# Post ts_116602192066577324

- Post ID: `ts_116602192066577324`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-05-19T16:30:52.969Z (UTC)
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## Post text

> The Highly Respected Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton, an America First Patriot, and someone who has always been extremely loyal to me and our AMAZING MAGA MOVEMENT, is running for the United States Senate, to represent a place I love and WON, BIG, three times, with 6.4 Million Votes in 2024 (The Most Votes in the History of the State, BY FAR)!
>
> I know Ken well, have seen him tested at the highest and most difficult levels, and he is a WINNER! Ken is a Strong Supporter of TERMINATING THE FILIBUSTER and, very importantly, THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, something which polls at 87%, including Dumocrats, and yet can’t seem to get approved. Perhaps Ken can help move these important elements of Government forward because with the Filibuster, as an example, the Democrats will terminate it on their First Day in Office, giving us two extra States, D.C. and Puerto Rico, and a greatly enlarged Supreme Court of the United States, probably going with their Dream Number of 21 Justices from the 9 that we currently have — And these new Justices will be Radical Left Lunatics! Two years ago, our Country was DEAD — Now we have the “HOTTEST” Country anywhere in the World — And I want to keep it that way. Ken Paxton will help me do that, MAKING AMERICA BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!
>
> Ken is a true MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate. He will tirelessly fight to continue the Great Growth of our Economy, Cut Taxes and Regulations (I just delivered the Largest Tax and Regulation Cuts in American History!), and Advance MADE IN THE U.S.A., Unleash American Energy DOMINANCE, Champion Texas Oil & Gas, Advocate for our Amazing Farmers and Ranchers, Promote School Choice, Keep our Border SECURE, Stop Migrant Crime, Support our Incredible Military/Veterans, Safeguard our Elections, and Protect our always under siege Second Amendment.
>
> John Cornyn is a good man, and I worked well with him, but he was not supportive of me when times were tough and, despite having the Most Successful Economy in the History of our Country during my First Term and, with all of the many other things that I accomplished (Secure Border, Military Dominance, Space Force, All Time High Stock Markets and 401(k)s, Record Job and Economic Growth, and so many other things that would be impossible to readily list!), which are considered by many to be legendary, John was very late in backing me in what turned out to be a Historic Run for the Republican Nomination, and then, the Presidency, itself, both of which were Landslide Victories and, more importantly, gave us the Country that we have today — THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA (and when we finish up with Iran, which will not be allowed to have a Nuclear Weapon, you will see numbers that have never been generated by our Country before!), as opposed to the DISASTER of the previous Administration.
>
> Ken Paxton has gone through a lot, in many cases, very unfairly, but he is a Fighter, and knows how to WIN. Our Country needs Fighters, and also Loyalty to the Cause of Greatness. We can never allow what happened to the United States of America during the Corrupt Biden Administration, to happen again. In Texas alone, just look at the Border, with the Highest Level Criminals allowed to run through your State, totally unvetted and unchecked, through an Open Border Policy that was a Laughingstock all over the World. I came in, and fixed it, IMMEDIATELY. I will not permit those dark and dangerous days to come back! WE HAVE ALREADY MADE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, BUT NOW, WE WANT TO MAKE OUR NATION BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE. Therefore, Ken Paxton has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be the next United States Senator from the Great State of Texas – KEN PAXTON WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!
>
> DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

## Engagement

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-05-20T04:09:16.869Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

Routine Trump endorsement post backing Texas AG Ken Paxton against incumbent Senator John Cornyn. Functions as narcissistic supply maintenance and loyalty enforcement: Paxton praised foremost as 'extremely loyal to me,' while Cornyn devalued through classic faint-praise ('good man' → 'not supportive when times were tough'). Authorship likely authentic Trump with light staff structuring — 'Dumocrats,' mid-post Iran parenthetical, and grievance asides are diagnostic. Grandiose narcissistic state dominates: superlative-stacking ('Largest Tax Cuts in American History,' 'Most Successful Economy,' 'GOLDEN AGE') and fabricated Democratic threats ('21 Justices') signal reality distortion characteristic of baseline rather than acute deterioration. Prominent defenses include splitting (MAGA Warriors vs. Radical Left Lunatics), idealization/devaluation, and pathological denial of documented record. Narrative identity is redemptive Savior-King: he 'fixed it, IMMEDIATELY,' resurrecting a 'DEAD' country. No acute trigger — maintenance posting. Danger indicators absent; no eliminationist or stochastic terrorism markers. Cognitive presentation consistent with baseline. Notable as a clean exemplar of Trump's transactional schema: political worth measured by personal fealty.

