# Post x_1346954970910707700

- Post ID: `x_1346954970910707700`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2021-01-07T04:01:04.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long. Go home with love & in peace. Remember this day forever!

## Engagement

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

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T20:20:40.358Z (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 11:01 PM ET on January 6, 2021 — hours after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol, causing five deaths, 140+ police injuries, and the first breach of the building since 1814 — this post represents one of the most psychologically and politically consequential social media statements in American history.

Rather than condemning violence or expressing grief, Trump produced a text that simultaneously justifies the insurrection ("these are the things that happen when..."), glorifies its perpetrators ("great patriots"), maintains the false predicate that caused it ("sacred landslide election victory"), and commands its commemoration ("Remember this day forever"). The nominal call for peace ("Go home with love and in peace") is structurally neutralized by the justification preceding it and the glorification following it.

The post exhibits pathological-level denial (no acknowledgment of deaths or destruction), gross reality distortion (violent criminals recast as persecuted heroes), and textbook DARVO (aggressors become victims). All four elements of Kernberg's malignant narcissism construct are present at elevated levels.

Rated critical on the danger scale. The post establishes a framework in which political violence is not merely excusable but noble — a natural response to sacred grievance that should be remembered forever. This is stochastic terrorism at its most explicit: maintaining the target, reinforcing the grievance, glorifying the action, and implicitly inviting repetition.

This post led directly to Trump's permanent suspension from Twitter the following day.

## Psychological Analysis: January 6, 2021 (11:01 PM ET)

### Context
This post was published at approximately 11:01 PM ET on January 6, 2021 (the UTC timestamp of Jan 7 04:01 corresponds to Jan 6 at 11:01 PM Eastern). Trump was at the White House. This was posted hours after the Capitol was stormed by his supporters, after Congress had been evacuated, and after multiple deaths. It was one of the last posts before his permanent Twitter suspension.

### Authorship
The post timing (11:01 PM ET) and emotional, stream-of-consciousness quality strongly suggest authentic Trump authorship. The ampersands, the grandiose framing, the self-pitying tone wrapped in apparent conciliation — all hallmarks of his personal style. An aide would never have written something this inflammatory given the crisis.

### Psychological Analysis
This is an extraordinarily revealing post. The structure is: (1) justify the violence by framing it as a natural consequence of stolen victory, (2) issue a belated call to go home, (3) memorialize the day as heroic.

The opening clause — "These are the things and events that happen when..." — is a rationalization and implicit threat. It frames a violent insurrection as an inevitable, almost natural phenomenon caused not by Trump's incitement but by the supposed theft of an election. This is textbook **externalization** and **rationalization**.

"Sacred landslide election victory" contains multiple distortions: the election was not a landslide (Biden won 306-232), the result was not "stripped away," and the framing of it as "sacred" elevates a political contest to religious significance.

"Great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long" — the rioters who broke into the Capitol, assaulted police officers, and caused deaths are recast as victims and heroes. This is **DARVO** (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) at its most extreme.

"Go home with love & in peace" — sandwiched between justification and glorification, this nominal call for peace is functionally a wink. It does not condemn the violence, does not acknowledge deaths, does not express remorse.

"Remember this day forever!" — This is a commemoration, not a condemnation. It frames January 6th as a heroic moment to be celebrated, not a tragedy to be mourned.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Rationalization**: Violence reframed as natural consequence of injustice
- **Denial**: No acknowledgment of deaths, injuries, or criminality
- **Distortion**: Gross reshaping of reality — a violent insurrection becomes patriotic expression
- **Projection**: The actual aggressors are cast as victims

### Narcissistic Dynamics
The post reveals a subject who cannot process the catastrophic consequences of his actions. Rather than the expected crisis response (concern for safety, condemnation of violence), the narcissistic lens converts everything into the familiar schema: I am the victim, my followers are victims, the real crime is what was done to us.

The narcissistic injury (electoral defeat) has been so thoroughly denied that even a deadly riot becomes further evidence of that injury rather than a consequence of the denial.

