# Post ts_114582052493616430

- Post ID: `ts_114582052493616430`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-05-27T22:02:49.398Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114582052493616430.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Other than the Rigged Presidential Election of 2020, the Biggest Scandal in American History is the “AUTOPEN!” Whoever used it was usurping the power of the Presidency, and it should be very easy to find out who that person (or persons) is. They did things that a Joe Biden, of sound mind, would have never done, like, Open Borders, Transgender for everyone, men in women’s sports, and far more. Fear not, however, we will bring America BACK, BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!

## Engagement

- Likes: 13,398
- Reposts: 3,685
- Replies: 1,293
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.309Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T01:44:23.546Z (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 exemplifies Trump's characteristic fusion of perseverative narcissistic injury (2020 election) with current conspiratorial framing. The autopen—a routine presidential tool—is elevated to historic scandal, serving as a vehicle to delegitimize the entire Biden presidency and its policies. The paranoid subtext of unnamed persons "usurping the power of the Presidency" constructs a shadow-government narrative that demands no evidence while delegitimizing policy outcomes Trump opposes. Notably, the policies cited as evidence of usurpation (border policy, transgender protections, sports policy) were explicit Biden campaign promises, undermining the claim that a cognitively impaired Biden wouldn't have pursued them. The post follows Trump's well-established three-act rhetorical pattern: grievance → enemy → heroic restoration. The closing ALL CAPS slogan ("BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE") functions as ritualized narcissistic supply solicitation. Psychologically, the post reflects ongoing difficulty integrating the 2020 electoral loss, with the "rigged election" serving as a compulsory frame for all subsequent grievances. Defense mechanisms include pathological distortion (autopen as historic scandal), projection, and splitting. The paranoid features—unnamed conspirators wielding illegitimate power—are consistent with the paranoid dimension of malignant narcissism. No danger indicators are present; the post is oriented toward delegitimization rather than mobilization.

## Psychological Analysis: "AUTOPEN" Post (2025-05-27)

### Overview
Trump frames the use of an autopen (mechanical signature device) during Biden's presidency as the "Biggest Scandal in American History" (second only to his 2020 election claims). The post implies a shadow government operated while Biden was cognitively impaired, then pivots to a triumphant restoration narrative.

### Authorship
Posted at 6:02 PM ET (likely at Mar-a-Lago or DC area for Memorial Day). Business hours, but the stream-of-consciousness style, emotional intensity, and characteristic comma splices suggest authentic Trump composition. The ALL CAPS closing is signature Trump.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post serves multiple functions: it delegitimizes the prior administration's policies by attributing them not to Biden but to unnamed usurpers, while simultaneously positioning Trump as the restorer. The parenthetical "(or persons)" carries paranoid undertones—a shadowy cabal. Notably, the policies he attributes to this conspiracy (open borders, transgender rights, women's sports) are culture-war touchstones rather than autopen-specific grievances, revealing the instrumental nature of the "scandal" framing.

### Defense Mechanisms
**Projection** is prominent: accusations of illegitimate power exercise mirror criticisms leveled at Trump's own use of executive authority. **Distortion** reshapes complex policy disagreements into a conspiracy narrative. The 2020 election reference functions as **perseveration**—compulsive return to the narcissistic wound of electoral defeat.

### Rhetorical Structure
Classic three-act: (1) grievance/scandal, (2) enemy identification, (3) heroic restoration promise. The closing "BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE" is a near-verbatim repetition used across hundreds of posts—a slogan functioning as narcissistic supply solicitation.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Autopen use was the 'Biggest Scandal in American History'" | **Mostly False** | Autopen use by presidents is longstanding and legal. Obama, Trump, and Biden all used autopens. Its use became controversial when Biden's cognitive decline raised questions about who was directing policy, but calling it the biggest scandal in history is extreme hyperbole. |
| "A Joe Biden 'of sound mind' would have never done Open Borders, Transgender for everyone, men in women's sports" | **Mostly False** | Biden campaigned on immigration reform and LGBTQ+ protections. These were consistent with his stated platform, not evidence of someone else governing. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Receipts (1)

### moderate — other (6 years earlier)

> "Autopen use was the 'Biggest Scandal in American History'"

