# Post x_1346845109736845300

- Post ID: `x_1346845109736845300`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2021-01-06T20:44:31.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_1346845109736845300
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_1346845109736845300/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1346845109736845300.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> These scoundrels are only toying with the @sendavidperdue (a great guy) vote. Just didn’t want to announce quite yet. They’ve got as many ballots as are necessary. Rigged Election!

## Engagement

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- Replies: 0
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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:24.778Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T20:15:01.019Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

Posted at 3:44 PM ET on January 6th—while the Capitol breach was actively underway—Trump ignores the violence entirely and instead extends his election fraud narrative to the Georgia Senate runoff loss. David Perdue's defeat is attributed to unnamed "scoundrels" who possess unlimited ballots. This represents continued reality distortion during a national crisis Trump himself precipitated. The paranoid ideation has generalized: any Republican loss is now evidence of the same conspiracy. The post's most significant feature is what it omits—any acknowledgment of or response to the ongoing attack on Congress. Psychologically, this reflects pathological denial and a narcissistic system so consuming that even an insurrection becomes background noise relative to the fraud narrative. The continued amplification of election grievances while supporters were violently acting on those same grievances represents a dangerous feedback loop, even absent explicit violent language in this particular post.

# Analysis: January 6, 2021 — 3:44 PM ET

## Context
This post was published while the Capitol was under siege by Trump supporters. Rather than addressing the violence, Trump turns to the Georgia Senate runoff, where David Perdue had lost to Jon Ossoff, costing Republicans Senate control. The deflection itself is psychologically significant.

## Personality Framework

**Level 1 (Traits):** Low agreeableness (suspiciousness, antagonism), high neuroticism (angry hostility), low openness (rigid conspiratorial schema).

**Level 2 (Motives):** Power and control motives dominate. The post attempts to maintain the fraud narrative across multiple elections simultaneously, extending his personal grievance to allied candidates.

**Level 3 (Narrative):** Protagonist role: defender of allies against shadowy forces. Perdue is cast as fellow victim. "Scoundrels" are the contrasting other—unnamed, omnipotent ballot manufacturers.

## Clinical Indicators
The paranoid features are pronounced: vague powerful enemies who can produce "as many ballots as are necessary" at will. This is consistent with persecutory ideation that has generalized beyond his own election to encompass all Republican losses.

## Cognitive Markers
Language is coherent and syntactically simple. No word-finding difficulties. The conspiratorial logic is internally consistent within its delusional premises.

## Danger Assessment
While this specific post lacks violent imagery, it was published during an active insurrection and continues to fuel the fraud narrative that motivated the violence. The timing—refusing to call off supporters while instead amplifying grievances—represents an indirect escalation.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Scoundrels are toying with Perdue vote and have as many ballots as necessary" | **False** | The Georgia runoff was conducted legitimately. Ossoff defeated Perdue by approximately 55,000 votes. No evidence of ballot manufacturing or fraud was found in any investigation. |

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Emotional reactivity
- Conspiratorial framing
- Informal tone ('a great guy')
- Exclamatory ending
- Stream-of-consciousness quality

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Georgia runoff loss / broader electoral defeat)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting Georgia election officials ('scoundrels')
- Proportionality: 20%

Sentiment: -0.70

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid-fire posting across multiple topics during crisis
- Continued high output despite extraordinary circumstances

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 70%
- Paranoid: 80%
- Sadism: 20%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 35%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- In-group loyalty signaling via Perdue endorsement
- Shared victimhood narrative

## Danger Assessment

**HIGH**

### Indicators

- Published during active Capitol breach without addressing violence
- Continues amplifying the exact fraud narrative motivating the ongoing attack
- Grievance amplification during active crisis

### Gaslighting

- Denial of legitimate election outcome
- Construction of alternate reality where elections are manufactured
- Attacks on perception of electoral process integrity

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Scoundrels are toying with Perdue vote and have as many ballots as necessary

**FALSE**

The Georgia runoff was conducted legitimately. Ossoff defeated Perdue by approximately 55,000 votes. No evidence of ballot manufacturing or fraud was found in any investigation.

Sources: Georgia Secretary of State office; Multiple court rulings

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Tags

- election_fraud_claim (100%)
- georgia_runoff (90%)
- january_6 (100%)
- paranoid_ideation (80%)
- crisis_deflection (90%)

## That day

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

**January 6: From Oval Office Incitement to Capitol Siege — A Complete Psychological Escalation Arc**

Trump spent the day stoking election fraud claims and pressuring Vice President Pence to block certification of Biden's win. After a sleepless night of pre-dawn posting, he rallied supporters near the White House and urged them to "fight." As the mob breached the Capitol, he continued posting fraud grievances and encouragement without once acknowledging the violence or calling for calm. It was the most consequential day of presidential social media in American history, and the posts tell the story of a leader who lit a fuse and then watched it burn.

Full digest for 2021-01-06: https://trump.fm/date/2021-01-06/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2021, January 6). These scoundrels are only toying with the... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_1346845109736845300
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "These scoundrels are only toying with the @sendavidperdue..." X (Twitter), 6 Jan. 2021. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1346845109736845300. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "These scoundrels are only toying with the @sendavidperdue...," X (Twitter), January 6, 2021, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1346845109736845300.

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