# Post ts_112593621334146505 - Post ID: `ts_112593621334146505` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2024-06-10T17:58:37.756Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112593621334146505 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112593621334146505/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112593621334146505.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! Maine, Get out to Vote TOMORROW! ## Engagement - Likes: 8,676 - Reposts: 2,149 - Replies: 106 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.348Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-21T09:17:37.318Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Psychological Analysis: Endorsement Post — Austin Theriault (ME-02) ### Authorship Attribution **Local Time Assessment:** Trump was located at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, FL on June 10, 2024, per the known event noting his virtual probation interview from that location. UTC 17:58:37 converts to **1:58 PM EDT** — solidly within business hours. The post bears hallmarks of aide composition: grammatically complete, structurally templated, correct capitalization conventions (policy items capitalized consistently, not erratically), no typos, polished opposition research framing, and a formal call-to-action cadence. The "Complete and Total Endorsement" phrase is an authentic Trumpism, but it is formulaic and routinely incorporated by aides into endorsement templates. Comparing to same-day posts: the Sam Brown post shows far greater emotional charge (ALL CAPS bursts, exclamation density, stream-of-consciousness flow), while this post is notably flatter and more structured — consistent with Scavino or comms staff drafting. **Verdict: Aide-written (high confidence)** --- ### Level 1 — Dispositional Traits The post does not manifest raw trait expression; it is a filtered, institutional communication. Nonetheless, several trait signatures pass through: - **Low Agreeableness**: Opposition framing of Golden is blunt ("completely beholden to the Radical Left") despite Golden's documented reputation as one of the most bipartisan House Democrats — a willful misrepresentation revealing contempt rather than engagement. - **High Dominance (Extraversion facet)**: The endorsement is issued as a royal grant — "my Complete and Total Endorsement" — with no hedging, no qualification. - **Low Openness**: Ideologically rigid policy packaging (border, 2A, crime, taxes, military/veterans) — the same five-item formula deployed across dozens of endorsements. - **Neuroticism: Low in this instance** — affect is controlled, no visible anxiety or reactive anger. This is maintenance mode. --- ### Level 2 — Characteristic Adaptations (Goals and Motives) **Dominant motive: Agency/Power.** The endorsement functions as a demonstration of political patronage power — Trump positions himself as kingmaker whose seal grants or withholds viability. The endorsement brand is itself a commodity being maintained and distributed. **Secondary: Achievement/Status.** Attaching to a novel candidate profile (NASCAR driver = outsider-authenticity) allows Trump to reinforce his brand of anti-establishment populism while accruing credit if Theriault wins. **Schema revealed:** World = zero-sum arena where politicians are either instruments of the Radical Left or warriors for the people. No middle ground acknowledged. Golden's known bipartisan record is actively suppressed in service of this schema. --- ### Level 3 — Narrative Identity - **Protagonist role**: Sovereign endorser, talent scout, kingmaker. The narrative positions Trump above the electoral contest itself — he surveys the landscape and designates the worthy. - **Contrasting Other**: Jared Golden — cast as a fraudulent moderate, a wolf in sheep's clothing ("poses as a 'bipartisan politician'"). The scare-quoted phrase is rhetorically effective: it delegitimizes Golden's actual cross-aisle record by reframing it as performance and deception. - **Redemption arc (implied)**: Maine's working people (lobstermen) are suffering under Biden/Golden; Theriault's election will restore proper order. - **Identity claims**: Trump as protector of authentic American labor (lobstermen), defender of constitutional rights, military supporter. --- ### Level 4 — Clinical Indicators **Narcissistic State: Grandiose (low intensity)** This is routine grandiosity within his established baseline — not an acute episode. The confidence is calm and transactional rather than reactive or compensatory. **Trigger Type: Maintenance/Supply-Seeking** No identifiable narcissistic injury precipitates this post. It is part of systematic coalition building and endorsement-brand maintenance. **Narcissistic Rage: Absent** Aggression toward Golden is instrumental and calculated, not rageful. The attack serves a political framing function rather than expressing Kohutian narcissistic rage. **Malignant Narcissism Components:** - *Narcissistic features*: Moderate (kingmaker positioning, grandiose endorsement language) - *Antisocial features*: Mild (misrepresentation of Golden's record; deceitfulness by omission) - *Paranoid features*: Mild (Second Amendment "always under siege" — reflexive persecutory framing even in low-affect context) - *Sadism*: Absent in this post **Defense Mechanisms:** - **Splitting (Immature)**: Golden = all-bad (radical, beholden, harmful); Theriault = all-good (hard-working, brave, endorsed). No nuance survives. - **Idealization/Devaluation (Immature)**: The pair operate simultaneously — Theriault idealized, Golden devalued. - **Rationalization (Neurotic)**: Policy positions presented as self-evident justifications for the endorsement, obscuring the tribal/political calculus driving it. --- ### Cognitive Status No cognitive markers of concern in this post. Language is within baseline — structured, formulaic, coherent. The absence of authentic Trump's characteristic tangentiality and stream-of-consciousness is itself evidence of aide authorship rather than cognitive change. **Complexity score: Low** — but this reflects genre (institutional endorsement) and authorship (aide), not cognitive decline. --- ### Rhetorical Analysis - **Poisoning the well**: Golden's bipartisan reputation pre-emptively dismissed as theater ("poses as"). - **False dichotomy**: Golden framed as "completely beholden to Radical Left" — a binary that erases his documented moderate voting record. - **Appeal to identity/grievance**: "Maine's Great Lobstermen" — highly specific cultural-economic anchor invoking authentic regional working-class identity. Effective populist localization. - **Synecdoche**: Lobstermen represent all of Maine's working people suffering under regulatory overreach. - **Policy stacking**: Five-issue bullet-point cadence (border, 2A, crime, taxes, military) — standard Trump campaign formula, internally consistent, emotionally resonant with base. - **Authority claim**: "Complete and Total Endorsement" — superlative framing asserting maximal commitment. - **Temporal urgency**: "TOMORROW" — mobilization trigger at post's conclusion. - **Dehumanizing language**: Absent - **Violent imagery**: Absent ("under siege" for 2A is conventional political metaphor, not mobilizing violence) - **Propaganda techniques**: Loaded language, name-calling ("Radical Left"), appeal to tradition/identity --- ### Gaslighting/Reality Distortion **Present but mild.