## Analysis

A prototypical Trump endorsement post — likely authentic with light staff polish — supporting Texas AG Ken Paxton's Senate bid against incumbent John Cornyn. The post operates as **narcissistic supply maintenance** through the well-worn endorsement template, with characteristic Trump fingerprints: the 'Dumocrats' pejorative, idiosyncratic capitalization, a mid-paragraph Iran parenthetical, and grievance against Cornyn for being 'late' in supporting him.

### Level 1: Traits
- **High Extraversion** (assertiveness, dominance)
- **Low Agreeableness** (devaluation of Cornyn; contempt for Democrats)
- **Elevated Neuroticism (angry hostility facet)** — attenuated relative to baseline rage posts
- **Low Openness** (rigid us/them framing)

### Level 2: Adaptations
The organizing schema is **loyalty as the supreme political virtue**. Paxton is praised first for being 'extremely loyal to me'; policy commitments follow as boilerplate. Agency motive (power, status) dominates.

### Level 3: Narrative Identity
Trump casts himself as the **Savior-King** who 'came in, and fixed it, IMMEDIATELY,' rescuing a 'DEAD' country into a 'GOLDEN AGE.' The arc is **redemptive** with embedded **contamination warning**.

### Clinical Indicators
**Grandiose narcissistic state** dominates. No marked deviation from baseline; no acute injury. **Splitting** and **devaluation-by-faint-praise** are textbook.

### Authorship
Authentic Trump voice with probable aide structuring. Iran digression, 'Dumocrats,' and Cornyn grievance are unmistakably Trump.

### Danger
None elevated. Standard partisan combat rhetoric without eliminationist markers.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Trump won Texas with 6.4 million votes in 2024 — 'The Most Votes in the History of the State, BY FAR'" | **Mostly True** | Trump received approximately 6.39 million votes in Texas in 2024, the most ever for a presidential candidate in the state. 'BY FAR' is hyperbolic given population/turnout growth, but the record itself stands. |
| "Trump 'won' Texas 'three times'" | **Mostly True** | Trump carried Texas in 2016, 2020, and 2024. The framing implies three presidential victories, but Trump lost the 2020 national election. As a Texas-state-level claim it is accurate. |
| "SAVE Act 'polls at 87%, including Dumocrats'" | **Mostly False** | After exhaustive search across major pollsters (Harvard CAPS/Harris, Pew Research, Gallup, Rasmussen, CBS News, Economist/YouGov, Navigator Research, Heritage Action), no poll matches Trump's specific 87% figure for the SAVE America Act. Actual polling on the SAVE Act itself shows substantially lower support: Harvard CAPS/Harris (February 2026) found 71% overall support, including only 50% of Democrats; Rasmussen Reports found 63%; and a CBS News March 2026 poll found only 28% supported the legislation while 31% opposed and 41% were unsure. Navigator Research found support drops from 50% to 45% once voters hear counter-messaging. The higher figures Trump may be conflating (83–85%) are for specific provisions, not the bill itself: Pew Research found 83% support voter ID requirements (with 71% of Democrats); Gallup found 83% back proof of citizenship for registration (67% of Democrats); Harvard CAPS/Harris found 85% agree only citizens should vote. Trump previously claimed the act was 'an 88% issue with ALL VOTERS,' which ABC News rated 'Mostly True' only with major caveats — noting the 83% Pew figure was about voter ID generally, not the SAVE Act, and was conducted before the bill was even introduced. PolitiFact rated a similar ad citing the 83% figure as 'Half True,' noting CBS polling on the actual SAVE Act showed only 28% support. Democratic support specifically for the SAVE Act is roughly 50% (Harvard/Harris), nowhere near the 'including Dumocrats' level of 87% Trump implies. The 87% figure appears fabricated or significantly inflated, conflating support for individual provisions with support for the comprehensive legislation, and overstating Democratic support by a wide margin. |
| "Democrats would expand the Supreme Court to 21 justices on 'their First Day in Office'" | **False** | No major Democratic legislative proposal has called for 21 justices. Progressive court-expansion bills have ranged from 13 to 15. The '21 Justices' figure is rhetorical invention. |
| "Trump delivered 'the Largest Tax and Regulation Cuts in American History'" | **False** | The 2017 TCJA was significant but not the largest tax cut historically by standard measures (Reagan's 1981 cut and earlier Kennedy/Johnson cuts were larger as a share of GDP). Repeatedly fact-checked as false. |
| "Trump's first term had 'the Most Successful Economy in the History of our Country'" | **False** | Pre-pandemic Trump-era economic metrics were strong but not unprecedented. Multiple post-WWII expansions produced comparable or superior GDP growth, unemployment, and job-creation metrics. |

