# Post ts_112952767974346766 - Post ID: `ts_112952767974346766` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2024-08-13T04:14:20.545Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112952767974346766 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112952767974346766/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112952767974346766.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Eric Hovde is running strong for the U.S. Senate in Wisconsin. He has my Complete and Total Endorsement, and has, right from the beginning. WISCONSIN, GET OUT AND VOTE - GO ERIC!!! ## What the media says **Video transcript** (0:43), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > And a man who's doing really good, he's just about even in the polls, I see he's a handsome devil, I just met him backstage, and a beautiful wife, a beautiful family, U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovdey, Eric Hovdey, where's Eric? Eric, good job, man, I tell you. Eric, I met Eric and I've studied Eric and I, because we have to get it right, and running against some very fine people, really, but I've looked it out and they're going to have other opportunities. Eric, I am giving you my complete and total endorsement, so go out and win. Go out and win. Go out and win. ## Media - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/952/767/832/454/682/original/7857125760917dfe.mp4 ## Engagement - Likes: 13,197 - Reposts: 3,077 - Replies: 358 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.340Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-25T10:03:28.495Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Post Analysis: Eric Hovde Wisconsin Senate Endorsement — 2024-08-13T04:14:20Z ### Contextual Framing August 13, 2024 was **Wisconsin's primary election day**, which is the critical contextual key for this post and the four surrounding posts. This is not coincidental endorsement activity — it is a coordinated, deadline-driven GOTV (Get Out the Vote) blitz timed to primary day. The post is the fifth in a rapid series of Wisconsin and adjacent endorsements, all following the same template structure. --- ### Authorship Attribution **Timing:** UTC 04:14 → EDT 00:14 (midnight) / MDT 22:14. Trump held a rally in Bozeman, Montana on this date; Mountain Time conversion yields approximately **10:14 PM local**. Whether he remained in Montana or had returned east, the post falls in his characteristic late-evening/post-rally window. **Template signature:** The post is part of a mass-production endorsement series (at minimum five posts on the same day covering Grothman, Tiffany, Brandtjen, Teirab, Wied, and Hovde). The identical structural formula — name + superlative descriptor + issue list (when present) + "WISCONSIN, GET OUT AND VOTE" + "Complete and Total Endorsement" — strongly suggests **aide-drafted templates**. However, several Trumpian authenticators are present: the "Complete and Total" proprietary brand phrase, ALL CAPS rally cry, and the loyalty qualifier "right from the beginning" (a characteristic Trump provenance signal asserting primacy of allegiance). **Assessment:** Most probably aide-drafted template content published during Trump's authentic posting window. The idiosyncratic phrases ("Complete and Total," "right from the beginning") may represent Trump edits or dictation over a staff-prepared frame. **Confidence: medium.** --- ### Level 1 — Dispositional Traits (Big Five, in context of this post) - **Extraversion (high):** Assertive imperatives ("GET OUT AND VOTE — GO ERIC!!!"), enthusiastic affect, performative public energy. - **Agreeableness (low-moderate):** Strongly in-group positive but no adversarial content in this particular post; agreeableness expressed only toward endorsed candidate. - **Conscientiousness (low):** Formulaic repetition across posts suggests delegation rather than deliberate craftsmanship. - **Neuroticism (low):** Absence of grievance, rage, or victimhood language; calm by baseline standards. - **Openness (low):** Rigid template; no novel framing or ideation. --- ### Level 2 — Characteristic Adaptations **Agency motives dominate:** The post is fundamentally a **power projection exercise** — Trump as kingmaker conferring legitimacy on candidates. The phrase "right from the beginning" encodes a loyalty chronology: Trump claims early-adopter status, signaling that Hovde's rise is contingent on Trump's prior blessing rather than independent merit. **Supply-seeking sub-motive:** Mass endorsement blitzes serve to reinforce the perception of Trump as indispensable to Republican electoral success. Each candidate's performance on primary day becomes data Trump can claim as evidence of his influence. **Schema of self:** Benevolent authority distributing endorsements as rewards; electoral outcomes as reflections of his power. --- ### Level 3 — Narrative Identity - **Protagonist role:** The Kingmaker — conferring legitimacy from above. Not fighter or victim here; pure elevated-patron mode. - **Identity claims:** "I endorse from the beginning" positions Trump as both loyal (to those loyal to him) and prophetically correct. - **Contrasting other:** Absent from this post; the adversarial contrast present in the Wied/Tiffany posts ("RINO Roger Roth," "clone of Paul Ryan") is not activated here. - **Narrative sequence:** Neutral-to-redemptive: Hovde is "running strong," implying trajectory toward victory that Trump's endorsement ratifies. --- ### Level 4 — Clinical Indicators **Narcissistic dynamic:** This post reflects **supply-maintenance** mode, not narcissistic injury response. The mass-endorsement format serves multiple supply functions: (a) proves electoral indispensability, (b) generates gratitude from endorsed candidates and their bases, (c) creates a record of "calls" that can be claimed as correct if candidates win. **Narcissistic state:** Grandiose (stable, low-intensity). No vulnerable oscillation present. **Defense mechanisms:** Minimal in this post. Mild **idealization** of Hovde ("running strong") without supporting evidence — the idealization serves the patron-client dynamic rather than expressing genuine conviction. **Malignant narcissism sub-components:** - Narcissistic features: Moderate (entitlement to decide races, grandiosity of "Complete and Total") - Antisocial features: Minimal (absent in this post) - Paranoid features: Absent - Ego-syntonic sadism: Absent --- ### Cognitive Status **Complexity:** Low-moderate. Short sentences, imperative mood, exclamation marks. Syntactically simple. However, this is genre-appropriate for an election-day GOTV post and is consistent with the baseline for this post type. No word-finding anomalies, paraphasias, or confabulation evident. The "right from the beginning" construction is grammatically intact if stylistically idiosyncratic. **Baseline deviation:** None. This post type (formulaic endorsement) consistently shows reduced linguistic complexity relative to Trump's more affectively loaded posts — this is not a signal of cognitive change. --- ### Rhetorical & Propaganda Techniques - **Superlatives:** "running strong," "Complete and Total" (proprietary maximalist brand phrase) - **Imperative mobilization:** "GET OUT AND VOTE — GO ERIC!!!" — classic rally-cry syntax - **Appeal to in-group solidarity:** Wisconsin addressed directly twice; "your" candidate framing - **Authority appeal:** Trump's endorsement positioned as the decisive credential - **Repetition across posts (RAND volume principle):** Five+ posts on same day creates saturation effect in Wisconsin political feeds on primary day — a rudimentary information-environment flooding tactic without any false content --- ### Gaslighting / Reality Distortion None present in this post. --- ### Danger Assessment **None.** No eliminationist language, dehumanization, violent imagery, or stochastic terrorism markers. Clean electioneering content. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Eric Hovde is running for the U.S. Senate in Wisconsin" | **True** | Eric Hovde was the Republican candidate in the 2024 Wisconsin U.S. Senate race, challenging Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin. | | "He has my Complete and Total Endorsement right from the beginning" | **Unverifiable** | The existence of the endorsement is self-evident from the post itself. The 'right from the beginning' provenance claim cannot be verified without researching the endorsement announcement date, which is not available in the provided context. Trump frequently makes this loyalty-chronology assertion regardless of actual timeline. | Overall Veracity: 75% ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 45%) ### Indicators - Post timing falls in authentic Trump window (~22:14 MDT / 00:14 EDT on primary election night) - Proprietary brand phrase 'Complete and Total Endorsement' is authentic Trump lexicon - ALL CAPS rally cry ('GET OUT AND VOTE — GO ERIC!!!') consistent with authentic posts - Loyalty chronology marker ('right from the beginning') is characteristic Trump provenance signal - However: post is one of five or more structurally identical Wisconsin endorsements published same day, strongly indicating aide-drafted template batch ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Wisconsin primary election day) Sentiment: +0.72 **Mildly Hypomanic** - Five or more posts published on same day in rapid succession covering multiple candidates across Wisconsin and Minnesota - ALL CAPS passages and exclamatory punctuation ('GO ERIC!!!') ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 30% - Antisocial: 5% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - idealization (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 100% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Direct address to Wisconsin voters ('WISCONSIN') creates personal connection illusion - Endorsement framing positions Trump as shared authority figure between audience and candidate - Loyalty chronology ('right from the beginning') signals Trump's reliability to followers ## Fact Checks (2) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-25._ > Eric Hovde is running for the U.S. Senate in Wisconsin **TRUE** Eric Hovde was the Republican candidate in the 2024 Wisconsin U.S. Senate race, challenging Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin. Sources: General knowledge, 2024 election cycle > He has my Complete and Total Endorsement right from the beginning **UNVERIFIABLE** The existence of the endorsement is self-evident from the post itself. The 'right from the beginning' provenance claim cannot be verified without researching the endorsement announcement date, which is not available in the provided context. Trump frequently makes this loyalty-chronology assertion regardless of actual timeline. Overall Veracity: 75% ## Tags - endorsement (100%) - election_day_gotv (95%) - kingmaker_dynamic (85%) - supply_maintenance (75%) - aide_drafted_template (70%) - wisconsin_primary_2024 (90%) - saturation_posting (80%) - grandiose_stable (60%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Musk Interview Afterglow Curdles Into Poll Grievance Before Pivoting to Coordinated Harris Assault** Trump spent the day riding the momentum of his lengthy interview with Elon Musk the night before, repeatedly touting its viewership as record-breaking while complaining that media coverage focused on technical glitches instead. A batch of thirteen congressional endorsements for Minnesota and Wisconsin candidates went out overnight, clearly staff-managed. The day's emotional low point came mid-morning when an unfavorable NYT/Siena poll triggered a brief flash of anger and conspiratorial accusations of rigged methodology, but the mood quickly redirected into a sustained, organized attack campaign against Kamala Harris on fracking, healthcare, and policy flip-flops ahead of the upcoming Democratic National Convention. Full digest for 2024-08-13: https://trump.fm/date/2024-08-13/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, August 13). Eric Hovde is running strong for the U.S. Senate... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_112952767974346766 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Eric Hovde is running strong for the U.S. Senate in..." Truth Social, 13 Aug. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112952767974346766. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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