# Post ts_111740994103435260 - Post ID: `ts_111740994103435260` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2024-01-12T04:04:18.659Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111740994103435260 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111740994103435260/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_111740994103435260.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > A MUST WATCH: “2024 IS NOT A TRADITIONAL ELECTION” ## What the media says **Video transcript** (6:54), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Political campaigns are traditionally staged at rallies, town halls, even small-town diners. Local politicking where the candidate shakes hands, kisses babies, and persuades voters. Not this year. Biden's campaign's called a lid because-- why campaign when you're arresting your rival? Donald Trump in court today facing a financial assassination attempt. The former president asked Judge Nudy to delay closing arguments so he could mourn the passing of Melania's mother. Judge Nudy said no. And barred him from making a closing argument. Seems totally fair. And Trump's tormentor, New York Attorney General Letitia James, was all smiles. She brought a case that's never been tried in New York's 400-year history. No jury, no victim, and the defendant wasn't allowed to speak. I wonder where a case like this came from. It's a witch hunt in the truest sense of the word. It's election interference. And it just came out. This was just-- right now, Letitia James visited Joe Biden in the White House numerous times during the Trump witch hunt. It's all a conspiracy to try and get Biden, who can't put two sentences together, trying to get him into office. That just broke. The White House has now confirmed the prime time that Letitia James visited the White House not once, not twice, three times. Before she sued the president, while she was suing the president, and then once to see Kamala. But it's not just Letitia James in New York with the conspiracy with Biden. We're learning that district attorney Fannie Willis in Georgia also visited the White House, partied with Kamala and others. And the week after, the giggly wicken, the grand jury's wacky forewoman, recommended charges against Donald Trump. You know Fannie. The DA who appointed the man, she was diddling to prosecute Trump. Loverboy had never tried a felony. So Fannie handed him almost $1 million in taxpayer cash and said, go get him. And Loverboy took the cash and then took Fannie on steamy Caribbean cruises. Fannie's Loverboy also conspiring with the White House, holding long meetings with the White House council, even billing them. And when Fannie wasn't getting sexual kickbacks and colluding with Biden's White House, she had Adam Schiff on speed dial. Fannie was working with Adam Schiff in the January 6th case to build the Georgia prosecution. You remember the January 6 committee that banned Republicans from joining and then destroyed all the evidence they collected? It's almost as if Biden's running the Trump prosecutions from the White House. -My legal issues, every one of them, every one, civil and the criminal ones, are all set up by Joe Biden, crooked Joe Biden. Every time somebody sees me in court, I remember Joe Biden and his thugs that surround him did it. -All cases against Trump brought after he announced, all cases brought by Democrat prosecutors. But Biden assists. His political rival is being prosecuted independently. -I have never once, not one single time, suggested the Justice Department what they should do or not do rather than bring it to charge and not bring it to charge. I'm honest. Now, when you have to insist, you're honest, you're lying. I have kids, trust me. Every single one of Trump's prosecutions leads directly back to Biden. It's political law fair, and Biden's the general. But the media says Biden's clean, and Trump wants to be nailed to the cross. Listen. -There is no campaign without the court. He has made this, these legal issues, all the charges, the indictments, the centerpiece of his campaign because he doesn't want to be talking about policy. -It's got to be part of the campaign. He is portraying himself as the victim, the victim of a witch hunt, the victim of political persecution by Joe Biden, all lies. It's part of this narrative he builds around himself where he's like a Christ-like figure, a martyr. -What politician doesn't love being mugshotted and framed with felonies? I'm surprised all candidates haven't tried to get arrested so they don't have to fly to Iowa. It's cold. But in between kangaroo court hearings, Trump's flying to Iowa at last night's Fox Town Hall. I expected the president to be fuming. Biden judges are accusing him of having an assassination fetish. I'd expect he'd want retribution. He doesn't. -I'm not gonna have time for retribution. We're gonna make this country so successful again. I'm not gonna have time for retribution. And