# Post ts_109367317396986627

- Post ID: `ts_109367317396986627`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-11-18T23:07:06.531Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109367317396986627
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109367317396986627/analysis

## Post text

> https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/lauren-boebert-colorado-midterm/2022/11/18/id/1097043/

## Engagement

- Likes: 16,380
- Reposts: 3,429
- Replies: 410
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.429Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:28:01.796Z (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-Only Newsmax Share (Lauren Boebert / Colorado Midterm)

This post consists solely of a URL to a Newsmax article about Lauren Boebert's Colorado midterm race. No original commentary is provided.

### Context
Boebert narrowly won (or was in the process of winning) her extremely tight CO-3 race. Trump, days after his 2024 announcement and facing the Jack Smith special counsel appointment, was sharing supportive content about MAGA-aligned candidates. This is one of several link-only posts in this period (see also the Hannity and Spectator links), suggesting a batch-posting pattern consistent with aide-driven content curation.

### Authorship
At ~6:07 PM ET (Trump at Mar-a-Lago), this falls squarely in business hours. The link-only format with no commentary, no caps, no emotional language is characteristic of aide/Scavino posting. The clustering with other link shares reinforces this.

### Psychological Significance
Minimal. Link-sharing of favorable coverage serves narcissistic supply maintenance and in-group signaling but reveals little about internal psychological state. The choice of Newsmax (a reliably favorable outlet) is consistent with the pattern of curating sympathetic media environments.

### Rhetorical Function
Signal boosting an ally's victory narrative during a period when Trump-backed candidates broadly underperformed, selectively highlighting wins to counter the "Trump cost the GOP" narrative emerging post-midterms.

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Link-only post with no original text
- Business hours (6:07 PM ET)
- Part of batch link-sharing pattern
- Professional formatting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

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

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

## Tags

- link-share (100%)
- aide-posted (90%)
- narrative-management (60%)

## That day

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

**Campaign Launch Afterglow Shattered by Special Counsel Appointment**

Trump spent the day oscillating between celebrating his recent 2024 campaign announcement and reacting to mounting legal threats. The morning started with positive media shares, shifted into anxious defensiveness about the Trump Organization fraud trial, and then took a sharp turn when Jack Smith was named special counsel. An afternoon attack on the National Review appeared to be displaced aggression over the legal news, and the evening ended with a rapid-fire dump of supportive links -- an apparent attempt to shore up the narrative before a planned public statement at Mar-a-Lago.

Full digest for 2022-11-18: https://trump.fm/date/2022-11-18/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, November 18). https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/lauren-boebert-c... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109367317396986627
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/lauren-boebert-colorado-mi..." Truth Social, 18 Nov. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109367317396986627. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/lauren-boebert-colorado-mi...," Truth Social, November 18, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109367317396986627.

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