# Post x_1340386251866828800

- Post ID: `x_1340386251866828800`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2020-12-20T00:59:20.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> The lie of the year is that Joe Biden won! Christina Bobb @OANN

## Engagement

- Likes: 0
- Reposts: 62,329
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:24.792Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T19:56:00.809Z (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, arriving five days after the Electoral College formally certified Biden's 306-232 victory, represents sustained pathological denial of constitutional democratic process. Trump flatly labels Biden's certified win as "the lie of the year"—likely co-opting and inverting PolitiFact's designation of his own election fraud claims. The psychological function is maintenance of narcissistic defense against the injury of electoral defeat. By citing OANN's Christina Bobb rather than any mainstream or institutional source, the post reinforces epistemic closure, signaling that truth resides only within the in-group information ecosystem. Critically, this post appears the day after Trump's "Be there, will be wild" tweet calling supporters to Washington on January 6. In that context, continued insistence that the election was stolen serves as grievance fuel for the mobilization already underway. The post demonstrates pathological denial (refusing to accept certified results), distortion (reframing constitutional process as deception), and projection (attributing "lying" to the verified outcome). While the post itself contains no violent imagery or direct calls to action, its sustained delegitimization of democratic process—in the context of active mobilization—warrants an elevated danger assessment. The brevity and absolute certainty of the claim, offered without evidence, exemplifies the "Big Lie" repetition strategy documented in propaganda literature.

## Psychological Analysis: "The lie of the year is that Joe Biden won!"

### Context
Posted December 19, 2020 at 7:59 PM EST (Trump was likely at the White House or en route to Mar-a-Lago for Christmas). This comes one day after the contentious Sidney Powell meeting and days after the Electoral College formally certified Biden's 306-232 victory. PolitiFact had recently named Trump's claim that the election was "rigged" as its actual "Lie of the Year" for 2020—this post appears to be a direct inversion of that designation.

### Authorship
Evening post (7:59 PM ET), short, punchy, emotionally reactive—consistent with authentic Trump. The attribution to Christina Bobb on OANN suggests he's live-tweeting or referencing something he just saw on TV, a well-documented Trump pattern.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a textbook example of reality distortion in service of narcissistic defense. The Electoral College had certified Biden's win five days prior—an objective, constitutional fact. The post inverts reality by labeling the certified outcome as "the lie of the year," likely co-opting PolitiFact's designation and redirecting it. This represents denial at the pathological level and distortion (reshaping constitutional certification into a "lie").

The post is notable for its brevity and certainty—no hedging, no evidence cited, just flat declarative denial of democratic outcome. It functions as both supply-seeking (audience validation) and shared psychosis maintenance (requiring followers to reject certified electoral results as group membership).

### Rhetorical Function
By citing OANN's Christina Bobb, Trump signals epistemic closure—only certain sources carry "truth." This reinforces the information silo that sustains the election denial narrative.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Joe Biden did not win the 2020 election" | **False** | Electoral College certified Biden's 306-232 victory on December 14, 2020. All 50 states certified their results. Biden won both the popular vote (81M to 74M) and the Electoral College. |

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- Evening posting time (7:59 PM ET)
- Live-tweeting TV content (OANN reference)
- Short, declarative, emotionally charged
- No polish or professional formatting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Electoral College certification of Biden victory; possibly PolitiFact naming his fraud claims Lie of the Year)

Sentiment: -0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 80%
- Antisocial: 60%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 15%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- epistemic authority claim
- in-group truth signaling via OANN citation

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Continued delegitimization of democratic election outcome
- Posted day after 'Be there, will be wild' Jan 6 tweet
- Maintains reality distortion that feeds mobilization narrative

### Gaslighting

- Denial of documented constitutional process (Electoral College certification)
- Labeling verified outcome as 'the lie'
- Epistemic closure via OANN-only sourcing

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-19._

> Joe Biden did not win the 2020 election

**FALSE**

Electoral College certified Biden's 306-232 victory on December 14, 2020. All 50 states certified their results. Biden won both the popular vote (81M to 74M) and the Electoral College.

Sources: Electoral College certification December 14, 2020; State certifications

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Tags

- election denial (100%)
- pathological denial (90%)
- reality distortion (90%)
- OANN (50%)
- post-certification (80%)
- Big Lie (90%)

## That day

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

**Pre-Dawn Rage Spiral Exposes Deepening Election Fixation in the Shadow of January 6 Mobilization**

Trump's day was dominated by election fraud claims, peaking in an intense early-morning burst that built from Georgia grievances to an all-caps declaration of the "greatest election fraud in history." He denied reports of martial law discussions at the White House, attacked John Bolton, and continued undermining Georgia's election integrity while simultaneously urging massive turnout for the January 5 Senate runoffs — a glaring contradiction he never addressed. The day bookended with calmer posts, but the pre-dawn hours revealed a mind deeply fixated on electoral grievance during the critical stretch between his rally mobilization call and January 6.

Full digest for 2020-12-20: https://trump.fm/date/2020-12-20/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2020, December 20). The lie of the year is that Joe Biden won!... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_1340386251866828800
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The lie of the year is that Joe Biden won! Christina Bobb..." X (Twitter), 20 Dec. 2020. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1340386251866828800. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The lie of the year is that Joe Biden won! Christina Bobb...," X (Twitter), December 20, 2020, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1340386251866828800.

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