# Post ts_108999052780090146

- Post ID: `ts_108999052780090146`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-09-14T22:12:34.390Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108999052780090146
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108999052780090146/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_108999052780090146.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Mitch McConnell is working all out to help the absolutely horrible Senator from the Great State of Alaska, Lisa Murkowski, rather than fighting for, and helping to finance, the wonderful and very talented Kelly Tshibaka. Murkowski killed everything good for Alaska, including ANWR, a project which would have changed the course of our entire Country. Anything Mitch McConnell wants is bad, especially Lisa Murkowski. Vote for Kelly Tshibaka!!!

## Engagement

- Likes: 48,780
- Reposts: 14,829
- Replies: 2,295
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.435Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T22:59:52.752Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_108999052780090146

### Overview
A campaign endorsement post attacking Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senator Lisa Murkowski while promoting Kelly Tshibaka for Alaska's Senate seat. The post combines intra-party grievance with policy critique (ANWR) and characteristic splitting.

### Authorship
Posted at 6:12 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago or Bedminster in September 2022). Business hours, relatively polished grammar, campaign-style endorsement language. However, the emotional intensity ("absolutely horrible," "killed everything good") and the sweeping generalization ("Anything Mitch McConnell wants is bad") are characteristic Trump markers. Likely a hybrid—Trump-directed content with some polish.

### Psychological Dynamics
This post is driven by intra-party dominance motives. McConnell represents a rival power center within the GOP, and supporting Murkowski over Trump's endorsed candidate (Tshibaka) is a direct challenge to Trump's kingmaker status. The post functions as punishment for disloyalty.

### Splitting
The post exhibits textbook splitting: Murkowski is "absolutely horrible," Tshibaka is "wonderful and very talented." McConnell is entirely bad ("Anything Mitch McConnell wants is bad"). No nuance or mixed evaluation exists.

### ANWR Claim
The claim that Murkowski "killed" ANWR is misleading—Murkowski actually championed ANWR drilling provisions in the 2017 tax bill. Trump may be referencing later legislative complications, but the blanket attribution is distortive.

### Rhetorical Function
Standard endorsement-as-weapon: the post's primary purpose is not promoting Tshibaka but punishing McConnell and Murkowski for insufficient loyalty.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Murkowski killed ANWR" | **Mostly False** | Murkowski was a key champion of opening ANWR to drilling, securing the provision in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. While subsequent legislative and legal challenges complicated development, attributing ANWR's difficulties to Murkowski is highly misleading. |
| "ANWR would have changed the course of our entire Country" | **Mostly False** | While ANWR contains significant oil reserves, estimates suggest it would have had a modest impact on US energy production and prices, not a transformative national effect. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 60%)

### Indicators

- business hours posting (6:12 PM ET)
- emotionally charged language typical of Trump
- sweeping generalizations
- campaign endorsement format slightly polished
- exclamation marks and ALL CAPS absent except emphasis

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Mitch McConnell supporting Murkowski over Trump's endorsed candidate)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting McConnell and Murkowski
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 20%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)
- devaluation (immature)
- distortion (pathological)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- endorsement as loyalty test
- framing party unity as submission to Trump's choices

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Murkowski killed ANWR

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Murkowski was a key champion of opening ANWR to drilling, securing the provision in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. While subsequent legislative and legal challenges complicated development, attributing ANWR's difficulties to Murkowski is highly misleading.

Sources: 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act legislative record

> ANWR would have changed the course of our entire Country

**MOSTLY FALSE**

While ANWR contains significant oil reserves, estimates suggest it would have had a modest impact on US energy production and prices, not a transformative national effect.

Sources: CBO and EIA estimates of ANWR production potential

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- intra-party conflict (90%)
- endorsement (80%)
- splitting (70%)
- McConnell feud (80%)

## That day

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

**FBI Persecution Narrative Dominates as Trump Oscillates Between Victimhood and Victory Laps**

Trump spent the day cycling between two modes: raging against the FBI and DOJ over the Lindell phone seizure and Durham investigation developments, and celebrating allied primary wins in New Hampshire. The evening began with a Ken Starr tribute that quickly pivoted to self-validation, then escalated through increasingly alarmed posts about a "Weaponized Police State" before a normal overnight sleep break. The morning brought a brief burst of congratulatory posts for New Hampshire winners, but by afternoon the persecution theme returned with claims that DOJ subpoenas were political retaliation. The day's most striking feature was the sheer volume of law-enforcement delegitimization — over half the posts attacked the FBI or DOJ — punctuated by a charged call to "TAKE BACK AMERICA."

Full digest for 2022-09-14: https://trump.fm/date/2022-09-14/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, September 14). Mitch McConnell is working all out to help the... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108999052780090146
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Mitch McConnell is working all out to help the absolutely..." Truth Social, 14 Sep. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108999052780090146. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Mitch McConnell is working all out to help the absolutely...," Truth Social, September 14, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108999052780090146.

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