remember this -- our ultimate retribution is success. -That's a great answer. But maybe we could find time for a little retribution. Maybe make time for me, for us. I mean, the media said Trump likes trial by courtroom, so he doesn't have to talk policy. But last night, he talked policy for the whole hour. -Biden drove up the cost of energy. That's what caused inflation, but it's also what caused Putin to become rich enough to go and prosecute a war. By the way, Iran was broke. Iran was broke. I said to China, "If you buy oil from Iran, you're not dealing in here." Energy is so big, it's such a big deal, that when energy goes up, if you make donuts, if you make hamburgers, if you -- Anything you do, you have trucks that deliver your product, you have to heat your stoves, your ovens. Anything you do, it's all energy. They should vote for me, because I'm gonna cut their energy price in half. -That's the difference between the Trump and the Biden campaign. Trump's making his campaign about you, and Biden's making his campaign about Trump. He has to, because he can't run on his record. -I took in $400 billion in tariffs and taxes from China, and one of the reasons China's not doing so well today is because of those tariffs. -And Biden wants to cut him. You know, he got paid off by China, after all, so he wants to help the people that gave him a lot of money. But he's a Manchurian candidate, in the true sense. He got money from China, got money from Russia. -What's really going on here is this. Biden's trying to keep Trump in court so he can't talk about policy, because Trump's policies are popular. They brought us peace and prosperity. He wants to keep Trump in court so he can't talk about the Biden bribery scandal. He wants to keep Trump in court so that Trump talks about Trump. So, as long as Trump talks about Biden, policy, and you, this election is a lock. ## Media - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/111/740/993/748/376/856/original/f70f8945007b7113.mp4 ## Engagement - Likes: 10,361 - Reposts: 3,408 - Replies: 375 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.378Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T16:08:02.844Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Summary A structurally minimal post whose significance lies almost entirely in its context and framing rather than its text. The phrase "2024 IS NOT A TRADITIONAL ELECTION" — delivered via quotation laundering — plants election exceptionalism framing three days before the Iowa caucuses and nine days after the third anniversary of January 6. The post represents the grandiose phase of a narcissistic oscillation visible across the January 11–12 cluster, where heavily vulnerable posts (WITCH HUNT, Engoron cutting Mar-a-Lago's value to $18M) give way to this directive, supply-seeking amplification. Authorship is assessed as authentic with high confidence based on late-night local timing (~10–11 PM) and unpolished brevity. The "MUST WATCH" imperative is a parasocial dominance move removing follower agency. Danger is elevated rather than high: no target is named, no explicit call to action is made, but the rhetorical architecture of election exceptionalism — when deployed at this moment in this post cluster — is a documented precursor to justifications for extra-legal political responses. The post is too brief for meaningful cognitive assessment; no deviation from baseline is observable. # Analysis: ts_111740994103435260 — "2024 IS NOT A TRADITIONAL ELECTION" ## Overview This is one of the most minimal posts in the corpus: a two-element construction — an imperative directive ("A MUST WATCH") and a quoted title ("2024 IS NOT A TRADITIONAL ELECTION") — attached to a video file. The extreme brevity severely limits deep psychological inference from textual evidence alone, so this analysis leans heavily on contextual framing and the surrounding post cluster. --- ## Authorship Attribution **Local time conversion:** On January 12, 2024, Trump was almost certainly in Iowa or traveling from Mar-a-Lago to Iowa; the Iowa caucuses were three days away (January 15). Whether Eastern (UTC−5) or Central (UTC−6), the UTC timestamp of 04:04:18 places local posting time at **10:04 PM CST or 11:04 PM EST** on January 11, 2024. This firmly falls within the late-night posting window (10 PM–midnight) that typifies authentic Trump posts. Additional stylistic indicators reinforce authenticity: - "A MUST WATCH" employs the characteristic directive ALL CAPS imperative. - The structure is blunt and uncommented — no explanatory framing, no polished context. - The reflexive video-share without elaboration mirrors documented authentic posting behavior. **Assessment:** High confidence authentic. The timing, register, and lack of polish are all consistent with Trump himself rather than an aide. --- ## Psychological State and Triggers ### Trigger Identification This post arrives in the context of a cluster of high-affect posts (WITCH HUNT! ELECTION INTERFERENCE!) directly following the NY fraud trial closing arguments and three days before the Iowa caucuses. The trigger is **compound**: 1. **Narcissistic supply-seeking / campaign maintenance:** Iowa caucuses are imminent; this is content amplification to mobilize supporters. 