# Post ts_116110583761056588

- Post ID: `ts_116110583761056588`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-02-21T20:48:25.537Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116110583761056588
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116110583761056588/analysis

## Post text

_No text of its own. The post is its media, below._

## What the media says

**Image** (chart), described automatically; these are a machine's words about the picture, not the poster's:

> A political polling graphic/infographic titled "INDIANA – SD 39, Republican Primary Polling." It has a red top banner with a faded background of "TRUMP 2024" rally signs and a crowd, and a dark blue subheading banner. Below are two side-by-side bar charts comparing polling results, each with a purple/red header label. The left chart, labeled "CURRENT POLLING / INCUMBENT TIED," shows four bars with circular headshot photos above them: Eric Bassler (24%, purple bar), Jeff Ellington (24%, red bar), Kristi Risk (13%, orange bar), and Undecided (39%, yellow bar). Below it is a data table crediting pollster "Fabrizio, Lee & Associates," dated "1/6 - 1/8, 2026," listing the same numbers and a spread of "BASSLER - ELLINGTON EVEN." The right chart, labeled "POLLING IF TRUMP ENDORSES / CHALLENGER +29%," has a circular photo of Donald Trump next to the heading, and shows Eric Bassler at 18%, Jeff Ellington at 47%, Kristi Risk at 18%, and Undecided at 17%, with a matching table below showing the same pollster/date and a spread of "Ellington +29."

Text in the image: "INDIANA – SD 39 Republican Primary Polling CURRENT POLLING INCUMBENT TIED POLLING IF TRUMP ENDORSES CHALLENGER +29% 24% Eric Bassler 24% Jeff Ellington 13% Kristi Risk 39% Undecided 18% Eric Bassler 47% Jeff Ellington 18% Kristi Risk 17% Undecided Pollster: Fabrizio, Lee & Associates Date: 1/6 - 1/8, 2026 Bassler: 24 Ellington: 24 Risk: 13 Undecided: 39 Spread: BASSLER - ELLINGTON EVEN Pollster: Fabrizio, Lee & Associates Date: 1/6 - 1/8, 2026 Bassler: 18 Ellington: 47 Risk: 18 Undecided: 17 Spread: Ellington +29"

## Media

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/116/110/583/576/855/879/original/b421187443644618.jpg

## Engagement

- Likes: 11,223
- Reposts: 2,532
- Replies: 174
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-23T14:00:39.045Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-09-14T07:37:58.575Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

Trump posted only a campaign polling graphic for Indiana's SD 39 primary, no caption. The image supplies its own argument: bars showing a tied race between Eric Bassler and Jeff Ellington ("BASSLER - ELLINGTON EVEN") flip to "Ellington +29%" once his photo is attached to a hypothetical-endorsement scenario. Publishing it without comment lets the poll itself make the claim — that his attention is what moves an outcome. It sits alongside two same-day posts making the identical case in words: endorsing Dan Patrick's re-election and offering to personally intervene on Utah's Great Salt Lake with Governor Cox. All three cast him as the figure whose involvement is decisive, whether the domain is a primary or an environmental hazard.

Nothing in the graphic names an opponent to attack; Bassler, Ellington and Risk are all Republicans, and the content is promotional rather than combative — there is no grievance being aired, only a favorable result being circulated. The choice reads as reflected-glory self-promotion: the mechanism is selection of a chart that flatters his electoral leverage, not persuasion through argument.

On timing, 20:48 UTC is 3:48pm Eastern in February — mid-afternoon, the window when campaign staff typically push out data graphics, not the late-night hours associated with his own unscripted posting. With no prose attached, there is nothing to examine for phrasing, typos or drift, so the attribution question here is who selected this chart to circulate, not who authored anything in it; the timing alone points toward a staff-scheduled post but doesn't establish it.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 35%)

### Indicators

- Posted at 3:48pm Eastern, within a typical staff/campaign-communications posting window rather than his late-night pattern
- No written text accompanies the image, so no stylometric markers (phrasing, typos, drift) are available to weigh
- Polished campaign polling graphic of the kind produced and circulated by a communications team rather than dashed off in reaction to a live event

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Favorable internal polling data showing his endorsement effect in an Indiana state legislative primary)

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

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

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 0%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Sharing internal campaign data to signal insider access and personal influence over the base

## Tags

- electoral-influence (80%)
- self-promotion (70%)
- kingmaker (60%)
- image-only (100%)

## 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).  [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_116110583761056588
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "" Truth Social, 21 Feb. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116110583761056588. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "," Truth Social, February 21, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116110583761056588.

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