# Post ts_112088926628728859

- Post ID: `ts_112088926628728859`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2024-03-13T14:48:07.707Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112088926628728859
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112088926628728859/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112088926628728859.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> THE PEOPLE THAT DID THIS MUST BE PROSECUTED SO THEY DON’T DO IT IN 2024, WHEN THEY WILL BE PROSECUTED. SUCH A SHAME. I WON BIG, BUT WILL WIN AGAIN!

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (1:01), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> 42,000 people in Nevada voted more than once, according to your work in this. 42,000 people. 1,500 people voted in Nevada that were dead. 19,000 people voted though they did not live in Nevada and they weren't a college student. 8,000 people voted from a non-existent address. 15,000 people voted though they were registered to a commercial address or a vacant address, and 4,000 people voted in Nevada that are non-citizens. My question to you is, in my state, when someone votes twice, and we do have that occasionally, about 50 times a year that that actually occurs in our state, we prosecute individuals that vote twice. Of this 130,000 instances that you have identified from the 2020 election in Nevada, do you know of any prosecutions currently going on in Nevada for any voter fraud? Not yet, Senator, and that's extremely important.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/088/926/476/761/806/original/fd527969a706c8ea.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 17,383
- Reposts: 7,138
- Replies: 1,478
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.365Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-21T05:06:15.061Z (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 27-word all-caps post from March 13, 2024 warrants clinical notation for its compressed display of malignant narcissism dynamics. Published at 9:48 AM EST (likely authentic Trump despite business-hours timing, given logical circularity and all-caps register), the post responds to perceived AI video manipulation of Trump's image alongside the ongoing 2020 election fraud narrative. The post enacts a complete narcissistic injury-and-repair cycle: persecution claim (unnamed people must be prosecuted for unnamed acts) → grandiose reassertion (I WON BIG, WILL WIN AGAIN). The oscillation between vulnerable and grandiose narcissistic states within a single sentence is diagnostically characteristic. Most notable is the prosecutorial projection: the call to prosecute unnamed opponents mirrors Trump's own four concurrent criminal indictments with textbook precision. The logical circularity of the prosecution clause — they must be prosecuted to prevent 2024 interference, when they will be prosecuted anyway — reflects impulsive emotional output with reduced executive editing. Danger level is ELEVATED: the 'THE PEOPLE THAT DID THIS' construction names no targets but activates follower pattern-matching to identify them, structurally consistent with pre-January-6 messaging patterns. The central factual claim — 'I WON BIG' — is demonstrably false, sustained here through pathological denial and distortion. Cognitive complexity is reduced but stable relative to 2020–2024 baseline; no frank paraphasia or temporal confusion detected.

## Post Analysis: ts_112088926628728859 | March 13, 2024

### Authorship Attribution

Post published at **14:48 UTC**. Trump was almost certainly at Mar-a-Lago (Palm Beach, FL) or New York during mid-March 2024 primary season — local EST time is UTC-5, placing local posting at **9:48 AM**. This falls squarely within business hours, a mild indicator of aide involvement. However, authentic Trump stylometric signatures dominate:

- **All-caps throughout** — a defining Trump emotional-arousal signature; aides draft in mixed case
- **Logical circularity**: "MUST BE PROSECUTED SO THEY DON'T DO IT IN 2024, WHEN THEY WILL BE PROSECUTED" — the internal redundancy (prosecute now to prevent 2024 action, but they'll be prosecuted in 2024 anyway) reflects stream-of-consciousness impulsive drafting; an aide would edit this out
- **Vague referent ("THIS")** — aides typically resolve ambiguous referents; Trump uses them as shared-understanding signals with his base
- **Punchy two-sentence cadence**, emotional pivot from persecution to triumph

**Confidence: Medium-High for authentic Trump authorship** despite the business-hours timestamp. The logical incoherence is the decisive authenticity marker.

