# Post ts_108362568823326243

- Post ID: `ts_108362568823326243`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-05-25T12:26:19.952Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108362568823326243
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108362568823326243/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_108362568823326243.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> A very big and successful evening of political Endorsements. All wins in Texas (33 & 0 for full primary list), Arkansas, and Alabama. A great new Senatorial Candidate, and others, in Georgia. Overall for the “Cycle,” 100 Wins, 6 Losses (some of which were not possible to win), and 2 runoffs. Thank you, and CONGRATULATIONS to all!

## Engagement

- Likes: 43,954
- Reposts: 13,110
- Replies: 1,680
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.441Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T20:21:36.167Z (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 is a textbook example of narcissistic defense against a significant political defeat. Trump's most personally invested Georgia races—Perdue vs. Kemp, Hice vs. Raffensperger, both proxies for his 2020 election grievances—ended in decisive losses. Rather than acknowledge this, the post employs pathological denial (complete omission of the losses), distortion (reframing Georgia positively via Walker's uncontested nomination), and rationalization ("some not possible to win"). The aggregate "100-6" scorekeeping is a sophisticated dilution technique that renders individual high-profile defeats statistically insignificant. This reveals the core narcissistic architecture: endorsements function as a competitive scoreboard validating political dominance, and any result must be metabolized into the grandiose self-narrative. The strategic construction suggests aide involvement in crafting an optimized spin, but the underlying psychological impulse—the need to transform defeat into victory—is authentically Trump's defensive pattern. Compare with the previous day's post hedging on Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania, which employed similar preemptive excuse-making ("I endorsed him very late").

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_108362568823326243

### Context
This post arrives the morning after primary elections in multiple states. Critically, Trump's endorsed candidates in Georgia—David Perdue (challenging Gov. Kemp) and Jody Hice (challenging Sec. of State Raffensperger)—were decisively defeated. Both were proxies for Trump's 2020 election grievances. Yet the post frames the evening as "very big and successful."

### Authorship
Posted at 12:26 UTC = 8:26 AM ET. Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago or possibly in the NYC area. The business-hours timing, polished grammar, correct punctuation, and strategic framing suggest aide involvement, though the parenthetical hedging ("some of which were not possible to win") and the "100 Wins, 6 Losses" scorekeeping are classic Trump cognitive patterns. Likely a collaborative draft—Trump's framing instincts with aide polish.

### Psychological Analysis
The most striking feature is the **massive omission** of the Georgia losses. Kemp and Raffensperger were Trump's primary political targets—he had personally campaigned to unseat them. Their victories were widely covered as a major rebuke. The post buries this by:

1. **Reframing**: "A great new Senatorial Candidate... in Georgia" pivots to Herschel Walker's nomination (which was uncontested), creating a positive Georgia narrative.
2. **Aggregation defense**: By presenting a cumulative "100-6" record, individual high-profile losses are diluted into statistical noise.
3. **Preemptive excuse**: "(some of which were not possible to win)" retroactively reframes losses as inevitable rather than as failures of influence.

This is textbook **denial** and **distortion**—reshaping a significant political defeat into a victory narrative. The scorekeeping itself reveals intense **agency motivation**: political endorsements as a competitive sport with a win-loss record.

### Rhetorical Techniques
The post employs **cherry-picking** (Texas 33-0 featured prominently, Georgia losses absent), **statistical dilution** (aggregate record obscures individual significance), and **reframing** (Georgia becomes about Walker, not Perdue/Hice). The congratulatory tone serves as **supply-seeking**—positioning himself as kingmaker deserving gratitude.

### Notable Juxtaposition
This post was published the same morning as his Uvalde shooting response. The tonal whiplash between endorsement celebration and mass shooting condolences is striking, though not unusual for his posting pattern.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "33 & 0 in Texas for full primary list" | **Mostly True** | Trump had a strong record in Texas primaries though exact count is difficult to verify independently |
| "100 Wins, 6 Losses overall for the cycle" | **Half True** | The count depends on how broadly 'endorsement' is defined; Trump's team counted many uncontested or safe-seat endorsements to inflate the win number |
| "A great new Senatorial Candidate in Georgia" | **True** | Herschel Walker won the Georgia GOP Senate nomination |

Overall Veracity: 77%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (8:26 AM ET)
- Correct grammar and punctuation throughout
- Strategic framing and omissions suggest deliberate crafting
- But scorekeeping pattern and parenthetical hedging are authentic Trump

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Georgia primary defeats of Perdue and Hice by Kemp and Raffensperger)

Sentiment: +0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Positioning self as kingmaker deserving gratitude
- Inviting audience to share in collective victory narrative

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Omitting major Georgia losses to construct false narrative of universal success
- Preemptive reframing of losses as 'not possible to win' without evidence

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> 33 & 0 in Texas for full primary list

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Trump had a strong record in Texas primaries though exact count is difficult to verify independently

> 100 Wins, 6 Losses overall for the cycle

**HALF TRUE**

The count depends on how broadly 'endorsement' is defined; Trump's team counted many uncontested or safe-seat endorsements to inflate the win number

> A great new Senatorial Candidate in Georgia

**TRUE**

Herschel Walker won the Georgia GOP Senate nomination

Overall Veracity: 77%

## Tags

- endorsement-scorekeeping (90%)
- denial-of-defeat (90%)
- georgia-primary-losses (80%)
- kingmaker-narrative (70%)

## That day

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

**Managed Messaging After Uvalde, With Narcissistic Scorekeeping Sandwiched In**

A subdued day with only three posts, all shaped by the aftermath of the Uvalde school shooting that killed 19 children the day before. Trump offered condolences while placing "massacre" in distancing quotation marks and praising law enforcement -- whose response was later found deeply flawed. Sandwiched between two shooting-related statements was a boastful tally of his political endorsement record, pivoting abruptly from tragedy to self-congratulation. The day closed with a carefully worded defense of his upcoming NRA Convention speech, framing it as "real leadership" while never mentioning guns, children, or schools.

Full digest for 2022-05-25: https://trump.fm/date/2022-05-25/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, May 25). A very big and successful evening of political... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108362568823326243
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "A very big and successful evening of political..." Truth Social, 25 May. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108362568823326243. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "A very big and successful evening of political...," Truth Social, May 25, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108362568823326243.

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