Analysis: Joe Biden called police “The Enemy,” and vilified them as a ...

5y ago Sep 18, 2020 at 7:37 AM

Joe Biden called police “The Enemy,” and vilified them as a racist, oppressive force. The rhetoric of Joe Biden and the Radical Left puts our Great Law Enforcement in danger. https://t.co/v1lqvcux68

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-19. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

Elevated

Narcissistic State

Grandiose

Authorship

Self-Written

Intensity

68%

Posted at 2:37 AM CDT following a Wisconsin rally, this tweet exhibits the characteristic post-rally activation pattern: late-night, emotionally charged, attack-oriented. The central move is a fabricated direct quotation — Biden never called police 'The Enemy' — deployed with the typographic authority of quotation marks to simulate documented evidence. This represents a distortion defense mechanism meeting an antisocial feature: reality is reshaped without apparent concern for verifiability. The post follows a stochastic terrorism template by naming Biden as an active danger to law enforcement, constructing a grievance narrative that lowers ideological barriers for pro-police extremist actors without explicit incitement. The labeling of centrist Biden as 'Radical Left' reflects splitting at the narrative level. While cognitive function appears intact (no paraphasias or coherence failures), the fabricated attribution and 2:37 AM posting timing suggest emotional over-regulation failure following rally-induced euphoria. Danger level is elevated rather than high because the post lacks explicit mobilization language, but the combination of false enemy-attribution, a fabricated quote, and named threat-agent framing meets multiple stochastic terrorism criteria in a high-tension pre-election environment. Authorship is assessed as highly likely authentic given timing, register, and the unverified nature of the central claim.

Authorship Analysis

Self-Written

Indicators:

2:37 AM local time (CDT) in Wisconsin post-rally
Emotional attack content consistent with post-rally activation
Brief, reactive structure
Fabricated attribution ('The Enemy') suggests impulsive, unverified claim
Possessive grandiosity ('our Great Law Enforcement') is authentic Trump register

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Grandiose State

Trigger: Supply Seeking (Post-rally activation combined with 47-day election countdown; routine attack content deployment)

Sentiment

-0.72

Mildly Hypomanic

Post-rally 2:37 AM tweet — decreased need for sleep, prolonged activationHigh-frequency posting throughout the day (multiple rally-content tweets)Escalating attack content in late-night hours after public performance

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

72%

Antisocial

55%

Paranoid

50%

Sadism

22%

Defense Mechanisms:

projectionsplittingdistortion

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

28%

Parasocial Techniques:

Possessive 'our' coding law enforcement as shared tribal propertyImplicit promise: Trump as sole protector between audience and existential threatEnemy-identification ritual consolidating in-group identity

Danger Assessment

Elevated

Stochastic Terrorism Pattern Detected

Indicators:

Stochastic terrorism template: Biden named as agent endangering law enforcement (target identification + grievance articulation)
Fabricated 'The Enemy' quote frames Biden as having declared war on police, not merely criticized them — lowers threshold for defensive action narrative
Consumed by pro-police extremist actors, this framing provides ideological license for retaliatory logic against Biden supporters or campaign infrastructure
Post arrives at 2:37 AM following a rally that charged a crowd with law-and-order messaging — emotional amplification context

Gaslighting Detected:

Fabricated quote in quotation marks performs authority of documentation, inviting audience to disbelieve Biden's actual record
Reframing of police accountability advocacy as anti-police hate attacks the perception of those who hold mainstream reform views
DARVO partial structure: Biden's critique of police conduct reversed into Biden endangering police

Reality Distortions:

Fabricated direct quotation attributed to Biden ('The Enemy') with no documented basis
Biden characterized as 'Radical Left' despite centrist positioning and explicit rejection of progressive policies
Police reform advocacy reframed as vilification and endangerment of law enforcement

Fact Checks (3)

"Joe Biden called police 'The Enemy'"

False

Biden never used this phrase in reference to police. His 2020 platform explicitly opposed defunding police and he positioned himself as a moderate on law enforcement reform. The quotation marks imply a documented direct quote with no basis in Biden's recorded statements.