2. **Preemptive framing:** By labeling 2024 a "non-traditional" election, the post positions the audience to expect — and accept — non-traditional methods, claims, or outcomes. ### Narcissistic State The post is **grandiose** rather than vulnerable: Trump is casting himself as the bearer of urgent, special knowledge ("MUST WATCH"), positioning himself as the crucial conduit of information that his audience must consume. This contrasts sharply with the wounded-victim framing of the immediately preceding posts about Judge Engoron cutting Mar-a-Lago's value to $18M. The oscillation is notable: the prior posts are **vulnerable** (victimized by the Judge, WITCH HUNT), while this post pivots to **grandiose** (I have something vital for you to see). This is a classic narcissistic state oscillation pattern. ### Parasocial Techniques "A MUST WATCH" is a direct parasocial command — it positions Trump as a trusted insider directing the follower's attention. The quotation format for the video title subtly attributes the exceptionalist claim to an external authority, insulating Trump from direct ownership while amplifying the message. --- ## Narrative Identity (McAdams Level 3) The four-word quoted phrase "2024 IS NOT A TRADITIONAL ELECTION" is among the most consequential rhetorical moves in this post, despite its brevity. It constructs a **contamination-exceptionalism narrative**: - **Traditional elections** = the legitimate, predictable order. - **2024** = something categorically different — by implication: unprecedented persecution, weaponized government, rigged systems. This framing is foundational to the broader January 6-adjacent logic: if the election is "not traditional," then responses to it need not be bound by traditional norms or legal channels. The post does not articulate this explicitly, but the implication is structurally embedded. **Protagonist role:** Truth-teller and urgent messenger — the one who alerts the audience to what they must know. **Contrasting other:** Absent in this specific post, but the surrounding cluster makes clear the implicit others (Engoron, Fani Willis, Biden, "the establishment") whose actions make 2024 "non-traditional." --- ## Defense Mechanisms Given the post's minimal length, only one mechanism is cleanly identifiable: - **Acting out (immature):** The impulsive video share without contextual framing reflects the characteristic pattern of unmediated impulse expression. No deliberation, no explanation — just the imperative and the content. --- ## Rhetorical Techniques - **Imperative command:** "MUST WATCH" removes agency from the reader; there is no invitation, only instruction. - **Quotation as authority laundering:** Placing "2024 IS NOT A TRADITIONAL ELECTION" in quotes attributes the claim to the video's author, adding an air of sourced credibility while Trump acts as amplifier. This is a standard technique for plausible deniability around an extreme claim. - **Election exceptionalism framing:** The central rhetorical payload. Declaring an election "non-traditional" is a wedge claim that does ideological work downstream — it primes the audience to accept emergency justifications, delegitimize results, or endorse counter-normative responses. - **Urgency signaling:** ALL CAPS implies time pressure and stakes. **Violent imagery:** None. **Dehumanizing language:** None. **Stochastic terrorism markers:** This specific post does not directly name a target or articulate a grievance — it is below threshold. However, the election exceptionalism framing is a recognized precursor element in radicalization rhetoric. --- ## Danger Assessment This post warrants **elevated** (not high) danger classification for a specific reason: the election exceptionalism frame ("2024 is not a traditional election") is being deployed three days before the Iowa caucuses on the 9th day after the third anniversary of January 6, 2021. The historical record demonstrates that normalization of election exceptionalism language is an upstream contributor to the justification of extraordinary political violence. The post itself contains no direct threat, no identified target, no call to action — but it is a building block in a rhetorical architecture whose endpoint has been historically demonstrated. --- ## Cognitive Status The post is too brief (eleven words of original text) to permit meaningful cognitive assessment. No word-finding difficulty, paraphasia, neologism, or temporal confusion is observable. No baseline deviation can be documented from this sample. Assessed as consistent with baseline. