# Post ts_112169323553598560

- Post ID: `ts_112169323553598560`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2024-03-27T19:34:07.380Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112169323553598560/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112169323553598560.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Former NASCAR Driver Austin Theriault is running for Congress in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District against Democrat Jared Golden, who poses as a “bipartisan politician,” but is instead completely beholden to the Radical Left. Jared Golden supports Joe Biden's Open Borders Agenda, Out-of-Control Spending, and Costly Regulations that hurt Maine’s Great Lobstermen. In Congress, Austin Theriault will work hard to Secure the Border, Protect our always under siege Second Amendment, Stop Crime, Cut Taxes, and Support our Brave Law Enforcement, Military, and Veterans. Austin Theriault has my Complete and Total Endorsement!

## Engagement

- Likes: 9,329
- Reposts: 2,545
- Replies: 258
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.363Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-21T06:09:51.391Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Austin Theriault Endorsement (2024-03-27)

## Overview

This post is one of at least four structurally identical congressional endorsements published on the same day (Tenney, Posey, Bilirakis, Theriault), all following a rigid template: name + district → opponent/incumbent framing → capitalized policy checklist → "Complete and Total Endorsement" closing. The post is clinically unremarkable as an expression of Trump's individual psychology — it is campaign apparatus output, not self-generated communication.

## Authorship Attribution

**Local timing:** UTC 19:34 = 3:34 PM EDT (DST active since March 10; Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago or NYC preparing for hush money trial proceedings). Mid-afternoon business hours is a strong aide indicator. The identical four-post batch further confirms this is a staff-driven endorsement operation, not an impulsive late-night Truth Social session.

**Style markers:** No typos, no ALL CAPS emotional outbursts, no stream-of-consciousness tangents. Contrast sharply with the same day's authentic-Trump posts: "MSDNC FAKE ANCHORS..." (all-caps rage) and the Merchan gag-order post (run-on, emotionally disorganized). The lexical and syntactic regularity here is definitional aide work — likely Scavino's operation or campaign digital staff.

## Rhetorical Techniques

The post deploys a compressed but recognizable persuasion stack:

- **Label-and-dismiss**: "poses as a 'bipartisan politician'" functions as preemptive inoculation, sealing off Golden's genuine cross-aisle record (he voted against BBB, has broken with party leadership repeatedly) before it can register as a counterargument.
- **False dichotomy**: Golden = Radical Left; Theriault = America First. The actual ideological terrain of ME-02 — a Trump-won district with a genuine moderate Democratic incumbent — is elided.
- **Identity appeal**: "Maine's Great Lobstermen" performs targeted constituent recognition. The lobster industry faces real NOAA whale-protection regulatory pressure; notably, Golden has actually sided *with* lobstermen on some of these disputes, making the attribution of regulatory harm to Golden specifically misleading.
- **Repeated boilerplate capitalization**: "Secure the Border," "Second Amendment," "Brave Law Enforcement, Military, and Veterans" — these appear verbatim across the Tenney, Posey, and Bilirakis endorsements. They function as ideological liturgy rather than policy argument, reinforcing tribal identity through repetition.
- **Superlative closing**: "Complete and Total Endorsement" is a branded phrase used across hundreds of endorsements; its formulaic nature is itself meaningful as a brand signal.

## Psychological Reading (Proxy Signal Only)

Because this post is aide-generated, direct psychological inference is limited. However, the *content selection* (i.e., what Trump's operation chose to emphasize) offers proxy signals:

