# Post ts_109230181543117732

- Post ID: `ts_109230181543117732`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-10-25T17:51:39.424Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109230181543117732
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109230181543117732/analysis

## Post text

> https://www.axios.com/2022/10/23/republican-wave-midterms-congress

## Engagement

- Likes: 12,451
- Reposts: 3,029
- Replies: 256
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.431Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T23:52:11.403Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Link Share — Axios "Republican Wave" Midterms Article

This post is a bare URL share of an Axios article predicting a Republican wave in the 2022 midterms. No commentary, no editorializing — just the link itself.

### Context
Posted at 1:51 PM ET on October 25, 2022, two weeks before the November 8 midterms. Trump was in active campaign mode, having recently held a rally in Robstown, Texas. The post fits a pattern of sharing favorable media narratives about GOP momentum.

### Authorship
The bare-link format with no commentary during business hours is characteristic of aide-driven social media management — likely Dan Scavino or staff curating favorable press clips. Authentic Trump posts almost always include commentary, often in ALL CAPS or with superlatives. This post has none of that.

### Psychological Function
This is routine narcissistic supply maintenance and narrative construction. By sharing predictions of a "Republican wave," Trump implicitly claims credit for GOP momentum given his extensive endorsement activity (276 primary candidates). The post functions as indirect self-aggrandizement without requiring explicit self-reference.

### Rhetorical Function
Letting a mainstream outlet (Axios, not a right-wing source) make the case adds credibility through third-party validation — a basic propaganda technique of selective amplification.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 15%)

### Indicators

- Bare URL with zero commentary
- Business hours posting (1:51 PM ET)
- No typos, caps, or emotional reactivity
- Content curation pattern typical of staff

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (favorable midterm polling narrative)

Sentiment: +0.40

### Clinical

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- selective information sharing

## Tags

- midterms (80%)
- media-share (100%)
- supply-seeking (50%)

## That day

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

**Routine Midterm Blitz With a Brief Woodward Flare-Up**

Trump spent the day in standard midterm campaign mode, pushing endorsements and sharing favorable media links. The only moment of real emotion came in a midday post about Bob Woodward releasing interview tapes without permission, which triggered a brief flash of anger before he returned to cheerful link-dumping. Eight articles were shared in a two-minute burst in the early afternoon, all reinforcing a "red wave is coming" narrative. Overall, an unusually calm and operationally focused day.

Full digest for 2022-10-25: https://trump.fm/date/2022-10-25/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, October 25). https://www.axios.com/2022/10/23/republican-wave-m... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109230181543117732
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.axios.com/2022/10/23/republican-wave-midterms-co..." Truth Social, 25 Oct. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109230181543117732. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://www.axios.com/2022/10/23/republican-wave-midterms-co...," Truth Social, October 25, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109230181543117732.

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