**vs.**

> "This is 'the biggest Scandal in the history of our Country'"

In 2019, Trump called Democrat election interference / the 'Insurance Policy' the 'biggest Scandal in the history of our Country.' In 2025, he applies the exact same superlative — 'Biggest Scandal in American History' — to a completely different event (autopen use). A single speaker cannot have two unrelated 'biggest' scandals without at least one claim being contradicted. While Trump frequently uses hyperbolic superlatives, this is a direct factual conflict: two distinct events are each labeled the singular 'biggest scandal in American history.' Note the source carves out the 2020 election as a separate exception, but that only adds a third event in competition for the same superlative — it does not resolve the contradiction with the 2019 Insurance Policy claim.

[View contradicting post →](/post/x_1107420505479528400)

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 80%)

### Indicators

- Stream-of-consciousness comma splices
- ALL CAPS closing with characteristic slogan
- Emotional reactivity and conspiratorial framing
- Business hours posting slightly lowers confidence

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Ongoing narrative of Biden administration illegitimacy)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting unnamed Biden administration officials
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.30

Baseline Deviation: slight

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Grandiose restoration promises
- Rapid topic shifts within single post

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 20%

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

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

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration
- tangentiality

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Shared grievance construction
- Heroic savior positioning
- Fear-then-reassurance pattern

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Framing routine autopen use as unprecedented scandal
- Implying Biden never held legitimate authority
- Continued insistence on 'rigged' 2020 election as established fact

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-22._

> Autopen use was the 'Biggest Scandal in American History'

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Autopen use by presidents is longstanding and legal. Obama, Trump, and Biden all used autopens. Its use became controversial when Biden's cognitive decline raised questions about who was directing policy, but calling it the biggest scandal in history is extreme hyperbole.

Sources: Historical presidential autopen usage is well-documented

> A Joe Biden 'of sound mind' would have never done Open Borders, Transgender for everyone, men in women's sports

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Biden campaigned on immigration reform and LGBTQ+ protections. These were consistent with his stated platform, not evidence of someone else governing.

Sources: 2020 Biden campaign platform

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Receipts (1)

### moderate — other (6 years earlier)

> Autopen use was the 'Biggest Scandal in American History'

_May 27, 2025_

vs.

> This is 'the biggest Scandal in the history of our Country'

_Mar 18, 2019_

In 2019, Trump called Democrat election interference / the 'Insurance Policy' the 'biggest Scandal in the history of our Country.' In 2025, he applies the exact same superlative — 'Biggest Scandal in American History' — to a completely different event (autopen use). A single speaker cannot have two unrelated 'biggest' scandals without at least one claim being contradicted. While Trump frequently uses hyperbolic superlatives, this is a direct factual conflict: two distinct events are each labeled the singular 'biggest scandal in American history.' Note the source carves out the 2020 election as a separate exception, but that only adds a third event in competition for the same superlative — it does not resolve the contradiction with the 2019 Insurance Policy claim.

[View contradicting post](/post/x_1107420505479528400)

## Tags

- conspiracy_framing (80%)
- 2020_election_perseveration (70%)
- shadow_government (60%)
- culture_war (50%)
- restoration_narrative (70%)

## That day

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

**A Day of Unchecked Presidential Grandeur: Executive Orders, Geopolitical Threats, and Conspiracy in Rapid Succession**

Trump spent the day projecting dominance across every front — ordering California to pull a transgender athlete from competition, threatening Putin with unnamed consequences, and floating Canada's annexation as a missile-defense discount. The mood was uniformly self-aggrandizing, with no vulnerable moments and only brief flashes of anger directed at Putin and Biden's "autopen scandal." A late-afternoon burst of posts pitched favors to Maine, Alaska, and homeowners in quick succession, reading like a political shopping spree. Nothing today was especially alarming, but the sheer breadth of unilateral claims — from setting trade deals by fiat to treating Canadian sovereignty as a line item — painted a portrait of someone who sees no boundary to presidential power.

Full digest for 2025-05-27: https://trump.fm/date/2025-05-27/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, May 27). Other than the Rigged Presidential Election of... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114582052493616430
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Other than the Rigged Presidential Election of 2020, the..." Truth Social, 27 May. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114582052493616430. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
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