# Post ts_109876091402865814

- Post ID: `ts_109876091402865814`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-02-16T19:35:01.728Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109876091402865814/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109876091402865814.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> ….Between the two calls, there were many officials and attorneys on the line, including the Secretary of State of Georgia, and no one objected, even slightly protested, or hung up. President Trump will always keep fighting for true and honest elections in America!

## Engagement

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- Reposts: 5,582
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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.420Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T02:59:45.971Z (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 responds to the partial release of the Fulton County grand jury report by reframing Trump's January 2021 call to Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger. The post's central claim — that no one objected during the call — is contradicted by the publicly available audio recording, in which Raffensperger and his counsel repeatedly told Trump his claims were wrong. The post employs DARVO by positioning the subject of an election interference investigation as a champion of election integrity. Third-person self-reference, clean grammar, business-hours timing, and strategic legal framing strongly indicate aide or legal team authorship. The psychological pattern is defensive rationalization and denial in response to narcissistic injury from legal exposure, notably restrained compared to Trump's typical emotional reactivity — further evidence of managed messaging rather than authentic expression.

## Analysis: Trump Post on Georgia Phone Calls (2023-02-16)

This post is a defensive response to the partial release of the Fulton County special grand jury report. Trump reframes the infamous January 2, 2021 call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger — in which he asked officials to "find 11,780 votes" — as routine and unobjectionable.

### Key Observations

**Context & Trigger:** The Fulton County grand jury report was partially released around this date, with jurors indicating they believed witnesses committed perjury. This post is clearly reactive legal defense disguised as political commentary.

**Reframing Strategy:** The claim that "no one objected, even slightly protested, or hung up" attempts to normalize the call by citing passive non-objection as implicit endorsement. This is a classic rationalization — silence ≠ agreement, particularly when the President of the United States is on the line.

**Third-Person Self-Reference:** "President Trump will always keep fighting" — the use of third person is a strong aide-written indicator, as Trump in authentic posts uses "I" or "me." This reads as a prepared legal/PR statement.

**Reality Distortion:** The post omits the substantive content of the call (pressure to "find" votes) and instead focuses on procedural framing (who was on the line, nobody hung up). This is selective presentation bordering on distortion.

**Timing:** 2:35 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago) — solidly business hours, consistent with aide authorship.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "No one on the Georgia call objected, protested, or hung up" | **Mostly False** | Raffensperger and his counsel Ryan Germany repeatedly pushed back on Trump's claims during the call, telling him his data was wrong and that he lost the state. While no one hung up, characterizing the call as without objection is misleading. |
| "There were many officials and attorneys on the line" | **True** | The call included multiple attorneys and officials from both sides, including Mark Meadows, attorneys for both parties, and Georgia officials. |

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 20%)

### Indicators

- Third-person self-reference ('President Trump')
- Business hours posting (2:35 PM ET)
- Polished grammar and complete sentences
- Strategic legal framing rather than emotional reactivity
- No typos, ALL CAPS, or stream-of-consciousness

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Fulton County grand jury report release)

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 0%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Positioning self as champion of audience values ('true and honest elections')

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Denial of documented events — Raffensperger's team did object during the call
- DARVO — subject of election interference investigation positions as defender of election integrity
- Rewriting documented history that exists in audio recording

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> No one on the Georgia call objected, protested, or hung up

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Raffensperger and his counsel Ryan Germany repeatedly pushed back on Trump's claims during the call, telling him his data was wrong and that he lost the state. While no one hung up, characterizing the call as without objection is misleading.

Sources: Audio recording of January 2, 2021 call publicly released

> There were many officials and attorneys on the line

**TRUE**

The call included multiple attorneys and officials from both sides, including Mark Meadows, attorneys for both parties, and Georgia officials.

Sources: Public reporting on call participants

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Tags

- legal-defense (90%)
- georgia-case (90%)
- gaslighting (70%)
- DARVO (70%)
- aide-written (80%)

## That day

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

**Besieged on All Legal Fronts, Trump Rewrites Reality — Turning a Grand Jury Report Into "Total Exoneration"**

Trump spent the day playing defense against a barrage of legal threats — leaked audio recordings, the Fulton County grand jury report, and the New York Attorney General's NRA case. After a sharp emotional reaction to unauthorized recordings around midday, he settled into a rapid-fire link-sharing blitz targeting Nikki Haley (who had just announced her presidential bid) and media critics. The day's most striking moment came in the afternoon, when he thanked the Georgia grand jury for its "Patriotism & Courage" and declared "total exoneration" — a breathtaking inversion of a report that actually signaled further legal jeopardy. The overall mood was combative but controlled, with most of the heaviest lifting done by aides crafting legalistic responses.

Full digest for 2023-02-16: https://trump.fm/date/2023-02-16/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, February 16). ….Between the two calls, there were many... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109876091402865814
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "….Between the two calls, there were many officials and..." Truth Social, 16 Feb. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109876091402865814. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "….Between the two calls, there were many officials and...," Truth Social, February 16, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109876091402865814.

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