# Post ts_116598155297098066 - Post ID: `ts_116598155297098066` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2026-05-18T23:24:16.820Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116598155297098066 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116598155297098066/analysis ## Post text _No text of its own. The post is its media, below._ ## What the media says **Video transcript** (1:01), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > A very special man, Tommy Tuberville, great football coach by the way. He's running for governor, I don't know, you know, he was a great senator, I'd like to keep him in the Senate but he wants to be a governor and that's okay with me because everything he does, he does well. He's going to be a great governor, he's going to be and cherish all of the values that the people of Alabama won by 45 points and that means I know you and you know me and we love each other. Tommy's going to be a great governor and you need a great governor, so important and he just wanted to do it and could have been a senator for the rest of his life. He wanted to go in and be governor because he's going to do things that are so good and I'm going to work with him so I just want to let you know that Tommy Tuberville, I think you know this anyway, he's a friend of mine, has my complete and total endorsement. He's going to be a phenomenal governor and I love Alabama, thank you. ## Media - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/116/598/153/686/399/572/original/599cf44c7a154ddb.mp4 ## Engagement - Likes: 9,964 - Reposts: 2,421 - Replies: 199 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-05-20T00:01:15.411Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-09-09T21:41:12.798Z (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 No written text; media-only post consisting of a video in which Trump himself speaks (voice matches first-person political-endorsement register: "he's a friend of mine, has my complete and total endorsement," "thank you"). Unlike typical amplified third-party praise clips, the transcript here is unambiguously Trump as speaker, endorsing Tommy Tuberville's Alabama gubernatorial run. The analyzable behavior is twofold: (1) the content of his own remarks in the clip, and (2) the choice to post this particular endorsement video today, alongside two other same-day congressional endorsement posts (Rick Allen, Mike Simpson) — suggesting a batch-endorsement rollout day, likely staff-coordinated. ## Level 1 — Traits Salient facets: mild extraversion/positive affect ("I love Alabama," "we love each other"), low observable neuroticism in this clip (no hostility, no grievance), and characteristic overstatement ("45 points," "phenomenal," "so good") reflecting a longstanding stylistic tendency toward superlatives even in low-stakes political messaging. Openness/conscientiousness not assessable from this content. ## Level 2 — Characteristic Adaptations Agency motive dominant: reinforcing status as Republican kingmaker via endorsement, a recurring instrumental behavior (patronage/loyalty-network maintenance) rather than personal grievance. Communion is invoked instrumentally ("I know you and you know me and we love each other") to transfer his own political capital to Tuberville. Schema: politics-as-personal-relationships, where endorsement value derives from perceived personal bond rather than policy substance. ## Level 3 — Narrative Identity Protagonist role: benefactor/kingmaker bestowing "complete and total endorsement." No redemption or contamination sequence present — this is a stable, low-affect maintenance narrative, not a response to injury. Identity claim: reliable arbiter of political legitimacy in Alabama ("won by 45 points"). ## Level 4 — Clinical Indicators Insufficient extremity for meaningful clinical-construct scoring. No grandiosity beyond routine political hyperbole, no persecution content, no antisocial or paranoid features, no sadism. Narcissistic state: mild grandiose (self-positioning as decisive validator), but proportionate to context (a political endorsement) and non-triggered — classified as "maintenance," not injury-driven. No narcissistic rage. Defense mechanisms: none pathological; possible mild idealization of Tuberville ("everything he does, he does well") consistent with in-group idealization typical of endorsement rhetoric, not diagnostic of a defense against threat. ## Authorship Attribution No written text is available, so this rests entirely on posting-pattern/timing evidence, not stylometry — and note this only addresses who selected/queued the clip, not who is speaking in it (that is clearly Trump). Posted 2026-05-18T23:24:16 UTC; without confirmed location, assuming Eastern time (most probable per recent pattern of NY/Mar-a-Lago base), this is ~7:24 PM EDT — early evening, ambiguous zone, not the late-night/early-morning window typical of spontaneous authentic posting. The clip is polished, on-message, and posted the same day as two other formulaic congressional endorsement write-ups, suggesting a coordinated staff rollout of endorsements. This tilts toward staff-managed posting/selection, though confidence is capped low given the complete absence of textual evidence and uncertainty about exact location/timezone. ## Rhetorical Techniques Hyperbole/superlatives ("phenomenal," "so good," "45 points" as landslide framing), personalization/relationship appeal, no dehumanization, no violent imagery, no dog-whistles. Danger indicators: none. ## Summary Not clinically significant; no summary generated. ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 40%) ### Indicators - Posted alongside two other same-day formulaic congressional endorsement posts, suggesting coordinated staff rollout - Polished, on-message video content typical of campaign-endorsement production - Posting time (~7:24 PM assuming Eastern) falls in ambiguous early-evening window, not the late-night/early-morning window associated with spontaneous authentic posts - No written text exists to apply stylometric analysis; this score reflects only who likely selected/queued the clip for posting, not who is speaking in it (clearly Trump) ## Psychological Profile ### Traits **Big Five:** - Extraversion: 55% - Agreeableness: 55% - Conscientiousness: 40% - Neuroticism: 10% - Openness: 35% Strongest facet: warmth/positive affect toward political ally **Motives:** - Agency: 60% - Communion: 30% Primary drive: status ### Narrative - **Role:** kingmaker/benefactor - **Arc:** neutral - **Contrasting:** None specified **Identity Claims:** - Reliable arbiter of political legitimacy - Loyal ally who rewards loyalty with endorsement ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Maintenance (Routine political endorsement/coalition-building activity, part of a same-day batch of endorsement posts) Sentiment: +0.60 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 20% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - idealization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Personalized relationship framing ('I know you and you know me and we love each other') to transfer perceived personal bond to a political endorsement ## Tags - political-endorsement (90%) - media-only-post (100%) - maintenance-behavior (70%) - low-clinical-significance (90%) ## 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_116598155297098066 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. 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