# Post ts_110255669186548780

- Post ID: `ts_110255669186548780`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-04-24T20:26:39.070Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110255669186548780
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110255669186548780/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110255669186548780.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/LeeZeldin/statuses/110255221020219150 The Endorsement of Lee Zeldin is very important to me. He was a great Congressman, and ran an incredible Campaign for Governor of New York. I very much appreciate Lee’s support, and look forward to working with him long into the future. Thank you Lee!

## Engagement

- Likes: 25,466
- Reposts: 5,881
- Replies: 662
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.413Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T04:27:24.582Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Truth Social Post — April 24, 2023 (Lee Zeldin Endorsement RT)

## Authorship Attribution — HIGH CONFIDENCE: Aide-Written

The UTC timestamp (20:26:39Z) converts to **4:26 PM EDT** — deep in business hours. Trump was almost certainly in or near New York given the E. Jean Carroll trial beginning the following day (April 25, SDNY). The prose is clinically distinct from authenticated same-day posts: grammatically complete, no typos, no ALL CAPS, no rhetorical aggression, no elliptical trailing ("So Sa..." in the election fraud post). This is Scavino or communications-staff output executing routine coalition-maintenance duties.

## Psychological State — Low Clinical Significance

No meaningful first-person verbal production to assess. The post's maintenance function is transparent: documenting public loyalty during the primary season while projecting normalcy one day before a significant civil trial. The phrasing "very important to me" is the sole authentic-seeming reflex — subtly centering Trump as the gravitational axis of others' political allegiance.

## Contextual Note

The complete absence of any reference to the Carroll trial (beginning the next morning) or Tucker Carlson's firing (announced the same day) — both highly salient to Trump's interests — is consistent with aide authorship: staff curating a benign, forward-looking image rather than authentic reactive expression.

## Rhetorical Profile

Standard endorsement acknowledgment. Reciprocal praise formula, conventional superlatives, forward-looking loyalty bond ("long into the future"). No propaganda techniques of clinical interest. No danger indicators.

## Longitudinal Observation

This post illustrates the dual-channel posting pattern characteristic of the Truth Social period: raw, psychologically unguarded authentic posts coexist with polished staff-managed outputs within the same day's feed. Researchers should code authorship before using posts as psychological data.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Lee Zeldin was a Congressman" | **True** | Zeldin represented New York's 1st congressional district from 2015–2023. |
| "Zeldin ran an incredible Campaign for Governor of New York" | **Mostly True** | Zeldin ran for NY Governor in 2022, losing to Kathy Hochul by ~6 points — the closest NY gubernatorial race in decades, significantly outperforming Republican expectations in a heavily Democratic state. 'Incredible' is evaluative but not without basis. |

Overall Veracity: 90%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- UTC 20:26:39 = 4:26 PM EDT (business hours, well within 9am-6pm window)
- Grammatically complete sentences with proper capitalization throughout
- No typos, no ALL CAPS outbursts, no ellipses or stream-of-consciousness fragmentation
- Professional endorsement-acknowledgment format consistent with political communications staff
- Structured reciprocal praise pattern (great Congressman → incredible campaign → appreciation → forward-looking alliance) is a practiced political formula

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Lee Zeldin endorsement)

Sentiment: +0.72

### Clinical

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

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 35%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Public gratitude as audience-visible loyalty documentation
- Forward-looking alliance language ('long into the future') signals exclusivity of coalition

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._

> Lee Zeldin was a Congressman

**TRUE**

Zeldin represented New York's 1st congressional district from 2015–2023.

Sources: General knowledge

> Zeldin ran an incredible Campaign for Governor of New York

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Zeldin ran for NY Governor in 2022, losing to Kathy Hochul by ~6 points — the closest NY gubernatorial race in decades, significantly outperforming Republican expectations in a heavily Democratic state. 'Incredible' is evaluative but not without basis.

Sources: General knowledge

Overall Veracity: 90%

## Tags

- endorsement (90%)
- coalition-building (80%)
- aide-authored (90%)
- supply-seeking (50%)
- primary-campaign (70%)
- routine-maintenance (80%)

## That day

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

**Pre-Trial Anxiety Channeled Into Rivals as Carroll Case Looms**

Trump spent the day attacking political rivals and celebrating the downfall of media critics, all while avoiding any mention of the E. Jean Carroll trial set to begin the next morning. Two late-evening posts targeted DeSantis with elaborate mockery, followed by a midday burst covering election grievances, Don Lemon's firing from CNN, and self-promotional book plugs. Notably absent was any reference to Tucker Carlson's same-day firing from Fox News -- a striking omission given Carlson's role as Trump's most prominent media ally. The overall mood was confident and combative, with anger staying controlled and never spilling into serious threat territory.

Full digest for 2023-04-24: https://trump.fm/date/2023-04-24/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, April 24). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/LeeZeldin/status... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110255669186548780
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/LeeZeldin/statuses/1102552..." Truth Social, 24 Apr. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110255669186548780. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/LeeZeldin/statuses/1102552...," Truth Social, April 24, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110255669186548780.

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