Overall Veracity: 30%

## Receipts (1)

### moderate — border-wall (1 day earlier)

> "Trump fixed the border 'IMMEDIATELY' after taking office"

**vs.**

> "The U.S. border is not currently secure and needs to be kept secure"

The source claim explicitly states the U.S. border 'is not currently secure' (May 2026). Candidate 3 asserts Trump 'fixed the border IMMEDIATELY' after taking office (January 2025), which implies the border has been secure for over a year. These two claims pull in opposite directions on the current state of border security — if the border was truly fixed immediately upon Trump taking office, it should be secure by the date of the source post.

[View contradicting post →](/post/ts_116596781952316386)

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 75%)

### Indicators

- First-person voice throughout
- Idiosyncratic capitalization (WINNER, BIG, GOLDEN AGE)
- 'Dumocrats' pejorative neologism
- Mid-post Iran parenthetical digression
- Grandiose self-referential asides (6.4 Million Votes, Largest Tax Cuts)

## Psychological Profile

### Traits

**Big Five:**
- Extraversion: 85%
- Agreeableness: 15%
- Conscientiousness: 30%
- Neuroticism: 65%
- Openness: 20%

Strongest facet: assertiveness/angry hostility

**Motives:**
- Agency: 90%
- Communion: 30%

Primary drive: power

### Narrative

- **Role:** Savior-King restoring a 'DEAD' country to a 'GOLDEN AGE'
- **Arc:** redemption
- **Contrasting:** John Cornyn (insufficiently loyal Republican), Democrats/'Dumocrats', Biden Administration

**Identity Claims:**
- I won Texas BIG three times
- Delivered Largest Tax Cuts in American History
- Built Most Successful Economy in History
- I fixed the border IMMEDIATELY

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.20

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Extensive ALL CAPS
- Run-on sentences with grandiose digressions
- Superlative-stacking ('Largest', 'Most Successful', 'HOTTEST', 'GOLDEN AGE')

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 85%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 60%
- Sadism: 20%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)
- devaluation (immature)
- idealization (immature)
- denial (pathological)
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 55%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- In-group loyalty signaling ('our AMAZING MAGA MOVEMENT')
- Collective protagonist ('we have', 'our Country')
- Enemy construction ('Dumocrats', 'Radical Left Lunatics')

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Claims of 'Largest Tax Cuts in American History' contradicting documented record
- Fabricated '21 Justices' court-packing claim presented as Democratic policy
- Characterization of pre-Trump economy as 'DEAD'

## Fact Checks (6)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-05-20._

> Trump won Texas with 6.4 million votes in 2024 — 'The Most Votes in the History of the State, BY FAR'

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Trump received approximately 6.39 million votes in Texas in 2024, the most ever for a presidential candidate in the state. 'BY FAR' is hyperbolic given population/turnout growth, but the record itself stands.

> Trump 'won' Texas 'three times'

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Trump carried Texas in 2016, 2020, and 2024. The framing implies three presidential victories, but Trump lost the 2020 national election. As a Texas-state-level claim it is accurate.

> SAVE Act 'polls at 87%, including Dumocrats'

**MOSTLY FALSE**

After exhaustive search across major pollsters (Harvard CAPS/Harris, Pew Research, Gallup, Rasmussen, CBS News, Economist/YouGov, Navigator Research, Heritage Action), no poll matches Trump's specific 87% figure for the SAVE America Act. Actual polling on the SAVE Act itself shows substantially lower support: Harvard CAPS/Harris (February 2026) found 71% overall support, including only 50% of Democrats; Rasmussen Reports found 63%; and a CBS News March 2026 poll found only 28% supported the legislation while 31% opposed and 41% were unsure. Navigator Research found support drops from 50% to 45% once voters hear counter-messaging. The higher figures Trump may be conflating (83–85%) are for specific provisions, not the bill itself: Pew Research found 83% support voter ID requirements (with 71% of Democrats); Gallup found 83% back proof of citizenship for registration (67% of Democrats); Harvard CAPS/Harris found 85% agree only citizens should vote. Trump previously claimed the act was 'an 88% issue with ALL VOTERS,' which ABC News rated 'Mostly True' only with major caveats — noting the 83% Pew figure was about voter ID generally, not the SAVE Act, and was conducted before the bill was even introduced. PolitiFact rated a similar ad citing the 83% figure as 'Half True,' noting CBS polling on the actual SAVE Act showed only 28% support. Democratic support specifically for the SAVE Act is roughly 50% (Harvard/Harris), nowhere near the 'including Dumocrats' level of 87% Trump implies. The 87% figure appears fabricated or significantly inflated, conflating support for individual provisions with support for the comprehensive legislation, and overstating Democratic support by a wide margin.

