date, feed, contradictions, search and about pages answer in markdown at their URL with `.md` appended (`/index.md` for the home page), or when sent `Accept: text/markdown`._