# Post ts_117447474430342324

- Post ID: `ts_117447474430342324`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-10-15T23:17:18.255Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117447474430342324
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117447474430342324/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117447474430342324.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Hello Iowa! I am going to be coming to your Great State, which I won in Landslides all three times, with the Highest Vote ever obtained by a Political Candidate (for any Office!), on Thursday, October 22nd, and Sunday, November 1st. The reason I’ll be there is to get truly fantastic Warriors elected, including Ashley Hinson for U.S. Senate, Zach Lahn for Governor, Mariannette Miller-Meeks for Iowa’s 1st Congressional District, Joe Mitchell for the 2nd District, Zach Nunn for the 3rd District, and Chris McGowan for the 4th District — They are all spectacular people, and have my Complete and Total Endorsement. I will see you on October 22nd, and again on November 1st, where we will have two spectacular Rallies honoring all of the above — and more. THANK YOU IOWA FOR YOUR GREAT SUPPORT — I WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN, AND NEITHER WILL ANY OF OUR GREAT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES! President DONALD J. TRUMP

## Engagement

- Likes: 15,651
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- Metrics collected: 2026-10-22T23:03:07.132Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-10-15T23:36:23.949Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## A rally announcement that opens with his own vote count

The post exists to announce two Iowa rallies (Thursday, October 22 and Sunday, November 1, both correct weekdays for 2026, the second two days before the midterm) and to list six endorsed Republicans. Before it reaches either purpose, it spends its first clause on Trump's own Iowa record: "which I won in Landslides all three times, with the Highest Vote ever obtained by a Political Candidate (for any Office!)." The candidates come after that, and they are framed as the reason "I'll be there." The order is the finding. A slate endorsement is built around the endorser's electoral record, and the down-ballot candidates borrow standing from it. This fits his long-running habit of opening a state appeal by telling the state how well he did there. It reads as routine supply-seeking, with no injury behind it.

## Warmth on the same afternoon as the Cornyn attack

Earlier the same day he posted a hostile attack on John Cornyn and "his Liddle' Buddy, Super RINO, Karl Rove," with a mocking nickname ("TalaFREAKO") for the Texas Democratic nominee. This post has none of that. No opponent is named, so there is no contrasting other, and the only targets are people being praised. The two posts show the same split from two sides: allies get superlatives ("truly fantastic Warriors," "spectacular people," "Complete and Total Endorsement"), and the Texas post put people who obstruct his endorsee in the opposite category. Within this post the split shows up only as idealization. The identical praise applied to six different candidates shows it is a formula: loyalty earns the adjective, and none of the six is described by anything specific.

The closing all-caps line, "I WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN, AND NEITHER WILL ANY OF OUR GREAT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES!", is a personal pledge made on behalf of others. It casts him as the guarantor of the whole ticket, a patron and protector of the Hero/King type, and it addresses the reader directly as a member of a relationship ("Hello Iowa!", "THANK YOU IOWA FOR YOUR GREAT SUPPORT"). That is the parasocial register of rally speech moved into text.

## Reality claims

"Landslides" stretches the record. His Iowa margins were about 9.4 points (2016), 8.2 (2020) and 13.2 (2024): comfortable wins, and only the last is near what political usage calls a landslide. The raw-vote claim holds up better. His 2024 total of about 927,000 is the highest Iowa has given any candidate, just ahead of Chuck Grassley's 926,007 in the 2016 Senate race. The parenthetical "(for any Office!)" shows he or his drafter knows the distinction matters, and the record rests mostly on population and turnout growth. These are inflations of real wins, and none of them asks the reader to deny a documented event.

## Who wrote it

The post is posted at 23:17 UTC, which is 7:17 PM Eastern, the end of the business day. The structure is clean: a district-by-district list in numerical order, full correct names including "Mariannette Miller-Meeks," an em-dash before "They," and dates repeated for logistics. That is how campaign-scheduling copy looks. His voice is still present: the capitalized common nouns ("Great State," "Landslides," "Warriors," "Rallies"), the exclamatory parenthetical, the all-caps sign-off and the "President DONALD J. TRUMP" signature. The likeliest reading is staff-drafted endorsement copy in his house style, with the self-referential opening clause as the line most likely his own. He may have dictated it. The writing has no drift, no self-interruption and no errors, and nothing in it bears on cognitive status.

