# Post ts_115970604481516528

- Post ID: `ts_115970604481516528`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-01-28T03:29:51.235Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> My polling is highest ever. Thank you!https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/patrick-allocco-donald-trump-support/2026/01/26/id/1243662/

## Engagement

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T07:15:37.888Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "My polling is highest ever. Thank you!"

A brief, self-congratulatory post linking to a Newsmax article about high approval ratings. This is a routine narcissistic supply-seeking post with minimal complexity.

### Authorship
Posted at 10:29 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago or returning from Iowa rally referenced in adjacent posts). Late evening timing, brevity, and simple declarative style are consistent with authentic Trump posting.

### Psychological State
Classic supply-maintenance behavior. The post functions as a self-administered dose of narcissistic supply — broadcasting favorable polling data and soliciting gratitude/validation from followers. The "Thank you!" creates a parasocial reciprocity loop: followers feel credited for his success, reinforcing loyalty.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- Superlative claim ("highest ever") — characteristic hyperbole
- Newsmax as source selection — friendly outlet unlikely to challenge the claim
- Brevity as confidence display — no need to elaborate when "winning"

### Context
This post is notably disconnected from the major events of the period (Minneapolis shootings, ICE protests, general strike). The absence of engagement with crisis events while posting about personal polling numbers is consistent with narcissistic self-focus and selective attention to ego-reinforcing information.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "My polling is highest ever" | **False** | Multiple independent polling sources and aggregators conclusively show Trump's approval ratings in late January 2026 were nowhere near his highest ever, by any measure.

Polling data from around January 26, 2026:
- Rasmussen Reports (January 26, 2026): 47% approve, 52% disapprove, approval index of -14. His highest second-term Rasmussen reading was 56% approve on January 23, 2025 (approval index +6).
- Ballotpedia aggregate: Trump ended January 2026 at 42% approval, the third consecutive month at that level. His highest aggregate approval was 54% on January 22, 2025.
- Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll (January 2026): 45% approval, down 2 points from December 2025.
- Pew Research Center (January 20-26, 2026): 37% approval, with confidence in Trump declining on all six presidential quality measures.
- Fox News Poll: 44% approval to start 2026.

Aggregate analysis: Poynter's fact-check (November 2025) examined eight major polling aggregators (Silver Bulletin, FiftyPlusOne, Decision Desk HQ, RealClearPolitics, Cook Political Report, NYT, Votehub, RacetotheWH) and found Trump's average approval had fallen from 54.2% at his January 2025 inauguration to 41.5% by late November 2025. This downward trend continued into January 2026.

The linked Newsmax article itself does not support the 'highest ever' claim. Pollster Patrick Allocco's article is titled 'Trump Support Still Sturdy' and argues that 88-96% of 2024 Republican voters still support Trump, along with 30% of independents and 59% of blue-collar workers. This is a base-retention argument, not a claim about record-high overall approval.

This is a recurring pattern: CNN, Poynter, and other fact-checkers have previously rated identical Trump claims about record polling as false. Trump consistently cherry-picks individual favorable polls or conflates base loyalty metrics with overall approval ratings. No major pollster or aggregate showed anything close to a 'highest ever' reading in January 2026. |

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 80%)

### Indicators

- Late evening posting (10:29 PM ET)
- Brevity and simplicity
- Superlative self-praise
- No polished formatting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

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

Sentiment: +0.80

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 15%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- gratitude loop — 'Thank you!' credits followers for his success, creating reciprocal bond

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-22; a recheck of the unverifiable ones last ran 2026-03-29._

> My polling is highest ever

**FALSE**

Multiple independent polling sources and aggregators conclusively show Trump's approval ratings in late January 2026 were nowhere near his highest ever, by any measure.

Polling data from around January 26, 2026:
- Rasmussen Reports (January 26, 2026): 47% approve, 52% disapprove, approval index of -14. His highest second-term Rasmussen reading was 56% approve on January 23, 2025 (approval index +6).
- Ballotpedia aggregate: Trump ended January 2026 at 42% approval, the third consecutive month at that level. His highest aggregate approval was 54% on January 22, 2025.
- Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll (January 2026): 45% approval, down 2 points from December 2025.
- Pew Research Center (January 20-26, 2026): 37% approval, with confidence in Trump declining on all six presidential quality measures.
- Fox News Poll: 44% approval to start 2026.

Aggregate analysis: Poynter's fact-check (November 2025) examined eight major polling aggregators (Silver Bulletin, FiftyPlusOne, Decision Desk HQ, RealClearPolitics, Cook Political Report, NYT, Votehub, RacetotheWH) and found Trump's average approval had fallen from 54.2% at his January 2025 inauguration to 41.5% by late November 2025. This downward trend continued into January 2026.

The linked Newsmax article itself does not support the 'highest ever' claim. Pollster Patrick Allocco's article is titled 'Trump Support Still Sturdy' and argues that 88-96% of 2024 Republican voters still support Trump, along with 30% of independents and 59% of blue-collar workers. This is a base-retention argument, not a claim about record-high overall approval.

This is a recurring pattern: CNN, Poynter, and other fact-checkers have previously rated identical Trump claims about record polling as false. Trump consistently cherry-picks individual favorable polls or conflates base loyalty metrics with overall approval ratings. No major pollster or aggregate showed anything close to a 'highest ever' reading in January 2026.

Sources: https://news.ballotpedia.org/2026/02/04/trumps-ended-january-with-a-42-approval-rating-the-third-consecutive-month-with-this-rating/; https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/trump_approval_index_history_second_term; https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/prez_track_jan26; https://harvardharrispoll.com/press-release-january-2026/; https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2026/01/29/confidence-in-trump-dips-and-fewer-now-say-they-support-his-policies-and-plans/; https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2025/trump-approval-ratings-fact-check-poll-averages-near-historic-low/; https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/31/politics/poll-numbers-trump-fact-check; https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/patrick-allocco-donald-trump-support/2026/01/26/id/1243662/; https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/approval/donald-trump/approval-rating; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_on_the_second_Trump_presidency; https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-donald-trump-starts-2026-44-approval; https://www.natesilver.net/p/trump-approval-ratings-nate-silver-bulletin

Overall Veracity: 0%

## Tags

- supply-seeking (80%)
- self-congratulation (70%)
- polling (90%)

## That day

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

**Endorsement blitz by night, armada by morning — a uniformly grandiose day with three sharp edges**

The evening before, Trump rolled out seven midterm endorsements in about an hour and a quarter — mostly staff-written boilerplate, notable mainly for how often he cited his own vote margins and for the jabs at Republican incumbents he wants gone. He then slept a normal night and woke up straight into the day's most consequential post: a public warning that a naval armada led by the USS Abraham Lincoln is headed toward Iran, with a promise that the next attack would be "far worse." An hour later he turned on Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, saying he was "playing with fire" for refusing to enforce federal immigration law — never mentioning that federal agents had recently killed a US citizen in that city. The rest of the day was far lighter: the S&P 500 crossing 7,000, a complaint about NFL rules and Bill Belichick's Hall of Fame snub, some links to friendly coverage, and a Justice Department nomination in the evening. His mood never shifted from confident and expansive; what changed all day was the target.

Full digest for 2026-01-28: https://trump.fm/date/2026-01-28/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, January 28). My polling is highest ever. Thank... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115970604481516528
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "My polling is highest ever. Thank you!https://www.newsmax.co..." Truth Social, 28 Jan. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115970604481516528. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "My polling is highest ever. Thank you!https://www.newsmax.co...," Truth Social, January 28, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115970604481516528.

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