# Post x_1336666810742149000 - Post ID: `x_1336666810742149000` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2020-12-09T18:39:36.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_1336666810742149000 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_1336666810742149000/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1336666810742149000.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > This was not my case as has been so incorrectly reported. The case that everyone has been waiting for is the State’s case with Texas and numerous others joining. It is very strong, ALL CRITERIA MET. How can you have a presidency when a vast majority think the election was RIGGED? https://t.co/ZKu9sNVz2U ## Engagement - Likes: 0 - Reposts: 27,610 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:24.790Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-23T10:34:29.719Z (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 executes a rapid narcissistic repair operation following the public dismissal of Sidney Powell's lawsuits. The opening disavowal — "This was not my case" — constitutes documented denial, as Trump had publicly endorsed Powell as recently as November 19. Within two sentences, the brief vulnerable state collapses into grandiosity: the Texas case is "very strong, ALL CRITERIA MET." Most clinically and politically significant is the closing rhetorical question, which accomplishes something structurally dangerous: it converts manufactured public belief (itself the product of Trump's prior claims) into quasi-constitutional grounds for delegitimizing Biden's incoming presidency. The circular logic is precise — Trump generates the belief, then cites the belief as independent evidence. The question "How can you have a presidency..." invites followers to supply the answer "you can't," while Trump maintains deniability about having stated it. This deniable implication structure is a recurrent feature of pre-violence political rhetoric. No acute cognitive markers are present; authorship is predominantly authentic. Danger level is elevated in isolation and should be read in cumulative context: this post is one installment in a 33-day rhetorical campaign that concluded with January 6, 2021. ## Psychological Analysis: December 9, 2020 — Texas SCOTUS Lawsuit Post ### Context & Framing This post arrives within hours of two significant intersecting events: Sidney Powell's lawsuits being dismissed in Georgia and Michigan (with judicial language condemning them as "speculation and conjecture"), and Texas AG Ken Paxton filing a fresh Supreme Court challenge to four swing states' election results. Trump is executing a rapid pivot — distancing himself from a losing legal strategy while redirecting audience attention to a new one. --- ### Authorship Attribution **Timing:** UTC 18:39 → EST 13:39 (1:39 PM). Trump was almost certainly in Washington, DC during this period (he was not confirmed at Mar-a-Lago until mid-December). This falls squarely in business hours, a mild indicator of aide involvement. **Stylistic analysis:** The opening — *"This was not my case as has been so incorrectly reported"* — is defensive, reactive, and grammatically awkward in the characteristically Trump fashion (the passive "has been so incorrectly reported" rather than "the media incorrectly reported"). The ALL CAPS "RIGGED," the rhetorical question closer, and the stream-of-consciousness pivot from legal case correction to epistemological challenge to Biden's legitimacy all read as authentic. The post lacks the polished, event-announcement quality of Scavino-authored content. The emotional urgency and the logical leap in the final rhetorical question are consistent with authentic Trump. **Verdict:** Predominantly authentic, likely self-composed despite the timing window. Score: 0.70 (high confidence). --- ### Psychological State & Trigger Analysis **Primary trigger:** Narcissistic injury via legal defeat. Powell's dismissals represented public exposure of the inadequacy of Trump's legal strategy — a humiliating moment. The opening sentence is a direct, transparent repair operation: *"This was not my case."* This is textbook narcissistic distancing from a failed enterprise to preserve the grandiose self-image. **Secondary trigger:** Supply-seeking and preemptive narrative control. With the Texas lawsuit filing creating a new vehicle, Trump mobilizes rapidly to redirect his audience's perception, converting the narrative from "Trump's lawyers keep losing" to "the REAL case everyone was waiting for is here." **Narcissistic state:** Mixed — briefly vulnerable in the opening defensive move, rapidly transitioning to grandiose ("It is very strong, ALL CRITERIA MET"). The oscillation occurs within a single post, which is clinically notable: the vulnerability is quickly papered over with assertion. --- ### Defense Mechanisms (Vaillant Hierarchy) 1. **Denial (Pathological):** "This was not my case" — Trump had publicly promoted Powell, shared her press conferences, and implicitly endorsed her theories. Retroactively disavowing the connection denies a documented reality. 