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### Psychological State and Triggers

The trigger is **multi-sourced narcissistic injury**. The attached video (content unviewed) and the same-day post explicitly referencing AI manipulation of his image ("Artificial Intelligence was used by them against me in their videos of me") strongly suggests the video depicts alleged deepfake or AI-generated content attacking Trump's image or reputation. This amplifies an already-active 2020 election fraud grievance narrative.

**Narcissistic state: Mixed (vulnerable + grandiose in rapid oscillation)** — the post opens in persecutory-victim mode ("THE PEOPLE THAT DID THIS MUST BE PROSECUTED") and closes with triumphalist dominance ("I WON BIG, BUT WILL WIN AGAIN!"). This oscillation within a single micro-post is a characteristic malignant narcissism pattern: the grandiose self cannot sustain the wound and reasserts dominance before the sentence structure resolves.

The phrase "SUCH A SHAME" functions as a contemptuous dismissal — a brief sadistic pleasure signal, distancing the subject from the vulnerability the persecution narrative requires.

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### Defense Mechanisms

1. **Denial (pathological)**: "I WON BIG" — direct refusal of documented 2020 election reality, contradicted by 306 electoral votes for Biden, 60+ court rejections, and bipartisan election certifications
2. **Distortion (pathological)**: Reshaping electoral history so that Trump is simultaneously a winner being victimized — a logically incompatible dual position sustained through reality distortion
3. **Projection (immature)**: Calling for prosecution of unnamed others at a moment when Trump himself faces four criminal indictments. The target of the prosecutorial threat mirrors his own legal circumstances — the most explicit projection pattern in the post
4. **Acting out**: All-caps demands for prosecution constitute direct emotional expression without deliberation

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### Rhetorical Techniques

- **All-caps amplification**: Creates visual urgency, mimics shouting, bypasses rational processing
- **Vague threat-target**: "THE PEOPLE THAT DID THIS" — legally non-specific while activating base pattern-matching; followers fill in the target
- **Prosecutorial threat**: Wielding legal process as a dominance display
- **Circular grievance construction**: The logical loop (prosecute now / prosecute in 2024) reinforces grievance emotionally while failing argumentatively — the emotional register is the point
- **Triumphalist pivot**: "WILL WIN AGAIN!" reframes victimhood as temporary setback in a redemption narrative
- **Derogatory minimization**: "SUCH A SHAME" projects contempt onto enemies while signaling moral superiority

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### Cognitive Markers

The most noteworthy marker is **perseveration on the prosecution concept** (appearing twice in a single sentence) combined with **circular/self-defeating logical structure**. This may reflect high emotional loading driving impulsive output rather than deliberate cognitive impairment, though it is consistent with reduced executive monitoring. Vocabulary and syntactic complexity are well below Trump's documented 1988-2004 baseline (television appearances, The Art of the Deal period, early CNBC interviews), but consistent with his post-2015 political communication pattern. No phonemic paraphasia, name confusion, or frank tangentiality detected. Complexity is reduced but stable relative to his 2020-2024 posting baseline.

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### Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**: The call to prosecute unnamed individuals for unspecified actions represents a diffuse but mobilizing grievance signal:
- Identifies a demonized out-group ("THE PEOPLE THAT DID THIS") without legal specificity
- Articulates a high-stakes grievance (election fraud/AI manipulation of his image)
- The prosecutorial framing is ostensibly legal but normalizes the targeting of political opponents
- Does not cross into explicit eliminationist language, but the vagueness maximizes follower-side identification of targets
- Context: This post type (threat-to-unspecified-enemies + I-was-cheated + I-will-win) is structurally similar to pre-January-6 messaging patterns, warranting monitoring

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### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "I WON BIG (implying 2020 presidential election victory)" | **False** | Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election with 306 electoral votes to Trump's 232, and 81.2 million popular votes to Trump's 74.2 million — a margin exceeding 7 million votes. Over 60 federal and state courts, including multiple Trump-appointed judges, rejected election fraud claims on their merits. All 50 states certified their results. The Electoral College voted 306-232 on December 14, 2020. Congress certified the results on January 7, 2021. |

