# Post ts_116224183027304989

- Post ID: `ts_116224183027304989`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-03-13T22:18:12.775Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116224183027304989
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116224183027304989/analysis
- Audio narration (1:01): https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116224183027304989.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> It is my Great Honor to endorse America First Patriot, Jon Maples, who is running to represent the wonderful people of Florida's 87th State House District. Jon is a very successful Businessman and Civic Leader, who is known and loved, and also endorsed by so many of my Palm Beach County friends, including by Great State Representative "MAGA" Meg Weinberger. Jon will be a terrific Legislator! As your next State Representative, Jon will fight tirelessly to Grow the Economy, Cut Taxes and Regulations, Promote MADE IN THE U.S.A., Stop Migrant Crime, Safeguard our Elections, Support our Military, Veterans, and Law Enforcement, and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment. Jon Maples has my Complete and Total Endorsement. FL-HD-87: Early Voting ends March 22nd, and Election Day is March 24th. GET OUT AND VOTE FOR JON – HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN! Find your Voting Location here: https://swampthevoteusa.com/jon-maples/

## Engagement

- Likes: 7,709
- Reposts: 1,903
- Replies: 318
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-03-14T14:15:54.144Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T07:54:43.206Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Formulaic State House Endorsement (FL-HD-87)

This is a boilerplate political endorsement for a Florida state house candidate. It follows the exact template used across hundreds of similar Trump endorsements: honorific opener → candidate bio → policy checklist → "Complete and Total Endorsement" → voting logistics → closing exhortation.

### Authorship
Almost certainly aide-written (likely Dan Scavino or political staff). At 6:18 PM ET (Trump was in the Mar-a-Lago/Doral area per the Doral press conference), this falls squarely in business hours. The post is perfectly formatted, grammatically correct, uses consistent capitalization conventions, and follows an exact template. No emotional reactivity, no typos, no stream-of-consciousness. The "swampthevoteusa.com" link suggests coordination with a PAC operation.

### Psychological Content
Minimal authentic psychological signal. The policy list is a generic Republican platform checklist rather than reflecting personal preoccupation. The only mildly diagnostic element is the routine grandiosity of the endorsement ritual itself — positioning Trump as kingmaker whose blessing ("Great Honor," "Complete and Total Endorsement") confers legitimacy.

### Context
This post appears amid a busy day of endorsements (Stephanie Bice), appointments (Matt Floca at Kennedy Center), disaster relief announcements (Michigan), and genuine emotional expression (the "Maggot Hagerman" post). The contrast between this sterile endorsement and the Hagerman post on the same day sharply illustrates the dual-author pattern.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Jon Maples is running for Florida's 87th State House District" | **True** | Extensively confirmed by multiple independent sources. Ballotpedia confirms Jon Maples ran as the Republican candidate for Florida House of Representatives District 87 in a special election. He won the Republican primary on January 13, 2026, with 84.4% of the vote (defeating Gretchen Miller Feng). He then lost the special general election on March 24, 2026, to Democrat Emily Gregory, receiving 48.8% (16,316 votes) to Gregory's 51.2% (17,113 votes). The seat became vacant after Republican Mike Caruso resigned in August 2025 to become Palm Beach County Clerk and Comptroller. Maples is described as a 43-year-old financial planner and former Lake Clarke Shores Council member. He received endorsements from President Trump, State Rep. Meg Weinberger, and Attorney General James Uthmeier, consistent with the post's claims. The district encompasses coastal portions of Palm Beach County, including Mar-a-Lago. His campaign website was votemaples.com. The race was covered extensively by Fox News, CNN, NBC News, CBS12, The Hill, CNBC, Al Jazeera, and Florida Politics, among others. |
| "Early Voting ends March 22nd, and Election Day is March 24th" | **True** | Confirmed by official Palm Beach County Elections sources and multiple news outlets. The official Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections media release states: 'Early Voting in the Florida House District 87 Special General Election and the Village of North Palm Beach Special Election will be available March 14 through March 22, 2026. Three Early Voting locations will be open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.' CBS12 independently confirmed: 'Saturday, March 14, 2026, through Sunday, March 22, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.' The official Palm Beach County Elections page for the District 87 special election confirms the General Election Day as Tuesday, March 24, 2026, with polls open 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Both dates in the claim — early voting ending March 22nd and Election Day on March 24th — are exactly correct per official government election records. |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 10%)

### Indicators

- Perfect grammar and formatting
- Business hours posting (6:18 PM ET)
- Template-following structure
- Policy checklist format
- Coordinated PAC link inclusion

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Kingmaker positioning
- Implied personal relationship with candidate

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-22; a recheck of the unverifiable ones last ran 2026-03-28._

