# Post ts_115022012587872496

- Post ID: `ts_115022012587872496`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-08-13T14:50:27.616Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115022012587872496/analysis
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## Post text

> Wow! Highest polling Republican President in HISTORY! Thank you.

## Engagement

- Likes: 24,168
- Reposts: 5,351
- Replies: 2,134
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.299Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T03:27:30.276Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "Highest polling Republican President in HISTORY"

Brief, exuberant post celebrating polling numbers. Classic supply-seeking behavior — short, punchy, grandiose claim followed by performative gratitude.

### Authorship
Posted at ~10:50 AM ET (Trump likely at White House given upcoming Putin meeting). Business hours, but the brevity, ALL CAPS emphasis, and exclamatory style are consistent with authentic Trump. The post is too short and emotionally spontaneous to be aide-crafted.

### Psychological State
Pure grandiose narcissistic supply-seeking. The "Wow!" opener signals performed surprise at one's own greatness — a routine pattern. "Thank you" functions as parasocial intimacy marker, positioning followers as participants in his success.

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## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Highest polling Republican President in HISTORY" | **Mostly False** | Trump's approval ratings have generally hovered in the low-to-mid 40s range. Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush (post-Gulf War), and George W. Bush (post-9/11) all achieved significantly higher approval ratings. The claim may reference a cherry-picked poll or narrow metric. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Longitudinal Context
This post sits among a cluster of defensive posts about the Putin meeting, media attacks, and shared praise from Eric Trump. The polling post serves as a grandiosity maintenance anchor amid the defensive content — a palate cleanser between grievance posts.

### Rhetorical Devices
- Superlative + "in HISTORY" (unfalsifiable hyperbole)
- ALL CAPS for emphasis
- Brevity as confidence display

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 75%)

### Indicators

- Exclamatory opening
- ALL CAPS emphasis
- Brevity and impulsiveness
- Business hours but spontaneous style

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (polling data)

Sentiment: +0.90

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Exclamatory opener
- Grandiose claim

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- distortion (pathological)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- performative gratitude
- inclusive 'thank you' creating shared triumph

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-22._

> Highest polling Republican President in HISTORY

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Trump's approval ratings have generally hovered in the low-to-mid 40s range. Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush (post-Gulf War), and George W. Bush (post-9/11) all achieved significantly higher approval ratings. The claim may reference a cherry-picked poll or narrow metric.

Sources: Historical Gallup presidential approval data

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- supply-seeking (90%)
- grandiosity (80%)
- polling-claim (70%)

## That day

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

**Military Deployed to the Capital as a Manufactured Crisis Caps a Day of Grandiose Self-Promotion**

The day was dominated by routine self-promotion -- sharing positive media clips, quoting allies, and boasting about polling numbers -- with brief flashes of anger in the morning over Bolton's criticism of the upcoming Putin summit and old Schiff leak allegations. The most significant development came in the evening, when a lengthy post painted Washington DC as more dangerous than Fallujah and Bogota to justify deploying 800 National Guard troops, despite actual crime data showing 30-year lows. The contrast between "winning on everything" earlier in the day and the capital supposedly being a war zone by evening was striking and unresolved.

Full digest for 2025-08-13: https://trump.fm/date/2025-08-13/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, August 13). Wow! Highest polling Republican President in... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115022012587872496
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Wow! Highest polling Republican President in HISTORY! Thank..." Truth Social, 13 Aug. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115022012587872496. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Wow! Highest polling Republican President in HISTORY! Thank...," Truth Social, August 13, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115022012587872496.

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