** Jared Golden is one of the most documented bipartisan House Democrats — he voted against the Affordable Care Act expansion, crossed the aisle on gun measures, and has among the highest bipartisan scores in his chamber. Labeling him "completely beholden to the Radical Left" is a documented factual distortion deployed as routine rhetorical reframing. It will not register as gaslighting to the target audience, who lacks corrective context. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Austin Theriault is a former NASCAR driver" | **True** | Theriault competed in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and affiliated circuits before entering politics. | | "Jared Golden 'poses as a bipartisan politician' but is 'completely beholden to the Radical Left'" | **False** | Golden is documented as one of the most bipartisan House Democrats by multiple voting-record indices; he voted against the Inflation Reduction Act, broke with Democratic leadership on multiple high-profile votes, and holds a cross-aisle record that is substantive, not performative. | | "Golden supports Joe Biden's 'Open Borders Agenda'" | **Mostly False** | Golden has supported border security legislation and diverged from progressive immigration positions; 'open borders' mischaracterizes his record. | | "Costly regulations hurt Maine's lobstermen" | **Half True** | Maine lobstermen do face significant regulatory burden, particularly whale entanglement mitigation rules under NOAA. Attributing this directly to Golden requires specific evidence of his legislative record on these rules, which is mixed. | Overall Veracity: 43% ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 15%) ### Indicators - Post time 1:58 PM EDT — business hours - Grammatically polished, no typos or misspellings - Structured opposition-research framing of Golden - Consistent capitalization conventions (policy items, not erratic ALL CAPS) - Standard endorsement template structure mirrored across other endorsements ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Maintenance (Routine coalition-building and endorsement-brand maintenance) Sentiment: -0.25 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 35% - Antisocial: 25% - Paranoid: 20% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - splitting (immature) - idealization (immature) - devaluation (immature) - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 38% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Direct address to Maine voters ('Maine, Get out to Vote TOMORROW!') - Identity-anchor (lobstermen as synecdoche for Maine working class) - In-group validation (endorsement as membership signal) ## Danger Assessment **NONE** ### Gaslighting - Describes Jared Golden — one of the most documented bipartisan House Democrats — as 'completely beholden to the Radical Left', suppressing verifiable contrary evidence - Scare-quotes around 'bipartisan politician' preemptively delegitimize Golden's documented record without engagement ## Fact Checks (4) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-21._ > Austin Theriault is a former NASCAR driver **TRUE** Theriault competed in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and affiliated circuits before entering politics. Sources: General knowledge — NASCAR competition records > Jared Golden 'poses as a bipartisan politician' but is 'completely beholden to the Radical Left' **FALSE** Golden is documented as one of the most bipartisan House Democrats by multiple voting-record indices; he voted against the Inflation Reduction Act, broke with Democratic leadership on multiple high-profile votes, and holds a cross-aisle record that is substantive, not performative. Sources: Congressional voting records — general knowledge > Golden supports Joe Biden's 'Open Borders Agenda' **MOSTLY FALSE** Golden has supported border security legislation and diverged from progressive immigration positions; 'open borders' mischaracterizes his record. Sources: Congressional voting records — general knowledge > Costly regulations hurt Maine's lobstermen **HALF TRUE** Maine lobstermen do face significant regulatory burden, particularly whale entanglement mitigation rules under NOAA. Attributing this directly to Golden requires specific evidence of his legislative record on these rules, which is mixed. Sources: NOAA lobster regulations — general knowledge Overall Veracity: 43% ## Tags - endorsement (100%) - aide-authored (90%) - splitting (75%) - maintenance-mode (80%) - populist-localization (70%) - record-distortion (65%) - kingmaker-narrative (80%) - congressional-race (100%) - maine-02 (90%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Kingmaker Mode: Endorsement Blitz and Legal Grievance on Probation Interview Day** Trump spent his day projecting political dominance through a rapid-fire batch of congressional endorsements while quietly completing a pre-sentencing probation interview from Mar-a-Lago, eleven days after his 34-count felony conviction. The evening before featured a mix of self-promotion and an extended legal persecution narrative borrowed from a conservative columnist. The afternoon was almost entirely consumed by aide-drafted endorsement posts — ten in five minutes — bookended by a brief attack on Biden over the military. Overall, a low-rage day heavy on routine political maintenance, with the endorsement volume plausibly serving as a show of normalcy on a legally significant date. Full digest for 2024-06-10: https://trump.fm/date/2024-06-10/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, June 10). Former NASCAR Driver Austin Theriault is running... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_112593621334146505 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Former NASCAR Driver Austin Theriault is running for..." Truth Social, 10 Jun. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112593621334146505. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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