# Post ts_117293463389669196

- Post ID: `ts_117293463389669196`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-09-18T18:30:16.275Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117293463389669196
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117293463389669196/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117293463389669196.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Carlos De La Cruz has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be the next U.S. Representative from Texas’ 35th Congressional District — HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN! President DONALD J. TRUMP

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (1:08), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> Hello, Texas. On November 3rd, I'm asking you to get out and vote for Carlos de la Cruz. Carlos is running to be the next congressman from Texas's 35th Congressional District, a special place. He is my complete and total endorsement. Carlos spent 20 years in the U.S. Air Force fighting terrorists in the Middle East and cartels on our southern border. He then became a small business owner and has had incredible success. Carlos de la Cruz has always been a fighter, a leader, and a winner. In Congress, he will vote to support our farmers and ranchers, defend the strongest border our country has ever had, and give America the greatest economy in the history of the world. He will vote to cut your taxes and deliver free and fair elections by passing the Save America Act. This November, go out and vote for Carlos de la Cruz for Congress. He will not let you down. Texas, we won every time, and we're going to win this one for Carlos. Thank you very much.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/117/293/462/727/115/811/original/708e637a691e0d2b.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 12,963
- Reposts: 2,766
- Replies: 186
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-09-25T18:00:55.833Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-09-18T19:26:50.899Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## One card in a batch of Texas endorsements

This post came out during a run of identically formatted endorsements on September 18. The day's earlier posts backed Monica De La Cruz (TX-15), Tano Tijerina (TX-28), Eric Flores (TX-34), Stacy Garrity (Pennsylvania governor) and Jon Husted (Ohio Senate). The text follows that template word for word: "[Name] has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be the next U.S. Representative from…", then "HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!" and the signature "President DONALD J. TRUMP." Only the name and district number change. Four of the day's cards cover South and Central Texas seats, which fits a campaign aimed at districts redrawn in Texas's 2025 mid-decade redistricting. TX-35 in particular was moved from a Democratic Austin–San Antonio seat into more favorable territory. The slate reads as party strategy, and it gives no sign of a personal relationship with this candidate.

## Who wrote it

The post went up at 18:30 UTC, which is 2:30 p.m. Eastern or 1:30 p.m. Central, during business hours wherever he was that week after the Ireland trip. Everything in the text points to staff. The card is a fixed form. It signs off in the third person as "President DONALD J. TRUMP", the stylized capitals are identical on every card, and it has no typos, no drift and no aside. The capitals in "HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!" are part of the template, so they show nothing about his mood. The attached video is a different matter. It is a first-person address ("Hello, Texas… I'm asking you to get out and vote"), so he most likely recorded it himself, reading a prepared script. The script is professionally written. It includes a résumé line ("20 years in the U.S. Air Force fighting terrorists in the Middle East and cartels on our southern border"), a list of policy votes and a named bill ("the Save America Act"). That precision is a speechwriter's work.

## What the video claims for him

The script turns the candidate into a stand-in for Trump's own record. De La Cruz will "defend the strongest border our country has ever had" and "give America the greatest economy in the history of the world". Both superlatives describe Trump's administration, and the candidate is only there to protect them. His praise of the candidate as "a fighter, a leader, and a winner" uses the three roles Trump usually claims for himself. It is idealization, with the endorsee given the patron's traits. The close, "Texas, we won every time, and we're going to win this one for Carlos", puts Trump's own electoral record into the race and makes the candidate's win a continuation of his. The phrase "He is my complete and total endorsement" merges the person with the endorsement. It comes from repeating the formula over and over and is not a language error.

## Motive and state

The post is routine midterm work six weeks before November 3. He speaks as the patron who hands out legitimacy, and "my Complete and Total Endorsement" is presented as something he gives and the candidate receives. No attack or wound sets it off, and it names no opponent. The only implied other is the unnamed opposition that "free and fair elections" and the Save America Act are meant to guard against. That phrasing carries the long-running claim that elections are insecure, but here it stays a policy line and names no target. The grandiosity is mild and fixed by the template. Nothing in the text or the scripted video shows anger, feeling persecuted, or cognitive slippage, and the scripted form makes it a poor sample for cognitive tracking anyway.

