# Post ts_112829579759841495

- Post ID: `ts_112829579759841495`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2024-07-22T10:05:57.570Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112829579759841495/analysis
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## Post text

> The Democrats pick a candidate, Crooked Joe Biden, he loses the Debate badly, then panics, and makes mistake after mistake, is told he can’t win, and decide they will pick another candidate, probably Harris. They stole the race from Biden after he won it in the primaries — A First! These people are the real THREAT TO DEMOCRACY!

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.343Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T18:47:19.442Z (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 captures Trump's immediate psychological response to Biden's withdrawal — a narcissistic injury disguised as democratic principle. Having invested heavily in the narrative of decisively defeating Biden in debate, the withdrawal removes his conquered opponent and forces a campaign reset, registering as a loss of control. The dominant defense is projection: accusing Democrats of threatening democracy by replacing their candidate, while the "stole" language perseveratively echoes 2020 election rhetoric, suggesting a deep cognitive schema around being cheated of rightful victories. The DARVO pattern (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) is textbook — the subject most frequently accused of threatening democratic norms reverses the accusation onto opponents engaging in a legal, if unprecedented, party process. The elevated danger rating reflects not this post in isolation but its contribution to a cumulative delegitimization framework: if routine political decisions are "theft" and opponents are "threats to democracy," extraordinary responses become justifiable in followers' minds. The mixed narcissistic state — grandiose (implied rightful winner) and vulnerable (cheated, forced to start over) — is consistent with longitudinal patterns visible in the surrounding posts from the same period.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_112829579759841495

### Context
Posted July 22, 2024 at ~6:06 AM ET (Trump likely at Bedminster, NJ during this period post-RNC). This is an early morning post, the day after Biden's historic withdrawal and endorsement of Harris.

### Authorship
Early morning timing (6 AM ET), stream-of-consciousness style, emotional reactivity, ALL CAPS closing, and run-on sentence structure all point to authentic Trump. The dash-parenthetical "A First!" is a signature stylistic tic.

### Psychological Analysis
This post reveals significant narcissistic injury. Trump had spent months and substantial resources positioning against Biden, culminating in the debate performance he viewed as a decisive victory. Biden's withdrawal removes that victory narrative and forces a reset — a loss of control that triggers rage framed as principled outrage.

The core defense is **projection**: accusing Democrats of being "the real THREAT TO DEMOCRACY" while describing a standard political party process (replacing a candidate) as theft. The word "stole" is particularly loaded, mirroring language used about the 2020 election — a perseverative theme.

### Rhetorical Structure
The post constructs a narrative sequence (pick → lose → panic → replace) that frames a rational political decision as chaos and fraud. The closing reversal — accusing Democrats of threatening democracy — is classic DARVO, given Trump's own actions around January 6th.

### Danger Assessment
The "THREAT TO DEMOCRACY" framing applied to routine political processes delegitimizes democratic party decision-making, but this specific post remains at the rhetorical level without targeting individuals for action.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Biden lost the debate badly" | **Mostly True** | Biden's June 27 debate performance was widely criticized across the political spectrum, with visible confusion and stumbling. 'Badly' is subjective but the consensus was poor performance. |
| "Democrats stole the race from Biden after he won it in the primaries" | **Mostly False** | Biden voluntarily withdrew and endorsed Harris. While there was intra-party pressure, no mechanism exists to 'steal' a nomination from a sitting president who chose to step down. Delegates were pledged but not legally bound in most states. |
| "This is 'A First' — a candidate replaced after winning primaries" | **Mostly True** | While LBJ declined to run in 1968 before primaries concluded, Biden's withdrawal after winning sufficient delegates is historically unprecedented in the modern primary era. |

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 90%)

### Indicators

- Early morning ~6 AM ET posting time
- Run-on sentence with dashes and parenthetical asides
- ALL CAPS emphasis on key phrase
- Stream-of-consciousness narrative construction
- Signature 'A First!' interjection

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Biden withdrawal removing Trump's 'victory' over Biden and forcing campaign reset)

**Rage:** Intensity 65% targeting Democratic Party / Democrats broadly
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.70

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid-fire posting (multiple posts in short succession on same day)
- Pressured quality to the writing

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- distortion (pathological)
- splitting (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Shared grievance construction
- In-group validation through outrage framing

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Delegitimizes democratic party decision-making as 'theft'
- Labels political opponents as threats to democracy — language that can justify extraordinary responses
- Builds on perseverative 'stolen' narrative framework

### Gaslighting

- Framing a legal, if unprecedented, party decision as 'stealing' the race
- Reversing the 'threat to democracy' accusation — DARVO pattern

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Biden lost the debate badly

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Biden's June 27 debate performance was widely criticized across the political spectrum, with visible confusion and stumbling. 'Badly' is subjective but the consensus was poor performance.

Sources: Widespread media coverage of June 27, 2024 CNN debate

> Democrats stole the race from Biden after he won it in the primaries

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Biden voluntarily withdrew and endorsed Harris. While there was intra-party pressure, no mechanism exists to 'steal' a nomination from a sitting president who chose to step down. Delegates were pledged but not legally bound in most states.

Sources: Biden withdrawal announcement July 21, 2024

> This is 'A First' — a candidate replaced after winning primaries

**MOSTLY TRUE**

While LBJ declined to run in 1968 before primaries concluded, Biden's withdrawal after winning sufficient delegates is historically unprecedented in the modern primary era.

Sources: Historical precedent of presidential withdrawals

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Tags

- narcissistic_injury (90%)
- projection (85%)
- DARVO (80%)
- stolen_framing (75%)
- delegitimization (70%)
- Biden_withdrawal (100%)

## That day

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

**Biden Drops Out, Trump Loses His Favorite Punching Bag — and Spends the Day Scrambling for a New One**

Trump spent the day processing Biden's withdrawal from the 2024 race, cycling between mockery, grievance, and strategic repositioning. The late-night and early-morning posts focused obsessively on Biden's cognitive decline, treating the dropout as both a punchline and a personal affront. By afternoon, the tone shifted toward previewing Kamala Harris as the new target, attacking Fox News, and relitigating the classified documents case. The mood was energized and grandiose throughout — more a man denied his preferred opponent than one celebrating a political win.

Full digest for 2024-07-22: https://trump.fm/date/2024-07-22/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, July 22). The Democrats pick a candidate, Crooked Joe... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_112829579759841495
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The Democrats pick a candidate, Crooked Joe Biden, he loses..." Truth Social, 22 Jul. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112829579759841495. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The Democrats pick a candidate, Crooked Joe Biden, he loses...," Truth Social, July 22, 2024, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112829579759841495.

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