# Post ts_110781850689911246

- Post ID: `ts_110781850689911246`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-07-26T18:41:31.675Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110781850689911246
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110781850689911246/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110781850689911246.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> They don’t go after the people who cheated in the election, they only go after the people who report on, or question the cheating…

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (0:30), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> They don't go after the people who cheated in the election, they only go after the people who report on, or question, the cheating. This will go down as the biggest disgrace in American history, even bigger than the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax. If you don't have honest elections and strong borders, you don't have a country. And right now, we don't have a country.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/110/781/850/395/212/652/original/5715b90258414e3c.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 33,296
- Reposts: 9,313
- Replies: 1,689
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.404Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T07:05:36.612Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

Post dated July 26, 2023 — the day Hunter Biden's plea deal collapsed — executes a complete DARVO maneuver framing Trump's federal legal exposure as persecution for truth-telling. The subject occupies the vulnerable narcissistic pole (persecuted witness), contrasting sharply with same-day grandiose all-caps posts ("MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!", "TRUMPISM IS VERY, VERY SIMPLE…"), suggesting rapid intraday narcissistic oscillation consistent with sustained legal threat. The core operation is epistemic inoculation: by framing all prosecution as retaliation against "questioners," the post pre-emptively delegitimizes any future legal findings for followers who accept the false election fraud premise. Defense mechanisms include projection (attributing selective targeting to prosecutors), splitting (protected cheaters vs. persecuted questioners), and foundational denial of 60+ court rulings. The trailing ellipsis and undefined "They" construction are stylistically authentic; business-hours timing and video attachment suggest aide coordination for delivery. Danger is elevated not from explicit violence but from the post's structural role in grievance articulation — the radicalization pipeline's prerequisite layer. No cognitive baseline deviation noted.

## Post Analysis: ts_110781850689911246 — July 26, 2023

### Authorship Attribution

**Post timing:** 18:41 UTC on July 26, 2023 converts to **14:41 EDT** — Trump was almost certainly at Bedminster, NJ (his standard summer residence). This is early-to-mid afternoon business hours, a moderate aide-authorship indicator. Against that: the trailing ellipsis (a signature Trump affectation), the undefined-referent "They" construction, and the grievance-persecution framing are stylistically consistent with authentic Trump dictation. The attached video (.mp4) implies production coordination, slightly elevating aide involvement probability. Assessment: likely dictated/directed by Trump, formatted and scheduled by staff. Confidence: **medium**.

Notably, surrounding posts that day are ALL CAPS exclamations ("PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT!!!", "ELECTION INTERFERENCE!") — a stark tonal contrast suggesting the video-attached post was separately produced, while the all-caps posts were impulsive authentic venting.

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### Psychological State and Triggers

**Primary trigger:** Narcissistic injury from ongoing federal legal exposure. By July 2023, Trump had been indicted on federal document charges (June 8) and was widely reported to be facing further indictments related to January 6 and the 2020 election. The Hunter Biden plea deal collapse that same day (Judge Noreika declining the agreement) provided reinforcing "they protect their own" fuel.

**Narcissistic state:** This post reflects the **vulnerable/persecuted pole** of narcissistic oscillation rather than the grandiose pole. The surrounding all-caps posts ("MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!", "TRUMPISM IS VERY, VERY SIMPLE…") show the grandiose pole, suggesting rapid intraday oscillation — a pattern consistent with labile narcissistic regulation under sustained legal threat.

**Core psychological operation:** The post executes a complete **DARVO maneuver** (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender). The subject — facing prosecution — reframes the prosecutorial dynamic entirely: real wrongdoers (undefined "people who cheated") are protected; innocent questioners (implicitly himself and allies) are targeted. The subject positions as martyred witness rather than criminal defendant.

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### Defense Mechanisms

1. **Projection (immature):** The accusation that "they" pursue those who merely question wrongdoing attributes to prosecutors the very selective-targeting behavior the subject is accused of having engaged in (pressuring election officials, fabricating fraud claims). The subject's own documented pressure campaign on election officials is displaced onto the government.

2. **Splitting (immature):** Absolute binary: cheaters (protected) vs. questioners (persecuted). No intermediate reality is admitted — not the 60+ courts that rejected fraud claims, not the AG Barr assessment, not the bipartisan election official findings.

3. **Rationalization (neurotic):** The post constructs a post-hoc logical framework ("they only go after...") to make the prosecution appear obviously illegitimate to followers who accept the fraud premise.

4. **Denial (pathological):** The foundational premise — that election cheating occurred — requires denial of an evidentiary record adjudicated across multiple jurisdictions.

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### Rhetorical Techniques

**Undefined "They":** The construction "They don't go after…" invokes a shadowy, powerful adversary without naming it. This is deliberate: the vagueness allows projection onto whatever target the reader already fears (DOJ, Democrats, deep state, media). The anonymized enemy is more threatening than a named one.

**False equivalence / whataboutism:** The post implicitly argues that Trump's prosecution is illegitimate because *someone else* (who "cheated") was not prosecuted. This is a structural whataboutism: rather than contest the charges, redirect attention to an alleged unpunished wrong.

