# Post ts_109276273556671118 - Post ID: `ts_109276273556671118` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2022-11-02T21:13:27.779Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109276273556671118 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109276273556671118/analysis ## Post text > https://dcenquirer.com/trump-endorsed-candidates-dominating-recent-polls-proving-trump-is-still-the-republican-kingmaker/ ## Engagement - Likes: 9,075 - Reposts: 2,101 - Replies: 149 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.430Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:00:09.988Z (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 — "Trump Is Still the Republican Kingmaker" This is a URL-only post sharing a DC Enquirer article asserting that Trump-endorsed candidates are dominating polls ahead of the November 8 midterms. No original commentary is provided. ### Context This is one of several link-shares on November 2, 2022, all reinforcing a narrative of Republican momentum and Trump's continued dominance within the party. The pattern — multiple curated articles in sequence — suggests a coordinated media-sharing effort typical of aide-managed posting. ### Authorship Posted at 4:13 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago or campaigning). Business-hours timing, no original text, curated partisan media — strongly suggests aide (likely Scavino) curation. The URL itself functions as the message: the headline does the rhetorical work. ### Psychological Function The post serves narcissistic supply maintenance — reinforcing Trump's self-concept as kingmaker and power broker. The article headline explicitly validates his influence ("proving Trump is still the Republican kingmaker"). This is standard pre-election supply-seeking behavior, building a narrative of inevitable victory. ### Rhetorical Function The headline itself employs: appeal to authority (polls), hyperbole ("dominating"), and identity claim ("kingmaker"). By sharing without comment, the post lets the headline speak as if it were objective fact rather than editorial opinion. ### Longitudinal Note This post is part of a cluster of 5+ link-shares on the same day, all reinforcing midterm optimism. This volume-based approach is consistent with the RAND firehose model — flooding the information space with a single narrative direction. ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Trump-endorsed candidates are dominating recent polls" | **Half True** | While many Trump-endorsed candidates won primaries, several faced tight or losing general election races. The midterms ultimately saw underperformance by many Trump-backed candidates, particularly in Senate races. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 15%) ### Indicators - Business hours posting (4:13 PM ET) - URL-only with no original text - Curated partisan media source - Part of systematic multi-post link-sharing pattern - Professional content curation style ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking Sentiment: +0.60 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 50% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - third-party validation - implicit authority claim ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > Trump-endorsed candidates are dominating recent polls **HALF TRUE** While many Trump-endorsed candidates won primaries, several faced tight or losing general election races. The midterms ultimately saw underperformance by many Trump-backed candidates, particularly in Senate races. Sources: 2022 midterm election results Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - supply-seeking (70%) - midterm-campaign (90%) - aide-posted (85%) - link-share (100%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Six Days Out: A Disciplined Midterm Endorsement Blitz With a 2 AM Prologue** A campaign-operations day dominated by midterm endorsements and favorable article sharing six days before the election. Trump posted a flurry of boilerplate candidate endorsements for congressional races across Missouri, Indiana, Oklahoma, and Mississippi, most of which bore the hallmarks of staff-written content. The mood was uniformly self-assured and promotional, with only a brief flash of irritation directed at New York Attorney General Letitia James. A small cluster of posts in the early morning hours hints at disrupted sleep, though the day was otherwise unremarkable in tone and intensity. Full digest for 2022-11-02: https://trump.fm/date/2022-11-02/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, November 2). https://dcenquirer.com/trump-endorsed-candidates-d... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109276273556671118 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://dcenquirer.com/trump-endorsed-candidates-dominating-..." Truth Social, 2 Nov. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109276273556671118. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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