## Claims

The text makes no factual claim. In the video, the election date is correct (November 3, 2026), and so is "we won every time" in Texas (he carried the state in 2016, 2020 and 2024). "The strongest border our country has ever had" is a superlative. It rests on real numbers, since border encounters in 2025 fell to their lowest in decades, but "strongest ever" can't be measured. The candidate's Air Force service and business success come from the campaign script and are not checked here.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The election is on November 3rd (from the video, spoken in the first person)" | **True** | The 2026 U.S. general election falls on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. |
| "Texas, we won every time (from the video, spoken in the first person)" | **True** | Trump carried Texas in the 2016, 2020 and 2024 presidential elections. |
| "The strongest border our country has ever had (from the video, spoken in the first person)" | **Half True** | Southwest border encounters in 2025 fell to their lowest levels in decades, which supports a claim of sharply reduced crossings. 'Strongest ever' is a superlative with no agreed measure, so the claim goes beyond the data. |

Overall Veracity: 83%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 15%)

### Indicators

- Fixed endorsement template shared verbatim with five other posts the same day
- Third-person signature 'President DONALD J. TRUMP'
- Posted 2:30 p.m. Eastern, during business hours
- No typos, drift, or asides in the text
- Video is a first-person address, likely recorded by Trump from a prepared script with a named bill and a résumé line

## Psychological Profile

### Traits

**Big Five:**
- Extraversion: 70%
- Agreeableness: 45%
- Conscientiousness: 60%
- Neuroticism: 20%
- Openness: 30%

Strongest facet: Assertiveness (the endorser as kingmaker)

**Motives:**
- Agency: 75%
- Communion: 35%

Primary drive: power

### Narrative

- **Role:** Kingmaker and patron handing out legitimacy
- **Arc:** neutral
- **Contrasting:** Implicit opposition to 'free and fair elections' (unnamed)

**Identity Claims:**
- His endorsement is a personal, total guarantee
- His record includes the strongest border and the greatest economy ever
- He wins Texas every time

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Midterm endorsement slate for redrawn Texas districts)

Sentiment: +0.65

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 5%
- Paranoid: 5%
- Sadism: 0%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct second-person address to voters ('Hello, Texas… I'm asking you')
- Shared-victory framing ('we won every time, and we're going to win this one for Carlos')
- Personal guarantee of the candidate's loyalty ('He will not let you down')

## Fact Checks (3)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-09-18._

> The election is on November 3rd (from the video, spoken in the first person)

**TRUE**

The 2026 U.S. general election falls on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.

Sources: U.S. election calendar

> Texas, we won every time (from the video, spoken in the first person)

**TRUE**

Trump carried Texas in the 2016, 2020 and 2024 presidential elections.

Sources: Texas Secretary of State election results

> The strongest border our country has ever had (from the video, spoken in the first person)

**HALF TRUE**

Southwest border encounters in 2025 fell to their lowest levels in decades, which supports a claim of sharply reduced crossings. 'Strongest ever' is a superlative with no agreed measure, so the claim goes beyond the data.

Sources: U.S. Customs and Border Protection monthly encounter data

Overall Veracity: 83%

## Tags

- endorsement (100%)
- midterms-2026 (90%)
- texas-redistricting (60%)
- template-post (90%)
- scripted-video (70%)
- idealization (50%)
- election-integrity (30%)

## That day

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

**CNN, MSNOW and Politico banned from the White House "effective immediately," with "Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow"**

Trump spent Thursday night posting Fox News clips of other people praising him, including a historian who ranked him behind only Washington and Lincoln. Just after midnight he threatened whoever leaked his advisers' warnings about the Iran conflict: "When we find you, you will pay a big price." On Friday afternoon his account put out fifteen identical endorsements in about twenty minutes, and several carried campaign videos with harsh personal attacks on Democrats, including one tying a Muslim-American Senate candidate in Michigan to Hamas and 9/11. Soon after, he banned CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House, said more outlets would follow, and posted a fan video of a lion that has to "show the jackals who he is." The evening turned to celebration, with a Greenland security deal he called "a dream come true" and a list of accomplishments from what he called his "Term Three."

Full digest for 2026-09-18: https://trump.fm/date/2026-09-18/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, September 18). Carlos De La Cruz has my Complete and Total... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_117293463389669196
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Carlos De La Cruz has my Complete and Total Endorsement to..." Truth Social, 18 Sep. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_117293463389669196. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Carlos De La Cruz has my Complete and Total Endorsement to...," Truth Social, September 18, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_117293463389669196.

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