Sources: https://www.factcheck.org/2026/03/qa-on-the-save-america-act/; https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/03/the-save-america-act-is-the-most-popular-election-reform-in-decades/; https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/03/another-new-poll-shows-massive-support-for-save-america-act/; https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/21/politics/save-america-act-republicans-poll; https://navigatorresearch.org/the-more-americans-learn-about-the-save-act-the-less-they-like-it/; https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2026/apr/17/restoration-of-america/SAVE-America-Act-voter-ID-citizenship-poll/; https://abcnews.com/Politics/fact-check-trump-save-america-act-amid-push/story?id=130505183; https://www.newsweek.com/trump-backed-save-act-proposals-are-popular-with-americans-11690539; https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-demand-popular-polls-save-act-11762709; https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/save_act_gets_63_support; https://heritageaction.com/press/new-polling-shows-save-america-act-commands-broad-support-across-battleground-states; https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-endorses-texas-ag-ken-paxton-for-senate-citing-support-for-save-act/

> Democrats would expand the Supreme Court to 21 justices on 'their First Day in Office'

**FALSE**

No major Democratic legislative proposal has called for 21 justices. Progressive court-expansion bills have ranged from 13 to 15. The '21 Justices' figure is rhetorical invention.

> Trump delivered 'the Largest Tax and Regulation Cuts in American History'

**FALSE**

The 2017 TCJA was significant but not the largest tax cut historically by standard measures (Reagan's 1981 cut and earlier Kennedy/Johnson cuts were larger as a share of GDP). Repeatedly fact-checked as false.

> Trump's first term had 'the Most Successful Economy in the History of our Country'

**FALSE**

Pre-pandemic Trump-era economic metrics were strong but not unprecedented. Multiple post-WWII expansions produced comparable or superior GDP growth, unemployment, and job-creation metrics.

Overall Veracity: 30%

## Receipts (1)

### moderate — border-wall (1 day earlier)

> Trump fixed the border 'IMMEDIATELY' after taking office

_May 19, 2026_

vs.

> The U.S. border is not currently secure and needs to be kept secure

_May 18, 2026_

The source claim explicitly states the U.S. border 'is not currently secure' (May 2026). Candidate 3 asserts Trump 'fixed the border IMMEDIATELY' after taking office (January 2025), which implies the border has been secure for over a year. These two claims pull in opposite directions on the current state of border security — if the border was truly fixed immediately upon Trump taking office, it should be secure by the date of the source post.

[View contradicting post](/post/ts_116596781952316386)

## Tags

- endorsement (100%)
- ken_paxton (100%)
- loyalty_test (90%)
- grandiosity (85%)
- splitting (80%)
- devaluation (75%)
- grievance_cornyn (70%)
- golden_age_rhetoric (80%)
- iran_digression (50%)
- fabricated_threat (70%)

## That day

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

**On Kentucky's primary day, Trump said an old Massie endorsement was outdated, then said Massie was never endorsed**

This was primary day in Kentucky, and most of his energy went into trying to beat Congressman Thomas Massie. Late morning he reshared a Laura Loomer interview with Massie's ex-girlfriend, then reposted four of his own earlier attacks, including one telling voters to act "tomorrow, Tuesday" when it was already Tuesday. After Massie put out an old Trump endorsement, Trump fired back twice in the afternoon. The first time he called it old, and the second time he said Massie "wasn't endorsed." The rest of the day was quieter: a late-evening photo of a water test at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, an endorsement of Ken Paxton, a push on rail safety, and a string of victory graphics after the polls closed.

Full digest for 2026-05-19: https://trump.fm/date/2026-05-19/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, May 19). The Highly Respected Attorney General of Texas,... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_116602192066577324
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The Highly Respected Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton,..." Truth Social, 19 May. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116602192066577324. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The Highly Respected Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton,...," Truth Social, May 19, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116602192066577324.

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