"Biden vilified police as a racist, oppressive force"

Mostly False

Biden acknowledged documented systemic racism in policing — a mainstream policy position supported by research — but did not characterize police as fundamentally oppressive. His platform supported reform with accountability. 'Vilified' misrepresents his actual rhetoric.

"Joe Biden is aligned with 'the Radical Left'"

False

Biden explicitly ran against the left flank of his party on policing, healthcare, and economic policy. His 2020 campaign messaging directly rejected Medicare for All, defunding police, and Green New Deal. 'Radical Left' is a campaign label with no policy grounding.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Analysis: Trump Tweet — September 18, 2020 (02:37 AM CDT)

Authorship Attribution

Local Timestamp: UTC 07:37:27 → Central Daylight Time (UTC−5) = 2:37 AM CDT

Trump was in Wisconsin, having just completed a campaign rally (confirmed by the preceding posts referencing Wisconsin). A post at 2:37 AM local time, following an emotionally stimulating rally, is a near-textbook match for authentic Trump authorship. The emotional attack content, reactive framing, and post-rally timing all point to Trump himself rather than a Scavino-prepared post. While the sentences are grammatically complete (a mild aide indicator), the brevity, direct attack posture, and the timing override that concern. Confidence: High that this is authentic.

Psychological State and Triggers

Primary trigger: Supply-seeking combined with preemptive attack. This post arrives 47 days before the election, immediately following an energizing rally. Trump is in campaign-activation mode, mobilizing his base around a core identity issue (law and order / pro-police) and attacking Biden.

Secondary trigger: Likely narcissistic maintenance — post-rally euphoria ("thousands of loyal, hardworking American Patriots") generates momentum he extends into the early morning hours with attack content.

Narcissistic State: Predominantly grandiose — Trump positions himself as the singular protector of law enforcement ("our Great Law Enforcement"), casting Biden as a dangerous threat. The phrase "our Great" is characteristic possessive grandiosity: he owns and protects institutions his opponent would destroy.

Defense Mechanisms

Projection (immature, Level 2): Trump's own rhetoric throughout 2020 — calling protesters "thugs," threatening military action against civilians, retweeting extremist content — created genuine safety concerns. Here he projects "putting law enforcement in danger" onto Biden, displacing his own inflammatory role.

Splitting (immature, Level 2): Binary opposition is total: Biden/Radical Left = dangerous/oppressive; Trump/"Great Law Enforcement" = righteous/protective. No middle ground, no nuance. The quote marks around "The Enemy" perform splitting rhetorically — they present a fabricated absolute.

Distortion (pathological, Level 1): The claim that Biden called police "The Enemy" misrepresents Biden's actual record. Biden explicitly opposed defunding the police throughout the 2020 campaign and positioned himself as a moderate on law enforcement. The claim functions as gross reality-reshaping to meet psychological/political needs.

Rhetorical and Propaganda Analysis

Fabricated attribution: The quotation marks around "The Enemy" perform the function of a direct quote, implying Biden used this exact phrase. This is a false attribution — Biden did not use this phrase. The technique exploits the rhetorical authority of quotation marks to imply documented evidence where none exists.

Ad hominem with escalation: The attack moves from policy disagreement ("vilified them") to implied physical danger ("puts our Great Law Enforcement in danger") — a rhetorical escalation from character attack to safety threat.

In-group possession: "our Great Law Enforcement" — the possessive "our" performs tribalization, coding law enforcement as a Trump constituency that Biden threatens.

Enemy construction: "Radical Left" is applied to Biden despite his centrist positioning, functioning as a label designed to activate base fear responses rather than accurately characterize the opponent.

False causation: The construction "the rhetoric of Joe Biden... puts [police] in danger" implies direct causal responsibility for potential violence — a rhetorical move that outsources any resulting violence to Biden while appearing to only be describing political danger.

