# Post ts_111807781422495790

- Post ID: `ts_111807781422495790`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2024-01-23T23:09:12.277Z (UTC)
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## Post text

> SO RIDICULOUS THAT DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, ESPECIALLY SINCE CROOKED JOE BIDEN HAS ABANDONED NEW HAMPSHIRE—BUT WORD IS WE ARE DOING REALLY WELL!!!

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T18:00:57.616Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: NH Primary Day Pre-emptive Framing

## Context
Posted at 6:09 PM ET on January 23, 2024—New Hampshire primary election day. Trump was physically present in NH, having visited polling sites earlier. Results would show Trump winning 54.3% to Haley's 43.3%.

## Authorship
High confidence authentic Trump. ALL CAPS throughout, emotional reactivity, characteristic "Crooked Joe" epithet, and stream-of-consciousness em-dash pivot from grievance to optimism.

## Psychological Analysis
This post demonstrates a textbook **pre-emptive narcissistic defense**. Before results are in, Trump establishes a framework that delegitimizes any strong Haley showing by attributing it to crossover voters rather than genuine Republican dissent. The pivot to "DOING REALLY WELL" reveals the mixed grandiose-vulnerable state: simultaneously preparing excuses and asserting dominance.

The "word is" construction is a characteristic parasocial technique—positioning himself as having insider access to information, inviting followers into a privileged circle.

## Reality Distortions
Two notable distortions: (1) NH's open primary rules have existed for decades and are not new or unusual; (2) Biden's absence from the ballot was a DNC calendar dispute, not "abandonment"—he won 64% as a write-in.

## Rhetorical Function
The post serves dual purposes: delegitimizing Haley's crossover voter support while maintaining the narrative of inevitable victory. This is process delegitimization at a low-stakes level—notable as pattern but not dangerous in this context.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Democrats and Independents are allowed to vote in the Republican primary" | **Mostly True** | NH allows undeclared/independent voters to vote in either primary. Registered Democrats must re-register first, but independents can freely choose. |
| "Crooked Joe Biden has abandoned New Hampshire" | **Half True** | Biden was not on the NH ballot due to DNC calendar dispute, but a grassroots write-in campaign was active and he won with 64%. 'Abandoned' overstates the situation. |

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- ALL CAPS throughout
- emotional reactivity about voting rules
- stream-of-consciousness with em-dash pivot
- exclamation marks
- characteristic nicknames (Crooked Joe)

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Potential underperformance vs Haley in NH primary)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting crossover voters/Democrats
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.30

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- ALL CAPS entire post
- grandiose optimism despite expressed grievance

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- insider knowledge sharing ('word is')
- collective identity ('we')

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Democrats and Independents are allowed to vote in the Republican primary

**MOSTLY TRUE**

NH allows undeclared/independent voters to vote in either primary. Registered Democrats must re-register first, but independents can freely choose.

Sources: NH election law

> Crooked Joe Biden has abandoned New Hampshire

**HALF TRUE**

Biden was not on the NH ballot due to DNC calendar dispute, but a grassroots write-in campaign was active and he won with 64%. 'Abandoned' overstates the situation.

Sources: NH primary results

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Tags

- process-delegitimization (70%)
- pre-emptive-framing (80%)
- primary-competition (90%)
- grievance-optimism-pivot (60%)

## That day

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

**Primary Day Conquest: Grandiose Certainty, Warmbier Exploitation, and the Machinery of Dominance**

Trump spent New Hampshire primary day in sustained campaign mode, posting 26 times from the evening before through election night. The mood was overwhelmingly confident and triumphal -- he treated the primary as a coronation rather than a contest, repeatedly branding Nikki Haley as "Birdbrain" and predicting her defeat before votes were counted. The most striking thread was his repeated use of Otto Warmbier's death as political ammunition, blaming Obama and Biden across three separate posts while glossing over the fact that Warmbier died under his own presidency. Brief flashes of anger surfaced when Fox News gave airtime to New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu and when he complained about Democrats voting in the Republican primary, but the overall tone stayed firmly in victory-lap territory.

Full digest for 2024-01-23: https://trump.fm/date/2024-01-23/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, January 23). SO RIDICULOUS THAT DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS ARE... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111807781422495790
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "SO RIDICULOUS THAT DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS ARE ALLOWED..." Truth Social, 23 Jan. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111807781422495790. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "SO RIDICULOUS THAT DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS ARE ALLOWED...," Truth Social, January 23, 2024, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111807781422495790.

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