# Post ts_113625467414124550

- Post ID: `ts_113625467414124550`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2024-12-09T23:30:39.400Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> America First Patriot KC Crosbie is running to become the next Co-Chair of the Republican National Committee, to replace the fantastic Lara Trump! Lara, together with Chairman Michael Whatley, transformed the RNC into a lean, focused, and powerful machine that is empowering the MAGA Movement for many years to come. Thank you for your hard work, Lara, in MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! KC has served on the RNC with distinction, as the RNC's Treasurer and the National Committeewoman from the Great State of Kentucky. As Treasurer, she helped the RNC smash every fundraising record in History, and fortified our Party’s financial foundation. KC has been with me from the very beginning, helping REAL Republicans get elected across the Country, and would be a tremendous Co-Chair of the RNC! KC will work on continuing to ensure a highly functioning, fiscally responsible, and effective RNC that makes Election Integrity a highest priority. KC Crosbie has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be the next Co-Chair of the RNC!

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.326Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-21T19:03:25.664Z (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: ts_113625467414124550
**Platform:** Truth Social | **Date:** 2024-12-09 | **Subject Age:** 78

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## Authorship Attribution

**Assessment: Likely aide-drafted (possible hybrid) | Confidence: Medium**

The post timestamp of 23:30 UTC converts to approximately 6:30 PM EST — assuming Trump had returned from Paris by December 9, 2024. This is standard business hours, inconsistent with the late-night/early-morning pattern characteristic of authentic Trump posts. The grammatical completeness, methodical credential sequencing, and absence of the "DJT" signature (present in the same-day Mark Levin post, which reads far more authentically) further support aide authorship. The "Complete and Total Endorsement" closing formula is a known Trump verbal template and may represent either a preserved dictation fragment or a deliberately inserted authenticating phrase. The most parsimonious interpretation: an aide-drafted endorsement reviewed and approved — rather than authored — by Trump.

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## Level 1: Dispositional Traits

The post activates **low neuroticism** (calm, no threat response), **high extraversion** in the assertiveness facet (authoritative kingmaking stance), and **low agreeableness** in the trust facet (loyalty criteria are explicit and transactional). **Openness** is low — the ideological frame is rigid and formulaic. The overall trait signature is consistent with baseline.

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## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations

**Agency motives dominate.** The post is not about KC Crosbie per se — it is a public demonstration of Trump's continued authority over RNC institutional apparatus post-election. The power motive is expressed through endorsement as command: there is no deliberation, no alternative candidates considered, no democratic framing. The announcement performs sovereignty over the party.

**Loyalty as the primary credential schema** is evident: "with me from the very beginning" appears more salient than Crosbie's actual qualifications. This reflects Trump's consistent worldview in which personal fealty is the master variable overriding competence.

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## Level 3: Narrative Identity

**Protagonist role:** Kingmaker / benevolent patriarch. Trump appears briefly at the margins of this post yet structurally controls its entire logic — the endorsement exists because he issues it.

**Narrative sequence:** Redemption-adjacent. The MAGA movement won, the RNC was "transformed," and now the machinery passes to trusted hands. This is a **consolidation narrative** — unusual for Trump, reflecting post-election grandiose stability.

**Contrasting other:** Notably absent. No enemy is invoked. The "Election Integrity" phrase is the sole coded signal, functioning as shibboleth rather than threat.

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## Level 4: Clinical Indicators

**Narcissistic features (mild-moderate):** Kingmaking behavior reflects grandiosity — the assumption that his endorsement is both necessary and sufficient for RNC succession. Idealization of all named parties is characteristic (no mixed assessments, all figures superlative). **Malignant narcissism components are minimally engaged** — no antisocial features, no paranoid threat response, no sadism evident.

**Defense mechanisms:** Idealization (Lara Trump, KC Crosbie constructed as uniformly excellent) and rationalization ("Election Integrity" as neutral administrative priority rather than grievance vehicle).

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## Cognitive Status

No markers of concern. The post is coherent, sequential, and appropriately structured. Vocabulary consistent with baseline. **Baseline deviation: none.**

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## Danger Assessment

**Level: None.** Routine organizational endorsement. No eliminationist language, no targets, no mobilization signals. The "Election Integrity" reference is low-intensity maintenance of a pre-existing frame rather than an escalatory signal.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "KC Crosbie served as RNC Treasurer" | **True** | Consistent with publicly available RNC records |
| "KC Crosbie is National Committeewoman from Kentucky" | **True** | Consistent with RNC membership records |
| "RNC smashed every fundraising record in History" | **Mostly True** | RNC did set fundraising records in 2024 cycle; 'every record in History' is characteristic Trumpian hyperbole overstating scope |
| "Lara Trump served as RNC Co-Chair alongside Chairman Michael Whatley" | **True** | Both were elected to respective roles in March 2024 following Trump's direction |

Overall Veracity: 95%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 25%)

### Indicators

- Post timestamp 23:30 UTC = ~6:30 PM EST (business hours), inconsistent with authentic late-night Trump posting pattern
- Polished multi-paragraph structure with logical credential sequencing atypical of authentic posts
- Complete grammatically correct sentences throughout with no typos or fragments
- Absence of DJT signature (present in same-day Mark Levin post which reads far more authentically)
- Formal organizational register ('fiscally responsible,' 'fortified our Party's financial foundation') contrasts with Trump's natural colloquial voice

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (RNC leadership transition post-election)

Sentiment: +0.72

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 35%
- Antisocial: 5%
- Paranoid: 5%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 48%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to movement identity ('REAL Republicans,' 'America First Patriot')
- Inclusion language ('with me from the very beginning') creates loyalty hierarchy legible to base

## Fact Checks (4)

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

> KC Crosbie served as RNC Treasurer

**TRUE**

Consistent with publicly available RNC records

Sources: RNC public records

> KC Crosbie is National Committeewoman from Kentucky

**TRUE**

Consistent with RNC membership records

Sources: RNC public records

> RNC smashed every fundraising record in History

**MOSTLY TRUE**

RNC did set fundraising records in 2024 cycle; 'every record in History' is characteristic Trumpian hyperbole overstating scope

Sources: FEC filings 2024

> Lara Trump served as RNC Co-Chair alongside Chairman Michael Whatley

**TRUE**

Both were elected to respective roles in March 2024 following Trump's direction

Sources: RNC March 2024 meeting records

Overall Veracity: 95%

## Tags

- endorsement (100%)
- RNC (90%)
- kingmaking (85%)
- loyalty_schema (80%)
- aide_authored (70%)
- election_integrity (60%)
- grandiose_state (65%)
- post_election_consolidation (75%)

## That day

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

**A Quiet Maintenance Day: Patronage, Promotion, and One Surgical Reality Inversion**

Trump had a low-key day, mostly spent endorsing allies and announcing government appointments. The evening included formal nominations for DOJ Civil Rights and OMB roles, plus an endorsement for RNC co-chair. The most notable moment was a late-night post that completely flipped the real positions of Democrats and Republicans on the Electoral College versus popular vote -- a move that reads as deliberate rather than confused. He stayed silent on brewing controversies around his cabinet picks Hegseth and Gabbard.

Full digest for 2024-12-09: https://trump.fm/date/2024-12-09/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, December 9). America First Patriot KC Crosbie is running to... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_113625467414124550
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "America First Patriot KC Crosbie is running to become the..." Truth Social, 9 Dec. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_113625467414124550. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "America First Patriot KC Crosbie is running to become the...," Truth Social, December 9, 2024, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_113625467414124550.

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