# Post ts_109130370339038545

- Post ID: `ts_109130370339038545`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-10-08T02:48:21.327Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109130370339038545
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109130370339038545/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109130370339038545.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/109128137184053986 Texas - Vote for Keith Self!

## Reposted post

Original: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109128137184053986 (2022-10-07T17:20:26.077Z (UTC))

> Keith Self will be a terrific Congressman for the people of Texas’ 3rd Congressional District! Keith bravely served our Country as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army, and, in Congress, he will Strengthen our Military, Support our Veterans, Fight for Election Security, and Defend our Second Amendment, which is under siege by the Radical Left.  Keith Self has my Complete and Total Endorsement!

## Engagement

- Likes: 17,019
- Reposts: 4,236
- Replies: 189
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.432Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T23:34:28.452Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Repost of Keith Self Endorsement (TX)

This is a minimalist repost ("RT:") of Trump's own prior endorsement of Keith Self, a congressional candidate in Texas. The post contains no original commentary, no emotional language, and no substantive content beyond signal-boosting a prior endorsement.

### Authorship
The URL appears malformed — "109128137184053986Texas" suggests the word "Texas" was concatenated with the URL, possibly a copy-paste artifact. The post timestamp converts to ~10:48 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago or NY), which is within his active posting window. However, the mechanical nature of reposting endorsements is consistent with aide (Scavino) activity doing evening batch reposts of endorsements. The formatting error could go either way — an aide rushing through batch reposts or Trump's own carelessness.

### Psychological Significance
Negligible. This is routine midterm campaign maintenance — amplifying endorsements ahead of the November 2022 midterms. No emotional valence, no defensiveness, no grandiosity beyond the implicit power display of endorsing candidates.

### Context
October 2022 was peak midterm endorsement season. Keith Self won the TX-3 Republican primary and was running for Congress. Trump was systematically boosting endorsed candidates across Truth Social.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 30%)

### Indicators

- Mechanical repost format
- Evening timing ~10:48 PM ET
- URL formatting error (concatenated text)
- Batch endorsement pattern typical of aide activity

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.10

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 5%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- endorsement as patronage display

## Tags

- endorsement (100%)
- repost (80%)

## That day

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

**A Low-Key Rally Day Fueled by Supporter Adulation and a Single Strategic Deflection**

A calm, upbeat day centered on a MAGA rally in Minden, Nevada. The morning started with routine endorsements and event promotion, building toward an emotionally warm afternoon describing supporters circling Mar-a-Lago with flags. The only notable deviation was a late-afternoon share of an old article about Bill Clinton losing nuclear codes -- a likely deflection from his own classified documents investigation. No anger, no conflict, just campaign-mode grandiosity from start to finish.

Full digest for 2022-10-08: https://trump.fm/date/2022-10-08/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, October 8). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109130370339038545
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1..." Truth Social, 8 Oct. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109130370339038545. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1...," Truth Social, October 8, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109130370339038545.

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