# Post ts_108664329648361311

- Post ID: `ts_108664329648361311`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-07-17T19:28:04.728Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108664329648361311
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108664329648361311/analysis

## Post text

> https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/07/16/exclusive-trump-endorsed-senate-candidate-rep-markwayne-mullin-red-wave-real-its-coming/

## Engagement

- Likes: 14,496
- Reposts: 3,264
- Replies: 214
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.439Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T21:24:02.327Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: ts_108664329648361311 — 2022-07-17

## Overview

This post consists entirely of a single hyperlink to a Breitbart article featuring Trump-endorsed Oklahoma Senate candidate Markwayne Mullin predicting a midterm "red wave." There is no original text, no commentary, no emotional register, and no stylistic signature attributable to the subject directly.

## Authorship Attribution

**Confidence: High — Aide-written.**

The 19:28 UTC timestamp translates to approximately **15:28 ET**, consistent with Bedminster NJ where Trump characteristically spends July. This is a standard business-hours slot in the comms team's amplification queue. The zero-text format is the defining marker: Trump's authentic posts nearly always inject at least a sentence of reactive commentary, superlatives, or emotional punctuation. The same-day posting pattern (Hannity, NewsBusters, JustTheNews, Yahoo Sports, Breitbart — all link-only) strongly suggests a curated content scheduler, almost certainly Dan Scavino or his team.

## Psychological State

Unassessable from direct evidence. Inferentially, the content choice serves **maintenance-level supply**: amplifying a Trump-endorsed ally predicting electoral dominance sustains the kingmaker identity without requiring emotional investment or personal authorship risk. Given the period context — Jan. 6 committee hearings, 9.1% inflation (a Biden attack vector), and Ivana Trump's death (July 14) — the posting cluster reads as a normalizing, forward-looking political-maintenance operation.

## Rhetorical Function

Launders political optimism through Breitbart credibility. The "red wave" trope mobilizes base enthusiasm and implicitly credits Trump's endorsement apparatus for anticipated gains. No danger indicators.

## Danger Assessment: None

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Trump endorsed Markwayne Mullin for Senate" | **True** | Trump endorsed Mullin for the Oklahoma Senate seat; Mullin won the Republican primary and general election in 2022. |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 10%)

### Indicators

- Posted at 15:28 ET (business hours) — Trump was almost certainly at Bedminster NJ in mid-July 2022, his summer residence
- Post contains zero original text — pure link share, no commentary or emotional injection
- Polished, functional content type (amplifying an ally's media appearance) consistent with Scavino/aide scheduling
- No typos, ALL CAPS, exclamation marks, or stream-of-consciousness markers that characterize authentic Trump posts
- The surrounding posts from the same day follow the same aide-pattern: link-only shares across multiple outlets with no original authorship signal

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (routine political amplification)

Sentiment: +0.35

### Clinical

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 0%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- proxy validation — amplifying a Trump-endorsed ally's optimism reflects supply-seeking by association

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Trump endorsed Markwayne Mullin for Senate

**TRUE**

Trump endorsed Mullin for the Oklahoma Senate seat; Mullin won the Republican primary and general election in 2022.

Sources: General knowledge — Mullin won OK Senate seat Nov 2022

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- aide-authored (95%)
- link-share (100%)
- electoral-amplification (70%)
- red-wave-framing (60%)
- kingmaker-identity (40%)

## That day

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

**Bedminster Content Blitz: Curated Grievance Package Deploys Immigration Fear and Election Denial Against Jan. 6 Hearing Backdrop**

Trump spent a quiet Sunday afternoon at Bedminster posting a curated batch of political links -- mostly bare URLs shared in rapid succession by staff, covering endorsements, election fraud claims, and immigration crime. The most notable move was a two-post pairing that used the rape of a 10-year-old girl by an undocumented immigrant to retroactively vindicate his 2015 campaign rhetoric, with zero acknowledgment of the victim. The evening brought more personal engagement, with self-retruths attacking the January 6 committee and lamenting national decline, before closing on a gracious note congratulating the Open Championship winner.

Full digest for 2022-07-17: https://trump.fm/date/2022-07-17/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, July 17). https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/07/16/excl... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108664329648361311
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/07/16/exclusive-trum..." Truth Social, 17 Jul. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108664329648361311. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/07/16/exclusive-trum...," Truth Social, July 17, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108664329648361311.

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