**Persecution inversion:** Positions the subject (and by extension his followers) as the real victims of the legal system — creating group solidarity through shared grievance. The use of "people who report on, or question" is deliberately broad, extending the martyrdom umbrella to any Trump supporter who has amplified fraud claims.

**Ellipsis as implied incompleteness:** The trailing "…" implies the sentence could continue but is too obvious to complete, inviting the reader to fill in the implication. It performs epistemic intimacy — *you know what I mean.*

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### Cognitive Markers

The post is grammatically complete and logically coherent within its premise. No word-finding difficulty, perseveration, or semantic paraphasia is evident. The sentence structure is simple but not fragmented. No baseline deviation noted. Complexity score is low-average, consistent with Trump's communication register across this period.

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### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "They don't go after the people who cheated in the election" | **False** | The foundational premise — that election cheating occurred in 2020 — was rejected by 60+ courts including Trump-appointed judges, the DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), AG William Barr, and Republican election officials in every contested state. Without the premise, the prosecutorial claim is unverifiable. |
| "They only go after the people who report on, or question the cheating" | **Mostly False** | Giuliani and Sidney Powell faced bar proceedings and legal consequences for specific false filings before courts — not for mere speech or 'reporting.' Trump's federal indictments (documents case June 2023; anticipated election/J6 case) relate to specific alleged acts including pressuring election officials and false elector schemes, not for 'questioning' election results. |

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 55%)

### Indicators

- Trailing ellipsis — characteristic Trump affectation
- Undefined 'They' construction without referent — authentic Trump pattern
- Grievance-persecution framing consistent with authentic voice
- 14:41 EDT posting time (business hours) — aide indicator
- Attached .mp4 video suggests production coordination — aide indicator

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Federal indictments and ongoing legal exposure (documents case June 2023, anticipated J6/election indictment))

Sentiment: -0.62

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 75%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 28%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Shared victimhood — 'people who question' extends martyrdom umbrella to all followers who amplified fraud claims
- Epistemic intimacy — trailing ellipsis implies 'you know what I mean'
- In-group/out-group boundary reinforcement

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Persecution framing functions as grievance-articulation layer in stochastic terrorism pattern
- Delegitimizes legal system wholesale — removes institutional check on follower radicalization
- Umbrella martyrdom construction recruits followers into shared victimhood, lowering threshold for defensive aggression
- Epistemic inoculation against future legal findings removes moderating reality anchors
- Part of high-volume same-day posting sequence ('PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT!!!', 'ELECTION INTERFERENCE!') suggesting sustained agitation

### Gaslighting

- Frames prosecution as persecution for speech rather than for specific alleged acts
- Pre-emptively delegitimizes all legal proceedings as politically motivated
- Requires followers to accept the false election fraud premise as condition of group membership
- DARVO structure reverses the actual victim/offender dynamic in legal proceedings

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-24._

> They don't go after the people who cheated in the election

**FALSE**

The foundational premise — that election cheating occurred in 2020 — was rejected by 60+ courts including Trump-appointed judges, the DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), AG William Barr, and Republican election officials in every contested state. Without the premise, the prosecutorial claim is unverifiable.

Sources: 60+ post-election court rulings 2020-2021; CISA 'Rumor Control' findings; AG Barr December 2020 DOJ assessment; Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan election official certifications

> They only go after the people who report on, or question the cheating

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Giuliani and Sidney Powell faced bar proceedings and legal consequences for specific false filings before courts — not for mere speech or 'reporting.' Trump's federal indictments (documents case June 2023; anticipated election/J6 case) relate to specific alleged acts including pressuring election officials and false elector schemes, not for 'questioning' election results.

Sources: NY Bar proceedings against Giuliani; Sidney Powell contempt proceedings; DOJ indictment filings 2023

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Tags

- DARVO (90%)
- persecution_narrative (90%)
- vulnerable_narcissism (80%)
- election_fraud_claim (95%)
- epistemic_inoculation (85%)
- whataboutism (75%)
- martyrdom_construction (80%)
- legal_delegitimization (85%)
- projection (80%)
- splitting (75%)

## That day

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

**Under Legal Siege, Trump Oscillates Between Martyr and Messiah in 35-Post Barrage**

Trump posted 35 times in a single day, starting late at night after returning from a Louisiana rally and continuing through the afternoon. The day was dominated by anger over his mounting legal troubles -- with the Jack Smith and Fulton County indictments both looming -- punctuated by bursts of self-congratulation and attacks on rivals like DeSantis, Christie, and Republican senators. A rapid-fire morning sequence saw him cycle from boasting about Iowa polls to shouting "PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT!!!" in the span of thirty minutes. He leaned heavily on friendly media articles and supporters who cast him as a persecuted hero, including one actor who called him "the new Moses."

Full digest for 2023-07-26: https://trump.fm/date/2023-07-26/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, July 26). They don’t go after the people who cheated in the... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110781850689911246
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "They don’t go after the people who cheated in the election,..." Truth Social, 26 Jul. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110781850689911246. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "They don’t go after the people who cheated in the election,...," Truth Social, July 26, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110781850689911246.

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