# Post ts_108358277127072802

- Post ID: `ts_108358277127072802`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-05-24T18:14:53.856Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108358277127072802
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108358277127072802/analysis
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## Post text

> Record turnout in the Great State of Georgia. Is that good for my endorsed candidates? Perhaps!!!

## Engagement

- Likes: 27,982
- Reposts: 7,377
- Replies: 1,225
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.441Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T20:22:26.522Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "Record turnout in the Great State of Georgia"

### Context
Posted May 24, 2022 at ~2:15 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago or NYC). This is Georgia primary day where Trump-backed David Perdue challenged incumbent Gov. Kemp, and Jody Hice challenged Sec. of State Raffensperger. Results would show both Trump-backed candidates losing decisively — a major political defeat. This post was made while voting was still underway.

### Authorship
Business hours, brief but stylistically Trump-like. The "Perhaps!!!" with triple exclamation and the playful, teasing tone is characteristic of authentic Trump. The brevity and rhetorical question format suggest he dashed this off himself.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a **supply-seeking/maintenance** post expressing anticipatory grandiosity. Trump frames high turnout as evidence of his influence ("my endorsed candidates"), implicitly claiming credit. The coy "Perhaps!!!" functions as false modesty — a rhetorical device suggesting the answer is obviously yes. 

Given that his candidates would lose badly that evening, this post is notable as a **pre-defeat grandiose marker**. The previous post from the same day aggressively attacked Kemp and Raffensperger, demanding voters "VOTE THEM OUT." This lighter post attempts to project confident optimism.

### Defense Mechanisms
The post itself is mild, but in longitudinal context, the shift from aggressive attack (earlier post blaming Kemp for missing drop box videos) to breezy confidence here suggests **compartmentalization** — separating anxiety about outcomes from public presentation.

### Rhetorical Devices
- Rhetorical question with implied positive answer
- False modesty ("Perhaps!!!")
- Implicit credit-claiming (high turnout = his influence)

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Record turnout in Georgia" | **Mostly True** | Georgia did see high primary turnout in 2022, with over 1.1 million GOP ballots cast, though whether it was technically a 'record' for a primary is debatable. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 70%)

### Indicators

- Triple exclamation marks
- Playful rhetorical question
- Brief and informal
- Business hours posting tempers confidence slightly

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Georgia primary day — seeking validation of political influence)

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- denial (pathological)
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- implied insider knowledge
- teasing audience with anticipated good news

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Record turnout in Georgia

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Georgia did see high primary turnout in 2022, with over 1.1 million GOP ballots cast, though whether it was technically a 'record' for a primary is debatable.

Sources: Georgia Secretary of State election data

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- supply-seeking (70%)
- anticipatory-grandiosity (60%)
- georgia-primary (90%)
- pre-defeat-marker (80%)

## That day

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

**Georgia Rout Triggers Day-Long Deflection Arc: Nuclear Catastrophizing to Hillary Vindication**

Trump's endorsed candidates were crushed in the Georgia primaries, and the day was spent managing that blow without ever admitting it. He opened the evening before with nuclear war fears and recycled election fraud claims about Georgia drop boxes, then shifted to spinning Dr. Oz's razor-thin Pennsylvania lead as proof of his endorsement power and reframing Georgia's record turnout as a positive. By afternoon, he'd pivoted entirely to sharing articles blaming Hillary Clinton for the Russia collusion narrative. Perhaps most striking: he said nothing about the Uvalde school shooting that killed 19 children and 2 teachers, even while posting about political grievances throughout the afternoon.

Full digest for 2022-05-24: https://trump.fm/date/2022-05-24/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, May 24). Record turnout in the Great State of Georgia. Is... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108358277127072802
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Record turnout in the Great State of Georgia. Is that good..." Truth Social, 24 May. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108358277127072802. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Record turnout in the Great State of Georgia. Is that good...," Truth Social, May 24, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108358277127072802.

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