# Post ts_116766840824918491

- Post ID: `ts_116766840824918491`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-06-17T18:23:13.677Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116766840824918491
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116766840824918491/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116766840824918491.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> I greatly appreciate Jackson Lahmeyer’s hard work under difficult circumstances — He has always been with me, and I will always be with him. But, when it comes to the current Congressional race for Oklahoma’s 1st Congressional District, I will be supporting America First Patriot, Mark Tedford. Mark is Pro Trump and MAGA all the way! A Proven Leader, Mark has served his Community as a Highly Respected State Legislator and Businessman, prior to running for Congress. Mark Tedford has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be the next Representative from Oklahoma’s 1st Congressional District — HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!

## Engagement

- Likes: 11,965
- Reposts: 2,871
- Replies: 1,322
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-06-24T18:02:44.768Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-06-18T22:34:50.191Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis

Standard Trump endorsement template — low clinical significance, routine political maintenance behavior. The post performs the formal switching of allegiance from Jackson Lahmeyer to Mark Tedford in OK-01 while preserving Lahmeyer's loyalty through the opening acknowledgment ('He has always been with me, and I will always be with him').

### Authorship
Likely Trump-dictated and lightly staff-formatted. The endorsement template is one of the most stable structural artifacts in Trump's posting corpus: capitalized credential nouns, 'Complete and Total Endorsement,' the all-caps 'WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN' tag. Polish suggests aide cleanup; voice fingerprints are Trump's.

### Psychological state
Grandiose-stable state. No injury, no rage, no vulnerable markers. The reciprocal-loyalty formula reflects Trump's characteristic schema in which political relationships are dyadic fealty contracts ('with me/with him') rather than ideological coalitions. Endorsement is framed as a personal gift whose value derives from Trump himself.

### Rhetorical/propaganda
Glittering generalities ('America First Patriot,' 'Proven Leader'), transfer (moving Trump's brand authority to Tedford), and superlative stacking. No dehumanization, no violent imagery, no out-group attack.

### Danger
None. This is routine primary-cycle endorsement behavior with no eliminationist or mobilizing content.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Mark Tedford served as an Oklahoma State Legislator and businessman prior to running for Congress" | **True** | Multiple independent sources confirm that Mark Tedford served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives for District 69 (representing Jenks and South Tulsa) starting November 16, 2022, and was reelected unopposed in 2024. He is also a longtime businessman who has worked in the insurance industry since 1992 and owns Tedford Insurance. He received an MBA from the University of Tulsa and has been recognized with the Blue Ribbon Small Business Award. According to Wikipedia, Ballotpedia search results, the Oklahoma House of Representatives official site, and Tulsa-area news outlets (NewsOn6, News9, KTUL, The Frontier), Tedford was a state legislator and businessman before launching his 2026 congressional campaign to succeed Kevin Hern in Oklahoma's 1st Congressional District. He advanced to a runoff election after receiving 32% of the vote in a 10-candidate primary. |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 70%)

### Indicators

- Signature endorsement template: 'Complete and Total Endorsement'
- Idiosyncratic Capitalized Nouns ('Proven Leader,' 'Community,' 'Businessman')
- All-caps closer 'HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!'
- 'Pro Trump and MAGA all the way!' phrasing characteristic of Trump dictation
- Em-dashes used in Trump-style cadence

## Psychological Profile

### Traits

**Big Five:**
- Extraversion: 70%
- Agreeableness: 40%
- Conscientiousness: 40%
- Neuroticism: 20%
- Openness: 30%

Strongest facet: Assertiveness / dominance signaling

**Motives:**
- Agency: 80%
- Communion: 40%

Primary drive: power

### Narrative

- **Role:** Kingmaker / patron whose blessing determines political outcomes
- **Arc:** neutral

**Identity Claims:**
- I am the source of MAGA legitimacy
- My word is a binding loyalty contract ('I will always be with him')

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Routine political endorsement / primary cycle)

Sentiment: +0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Loyalty framing ('with me/with him')
- Personal guarantee ('NEVER LET YOU DOWN')

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-06-18._

> Mark Tedford served as an Oklahoma State Legislator and businessman prior to running for Congress

**TRUE**

Multiple independent sources confirm that Mark Tedford served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives for District 69 (representing Jenks and South Tulsa) starting November 16, 2022, and was reelected unopposed in 2024. He is also a longtime businessman who has worked in the insurance industry since 1992 and owns Tedford Insurance. He received an MBA from the University of Tulsa and has been recognized with the Blue Ribbon Small Business Award. According to Wikipedia, Ballotpedia search results, the Oklahoma House of Representatives official site, and Tulsa-area news outlets (NewsOn6, News9, KTUL, The Frontier), Tedford was a state legislator and businessman before launching his 2026 congressional campaign to succeed Kevin Hern in Oklahoma's 1st Congressional District. He advanced to a runoff election after receiving 32% of the vote in a 10-candidate primary.

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tedford; https://www.okhouse.gov/representatives/mark-tedford; https://former.okhouse.gov/Members/District.aspx?District=69; https://ballotpedia.org/Mark_Tedford; https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/mark-tedford-thinks-experience-can-outdo-a-trump-endorsement/; https://www.newson6.com/politics/mark-tedford-announces-ok1-congress-run-hern-seat; https://www.newson6.com/oklahoma-politics/oklahoma-primary-election/tedford-lahmeyer-advance-to-runoff-in-oklahomas-1st-congressional-district-race; https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/441585/Mark_Tedford.html

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- endorsement (100%)
- oklahoma (90%)
- primary_race (90%)
- loyalty_framing (80%)
- mark_tedford (100%)
- jackson_lahmeyer (70%)
- maga (70%)

## That day

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

**On the evening he signed the Iran memorandum at Versailles, his last post of the day was about an Oklahoma House primary**

Trump spent the day in France for the last of the G7, and almost everything he posted was about elections back home. He opened at dawn local time with a rapid batch of eleven endorsement-win graphics from the Alabama, Oklahoma and Georgia primaries, then wrote a run of congratulation posts that mostly credited the wins to his own endorsement. The G7 press conference, the Versailles dinner with Macron and the signing of the Iran memorandum got exactly one post, sandwiched between primary victory laps. There was no anger anywhere in the day and nothing threatening; the mood was uninterrupted self-congratulation, because everything around him was going his way. His last post of the evening, apparently from the Versailles visit itself, thanked an Oklahoma candidate for his loyalty and then endorsed the man running against him.

Full digest for 2026-06-17: https://trump.fm/date/2026-06-17/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, June 17). I greatly appreciate Jackson Lahmeyer’s hard work... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_116766840824918491
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I greatly appreciate Jackson Lahmeyer’s hard work under..." Truth Social, 17 Jun. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116766840824918491. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "I greatly appreciate Jackson Lahmeyer’s hard work under...," Truth Social, June 17, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116766840824918491.

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