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 75%)

### Indicators

- All-caps throughout — defining authentic Trump arousal signature
- Logical circularity in prosecution clause ('prosecuted so they don't do it in 2024, when they will be prosecuted') — impulsive drafting an aide would edit
- Vague referent ('THIS') left unresolved — aides typically specify
- Rapid persecution-to-triumph pivot in two sentences
- Business hours posting (9:48 AM EST) is mild counter-indicator

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Alleged AI video manipulation of his image (referenced in same-day post) compounded by ongoing 2020 election fraud narrative)

**Rage:** Intensity 75% targeting Unnamed political opponents / alleged election fraudsters
- Proportionality: 20%

Sentiment: -0.45

Baseline Deviation: slight

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- All-caps throughout indicating elevated arousal
- Pressured quality — compressed persecution-to-triumph narrative with no deliberative pause
- Grandiose election claims
- Threatening pronouncements beyond situational necessity

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 82%
- Antisocial: 65%
- Paranoid: 78%
- Sadism: 32%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- denial (pathological)
- distortion (pathological)
- projection (immature)
- acting out (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 22%

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration
- tangentiality

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Vague shared-referent ('THIS') assumes audience complicity in identifying the enemy
- Prosecutorial threat activates follower vigilance and identification of targets
- Triumphalist close ('WILL WIN AGAIN!') rewards followers with vicarious dominance

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Prosecutorial threat directed at unnamed individuals — legally non-specific but activates follower target-identification
- Grievance articulation without named target creates ambient threat environment
- Structural similarity to pre-January-6 'enemies must face consequences' messaging pattern
- Post references alleged AI video manipulation — grievance with escalation potential as AI deepfakes proliferate in election context

### Gaslighting

- 'I WON BIG' — direct denial of documented 2020 election outcome contradicted by electoral college results, popular vote margin, 60+ court decisions, and bipartisan state certifications
- Implicit frame that audience should accept 2020 fraud as fact, functioning as loyalty test for epistemic in-group membership

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-21._

> I WON BIG (implying 2020 presidential election victory)

**FALSE**

Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election with 306 electoral votes to Trump's 232, and 81.2 million popular votes to Trump's 74.2 million — a margin exceeding 7 million votes. Over 60 federal and state courts, including multiple Trump-appointed judges, rejected election fraud claims on their merits. All 50 states certified their results. The Electoral College voted 306-232 on December 14, 2020. Congress certified the results on January 7, 2021.

Sources: Electoral College certification December 14, 2020; Congressional certification January 7, 2021; 60+ court decisions 2020-2021; Bipartisan state election certifications

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Tags

- election-fraud-narrative (95%)
- prosecution-threat (88%)
- all-caps-arousal (90%)
- narcissistic-injury-response (82%)
- projection (85%)
- 2020-denial (95%)
- grandiosity (78%)
- vague-enemy-construction (72%)
- ai-deepfake-grievance (65%)
- authentic-trump (75%)

## That day

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

**Nomination Night Euphoria Dissolves Into Prosecution Demands and AI Conspiracy Claims**

Trump spent the day cycling between celebrating his clinched Republican nomination and airing grievances about perceived persecution. The evening began with a conspiratorial claim that AI was used to manipulate video evidence against him, followed by a polished party-unity statement. By mid-morning, the mood shifted sharply with an all-caps demand to prosecute unnamed enemies and a false claim that he won the 2020 election. The afternoon cooled into routine campaign announcements and article shares, almost certainly composed by staff.

Full digest for 2024-03-13: https://trump.fm/date/2024-03-13/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, March 13). THE PEOPLE THAT DID THIS MUST BE PROSECUTED SO... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_112088926628728859
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "THE PEOPLE THAT DID THIS MUST BE PROSECUTED SO THEY DON’T..." Truth Social, 13 Mar. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112088926628728859. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "THE PEOPLE THAT DID THIS MUST BE PROSECUTED SO THEY DON’T...," Truth Social, March 13, 2024, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112088926628728859.

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