# Post ts_116598153081743681

- Post ID: `ts_116598153081743681`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-05-18T23:23:43.019Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116598153081743681
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116598153081743681/analysis

## Post text

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

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (0:53), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> Great lieutenant governor and friend of mine Bert Jones is running for the governor of Georgia and You know, I won Georgia by a lot and the people of Georgia like me and I love them They're great, but this is a great gentleman. He's a Ex-football star I wouldn't say he's quite as good as Herschel because I love Herschel too who is but he was a really good captain of the Georgia team a really good player and I just want to let you know he's He's gonna be a great governor. He's a fantastic person always has been he's solid as a rock He loves Georgia loves everything about Georgia and so do I and so I just want to let you know that Bert Jones has my complete and total endorsement. Thank you

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/116/598/149/883/682/508/original/a38ebe1831df98d2.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 9,394
- Reposts: 2,277
- Replies: 166
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-05-19T22:01:13.597Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-09-09T21:36:40.204Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Post Overview

This is a media-only post: an endorsement video for Bert Jones (Georgia Lt. Governor, now running for Governor) with no accompanying written text from the subject. The transcript is consistent with the subject himself being the speaker (first-person: "I love Herschel too," "I just want to let you know"), matching his established pattern of recording personal video endorsements alongside the written endorsement posts seen elsewhere in the same day's timeline (Rick Allen, Mike Simpson). Because there is no written text, stylometric/typo-based authorship evidence is unavailable entirely — analysis rests on timing and posting-pattern context only.

## Level 1-3 (Traits, Motives, Narrative)
Salience is low given the brief, formulaic content. Mild extraversion (enthusiastic praise, positive affect) and status-motivated self-insertion are visible: even while endorsing another person, the subject inserts his own electoral record ("I won Georgia by a lot") and a personal-affinity comparison to Herschel Walker, subtly recentering the endorsement around his own brand and judgment. Narrative role is "kingmaker" — the protagonist who confers legitimacy via endorsement ("complete and total endorsement"). No contrasting-other or grievance content is present; tone is uniformly affiliative.

## Clinical/Defense/Rhetorical
No pathological, immature, or neurotic defenses are evident in this brief, low-affect clip. Rhetoric is limited to routine superlatives and hyperbole typical of endorsement messaging ("fantastic," "solid as a rock," "great gentleman"). No grandiose crisis, injury, or rage markers. No danger indicators, dehumanization, or reality distortion.

## Authorship
Confidence capped at low per instructions: this reflects only what can be inferred about clip selection/timing, not composition of the spoken content.

Not clinically significant; no summary generated.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "I won Georgia by a lot" | **Half True** | Trump did win Georgia in the 2024 presidential election, but by approximately 2.2 percentage points (roughly 49.4% to 48.5%), which is a narrow margin by historical standards, not a large one. Characterizing this as winning 'by a lot' overstates the margin. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 30%)

### Indicators

- No written text accompanies the post, eliminating all stylometric evidence (typos, syntax, punctuation)
- Posting time converts to roughly 7:23 PM Eastern (assuming NY/Mar-a-Lago), which is business-adjacent early evening, not the late-night/early-morning window most associated with unmediated posting
- Content is a routine political endorsement video, a category frequently scheduled/posted by staff as part of coordinated campaign support, though the subject also personally records many such endorsements
- Same-day timeline includes multiple similarly formatted endorsement posts (Rick Allen, Mike Simpson), suggesting a batch posting session consistent with either the subject or staff working through a list of endorsements

## Psychological Profile

### Traits

**Big Five:**
- Extraversion: 60%
- Agreeableness: 50%
- Conscientiousness: 30%
- Neuroticism: 10%
- Openness: 30%

Strongest facet: assertiveness/positive affect

**Motives:**
- Agency: 50%
- Communion: 30%

Primary drive: status

### Narrative

- **Role:** kingmaker/endorser
- **Arc:** neutral
- **Contrasting:** none articulated

**Identity Claims:**
- Popular and electorally successful in Georgia
- Arbiter of political legitimacy via endorsement

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Routine campaign-cycle endorsement activity ahead of Georgia gubernatorial primary)

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Personal video address creating direct, intimate-feeling connection with supporters
- Self-referential electoral boasting embedded within praise of an ally

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-09-09._

> I won Georgia by a lot

**HALF TRUE**

Trump did win Georgia in the 2024 presidential election, but by approximately 2.2 percentage points (roughly 49.4% to 48.5%), which is a narrow margin by historical standards, not a large one. Characterizing this as winning 'by a lot' overstates the margin.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- endorsement (90%)
- self-referential-boasting (30%)
- low-significance (80%)

## That day

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

**Trump calls off a "scheduled" Iran strike at the request of three Gulf rulers, five hours after mocking how the press would cover an Iranian surrender**

Trump spent the day before a big round of Republican primaries at the White House. He put out a long run of nearly identical endorsements, one every minute or two, while hammering Kentucky congressman Thomas Massie from mid-morning into the evening. Massie came up in his own posts, in videos, and in a repeated share of a Laura Loomer interview with Massie's ex-girlfriend. In the middle of all this he announced that he had called off a planned military attack on Iran because the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE asked him to wait. He kept a full-scale assault on the table. The tone was boastful and combative more than angry, the posting stayed within normal waking hours, and the day closed with a shared argument that presidents don't need Congress's permission to go to war.

Full digest for 2026-05-18: https://trump.fm/date/2026-05-18/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, May 18).  [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_116598153081743681
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "" Truth Social, 18 May. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116598153081743681. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "," Truth Social, May 18, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116598153081743681.

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