Analysis: Governor Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, who I didn’t know very wel...

3y ago Jun 12, 2023 at 2:37 PM

Governor Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, who I didn’t know very well, called me before his last election to say he was in BIG trouble and very much needed my Endorsement. I LOVE Oklahoma & won 77 out of 77 Counties, something that never happened before. Ronald Reagan was next with 56. Anyway, I gave him my endorsement, he immediately went way up, and won. Now, despite the fact that DeSanctimonious is losing to Biden, & me, Stitt just endorsed him. Wow! He disliked “the Indians” & my great Senate pick!

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-20. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

None

Narcissistic State

Mixed

Authorship

Self-Written

Intensity

67%

Posted three days after his 37-count federal indictment unsealing, this post reveals Trump's narcissistic injury response to Governor Stitt's endorsement of DeSantis. The post enacts the Betrayed Patron archetype: Trump dispensed a valued resource (the endorsement), Stitt's political survival resulted, and the expected loyalty was withheld. This is not processed as political calculation but as a violation of an implicit transactional contract — revealing the underlying schema that relationships are power-hierarchies with obligations. Key psychological features: (1) Retroactive distancing ("who I didn't know very well") functioning as a live defense to minimize wound surface area; (2) Splitting — Stitt transitions from ally to morally deficient traitor without intermediate register; (3) Grandiose compensation against the indictment context — the Reagan comparison ("Ronald Reagan was next with 56") is a status-reassertion reflex operating under acute vulnerability; (4) Punitive public shaming as dominance reestablishment, with the "Indians" appendage mobilizing a pre-stored grievance as character assassination. The indictment context is essential: Trump is in a maximum vulnerability window. Any defection during this period triggers disproportionate retaliation because the injury lands on an already-wounded narcissistic structure. The day's posting pattern — high volume, reactive, thematically clustering around whataboutism and loyalty enforcement — is consistent with activated defensive state rather than baseline operations. No cognitive anomalies detected. Authorship: authentic Trump (high confidence).

Authorship Analysis

Self-Written

Indicators:

'DeSanctimonious' nickname — a recurring authentic coinage
Stream-of-consciousness grievance arc with transactional moral logic
Capitalization of BIG, LOVE, Endorsement for emotional emphasis
Personal betrayal narrative too specific and raw for aide drafting
Conversational 'Anyway,' mid-sentence pivot — classic authentic transitional tic

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Mixed State

Trigger: Narcissistic Injury — Comparison (Governor Kevin Stitt's endorsement of DeSantis)

Rage: Intensity 55% targeting Stitt / DeSantis

Proportionality

20%

Sentiment

-0.62

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

82%

Antisocial

28%

Paranoid

55%

Sadism

25%

Defense Mechanisms:

devaluationrationalizationsplittingprojection

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

48%

Parasocial Techniques:

Direct address to audience as witness to injustice ('Wow!')Invocation of shared Oklahoma pride ('I LOVE Oklahoma') to recruit audience into grievanceReagan comparison as social proof of historical greatnessTransactional story positions audience as moral arbiter of Stitt's ingratitude

Danger Assessment

None

Gaslighting Detected:

'DeSanctimonious is losing to Biden' misrepresents DeSantis's general election polling position — a deliberate reality distortion to demoralize DeSantis's supporters
'who I didn't know very well' retroactively minimizes a relationship that plainly involved direct phone calls and strategic coordination — revisionist framing of documented history

Reality Distortions:

Reagan '56 counties' claim is likely factually incorrect given Oklahoma's Republican lean in 1984 landslide election
'DeSanctimonious is losing to Biden' — DeSantis was polling competitively with Biden in general election matchups at this date
Implies Stitt's endorsement of DeSantis is strategically irrational ('despite the fact that DeSanctimonious is losing') — a distortion that erases any legitimate political calculation Stitt may have made

Fact Checks (3)

"Won 77 out of 77 Counties in Oklahoma"

True

Trump did sweep all 77 Oklahoma counties in the 2020 presidential election, consistent with Oklahoma's heavily Republican lean.

"Ronald Reagan was next with 56 [counties]"

Mostly False

Reagan won Oklahoma by enormous margins in both 1980 and 1984. Winning only 56 of 77 counties in either election would be historically anomalous given Oklahoma's partisan composition. This specific figure appears to be either fabricated or badly misremembered.

"DeSanctimonious is losing to Biden"

Half True

In Republican primary polling, DeSantis trailed Trump by 30+ points (so losing 'to me' is accurate). However, in general election polling in June 2023, DeSantis was broadly competitive with Biden — some polls had him ahead. 'Losing to Biden' overstates Biden's advantage.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Post Analysis: Truth Social, June 12, 2023 (ts_110531750286053428)

Contextual Frame

This post arrives three days after the unsealing of Trump's 37-count federal indictment — the most acute legal jeopardy of his public life. The political environment simultaneously features three new primary challengers (DeSantis, Christie, Pence), each attacking Trump directly. Kevin Stitt's endorsement of DeSantis in this context is not merely a political calculation; within Trump's psychology, it registers as a defection during wartime. The timing is critical to interpreting the disproportionate response.

