# Post ts_113165934159412610 - Post ID: `ts_113165934159412610` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2024-09-19T19:45:18.399Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113165934159412610 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_113165934159412610/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_113165934159412610.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Michigan Voter: "I'm going to vote for Donald Trump this year. I am typically a Democrat...Three and a half years ago, I made more money, I paid less taxes, gas prices were cheaper. Now, everything has tripled, including grocery prices." ## What the media says **Video transcript** (1:27), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Tommy, how are you feeling about the election? Who are you going to vote for and why? - I'm going to vote for Donald Trump this year. I am typically Democrat. I'll vote in Democrat every year until Donald Trump's friend crosses. This year, in the past, I voted for Donald Trump. The reasons has been economical primarily. Three and a half years ago, I made more money. I paid less taxes. Gas prices were cheaper. Now, everything has tripled, including grocery prices. I can go to Subway to get a $7 sandwich for six inches now. They used to be half that price, $3. So everything is doubled. My grocery price is doubled. I'm concerned about the border. We've let millions of people in, a lot of criminals, et cetera. The border needs to be shut down before we only bring in those individuals that go through the legal process. I don't, and when Democrats are running for office like they're proposing now, they have this proposal of new homeowners getting a stipend of money to buy a house. Well, nothing is free. That means that if we give out more money, my taxes are going to go up to pay for those new owners. So I'm going to live with a lot of less money every year just because they're giving it away to other people. - Okay, so a lot of issues. ## Media - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/113/165/934/057/276/612/original/d65042ba56c8293c.mp4 ## Engagement - Likes: 10,685 - Reposts: 3,531 - Replies: 395 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.334Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-27T11:33:35.207Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ # Analysis: Michigan Voter Testimonial (2024-09-19) ## Overview This post is a verbatim voter testimonial, almost certainly clipped from the same-day Flint, Michigan town hall (Dort Financial Center, moderated by Sarah Huckabee Sanders). It contains no Trump voice whatsoever — no commentary, superlatives, or first-person framing — and was posted at 3:45 PM EDT during aide working hours. **Authorship attribution strongly favors comms staff (Scavino)**, not Trump personally. --- ## Level 1: Dispositional Traits With no Trump-authored text, direct trait inference is not possible. The *selection* of this content signals: - **Low agreeableness (opponent framing)**: The implicit contrast target is the Biden-Harris administration - **Achievement/status orientation**: Economic record is the central value frame - **No neuroticism indicators** in the curation choice — calm, strategic --- ## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Agency motives** dominate: the post reinforces Trump's identity as economic steward. The "typically a Democrat" framing serves the motive of universal appeal — a characteristic Trump adaptation asserting special/unique status across tribal lines. **Schemas revealed**: The world is split into pre-Trump prosperity and post-Trump decline. This binary schema recurs consistently across Trump's economic messaging. --- ## Level 3: Narrative Identity **Protagonist role**: Absent from explicit text but implied as *Restorer* — the one whose return will reverse the contamination sequence the voter describes. **Contamination sequence**: The voter's narrative arc is a classic contamination story — prosperity → betrayal by incumbents. Trump's campaign appropriates this arc, positioning himself as the redemption sequence that follows. **Identity claim (by proxy)**: Trump is the candidate even Democrats choose when economic reality intrudes on ideology. **Contrasting other**: Biden/Harris administration (unnamed but temporally clear: "three and a half years ago"). --- ## Level 4: Clinical Indicators **No clinically significant indicators present.** This is aide-curated campaign content. The psychological function is routine supply-seeking through external validation — a well-regulated, strategically competent behavior. No rage, no vulnerability oscillation, no cognitive markers (the text is not Trump's speech production), no paranoid features. --- ## Authorship Attribution | Indicator | Assessment | |-----------|------------| | Timestamp (local) | 3:45 PM EDT — business hours | | Voice | 100% third-party quote, zero Trump interpolation | | Quality | No errors, professional format | | Event link | Direct tie to scheduled Flint town hall | | Trump location | Traveling toward DC (per prior post) | **Verdict**: Aide-written/curated with high confidence. Score: 0.10 (strongly Scavino). --- ## Rhetorical Analysis The post deploys **testimonial propaganda** with a powerful **ethos transfer** mechanism. The "typically a Democrat" frame is the load-bearing element: it signals universality of appeal and implies that only economically irrational partisans remain opposed to Trump. The tricolon economic comparison builds rhythmic persuasive force toward the hyperbolic payoff ("everything has tripled"). The attached video — a real face delivering the testimony — maximizes authenticity effect and bypasses the cognitive resistance triggered by known political sources. The claim "everything has tripled, including grocery prices" is factually inaccurate (see fact-checks below) but is embedded in the voter's voice rather than Trump's, providing rhetorical insulation. