# Post ts_111099292095048685

- Post ID: `ts_111099292095048685`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-09-20T20:11:03.075Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> WOW—Thank you to the Oil and Gas Workers Association, and President Matt Coday for your tremendous support. I will not let you down! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12541459/oil-gas-endorse-trump-2024-desantis-snub-energy-policy.html

## Engagement

- Likes: 14,940
- Reposts: 4,229
- Replies: 688
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.397Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T08:41:22.869Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Oil & Gas Endorsement Acknowledgment — September 20, 2023

### Context
This brief post was published during Trump's Iowa campaign stop (he had posted "Just arrived in Iowa" and was heading to a Dubuque rally the same day). It celebrates an endorsement from the Oil and Gas Workers Association and its president, Matt Coday, linking to a Daily Mail article that frames the endorsement explicitly as a rebuke of DeSantis's energy policy record.

### Authorship
The UTC timestamp (20:11:03) converts to approximately **3:11 PM CDT** in Iowa — solidly mid-afternoon business hours. This timing, combined with the clean grammar, structured URL share, and professional event-acknowledgment format, points toward aide involvement. Counterbalancing this, the "WOW" all-caps opener is one of Trump's most reliable stylistic signatures, and "I will not let you down!" is a habitual Trumpian pledge formula invoking reciprocal loyalty. The most parsimonious interpretation: the post was drafted or polished by an aide (Scavino or similar), possibly with Trump dictating the emotional opener or approving with minimal edits. Authorship score: 0.35 — leaning aide-generated with possible Trump input.

### Personality (Multi-Level)
**Traits (Big Five):** The post displays high extraversion (exclamatory enthusiasm, "WOW"), low agreeableness in competitive framing (the implicit DeSantis contrast embedded in the linked headline does the attack work without Trump's direct fingerprints), and high achievement/status motivation. Conscientiousness is minimal — this is a brief, reactive post rather than deliberate messaging. Neuroticism is subdued; this is Trump in positive, supply-receiving mode.

**Motives (Level 2):** Pure agency — power/status acquisition through accumulating endorsements. The communion register ("I will not let you down!") is instrumentalized: a loyalty-bonding pledge that obligates the endorsing constituency emotionally while projecting Trump as a protector figure.

**Narrative Identity (Level 3):** Trump as Hero/Dealmaker-Protector. The endorsing group functions as the "forgotten workers" constituency (blue-collar energy sector), allowing Trump to occupy the Champion archetype. The contrasting other is DeSantis, positioned as the rival who "snubbed" these workers on energy policy — though this attack is entirely delegated to the linked article, giving Trump plausible deniability while still surfacing the contrast for his audience. Classic trickster-adjacent maneuver: letting the headline do the dirty work.

### Psychological State & Dynamics
**State:** Grandiose-expansive. This is Trump in supply-receiving mode — an endorsement functions as narcissistic supply, validating specialness, power, and loyalty. No vulnerability or wounded narcissism is detectable.

**Trigger:** Supply-seeking/supply-reception. No narcissistic injury precipitates this post; it is positive reinforcement being amplified to the audience.

**Narcissistic Rage:** Absent. The post is affectively positive throughout.

**Malignant Narcissism components:** Minimally expressed in this post. The implicit DeSantis diminishment via the linked article title hints at devaluation (splitting — Trump good/DeSantis bad on energy) but is too attenuated to score significantly.

**Defense Mechanisms:** Minimal. Mild **idealization** of the endorsing group ("tremendous support") is present but unremarkable. The delegation of the DeSantis attack to a linked headline could be read as mild **displacement** or strategic distancing.

**Parasocial Techniques:** "I will not let you down!" is a direct parasocial bonding pledge — it creates an emotional contract with the endorsing group and, by extension, the broader audience, positioning Trump as personally obligated to them rather than the reverse.

