# Post ts_115049485680941254

- Post ID: `ts_115049485680941254`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-08-18T11:17:13.747Z (UTC)
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## Post text

> I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, and also, while we're at it, Highly "Inaccurate," Very Expensive, and Seriously Controversial VOTING MACHINES, which cost Ten Times more than accurate and sophisticated Watermark Paper, which is faster, and leaves NO DOUBT, at the end of the evening, as to who WON, and who LOST, the Election. We are now the only Country in the World that uses Mail-In Voting. All others gave it up because of the MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD ENCOUNTERED. WE WILL BEGIN THIS EFFORT, WHICH WILL BE STRONGLY OPPOSED BY THE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE THEY CHEAT AT LEVELS NEVER SEEN BEFORE, by signing an EXECUTIVE ORDER to help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections. Remember, the States are merely an "agent" for the Federal Government in counting and tabulating the votes. They must do what the Federal Government, as represented by the President of the United States, tells them, FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY, to do. With their HORRIBLE Radical Left policies, like Open Borders, Men Playing in Women's Sports, Transgender and "WOKE" for everyone, and so much more, Democrats are virtually Unelectable without using this completely disproven Mail-In SCAM. ELECTIONS CAN NEVER BE HONEST WITH MAIL IN BALLOTS/VOTING, and everybody, IN PARTICULAR THE DEMOCRATS, KNOWS THIS. I, AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WILL FIGHT LIKE HELL TO BRING HONESTY AND INTEGRITY BACK TO OUR ELECTIONS. THE MAIL-IN BALLOT HOAX, USING VOTING MACHINES THAT ARE A COMPLETE AND TOTAL DISASTER, MUST END, NOW!!! REMEMBER, WITHOUT FAIR AND HONEST ELECTIONS, AND STRONG AND POWERFUL BORDERS, YOU DON'T HAVE EVEN A SEMBLANCE OF A COUNTRY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!!! DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T03:40:20.744Z (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 announces an executive order to eliminate mail-in ballots and voting machines, containing the extraordinary constitutional claim that states are merely "agents" of the federal government who "must do what the President tells them" regarding elections. This represents a significant escalation in authoritarian rhetoric.

The post exhibits classic malignant narcissism markers: grandiose authority claims (unilateral power over state elections), paranoid features (universal fraud conspiracy), antisocial features (contempt for constitutional federalism), and sadistic delight in framing opponents as helpless without cheating. Multiple false claims are delivered with absolute certainty — notably that the US is "the only Country in the World that uses Mail-In Voting" (dozens of democracies use it).

Defense mechanisms are layered: projection (accusing Democrats of cheating while seeking to control election infrastructure), splitting (pure good vs. evil framing), and massive distortion of constitutional law. The tangential insertion of transgender/WOKE grievances mid-argument reveals perseverative cycling through stock grievances.

Danger level is HIGH. The post combines democratic erosion rhetoric, mobilization language ("FIGHT LIKE HELL"), pre-delegitimization of future elections, and assertion of unconstitutional executive authority over state election administration. The formal presidential sign-off frames this as quasi-official policy rather than personal opinion, amplifying the institutional threat. This post warrants longitudinal tracking as a potential inflection point in democratic norm erosion.

## Psychological Analysis: Mail-In Ballot Executive Order Post (2025-08-18)

### Overview
This is a lengthy, maximalist post announcing an executive order to eliminate mail-in ballots and voting machines. It represents one of the most constitutionally aggressive claims in the corpus — asserting that states are merely "agents" of the federal government in elections and must obey presidential directives. The post combines grandiose authority claims, paranoid framing, and eliminationist rhetoric toward democratic processes.

### Authorship Attribution
**Likely authentic Trump, possibly with aide structuring.** Posted at ~7:17 AM ET (Trump likely at White House given recent events there). The length, ALL CAPS escalation pattern, stream-of-consciousness quality, idiosyncratic capitalization ("Watermark Paper," "Highly 'Inaccurate'"), and emotional crescendo are characteristic of authentic Trump. However, the legal framing about states as "agents" suggests possible aide input on talking points. The formal sign-off "DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" is a pattern used for posts intended as quasi-official proclamations.