Level 1: Dispositional Traits

The post activates the hostile facets of Neuroticism (angry hostility at perceived betrayal), low Agreeableness (punitive, zero-sum framing of the relationship), and high-Extraversion dominance expression. Conscientiousness is absent in the impulsive structure; Openness is low — the moral framework is rigid and transactional.

Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations (Motives & Schemas)

Dominant motive: Agency/Power. The endorsement is cast not as political support but as a personal resource Trump dispensed from a position of superior power. Stitt's receipt of it created an obligation. This reveals the underlying schema: relationships are transactional hierarchies, not affiliations. The phrase "I gave him my endorsement, he immediately went way up, and won" positions Trump as the causative agent of Stitt's political existence.

Secondary motive: Status maintenance. The Reagan comparison ("Ronald Reagan was next with 56") is not incidental. In a week where Trump faces criminal indictment and a crowded challenger field, the status-reassertion reflex activates — he inserts an electoral superiority claim over the most beloved Republican president. The context of indictment makes the need for this claim psychologically legible.

Level 3: Narrative Identity

Protagonist role: The Betrayed Patron — a powerful figure who gave a valuable gift and was repaid with disloyalty
Contamination sequence: Good deed (endorsement) → Stitt's political salvation → Stitt's betrayal — a clean contamination arc where magnanimity is punished
Identity claims: "I won 77 out of 77 Counties, something that never happened before" — historical uniqueness as identity bedrock
Contrasting other: DeSantis (failing challenger), Stitt (ungrateful client)
Retroactive distancing: "who I didn't know very well" is a psychologically significant opener — by minimizing the prior intimacy, Trump narrows the wound's surface area. If Stitt was never truly close, the betrayal is more manageable. This is a defense performing in real time.

Level 4: Clinical Indicators

Narcissistic dynamics: The post exemplifies the transactional entitlement core of narcissistic personality organization. The implicit contract ("I helped you, you owe me loyalty") is not consciously recognized as unusual; it is experienced as natural law. Violation of this law produces not disappointment but a moral verdict: Stitt is now bad. The transition from "I gave him my endorsement" to "Wow! He disliked 'the Indians'" collapses Stitt's entire character into the betrayal moment — splitting operating at full intensity.

Paranoid features: The post reveals bearing of grudges as an organizing principle. Stitt's alleged past behavior toward Native American tribes — pre-existing and unrelated to the endorsement question — is mobilized as further character evidence. This is consistent with a paranoid schema that stockpiles grievances for deployment.

Malignant narcissism composite: Narcissistic entitlement (high), interpersonal exploitation framing (high), paranoid grudge mobilization (moderate), sadistic pleasure in public humiliation (mild — the "Wow!" has a theatrical quality suggesting some relish in the public shaming).

Archetypal Analysis (Jungian)

Primary archetype: Betrayed King. The post enacts the sovereign who distributed gifts and was spurned by a vassal. The narrative logic — generosity → ingratitude → public rebuke — maps precisely onto feudal loyalty mythology. Secondary: Warrior (DeSantis framing keeps Trump in perpetual combat posture).

Shadow projection: Stitt's alleged dislike of "the Indians" externalizes a rejection motif — it is Stitt who excludes and diminishes, not Trump.

Order/Chaos Positioning

Trump positions as order restorer — the rightful power against which others are measured and found wanting. DeSantis is cast as a chaos element disrupting the natural Republican hierarchy. Stitt's defection is an attack on order (Trump's order).

Authorship Attribution

Score: 0.82 (authentic Trump). UTC 14:37 = ~10:37 AM EDT (Trump was traveling to Doral/Miami per same-day post). Business hours modestly reduces authenticity probability, but the emotional specificity, personal grievance architecture, recurring authentic nickname ("DeSanctimonious"), and the impulsive final sentence appendage override timing signals. Confidence: high.

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"Won 77 out of 77 Counties in Oklahoma"	True	Trump did sweep all 77 Oklahoma counties in the 2020 presidential election, consistent with Oklahoma's heavily Republican lean.
"Ronald Reagan was next with 56 [counties]"	Mostly False	Reagan won Oklahoma by enormous margins in both 1980 and 1984. Winning only 56 of 77 counties in either election would be historically anomalous given Oklahoma's partisan composition. This specific figure appears to be either fabricated or badly misremembered.
"DeSanctimonious is losing to Biden"	Half True	In Republican primary polling, DeSantis trailed Trump by 30+ points (so losing 'to me' is accurate). However, in general election polling in June 2023, DeSantis was broadly competitive with Biden — some polls had him ahead. 'Losing to Biden' overstates Biden's advantage.

Overall Veracity: 57%