### Rhetorical Analysis
- **Superlatives:** "tremendous support" — routine Trump hyperbolic register
- **Direct address/gratitude:** "Thank you to..." — community-building, reciprocity signaling
- **Commitment pledge:** "I will not let you down!" — loyalty formula, Warrior/Protector archetype
- **Implicit contrast:** DeSantis attack is carried by the linked Daily Mail headline without Trump authoring it directly — sophisticated delegation of oppositional framing
- **Attention hook:** "WOW—" functions as a scroll-stopper/intensifier
- No dehumanizing language, violent imagery, or stochastic terrorism indicators present

### Order/Chaos Dynamics
Trump positions himself as **order restorer** for the energy sector — the implicit narrative is that Biden's energy policies created chaos/pain for oil and gas workers, DeSantis failed to champion them, and Trump will restore proper order (favorable energy policy). The endorsement is framed as workers recognizing the correct hierarchy of candidates.

### Cognitive Status
No markers of concern. The post is brief and simple by design, not because of reduced capacity. Vocabulary and syntax are consistent with baseline. No word-finding difficulties, perseveration, temporal confusion, or neologisms detected.

### Danger Assessment
**None.** This is a routine campaign endorsement acknowledgment with no threatening, eliminationist, or mobilizing language.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Oil and Gas Workers Association and President Matt Coday endorsed Trump" | **Unverifiable** | Post links to Daily Mail article corroborating the endorsement and Coday's role; consistent with sourced reporting but not independently verifiable from training knowledge alone. |
| "DeSantis 'snubbed' energy workers on policy (embedded via linked headline)" | **Mostly True** | Framing is tendentious but grounded in documented divergences between DeSantis's 2024 campaign energy positions and traditional fossil fuel industry priorities. 'Snub' language is editorial spin on real policy differences. |

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 35%)

### Indicators

- 'WOW' all-caps opener is a consistent Trump stylistic signature
- 3:11 PM CDT local time — business hours, aide-consistent timing
- Clean grammar and complete sentences throughout
- Structured URL-sharing format typical of Scavino-style posts
- 'I will not let you down!' is a habitual Trumpian pledge formula

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Oil and Gas Workers Association endorsement)

Sentiment: +0.82

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)
- devaluation (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct personal pledge ('I will not let you down!') creates emotional contract with endorsing group and audience
- Gratitude performance signals reciprocal loyalty and specialness

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Oil and Gas Workers Association and President Matt Coday endorsed Trump

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Post links to Daily Mail article corroborating the endorsement and Coday's role; consistent with sourced reporting but not independently verifiable from training knowledge alone.

Sources: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12541459/oil-gas-endorse-trump-2024-desantis-snub-energy-policy.html

> DeSantis 'snubbed' energy workers on policy (embedded via linked headline)

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Framing is tendentious but grounded in documented divergences between DeSantis's 2024 campaign energy positions and traditional fossil fuel industry priorities. 'Snub' language is editorial spin on real policy differences.

Sources: Daily Mail article (linked); General knowledge of DeSantis 2024 energy policy positions

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Tags

- endorsement (90%)
- supply-seeking (80%)
- energy-policy (70%)
- iowa-campaign (70%)
- desantis-contrast (60%)
- loyalty-pledge (60%)
- aide-authored (50%)

## That day

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

**Under Legal Siege, Trump Floods Feed with Biden Counter-Narrative While Posting Past 2 AM**

Trump spent the day running a sustained counter-offensive against Biden, triggered by Biden's UN speech, the Hunter Biden indictment, and a new gag order request from Jack Smith. The morning and midday were dominated by attacks on Biden — calling him corrupt, mocking his UN delivery, and flooding the feed with partisan news links about Hunter. Brief flashes of anger surfaced around accusations of election interference and the gag order, but rage stayed controlled and strategic rather than spiraling. Late-night posting past 2 AM before a travel day to Iowa suggests limited sleep, though the day's output was mostly staff-managed link shares rather than personal rants.

Full digest for 2023-09-20: https://trump.fm/date/2023-09-20/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, September 20). WOW—Thank you to the Oil and Gas Workers... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111099292095048685
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "WOW—Thank you to the Oil and Gas Workers Association, and..." Truth Social, 20 Sep. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111099292095048685. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "WOW—Thank you to the Oil and Gas Workers Association, and...," Truth Social, September 20, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111099292095048685.

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