### Psychological State
The post reflects a **grandiose narcissistic state** with strong paranoid features. The trigger appears to be **preemptive attack** — neutralizing future electoral threat by delegitimizing voting mechanisms before the 2026 midterms. This is consistent with a pattern of preemptive reality-construction: if results are unfavorable, the infrastructure has already been labeled fraudulent.

### Constitutional Claim Analysis
The assertion that states are "merely an 'agent' for the Federal Government" in elections is a profound distortion of constitutional federalism. Article I, Section 4 and the 10th Amendment establish elections as primarily state-administered. This claim represents either strategic constitutional revisionism or genuine belief in unlimited executive authority — both consistent with narcissistic entitlement patterns.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Projection**: "THEY CHEAT AT LEVELS NEVER SEEN BEFORE" — projects cheating onto opponents while seeking to unilaterally control election infrastructure
- **Denial/Distortion**: "We are now the only Country in the World that uses Mail-In Voting" — grossly false
- **Splitting**: Pure good (paper ballots, Trump, Republicans) vs. pure evil (machines, Democrats, mail-in voting)
- **Rationalization**: Framing power grab as election integrity

### Danger Assessment
This post contains multiple danger indicators:
1. **Democratic erosion rhetoric**: Asserting unilateral presidential authority over state elections
2. **Eliminationist framing toward democratic processes**: "MUST END, NOW!!!"
3. **Pre-delegitimization**: Setting up rejection framework for unfavorable 2026 results
4. **Mobilization language**: "FIGHT LIKE HELL" echoes January 6 rhetoric
5. **Constitutional distortion**: Claiming states must obey presidential election directives

### Cognitive Markers
Syntactic complexity is moderate — long run-on sentences with parenthetical asides. The escalating ALL CAPS pattern toward the end suggests emotional dysregulation during composition. Coherence degrades as the post progresses, with topic drift from voting machines → mail-in ballots → transgender issues → back to elections. The tangential insertion of "Men Playing in Women's Sports, Transgender and 'WOKE'" mid-argument about election integrity is characteristic perseverative cycling through grievance topics.

### Rhetorical Techniques
The post is a textbook example of the RAND "firehose of falsehood" model — multiple false claims delivered with high confidence and emotional intensity, making point-by-point rebuttal impractical. The formal sign-off mimics official government communications, blurring the line between personal social media and presidential authority.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "We are now the only Country in the World that uses Mail-In Voting" | **False** | Numerous democracies use mail-in/postal voting including Germany, UK, Australia, Switzerland, Canada, Japan, South Korea, and many others. Switzerland conducts most voting by mail. |
| "All others gave it up because of the MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD ENCOUNTERED" | **False** | No major democracy has abandoned mail-in voting due to fraud. Some countries that never widely adopted it have different systems for other reasons (population density, ID systems, etc.). |
| "States are merely an 'agent' for the Federal Government in counting and tabulating the votes" | **False** | Under the US Constitution (Article I §4, Article II §1, 10th Amendment), states have primary authority over election administration. The federal government has limited regulatory authority but cannot direct states as 'agents' in vote counting. |
| "Voting machines cost Ten Times more than accurate and sophisticated Watermark Paper" | **Unverifiable** | Comparative cost claims depend heavily on scale, infrastructure, and labor costs. Paper ballot systems still require counting infrastructure. The 'ten times' figure appears fabricated. |
| "Democrats are virtually Unelectable without using this completely disproven Mail-In SCAM" | **False** | Democrats win elections across all voting modalities including in-person voting. Multiple Republican-led audits and court cases found no evidence of systematic mail-in ballot fraud. |

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Idiosyncratic capitalization patterns
- ALL CAPS escalation toward end
- Stream-of-consciousness topic drift
- Tangential grievance insertion (transgender/WOKE)
- Early morning timing (~7:17 AM ET)

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Preemptive Attack (2026 midterm elections)

