# Post ts_108875639119073616

- Post ID: `ts_108875639119073616`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-08-24T03:06:51.435Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108875639119073616
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108875639119073616/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_108875639119073616.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> 26 and 0 tonight, turning numerous tight races into big and easy wins. Overall for last 4 years, 98.4% on Endorsements!

## Engagement

- Likes: 48,065
- Reposts: 11,160
- Replies: 2,324
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.437Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T22:27:13.468Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Endorsement Victory Lap (2022-08-24)

This is a brief, boastful post celebrating primary election endorsement results ("26 and 0 tonight") and citing a cumulative "98.4%" endorsement success rate. Posted at 11:06 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago/Bedminster), placing it in the late-night window consistent with authentic posting.

### Context
August 23 was a primary night. Trump is tallying endorsed candidates' wins. The post follows an earlier same-evening post ("Looks like a fantastic evening of ALL WINS"). This is classic supply-seeking behavior—converting others' electoral victories into personal validation metrics.

### Psychological Function
The post serves as narcissistic supply amid the Mar-a-Lago search stress. While his legal situation is threatening (CFO Weisselberg guilty plea, special master filing), this post pivots entirely to a domain of perceived dominance. The precise statistic ("98.4%") functions as a pseudo-scientific legitimacy claim for his kingmaker status.

### Key Observations
- "turning numerous tight races into big and easy wins" — grandiose attribution of others' victories to his personal influence
- The specificity of "98.4%" is characteristic of Trump's fondness for precise-sounding numbers that resist easy verification
- No mention of legal troubles despite intense activity that day — compartmentalization/denial

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "26 and 0 endorsement record on Aug 23 primary night" | **Unverifiable** | Difficult to verify exact count without comprehensive tracking of all endorsements and races that night |
| "98.4% endorsement success rate over 4 years" | **Mostly False** | Independent trackers have found Trump's endorsement record varies significantly depending on methodology. Many endorsed candidates ran in safe seats or were incumbents. Ballotpedia and other trackers put the meaningful figure lower. |

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Late night posting (~11pm ET)
- Boastful tone
- Precise self-flattering statistic
- Brief exclamatory style

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Primary election results)

Sentiment: +0.85

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Euphoric self-congratulation
- Late-night posting during legal stress

### Clinical

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

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Positioning as kingmaker
- Inviting audience to share in victory

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> 26 and 0 endorsement record on Aug 23 primary night

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Difficult to verify exact count without comprehensive tracking of all endorsements and races that night

> 98.4% endorsement success rate over 4 years

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Independent trackers have found Trump's endorsement record varies significantly depending on methodology. Many endorsed candidates ran in safe seats or were incumbents. Ballotpedia and other trackers put the meaningful figure lower.

Sources: Ballotpedia Trump endorsement tracker

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Tags

- supply-seeking (80%)
- endorsement-record (90%)
- grandiosity (70%)

## That day

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

**A Flood of Favorable Headlines and a Sharp Jab at McConnell Cap a Self-Congratulatory Day**

The day began with late-night celebration of a clean sweep of endorsed candidates in primary races, followed by a quiet morning. The afternoon brought a rapid-fire burst of nearly 20 shared articles in under 40 minutes, almost all painting Trump in a favorable light -- particularly around Truth Social's growth after the Mar-a-Lago raid and Biden allegedly taking credit for Trump-era policies. The mood was overwhelmingly self-congratulatory and calm, with only a brief flash of anger at the end when he turned on Mitch McConnell and his wife, accusing them of being compromised by China and controlled by Democrats.

Full digest for 2022-08-24: https://trump.fm/date/2022-08-24/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, August 24). 26 and 0 tonight, turning numerous tight races... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108875639119073616
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "26 and 0 tonight, turning numerous tight races into big and..." Truth Social, 24 Aug. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108875639119073616. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "26 and 0 tonight, turning numerous tight races into big and...," Truth Social, August 24, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108875639119073616.

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