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "2024 IS NOT A TRADITIONAL ELECTION" | **Unverifiable** | This is an opinion/framing claim attributed to a video source. 'Traditional' is undefined; the claim is not empirically falsifiable as stated. It functions as rhetorical priming rather than a factual assertion. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Summary Note This post is not clinically significant in isolation. Its significance is **contextual and structural** — it represents the grandiose/supply-seeking phase of a documented narcissistic oscillation cycle (vulnerable in preceding posts → grandiose/directive here), and it deploys election exceptionalism framing at a moment of maximum pre-Iowa caucus mobilization. The post is too brief to support deep individual analysis but functions as a coherent narrative node in the surrounding cluster. ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 78%) ### Indicators - Local time approximately 10:04 PM CST / 11:04 PM EST — firmly within late-night authentic posting window - ALL CAPS imperative ('MUST WATCH') is characteristic authentic-Trump register - No explanatory framing or polish — blunt, unmediated share - Brevity and impulsive video-share style consistent with documented authentic behavior ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Iowa caucuses 3 days away; post-trial closing-argument period requires audience mobilization) Sentiment: -0.10 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 45% - Antisocial: 15% - Paranoid: 30% - Sadism: 5% **Defense Mechanisms:** - acting out (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 10% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Direct imperative command removing follower agency ('MUST WATCH') - Self-positioning as exclusive conduit of urgent, essential information - Urgency signaling via ALL CAPS to trigger emotional compliance ## Danger Assessment **ELEVATED** ### Indicators - Election exceptionalism framing ('not a traditional election') deployed 3 days before Iowa caucuses - Post arrives 9 days after the third anniversary of January 6, 2021 — the historical precedent for this framing's downstream consequences is documented - No direct threat or named target, but the rhetorical frame is a recognized upstream component of radicalization architecture ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > 2024 IS NOT A TRADITIONAL ELECTION **UNVERIFIABLE** This is an opinion/framing claim attributed to a video source. 'Traditional' is undefined; the claim is not empirically falsifiable as stated. It functions as rhetorical priming rather than a factual assertion. Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - election-exceptionalism (90%) - supply-seeking (75%) - parasocial-command (70%) - narcissistic-oscillation (65%) - authority-laundering (65%) - iowa-caucus-mobilization (60%) - january6-proximity (55%) - late-night-authentic (80%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Trial Day Fury: Closing Arguments Trigger Full-Spectrum Grievance Cascade Three Days Before Iowa** Trump spent the day consumed by his New York civil fraud trial, where closing arguments were heard. The morning brought his most emotionally intense posts -- raging against Judge Engoron, demanding AG Letitia James face criminal prosecution, and declaring the process a "witch hunt" with "no rights." In the afternoon, his team flooded the feed with over a dozen rapid-fire links pushing election fraud narratives, prosecutor attacks, and endorsement announcements, burying the legal drama under a wall of counter-programming. Threaded throughout was pre-Iowa caucus positioning, including dismissive nicknames for all three Republican rivals and a pointed attack on Nikki Haley's electability. The late-night hours featured a jab at Biden over Yemen strikes, framing the Commander-in-Chief as absent during military operations he had personally authorized. Full digest for 2024-01-12: https://trump.fm/date/2024-01-12/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, January 12). A MUST WATCH: “2024 IS NOT A TRADITIONAL ELECTION” [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111740994103435260 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "A MUST WATCH: “2024 IS NOT A TRADITIONAL ELECTION”" Truth Social, 12 Jan. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111740994103435260. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "A MUST WATCH: “2024 IS NOT A TRADITIONAL ELECTION”," Truth Social, January 12, 2024, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111740994103435260. ## 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_111740994103435260 - Analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/ts_111740994103435260 - All citation formats: https://trump.fm/api/cite/ts_111740994103435260 - Same day: https://trump.fm/date/2024-01-12 - The record alone, without the analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111740994103435260.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`._