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Gas prices were cheaper three and a half years ago" | **Mostly True** | Average US gasoline price in early 2021 was approximately $2.60-2.80/gallon; by September 2024, approximately $3.20-3.40/gallon nationally. Prices were indeed lower, though the 2020 COVID demand collapse artificially depressed baseline prices. | | "Everything has tripled, including grocery prices" | **False** | BLS CPI data shows cumulative food-at-home inflation from January 2021 to September 2024 was approximately 20-25%. 'Tripled' would imply +200% inflation. The actual figure is roughly 8-10x smaller than claimed. | | "Three and a half years ago I made more money and paid less taxes" | **Unverifiable** | Individual earnings and tax burden are not verifiable for a specific unnamed voter. Broadly, TCJA (2017) provided net tax cuts for many middle-income earners that remained in effect through 2024, so the tax claim is plausible for some taxpayers. Real wages did decline during 2021-2022 inflation surge before recovering. | Overall Veracity: 43% ## Danger Assessment **None.** No eliminationist language, no dehumanization, no violent imagery, no mobilization cues. Standard campaign economic messaging. --- ## Longitudinal Note Viewed alongside the same-day posts (Rasmussen poll share, book promotion, DC travel announcement), this post is the economic-grievance pillar of a multi-post daily narrative: *polls show we're winning → here's why voters are converting → buy the book → going to DC to govern*. The sequencing is coherent and strategically competent — consistent with a well-functioning campaign comms operation rather than impulsive personal posting. ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 10%) ### Indicators - Post timestamped 19:45 UTC = ~3:45 PM EDT — business hours - Quote-formatted testimonial with no typos or grammatical errors - No Trump voice at all — entirely third-party text - Content directly tied to same-day scheduled Michigan town hall event (Flint, Dort Financial Center) - Professional curation consistent with Scavino/comms staff workflow ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Michigan swing voter testimonial from Flint town hall) Sentiment: -0.15 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 20% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - displacement (neurotic) - idealization (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Voter-as-mirror technique: ordinary citizen reflects Trump's own claims back to audience, creating identification and social proof - Cross-party conversion narrative triggers bandwagon cognition in persuadable voters ## Fact Checks (3) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-27._ > Gas prices were cheaper three and a half years ago **MOSTLY TRUE** Average US gasoline price in early 2021 was approximately $2.60-2.80/gallon; by September 2024, approximately $3.20-3.40/gallon nationally. Prices were indeed lower, though the 2020 COVID demand collapse artificially depressed baseline prices. Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration historical gasoline price data > Everything has tripled, including grocery prices **FALSE** BLS CPI data shows cumulative food-at-home inflation from January 2021 to September 2024 was approximately 20-25%. 'Tripled' would imply +200% inflation. The actual figure is roughly 8-10x smaller than claimed. Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI Food at Home series > Three and a half years ago I made more money and paid less taxes **UNVERIFIABLE** Individual earnings and tax burden are not verifiable for a specific unnamed voter. Broadly, TCJA (2017) provided net tax cuts for many middle-income earners that remained in effect through 2024, so the tax claim is plausible for some taxpayers. Real wages did decline during 2021-2022 inflation surge before recovering. Overall Veracity: 43% ## Tags - testimonial (90%) - economic_grievance (85%) - cross_party_appeal (80%) - aide_authored (90%) - michigan (70%) - supply_seeking (40%) - inflation_rhetoric (75%) - town_hall_content (80%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Iran Hack Becomes Projection Weapon as Trump Converts Victimhood Into Multi-Front Attack on Harris** Trump spent the day weaponizing two real events -- the Iranian hack of his own campaign and his second assassination attempt -- by flipping both into attacks on Kamala Harris and Democrats. The morning brought an angry burst demanding a grand jury investigation of Harris for supposedly receiving stolen intel from Iran, a claim the FBI report does not support. The afternoon featured a coordinated cluster of posts blaming Democratic rhetoric for the assassination attempts, red-baiting Harris as "Comrade Kamala," and amplifying surrogates including a newly rehabilitated Ron DeSantis. Between the grievance volleys, the day was padded with routine campaign promotion -- poll numbers, a book plug, rally announcements -- all delivered in an upbeat, expansive tone that contrasted sharply with the accusatory posts. Full digest for 2024-09-19: https://trump.fm/date/2024-09-19/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, September 19). Michigan Voter: "I'm going to vote for Donald... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_113165934159412610 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Michigan Voter: "I'm going to vote for Donald Trump this..." Truth Social, 19 Sep. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_113165934159412610. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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