- **Agency motive dominance**: The framing is entirely power/dominance-oriented — control of borders, crime, government — with zero communion-register language. No references to community, care, or belonging except instrumentally ("Great Lobstermen" as constituency flattery).
- **Narrative role**: Endorser-as-kingmaker. Trump casts himself as the authority whose blessing transforms a candidate into a legitimate political actor. The NASCAR background is mentioned once and dropped — the NASCAR identity is a credential being laundered into political capital, not explored.
- **Splitting defense (structural)**: The template requires binary framing (hero candidate vs. captured opponent), which maps onto splitting regardless of actual legislative record.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Jared Golden is 'completely beholden to the Radical Left'" | **False** | Golden is among the most bipartisan House Democrats by voting record. He voted against the Build Back Better Act and the Inflation Reduction Act, and has broken with Democratic leadership on gun legislation and other major bills. |
| "Golden supports Joe Biden's Open Borders Agenda" | **Mostly False** | 'Open Borders' is a characterization not representing any actual policy position. Golden has taken centrist-to-conservative positions on immigration relative to his caucus, including in a Trump-won district requiring political moderation. |
| "Costly Regulations that hurt Maine's Great Lobstermen" | **Half True** | NOAA whale-protection ropeless gear mandates do impose genuine regulatory pressure on Maine's lobster industry. However, Golden has actively opposed some of these federal regulations on behalf of lobstermen, making the implication that Golden bears responsibility for this harm misleading. |

Overall Veracity: 23%

## Danger Assessment

No danger indicators. Standard electoral endorsement content.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 8%)

### Indicators

- Posted 3:34 PM EDT — business hours, strong aide indicator
- One of four structurally identical endorsements published same day
- No typos, misspellings, or incomplete thoughts
- Polished complete sentences with professional formatting
- Rigid template structure: name → opponent framing → policy checklist → endorsement closing

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (campaign endorsement cycle)

Sentiment: +0.25

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Kingmaker framing positions Trump as authority granting legitimacy
- Identity flattery ('Great Lobstermen') creates in-group belonging
- Branded endorsement phrase ('Complete and Total') functions as recognizable tribal signal

## Fact Checks (3)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-21._

> Jared Golden is 'completely beholden to the Radical Left'

**FALSE**

Golden is among the most bipartisan House Democrats by voting record. He voted against the Build Back Better Act and the Inflation Reduction Act, and has broken with Democratic leadership on gun legislation and other major bills.

Sources: Congressional voting records, 118th Congress

> Golden supports Joe Biden's Open Borders Agenda

**MOSTLY FALSE**

'Open Borders' is a characterization not representing any actual policy position. Golden has taken centrist-to-conservative positions on immigration relative to his caucus, including in a Trump-won district requiring political moderation.

> Costly Regulations that hurt Maine's Great Lobstermen

**HALF TRUE**

NOAA whale-protection ropeless gear mandates do impose genuine regulatory pressure on Maine's lobster industry. However, Golden has actively opposed some of these federal regulations on behalf of lobstermen, making the implication that Golden bears responsibility for this harm misleading.

Overall Veracity: 23%

## Tags

- congressional_endorsement (100%)
- aide_authored (95%)
- template_post (95%)
- splitting (50%)
- false_dichotomy (70%)
- radical_left_labeling (60%)
- identity_flattery (50%)
- kingmaker_framing (70%)

## That day

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

**Gag Order Triggers Three-Part Judicial Assault as Legal Walls Close In**

Trump's day was dominated by the legal storm surrounding his Manhattan hush money case. A morning burst of rage targeted the judge who imposed a new gag order, with Trump publicly attacking the judge's daughter in what appeared to be a direct violation of the order itself. The rest of the day shifted to a managed defensive campaign, with aides flooding the feed with sympathetic media links casting the civil fraud judgment and upcoming trial as political persecution. A few lighter moments -- a golf trophy from Jack Nicklaus, a batch of congressional endorsements -- served as brief intermissions from an otherwise legally anxious day.

Full digest for 2024-03-27: https://trump.fm/date/2024-03-27/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, March 27). Former NASCAR Driver Austin Theriault is running... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_112169323553598560
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Former NASCAR Driver Austin Theriault is running for..." Truth Social, 27 Mar. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112169323553598560. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Former NASCAR Driver Austin Theriault is running for...," Truth Social, March 27, 2024, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112169323553598560.

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