> Jon Maples is running for Florida's 87th State House District

**TRUE**

Extensively confirmed by multiple independent sources. Ballotpedia confirms Jon Maples ran as the Republican candidate for Florida House of Representatives District 87 in a special election. He won the Republican primary on January 13, 2026, with 84.4% of the vote (defeating Gretchen Miller Feng). He then lost the special general election on March 24, 2026, to Democrat Emily Gregory, receiving 48.8% (16,316 votes) to Gregory's 51.2% (17,113 votes). The seat became vacant after Republican Mike Caruso resigned in August 2025 to become Palm Beach County Clerk and Comptroller. Maples is described as a 43-year-old financial planner and former Lake Clarke Shores Council member. He received endorsements from President Trump, State Rep. Meg Weinberger, and Attorney General James Uthmeier, consistent with the post's claims. The district encompasses coastal portions of Palm Beach County, including Mar-a-Lago. His campaign website was votemaples.com. The race was covered extensively by Fox News, CNN, NBC News, CBS12, The Hill, CNBC, Al Jazeera, and Florida Politics, among others.

Sources: https://ballotpedia.org/Jon_Maples; https://www.votepalmbeach.gov/282/State-Representative-District-87; https://floridapolitics.com/archives/786361-democrat-emily-gregory-wins-special-election-for-hd-87-in-palm-beach-county/; https://cbs12.com/news/local/early-voting-begins-march-14-district-87-special-general-election-village-of-north-palm-beach-supervisor-of-elections-florida-news; https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ballot-box-upset-democrats-flip-florida-legislative-seat-trumps-stomping-ground; https://voz.us/en/politics/260324/34370/trump-publicly-endorses-republican-jon-maples-for-key-race-in-florida-s-87th-district.html; https://votemaples.com/

> Early Voting ends March 22nd, and Election Day is March 24th

**TRUE**

Confirmed by official Palm Beach County Elections sources and multiple news outlets. The official Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections media release states: 'Early Voting in the Florida House District 87 Special General Election and the Village of North Palm Beach Special Election will be available March 14 through March 22, 2026. Three Early Voting locations will be open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.' CBS12 independently confirmed: 'Saturday, March 14, 2026, through Sunday, March 22, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.' The official Palm Beach County Elections page for the District 87 special election confirms the General Election Day as Tuesday, March 24, 2026, with polls open 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Both dates in the claim — early voting ending March 22nd and Election Day on March 24th — are exactly correct per official government election records.

Sources: https://fl-palmbeachcountyelections.civicplus.com/CivicSend/ViewMessage/Message/284765; https://cbs12.com/news/local/early-voting-begins-march-14-district-87-special-general-election-village-of-north-palm-beach-supervisor-of-elections-florida-news; https://www.votepalmbeach.gov/282/State-Representative-District-87; https://www.votepalmbeach.gov/191/Election-Dates-Deadlines; https://www.bocaratontribune.com/bocaratonnews/2026/03/early-voting-in-the-march-24th-special-elections/; https://www.270towin.com/news/2026/03/24/live-results-march-24-florida-legislative-special-elections_1798.html

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- endorsement (100%)
- aide-written (90%)
- florida-politics (80%)
- template-post (90%)

## That day

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

**A war ordered by dinnertime, a reporter called a maggot by teatime, and not one word about the dead.**

Trump posted sixteen times on Friday, mostly from his Doral resort in Miami, where House Republicans were holding their annual conference. The day was bracketed by the Iran war: a furious post just after midnight attacking the New York Times and boasting about killing Iranians, then, after a long and largely routine stretch of endorsements and a Kennedy Center renaming announcement, an evening declaration that the US had carried out one of the most powerful bombing raids in Middle East history on Iran's main oil hub. He never once mentioned civilian casualties, including the roughly 175 schoolgirls killed in a US strike that the Pentagon had just elevated to a formal investigation — instead he called a New York Times reporter a "maggot" and threatened to add her to a lawsuit. He slept a normal eight hours and spent most of the daylight hours on ordinary political housekeeping, which makes the switching striking: three minutes separated the attack on the reporter from a polite personnel announcement. The day ended on its highest note, not its angriest one — a two-sentence victory declaration that Iran itself was "dead," posted while the war was still escalating.

Full digest for 2026-03-13: https://trump.fm/date/2026-03-13/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, March 13). It is my Great Honor to endorse America First... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_116224183027304989
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "It is my Great Honor to endorse America First Patriot, Jon..." Truth Social, 13 Mar. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116224183027304989. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "It is my Great Honor to endorse America First Patriot, Jon...," Truth Social, March 13, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116224183027304989.

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