Danger Assessment

This post meets multiple stochastic terrorism indicators:

Target identification: Law enforcement as the victim group under threat
Grievance articulation: Biden/Radical Left are the named agents endangering police
Implied justification for action: If Biden is "endangering" police, protection of police becomes morally licensed

The post does not explicitly call for violence, but it constructs a narrative in which Biden is an active danger to police officers. This framing, consumed by actors already primed toward anti-left violence, provides ideological justification for targeted action. The fabricated quote ("The Enemy") amplifies this by implying Biden has declared war on police, not merely critiqued them.

Danger Level: Elevated

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"Joe Biden called police 'The Enemy'"	False	Biden never used this phrase in reference to police. His 2020 platform explicitly opposed defunding police and he positioned himself as a moderate on law enforcement reform. The quotation marks imply a documented direct quote with no basis in Biden's recorded statements.
"Biden vilified police as a racist, oppressive force"	Mostly False	Biden acknowledged documented systemic racism in policing — a mainstream policy position supported by research — but did not characterize police as fundamentally oppressive. His platform supported reform with accountability. 'Vilified' misrepresents his actual rhetoric.
"Joe Biden is aligned with 'the Radical Left'"	False	Biden explicitly ran against the left flank of his party on policing, healthcare, and economic policy. His 2020 campaign messaging directly rejected Medicare for All, defunding police, and Green New Deal. 'Radical Left' is a campaign label with no policy grounding.

Overall Veracity: 7%

Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five)

Most salient facets in this post:

Low Agreeableness: Combative, derogatory, zero trust extended to opponent
High Extraversion (Assertiveness facet): Dominant, declarative, controlling framing
High Neuroticism (Angry Hostility facet): Post-rally, 2:37 AM, attack content — emotional activation is high
Low Openness: Rigid us/them framework, no complexity entertained
Low Conscientiousness (Deliberation facet): Late-night reactive post, fabricated attribution

Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations (Motives/Schemas)

Agency motives dominate: Power and status — protecting "our" institutions while defeating the enemy. The post is organized entirely around dominance dynamics.

World schema: Zero-sum. Biden winning = police losing. Trump winning = America saved. The self-other-world triad is fully malignant: self as protector, other as threat, world as arena of existential struggle.

Level 3: Narrative Identity

Protagonist role: Warrior-Protector. Trump is not merely a candidate but the defender of an institution (law enforcement) under assault by a named enemy.

Contamination sequence embedded: The implicit narrative is "Great Law Enforcement" threatened by Biden's rhetoric — good (police) → contamination (Biden/Left rhetoric) → potential destruction. Trump positions himself as the force that blocks the contamination sequence.

Identity claim: The protector of those the enemy would destroy. This is consistent with his broader 2020 narrative of being the last line between order and radical chaos.

Contrasting other: Biden as the avatar of disorder, threat, and anti-American sentiment.

Clinical Indicators

Malignant Narcissism components active in this post:

Narcissistic (high): Grandiosity, self-as-unique-protector, entitlement to define reality
Antisocial (moderate): Fabricated attribution without apparent concern for truth; deceitfulness in service of dominance
Paranoid (moderate): The framing of Biden as an active danger to law enforcement reflects persecution-oriented thinking applied to political opponents
Sadistic (low-moderate): The pleasure in casting Biden as dangerous has a performative quality, but outright sadism is muted in this post compared to others

Cognitive Status: No significant markers. Vocabulary and syntax are consistent with 2020 baseline. The post is brief but coherent. No word-finding difficulties, temporal confusion, or paraphasias noted.

Longitudinal Context

The cluster of posts on this date reveals a consistent campaign-mode pattern: rally-energized, late-night, high-frequency output alternating between self-glorification ("I was thrilled," "thousands of loyal Patriots") and attack content. The Biden/China, Biden/mobs, Biden/police sequence suggests either a prepared content battery being deployed or a rally speech being reconstructed via tweet. The 2:37 AM post analyzed here fits the emotional peak of a post-rally cycle.

The day is also notable for RBG's death — a massive political event that would have generated significant internal pressure and opportunity calculation. The focus on law enforcement rather than the Court vacancy suggests either this post was pre-drafted before the news broke, or Trump was following a strategic communications plan while reserving the RBG response for daytime aides.