## Risk

"Warriors" is the only martial word, and it is used as praise for candidates. Nobody is named as an enemy, and the post calls for no action beyond attending rallies and voting.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Trump won Iowa in landslides all three times" | **Half True** | He won Iowa in 2016, 2020 and 2024, by about 9.4, 8.2 and 13.2 points. These are clear wins, but only the 2024 margin is near what is conventionally called a landslide. |
| "He received the highest vote ever obtained by a political candidate for any office in Iowa" | **Mostly True** | His 2024 Iowa total of about 927,000 votes is the highest raw count for any Iowa candidate, narrowly ahead of Chuck Grassley's 926,007 in the 2016 Senate race and well ahead of Obama's roughly 829,000 in 2008. As a raw count the claim is accurate. It reflects electorate growth, and his vote share was lower than Grassley's 60 percent. |
| "October 22 is a Thursday and November 1 a Sunday" | **True** | In 2026, October 22 falls on a Thursday and November 1 on a Sunday, two days before the November 3 general election. |

Overall Veracity: 77%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- Posted 7:17 PM ET, end of business day
- Numerically ordered district-by-district candidate slate with full, correctly spelled names
- Logistics repeated (both dates stated twice), typical of scheduling copy
- Clean punctuation including em-dash; no errors or drift
- House-style capitalization of common nouns (Great State, Landslides, Warriors, Rallies)

## Psychological Profile

### Traits

**Big Five:**
- Extraversion: 80%
- Agreeableness: 50%
- Conscientiousness: 55%
- Neuroticism: 20%
- Openness: 25%

Strongest facet: Assertiveness (extraversion), with self-promotional status claims

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

Primary drive: status

### Narrative

- **Role:** Winner and patron who returns to a loyal state to anoint his chosen candidates
- **Arc:** neutral
- **Contrasting:** None named in this post (same-day Texas post supplied Cornyn and Rove)

**Identity Claims:**
- Won Iowa in landslides three times
- Received the highest vote of any candidate for any office in Iowa
- Will never let Iowa down

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Midterm rally scheduling for Iowa; self-referential vote-record boast as the post's opening move)

Sentiment: +0.75

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 45%
- Antisocial: 5%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 45%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to the state as a person ('Hello Iowa!')
- Personal loyalty pledge ('I WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN')
- Gratitude framed as a relationship ('THANK YOU IOWA FOR YOUR GREAT SUPPORT')
- Promise of in-person return visits

## Fact Checks (3)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-10-15._

> Trump won Iowa in landslides all three times

**HALF TRUE**

He won Iowa in 2016, 2020 and 2024, by about 9.4, 8.2 and 13.2 points. These are clear wins, but only the 2024 margin is near what is conventionally called a landslide.

Sources: Iowa Secretary of State official canvass results 2016, 2020, 2024

> He received the highest vote ever obtained by a political candidate for any office in Iowa

**MOSTLY TRUE**

His 2024 Iowa total of about 927,000 votes is the highest raw count for any Iowa candidate, narrowly ahead of Chuck Grassley's 926,007 in the 2016 Senate race and well ahead of Obama's roughly 829,000 in 2008. As a raw count the claim is accurate. It reflects electorate growth, and his vote share was lower than Grassley's 60 percent.

Sources: Iowa Secretary of State official canvass results 2008, 2016, 2024

> October 22 is a Thursday and November 1 a Sunday

**TRUE**

In 2026, October 22 falls on a Thursday and November 1 on a Sunday, two days before the November 3 general election.

Sources: 2026 calendar

Overall Veracity: 77%

## Tags

- midterms-2026 (90%)
- iowa (90%)
- endorsement (85%)
- electoral-record-boast (60%)
- idealization (50%)
- supply-seeking (45%)

## That day

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

**Trump's feed ends the day calling Michigan nominee Abdul El-Sayed "Mohammed Al-Sayed," a "Muslim brotherhood member"**

Coming off a Montana rally, Trump spent much of the day letting supporters talk for him. A run of rally-line videos praised his stamina, memory and record, and one overnight clip called former allies like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens "frauds." His main written decision was calling off the planned livestream of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan's execution, which he presented as his own ruling without mentioning the backlash that came before it. The rest of the day worked through the Senate map: an Ohio endorsement, attacks on Roy Cooper in North Carolina, an advance excuse blaming John Cornyn and Karl Rove if Ken Paxton loses Texas, two Iowa visits, and, at the close, a video calling Michigan's Democratic nominee "Mohammed Al-Sayed" and an unproven "Muslim brotherhood member." Anger stayed low, and the hard edge showed in who got targeted.

Full digest for 2026-10-15: https://trump.fm/date/2026-10-15/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, October 15). Hello Iowa! I am going to be coming to your Great... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_117447474430342324
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Hello Iowa! I am going to be coming to your Great State,..." Truth Social, 15 Oct. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_117447474430342324. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Hello Iowa! I am going to be coming to your Great State,...," Truth Social, October 15, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_117447474430342324.

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