# Post ts_109257688302248266

- Post ID: `ts_109257688302248266`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-10-30T14:26:59.258Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109257688302248266
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109257688302248266/analysis
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## Post text

> “Arizona Is on the Cusp of an ‘America First’ Wave” https://amgreatness.com/2022/10/27/arizona-is-on-the-verge-of-an-america-first-wave/

## Engagement

- Likes: 25,564
- Reposts: 5,707
- Replies: 707
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.430Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:00:37.965Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Article Share — "Arizona Is on the Cusp of an 'America First' Wave"

This post is a simple link-share to an American Greatness article about Republican momentum in Arizona ahead of the 2022 midterms. It fits a pattern of rapid-fire article sharing visible in the surrounding posts from the same day — CNN layoffs, Chris Wallace ratings, Facebook fines, Black voter support for GOP, and a Newsweek piece predicting Trump midterm victory. This is a curated media blitz, not spontaneous commentary.

### Authorship
Posted at 10:27 AM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago, so local time as well). Business-hours posting, no original commentary, clean formatting, professional link-sharing cadence — all consistent with aide (likely Scavino) operation. The post is one of a batch of ideologically aligned articles shared in sequence.

### Psychological Function
This is **supply-seeking through proxy validation** — sharing favorable media coverage to reinforce the narrative that Trump-endorsed candidates are surging. The Arizona focus connects to his endorsed slate (Kari Lake, Blake Masters, Mark Finchem). The post functions as **maintenance** rather than response to any specific trigger.

### Rhetorical Technique
The headline itself does the rhetorical work: "America First Wave" frames the midterms as a movement rather than an election. Trump simply amplifies it without additional commentary, letting the article do the persuading.

### Clinical Significance
Negligible. This is routine campaign-season content curation with no original language to analyze for cognitive or emotional markers.

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (10:27 AM ET)
- No original commentary
- Clean URL formatting
- Part of rapid-fire batch of article shares
- Professional content curation pattern

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking

Sentiment: +0.50

### Clinical

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- vicarious identification with movement

## Tags

- midterms (80%)
- arizona (70%)
- link-share (100%)
- aide-authored (90%)

## That day

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

**Midterm Machine Hums Along With Brief Morning Legal Grievance and Afternoon Golf at Doral**

A moderately busy Sunday split between midterm electioneering, media schadenfreude, and hosting LIV Golf at Doral. The day's only real flash of anger came in a pair of early-morning posts about his upcoming fraud trial and the broader "witch hunt," including dark language about the electric chair and the country being "evil." He moved on quickly, spending the rest of the day rapid-fire sharing links celebrating CNN's decline and his candidates' momentum, then wrapping up by cheerfully promoting the golf tournament on his property. Notably, he made no mention of the Paul Pelosi attack from two days earlier — an elephant-sized silence in a room full of conspiracy theories.

Full digest for 2022-10-30: https://trump.fm/date/2022-10-30/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, October 30). “Arizona Is on the Cusp of an ‘America First’... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109257688302248266
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "“Arizona Is on the Cusp of an ‘America First’ Wave”..." Truth Social, 30 Oct. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109257688302248266. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "“Arizona Is on the Cusp of an ‘America First’ Wave”...," Truth Social, October 30, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109257688302248266.

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