# Post ts_116109911600146683 - Post ID: `ts_116109911600146683` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2026-02-21T17:57:29.175Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116109911600146683 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116109911600146683/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116109911600146683.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > I am proud to once again endorse Texas Lieutenant Governor, Dan Patrick, for Re-Election. As Texas Chair of our Presidential Campaigns in 2016, 2020, and 2024, Dan has been an incredible friend to our Movement, helping us WIN BIG in the Primaries and General Elections. In his next Term, Dan will fight tirelessly alongside of us to Secure the Border, Stop Migrant Crime, Grow the Economy, Cut Taxes and Regulations, Champion School Choice, Support our Great Military/Vets, Restore American Energy DOMINANCE, and Strongly Protect our always under siege Second Amendment. Dan Patrick has my Complete and Total Endorsement – He will never let you down! ## Engagement - Likes: 16,413 - Reposts: 3,765 - Replies: 840 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-23T10:45:30.982Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T07:37:02.315Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Analysis: Dan Patrick Endorsement Post (2026-02-21) This is a formulaic political endorsement post for Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick's re-election. It follows a highly standardized template seen across hundreds of Trump endorsements: personal loyalty citation → policy agenda bullet points → "Complete and Total Endorsement" closing phrase. ### Authorship Almost certainly aide-written (likely Scavino or campaign staff). The post appeared at 12:57 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago or traveling), uses perfect grammar, complete sentences, professional formatting, and the boilerplate "Complete and Total Endorsement" trademark phrase. No typos, no emotional reactivity, no stream-of-consciousness. This is a transactional endorsement template. ### Psychological Significance Minimal. This is routine political maintenance — reinforcing loyalty networks and exercising patronage power. The policy list is generic Republican boilerplate. The post functions as a dominance display (power to bestow endorsements) and loyalty reward system (Patrick chaired Trump's Texas campaigns three cycles). ### Rhetorical Devices Standard endorsement rhetoric: superlatives ("incredible friend," "WIN BIG," "tirelessly"), selective capitalization for emphasis (DOMINANCE, Complete and Total), and the closing reassurance formula ("He will never let you down!"). The policy list uses fear-based framing ("Stop Migrant Crime," "always under siege Second Amendment"). ### Context This post sits amid a day of much more psychologically significant content, including the tariff escalation post and the "hunter/hunted" Presidents' Day message. This endorsement is routine noise by comparison. ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 15%) ### Indicators - Perfect grammar and spelling throughout - Business hours posting (12:57 PM ET) - Formulaic endorsement template structure - 'Complete and Total Endorsement' boilerplate phrase - Professional formatting with policy bullet list ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Maintenance Sentiment: +0.70 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 30% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 10% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - idealization (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 40% **Parasocial Techniques:** - inclusive language ('our Movement', 'alongside of us') - reassurance formula ('will never let you down') ## Tags - endorsement (100%) - patronage (80%) - aide-written (90%) - routine (90%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **A day after the Supreme Court struck the tariffs 6-3, a proclamation raising them instead** Trump spent the day metabolizing the Supreme Court's ruling against his tariffs. Friday night he blamed the two justices he appointed and accused Republicans of disloyalty; Saturday morning he praised the three who sided with him, called the decision anti-American, and issued a formal statement saying he would raise tariffs anyway. The afternoon was routine political business — Texas endorsements, a run of Indiana primary polling graphics, a note about the Great Salt Lake — before the anger came back out on smaller targets: he yanked his endorsement of a Colorado congressman who opposed the tariffs, then demanded Netflix fire Susan Rice or "pay the consequences." He slept a full night in between and nothing suggests a manic stretch. The telling part is the direction of travel: unable to touch the Court, he found people who could be punished. Full digest for 2026-02-21: https://trump.fm/date/2026-02-21/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, February 21). I am proud to once again endorse Texas Lieutenant... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_116109911600146683 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I am proud to once again endorse Texas Lieutenant Governor,..." Truth Social, 21 Feb. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116109911600146683. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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