# Post ts_115659421538834732

- Post ID: `ts_115659421538834732`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-12-04T04:31:56.350Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115659421538834732
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115659421538834732/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_115659421538834732.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Great! Our Elections are  Crooked and Rigged. The voters know it. Must bring integrity back to Voting. START WITH VOTER ID! https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/election-integrity-push-doj-track-compel-voter-roll-cleanups-over-half-us

## Engagement

- Likes: 23,004
- Reposts: 6,853
- Replies: 1,739
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.288Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T06:22:35.624Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Psychological Analysis: Election Integrity / Voter ID Post (2025-12-04)

### Context
Posted at 4:31 AM UTC = 11:31 PM EST (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago in December). Late-night timing supports authentic authorship.

### Content Analysis
A brief, declarative post asserting elections are "Crooked and Rigged," appealing to populist sentiment, and linking to a Just The News article about DOJ voter roll cleanup efforts. The post follows a familiar pattern: assert a problem as established fact, claim popular validation ("The voters know it"), then propose a simple solution ("START WITH VOTER ID!").

### Personality Framework
The post is a compact expression of Trump's characteristic style—short declarative assertions, emotional capitalization, and framing himself as champion of electoral integrity. The exclamatory "Great!" opening functions as sarcastic commentary, a common Trump rhetorical device.

### Rhetorical Structure
The logical chain is: (1) sarcastic acknowledgment, (2) sweeping claim presented as fact, (3) appeal to popular authority, (4) call to action, (5) supporting link. This is efficient propaganda—the claim is never argued, only asserted and then treated as premise for action.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Our Elections are Crooked and Rigged" | **False** | No systemic evidence of widespread election fraud has been found by courts, election officials, DOJ investigations, or independent audits across multiple election cycles. |
| "The voters know it" | **Half True** | Polls show a significant minority of Americans (primarily Republican voters) express distrust in elections, largely correlated with exposure to claims like this one. This reflects manufactured belief rather than independent voter conclusion. |

Overall Veracity: 25%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Late night posting (11:31 PM EST)
- Sarcastic opener 'Great!'
- ALL CAPS emphasis on 'START WITH VOTER ID'
- Extra space after 'are' suggesting hasty typing
- Short punchy sentences typical of authentic posts

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Just The News article on DOJ voter roll efforts)

Sentiment: -0.50

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Flattering audience knowledge ('The voters know it')
- Creating in-group consensus around contested claim

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Continued delegitimization of electoral process
- Framing elections as fundamentally corrupt reinforces justification for extralegal measures

### Gaslighting

- Presenting contested claim ('elections are rigged') as universally acknowledged fact
- Claiming 'The voters know it' to manufacture false consensus

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Our Elections are Crooked and Rigged

**FALSE**

No systemic evidence of widespread election fraud has been found by courts, election officials, DOJ investigations, or independent audits across multiple election cycles.

Sources: Multiple federal and state court rulings 2020-2024; Trump DOJ AG Barr statements; CISA statements

> The voters know it

**HALF TRUE**

Polls show a significant minority of Americans (primarily Republican voters) express distrust in elections, largely correlated with exposure to claims like this one. This reflects manufactured belief rather than independent voter conclusion.

Sources: Pew Research polling data; Gallup polling

Overall Veracity: 25%

## Tags

- election_delegitimization (90%)
- voter_id (60%)
- maintenance_post (70%)
- parasocial_bonding (50%)

## That day

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

**A Low-Key Day of Bulk Endorsements and Boilerplate, Punctured by One Pointed Attack**

A quiet, largely routine day dominated by staff-produced political endorsements and shared news links. The only real flash of anger came in an evening post attacking Colorado's governor over the jailing of Tina Peters, painting a convicted election tamperer as a persecuted hero. A batch of six nearly identical Texas congressman endorsements landed at noon, clearly written by staff. The rest of the evening brought rapid-fire article shares and a nostalgic anecdote about Al Sharpton and James Brown. Overall mood was self-congratulatory and calm, with no signs of agitation beyond the Peters post.

Full digest for 2025-12-04: https://trump.fm/date/2025-12-04/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, December 4). Great! Our Elections are Crooked and Rigged. The... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115659421538834732
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Great! Our Elections are Crooked and Rigged. The voters..." Truth Social, 4 Dec. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115659421538834732. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Great! Our Elections are Crooked and Rigged. The voters...," Truth Social, December 4, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115659421538834732.

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