**Rage:** Intensity 80% targeting Democrats, mail-in voting, voting machines
- Proportionality: 20%

Sentiment: -0.70

Baseline Deviation: slight

**Moderately Hypomanic**
- Grandiose plans (lead a movement, sign executive order)
- Pressured quality to writing with escalating intensity
- Topic drift mid-argument (election integrity → transgender/WOKE → back to elections)
- Excessive use of ALL CAPS and exclamation marks
- Expansive self-importance (formal presidential sign-off)

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 90%
- Antisocial: 80%
- Paranoid: 85%
- Sadism: 50%

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

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

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address ('THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION')
- Inclusive 'we' language
- Fighter/protector positioning
- Formal presidential sign-off as authority assertion

## Danger Assessment

**HIGH**

### Indicators

- Assertion that states must obey presidential election directives — unconstitutional power claim
- FIGHT LIKE HELL — echoes January 6 rally language
- Pre-delegitimization framework for 2026 midterm results
- MUST END NOW — eliminationist rhetoric toward democratic processes
- Executive order to override state election administration

### Gaslighting

- Claims US is only country using mail-in voting (false — dozens of democracies use it)
- Asserts 'everybody knows' mail-in ballots are fraudulent (manufactured consensus)
- Claims states are merely federal 'agents' in elections (constitutional distortion)
- Frames opposition to power grab as evidence of guilt ('STRONGLY OPPOSED BY DEMOCRATS BECAUSE THEY CHEAT')

## Fact Checks (5)

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

> We are now the only Country in the World that uses Mail-In Voting

**FALSE**

Numerous democracies use mail-in/postal voting including Germany, UK, Australia, Switzerland, Canada, Japan, South Korea, and many others. Switzerland conducts most voting by mail.

Sources: General knowledge of international election systems

> All others gave it up because of the MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD ENCOUNTERED

**FALSE**

No major democracy has abandoned mail-in voting due to fraud. Some countries that never widely adopted it have different systems for other reasons (population density, ID systems, etc.).

Sources: General knowledge of international election law

> States are merely an 'agent' for the Federal Government in counting and tabulating the votes

**FALSE**

Under the US Constitution (Article I §4, Article II §1, 10th Amendment), states have primary authority over election administration. The federal government has limited regulatory authority but cannot direct states as 'agents' in vote counting.

Sources: US Constitution

> Voting machines cost Ten Times more than accurate and sophisticated Watermark Paper

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Comparative cost claims depend heavily on scale, infrastructure, and labor costs. Paper ballot systems still require counting infrastructure. The 'ten times' figure appears fabricated.

> Democrats are virtually Unelectable without using this completely disproven Mail-In SCAM

**FALSE**

Democrats win elections across all voting modalities including in-person voting. Multiple Republican-led audits and court cases found no evidence of systematic mail-in ballot fraud.

Sources: General knowledge of US election results and audits

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Tags

- election_delegitimization (100%)
- executive_overreach (95%)
- mail_in_ballot_conspiracy (90%)
- constitutional_distortion (90%)
- fight_like_hell (70%)
- culture_war_grievance (40%)

## That day

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

**A Day of Diplomatic Theater and Democratic Erosion: Summit Defense Gives Way to Constitutional Overreach**

Trump spent the day toggling between defending his recent Alaska summit with Putin and hosting a major White House meeting with Zelenskyy and eight European leaders. The morning brought a jarring escalation when he announced plans to eliminate mail-in voting and voting machines, claiming states must obey presidential orders on elections. He repeatedly insisted he'd "settled 6 wars in 6 months" while simultaneously admitting the Russia-Ukraine situation remains unresolved. The afternoon calmed considerably as the European leaders summit took over, producing formal, likely staff-written diplomatic posts. The sharpest flash of the day was directed at media critics and election infrastructure — not foreign adversaries.

Full digest for 2025-08-18: https://trump.fm/date/2025-08-18/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, August 18). I am going to lead a movement to get rid of... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115049485680941254
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN..." Truth Social, 18 Aug. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115049485680941254. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN...," Truth Social, August 18, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115049485680941254.

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