2. **Distortion (Pathological):** "ALL CRITERIA MET" for the Texas lawsuit — a distortion of legal reality. The case was subsequently dismissed 7-2 by the Supreme Court on standing grounds, but here Trump presents certainty of success as established fact. Reality is reshaped to meet internal needs. 3. **Rationalization (Neurotic):** The frame that Powell's losses are irrelevant because they were the "wrong" case constructs post-hoc justification for a string of legal defeats. 4. **Projection:** The accusation of "incorrect" reporting displaces accountability for the public confusion surrounding his own legal strategy onto the media. --- ### Rhetorical Techniques - **Populist epistemology / Argumentum ad populum:** The closing — *"How can you have a presidency when a vast majority think the election was RIGGED?"* — is rhetorically sophisticated and dangerous. It collapses the distinction between belief and evidence, treating manufactured public opinion as proof. Crucially, Trump himself has been the primary architect of that public belief, creating a circular logic loop: he asserts rigging → followers believe it → the belief is then cited as evidence of rigging. - **ALL CAPS emphasis:** "RIGGED" receives visual amplification, signaling the emotional core of the post and reinforcing tribal signaling. - **Rhetorical question as rhetorical conclusion:** The question is not an inquiry but a declaration. It frames Biden's incoming presidency as constitutionally impossible on opinion-based grounds, pre-delegitimizing the transfer of power. - **False urgency / build-up framing:** "The case that everyone has been waiting for" — positions the Texas suit as the culmination of a narrative arc, manufactured anticipation. - **Superlatives without substance:** "It is very strong, ALL CRITERIA MET" — strength is asserted, not demonstrated. --- ### Gaslighting & Reality Distortion The disavowal of Sidney Powell's cases is a clear example of rapid revisionism. Trump had stood beside Powell at a November 19 press conference where she presented these exact theories. His DARVO pattern is present: the media is attacked for "incorrect" reporting, inverting the situation in which the reports were accurate and his own promotion of Powell was the source of confusion. The claim "a vast majority think the election was RIGGED" requires factual scrutiny: while a large majority of *Republican* voters held this view by December 2020, national polling showed no such majority of overall voters. This is a deliberate distortion that expands a partisan perception into a national one — a core reality-manipulation technique. --- ### Danger Assessment The closing rhetorical question — *"How can you have a presidency when a vast majority think the election was RIGGED?"* — is one of the most dangerous rhetorical constructions in Trump's post-election communications. It: 1. Pre-emptively delegitimizes the incoming Biden presidency before inauguration 2. Frames Biden's presidency as inherently invalid on populist grounds 3. Implicitly asks followers to answer the question — and the implied answer is "you can't" 4. Contributes to the accumulating preconditions that culminated in January 6, 2021 This is not direct stochastic terrorism, but it is a textbook component of the rhetorical architecture leading toward political violence: a designated enemy (a "rigged" Biden presidency), a mobilized grievance community, and a question that implies necessary action without specifying it. **Danger Level: Elevated** (approaching High in cumulative context of the period). --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "This was not my case (disavowing Sidney Powell lawsuits)" | **Mostly False** | Trump publicly endorsed Powell and appeared alongside her at November 19 RNC press conference. Giuliani team formally separated from Powell on November 22, but Trump continued amplifying her claims on social media through late November and early December. | | "The Texas case — 'It is very strong, ALL CRITERIA MET'" | **False** | Supreme Court dismissed Texas v. Pennsylvania on December 11, 2020, with seven justices finding Texas lacked standing. No justice accepted the merits of the fraud claims. | | "A vast majority think the election was RIGGED" | **Mostly False** | December 2020 national polling showed 60%+ of Americans accepted Biden's legitimate victory. While 70-77% of Republicans believed fraud affected the outcome, this does not constitute a national majority. Trump conflates Republican base opinion with overall public opinion. | Overall Veracity: 13% ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 70%) ### Indicators - ALL CAPS 'RIGGED' consistent with authentic Trump emotional emphasis - Defensive reactive opening ('This was not my case') typical of unfiltered Trump response to perceived slight - Stream-of-consciousness pivot from case defense to epistemological challenge without transitional logic - Grammatically awkward passive construction ('has been so incorrectly reported') matches authentic Trump register - Business hours timing (1:39 PM EST) is mild indicator against authenticity ## Psychological Profile ### State **Mixed State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Sidney Powell lawsuit dismissals representing public exposure of failed legal strategy) Sentiment: -0.55 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 78% - Antisocial: 55% - Paranoid: 50% - Sadism: 15% **Defense Mechanisms:** - denial (pathological) - distortion (pathological) - rationalization (neurotic) - projection (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 42% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Direct address to follower base ('the case everyone has been waiting for') - Shared grievance framing — 'we' were waiting for this - Rhetorical question inviting followers to supply the (predetermined) answer ## Danger Assessment **ELEVATED** ### Indicators - 'How can you have a presidency when a vast majority think the election was RIGGED?' — explicit pre-inauguration delegitimization of incoming government, implying its existence is constitutionally or morally untenable - Populist epistemology framing converts manufactured belief into grounds for resistance, without specifying the nature of that resistance - Post contributes to cumulative rhetorical architecture documented in the 33-day period between December 9, 2020 and January 6, 2021 - Circular logic loop (Trump generates belief → cites belief as evidence) creates epistemically closed system in which no democratic outcome can satisfy the grievance - No direct incitement but question structure invites audience to supply the answer — deniable implication of action ### Gaslighting - Rapid revisionism of prior public position — disavowal of Powell's cases contradicts documented November 19 endorsement - DARVO pattern — media blamed for 'incorrect reporting' when confusion originated from Trump's own promotion of Powell theories - Reality claim requiring acceptance that Biden presidency is fundamentally illegitimate — loyalty test framing - Circular epistemic trap — belief manufactured by Trump's own prior claims is then cited as independent evidence of rigging ## Fact Checks (3) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-23._ > This was not my case (disavowing Sidney Powell lawsuits) **MOSTLY FALSE** Trump publicly endorsed Powell and appeared alongside her at November 19 RNC press conference. Giuliani team formally separated from Powell on November 22, but Trump continued amplifying her claims on social media through late November and early December. Sources: Trump November 19 RNC press conference documentation; Trump social media posts November-December 2020 > The Texas case — 'It is very strong, ALL CRITERIA MET' **FALSE** Supreme Court dismissed Texas v. Pennsylvania on December 11, 2020, with seven justices finding Texas lacked standing. No justice accepted the merits of the fraud claims. Sources: Texas v. Pennsylvania SCOTUS order, December 11, 2020 > A vast majority think the election was RIGGED **MOSTLY FALSE** December 2020 national polling showed 60%+ of Americans accepted Biden's legitimate victory. While 70-77% of Republicans believed fraud affected the outcome, this does not constitute a national majority. Trump conflates Republican base opinion with overall public opinion. Sources: Quinnipiac December 2020 polling; Reuters/Ipsos December 2020 polling Overall Veracity: 13% ## Tags - election_denial (95%) - delegitimization (90%) - narcissistic_repair (85%) - denial_of_prior_position (88%) - circular_epistemology (85%) - texas_scotus_lawsuit (90%) - powell_disavowal (85%) - populist_epistemology (80%) - pre_jan6_rhetoric (75%) - gaslighting (78%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Safe Harbor Deadline Triggers Cascading Rage Spiral Culminating in Single-Word Command: #OVERTURN** Trump spent the day cycling between punishing disloyal Republicans, celebrating stock market highs, and making increasingly desperate claims about a stolen election. The afternoon saw a sharp escalation -- after pivoting to the Texas Supreme Court case as his last legal hope, he fired off a rapid burst of fraud claims that peaked with a single-word hashtag demanding the election be overturned. Brief detours into vaccine boasting and market celebration provided momentary relief, but the overwhelming mood was grievance and defiance in the face of closing legal doors. Full digest for 2020-12-09: https://trump.fm/date/2020-12-09/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2020, December 9). This was not my case as has been so incorrectly... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_1336666810742149000 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "This was not my case as has been so incorrectly reported...." X (Twitter), 9 Dec. 2020. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1336666810742149000. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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