### Danger Assessment
This post is **critical** on the danger scale. It:
1. Justifies political violence as a natural response to grievance
2. Glorifies the perpetrators as "great patriots"
3. Memorializes a violent attack as something to "remember forever"
4. Provides no actual condemnation or accountability
5. Maintains the false predicate (stolen election) that motivated the violence

This is stochastic terrorism in its clearest form — not a direct order to commit violence, but a framework that makes violence logical, justified, and even noble.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Sacred landslide election victory was stripped away" | **False** | Biden won 306-232 electoral votes. Over 60 court challenges failed. No credible evidence of fraud sufficient to alter results was ever presented. DOJ, CISA, and state officials confirmed election integrity. |
| "Great patriots have been badly and unfairly treated for so long" | **Mostly False** | The patriots referenced had just stormed the US Capitol, assaulted 140+ police officers, caused 5 deaths, and disrupted constitutional proceedings. Characterizing them as victims inverts documented reality. |

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 92%)

### Indicators

- Late night timing (11:01 PM ET)
- Ampersand usage characteristic of Trump
- Emotional, grandiose framing
- No aide would write this during a crisis
- Stream-of-consciousness quality

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Electoral defeat, Capitol siege consequences threatening self-image)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting Those who stripped away the election
- Proportionality: 10%

Sentiment: -0.30

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Grandiose framing during crisis
- Elevated sense of historical significance
- Impaired judgment regarding consequences of statement

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 95%
- Antisocial: 85%
- Paranoid: 60%
- Sadism: 30%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 60%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Shared victimhood narrative
- In-group glorification
- Sacred cause framing
- Commemoration command

## Danger Assessment

**CRITICAL**

**Stochastic Terrorism Pattern Detected**

### Indicators

- Justifies political violence as natural/inevitable response to grievance
- Glorifies perpetrators of deadly insurrection as great patriots
- Commands commemoration of violent attack (Remember this day forever)
- Maintains false predicate (stolen election) that motivated violence
- Nominal peace call structurally undermined by surrounding glorification
- No condemnation, remorse, or acknowledgment of deaths/injuries
- Classic stochastic terrorism pattern: target + grievance + implicit endorsement

### Gaslighting

- Reframes violent insurrection as patriotic expression
- Casts aggressors as victims
- Maintains thoroughly debunked stolen election narrative
- Implicit demand that followers accept distorted reality as condition of group membership

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Sacred landslide election victory was stripped away

**FALSE**

Biden won 306-232 electoral votes. Over 60 court challenges failed. No credible evidence of fraud sufficient to alter results was ever presented. DOJ, CISA, and state officials confirmed election integrity.

Sources: CISA statement Nov 2020; DOJ AG Barr statement Dec 2020

> Great patriots have been badly and unfairly treated for so long

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The patriots referenced had just stormed the US Capitol, assaulted 140+ police officers, caused 5 deaths, and disrupted constitutional proceedings. Characterizing them as victims inverts documented reality.

Sources: DOJ Capitol breach investigation records

Overall Veracity: 10%

## Tags

- january_6_insurrection (100%)
- violence_justification (100%)
- stolen_election_narrative (100%)
- DARVO (95%)
- stochastic_terrorism (90%)
- narcissistic_crisis (90%)
- pathological_denial (90%)

## That day

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

**The Insurrection Evening: From Targeting Pence to Glorifying the Mob**

On the evening of the Capitol attack, Trump posted five times — starting with a direct attack on Mike Pence for refusing to overturn the election while rioters inside the building chanted to hang him. Two tepid calls for peace followed, conspicuously avoiding any condemnation of the violence or acknowledgment of the dead. The night ended with a statement justifying the insurrection and calling its participants "great patriots," urging followers to "remember this day forever." That final post led directly to his permanent ban from Twitter.

Full digest for 2021-01-07: https://trump.fm/date/2021-01-07/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2021, January 7). These are the things and events that happen when... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_1346954970910707700
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "These are the things and events that happen when a sacred..." X (Twitter), 7 Jan. 2021. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1346954970910707700. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "These are the things and events that happen when a sacred...," X (Twitter), January 7, 2021, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1346954970910707700.

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