# Post ts_117470606096661361 - Post ID: `ts_117470606096661361` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2026-10-20T01:19:59.472Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117470606096661361 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117470606096661361/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117470606096661361.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > On Election Night, Kansas is going to prove that America does not belong to those who HATE IT, America belongs to those who LOVE IT! President DONALD J. TRUMP ## Engagement - Likes: 10,031 - Reposts: 2,438 - Replies: 314 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-10-21T15:00:18.919Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-10-20T02:19:50.832Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## A Kansas applause line, posted as one of a run of speech excerpts The post went up at 01:19 UTC on October 20, which is 8:19 PM Central on October 19 in Kansas. The same evening's posts address the audience directly: "Here in Kansas, your Dumocrat Governor, Laura Kelly" and "Tonight, I am also pleased to announce." The historian log does not record the event, so it is unclear whether he spoke in person or by phone, as he did at the Iowa tele-rally on October 15. Either way, this post belongs to a batch of rally lines, each closed with the same signature, "President DONALD J. TRUMP." The batch covers drug prices, DEI, the women's health order, a congressional voting record and diesel taxes, and every item is a clean, self-contained talking point. That pattern shapes the authorship call. The words are almost certainly Trump's, spoken from the stage, but the act of posting looks like staff work: one line pulled from the remarks, the uniform sign-off, nothing reacting to anything, and no drift or errors in the text. The evening hour would usually point toward Trump typing himself. Here it only shows when the event took place. The capitalized "HATE IT" and "LOVE IT" are speechwriting emphasis, the stressed syllables of a line written for crowd response. They don't read as a reaction to something he just saw. ## Who the country belongs to The sentence uses one antithesis, "America does not belong to those who HATE IT, America belongs to those who LOVE IT!", and it works by **splitting**. The electorate falls into two groups defined by how they feel about the nation, not by what policies they hold. The post never names the haters. The surrounding posts do: "the Radical Left Dumocrats want to burn it all down," "Every single Dumocrat in Congress voted AGAINST." Read alongside them, "those who HATE IT" means the opposing party and its voters. The claim goes beyond saying opponents are wrong. It says they are not rightful members of the country, because the line hands ownership of the nation to one side. The **projection** here is moderate. Two days earlier, nationwide "No Kings" rallies framed their cause as patriotic defense of constitutional order. The post turns that around and gives the claim to love of country to his side alone. The line doesn't refer to those protests, so the link is inference (low-to-medium confidence). ## Grandiose state, defeat kept out of view The narcissistic state is grandiose, and the forecast carries it: "Kansas is going to prove." The October 18 Washington Post-ABC-Ipsos poll had his approval at 33%, and the post-level trigger is better described as campaign maintenance than as injury. Still, the line casts Election Night as a moral test that his side is sure to pass. That leaves no room for a result that goes the other way except as a win for "those who HATE IT." This is a contamination frame set up in advance: an adverse outcome is already explained as the work of people who don't love the country. Defensively, that comes close to **denial** of the national polling picture. He offers the Kansas audience a local victory that cancels the poll's verdict. ## Archetype and order The archetype is the King defending the realm against an internal enemy, combined with the Shadow. The hostility the line projects onto opponents ("HATE") matches the contempt in his own posts that week ("Dumocrats," jail threats against election workers on October 16). On the order/chaos axis he speaks as **order restorer**: the nation is a possession to reclaim from people who would "burn it all down," and "those who LOVE IT," the rally audience, hold rightful title. ## Why the line rates low on danger despite its shape The exclusionary shape is real. Denying opponents a share in the nation is a building block of delegitimizing rhetoric, and the same week included the election-worker jail post and the "be shot" remark about leakers. But this line calls for nothing except a vote, names no individual, and uses no dehumanizing or violent words. The remedy it offers is the ballot. It adds to the week's cumulative pattern of treating the midterm as a loyalty test without becoming a threat signal itself. The text is a scripted, polished sentence and shows no cognitive markers. It can't serve as a measure of spontaneous language production. There is no checkable factual claim, only a prediction about the election result. ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "On Election Night, Kansas is going to prove that America belongs to those who love it" | **Unverifiable** | The rating stays unverifiable. The claim is a prediction about the November 3, 2026 election wrapped around a value judgment. The post went up at 01:19 UTC on October 20, which was the evening of October 19 in Kansas, and it is being analyzed the same day. No votes existed to grade it against, and whether a result shows that America 'belongs to those who love it' is an opinion, not something facts can settle. What deeper research added: 1. It's a stock line with the state name swapped in. The same template shows up across Trump's fall 2026 midterm messaging: - His address to the first Republican Midterm Convention (Yahoo item dated September 9, 2026): "On election night, we're going to prove that America does not belong to those who hate it. America belongs to those who love it." - A Truth Social post on October 2, 2026, word for word except the state (trumpstruth.org status 42078): "America does not belong to those who hate it. America belongs to those who love it! President DONALD J. TRUMP" - An Alabama video post on October 3 (status 42112): "So on election night, Alabama is going to prove that America does not belong to those who hate it." - Fox News on the Dayton/Vandalia, Ohio rally of October 3: "On election night, Ohio is going to prove that America does not belong to those who hate it." - Fox News on the Bullhead City, Arizona rally of October 14: "On election night, Arizona is going to prove..." - Voz.us reported the line from the Highland Heights, Kentucky event on October 17. So the Kansas version is a template line, not something written for Kansas. 2. Whether he said it at the Kansas rally isn't independently confirmed. The rally did happen on October 19 at Heartland Credit Union Arena in Park City, for Sen. Roger Marshall, with Trump on stage around 7 p.m. Fox News's live coverage quotes other lines: "In 15 days, we're going to reelect Roger Marshall," which matches the November 3 date, and "we're going to defeat the communists, the jihadists, and the corrupt anti-American lunatics once and for all." Reuters (via Yahoo) quotes "I love you Kansas, but I'm here for a guy named Roger Marshall" and the France 'burn' warning. Neither has the 'love it/hate it' line, and I found no full transcript. Given the pattern, he very likely used it, but no published coverage I could reach confirms it. 3. The polls on the post date neither backed nor ruled out the predicted Republican result: - US Senate: - FiftyPlusOne's average as of October 19 had Democrat Adam Hamilton up 46.9 to 45.6, about Hamilton +1. - RealClearPolling's mid-October average had Marshall up about 0.3 to 0.7. - Recent polls: InsiderAdvantage (October 13-14) Marshall 48-47, Trafalgar (September 29-October 1) tied 44-44, Emerson (September 15-16) Hamilton 45-43. - Cook rated the race a toss-up. Prediction markets gave Marshall about a 62-63% chance (Polymarket, Kalshi, via PoliAgg). - Kansas hasn't elected a Democratic senator in 94 years (Reuters). - Governor (open seat): Republican Ty Masterson led Democrat Cindy Holscher, 51-44 in Emerson's poll. Cook and Sabato rated it Lean Republican as of August. - Emerson had Trump's approval among Kansas likely voters at 40% approve, 53% disapprove. The Senate race was within the margin of error and the governor's race leaned Republican, so the forecast was plausible but far from settled. Bottom line: the setting is confirmed and the line is a reused template. The forecast can't be graded on the post date, and the 'love it versus hate it' framing is opinion either way. If this is reviewed after November 3, the Kansas Senate and governor results are the measurable part. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 30%) ### Indicators - Part of a same-evening batch of discrete rally talking points, each closed with an identical 'President DONALD J. TRUMP' signature - Polished antithesis built for crowd response, with no errors, drift or asides - Capitals placed on the stressed words of a delivered line ('HATE IT' / 'LOVE IT'), consistent with speech emphasis - 8:19 PM Central timing matches a Kansas evening event, not late-night solo posting - Words are likely Trump's own spoken remarks, but transcribing and posting them looks like staff work ## Psychological Profile ### Traits **Big Five:** - Extraversion: 80% - Agreeableness: 20% - Conscientiousness: 50% - Neuroticism: 45% - Openness: 15% Strongest facet: Assertiveness, with low agreeableness toward an out-group defined by feeling toward the nation **Motives:** - Agency: 80% - Communion: 40% Primary drive: power ### Narrative - **Role:** Leader of the patriotic in-group, owner and defender of the nation - **Arc:** neutral - **Contrasting:** 'Those who HATE IT', meaning the Democrats named in the same evening's posts **Identity Claims:** - His side is 'those who LOVE' America - Election Night will vindicate his movement ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Maintenance (Kansas midterm campaign remarks) Sentiment: +0.10 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 45% - Antisocial: 10% - Paranoid: 30% - Sadism: 5% **Defense Mechanisms:** - splitting (immature) - projection (immature) - denial (pathological) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 35% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Rewards the in-group with identity ('those who LOVE IT') - Turns the vote into a proof of belonging ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-10-20; a recheck of the unverifiable ones last ran 2026-10-20._ > On Election Night, Kansas is going to prove that America belongs to those who love it **UNVERIFIABLE** The rating stays unverifiable. The claim is a prediction about the November 3, 2026 election wrapped around a value judgment. The post went up at 01:19 UTC on October 20, which was the evening of October 19 in Kansas, and it is being analyzed the same day. No votes existed to grade it against, and whether a result shows that America 'belongs to those who love it' is an opinion, not something facts can settle. What deeper research added: 1. It's a stock line with the state name swapped in. The same template shows up across Trump's fall 2026 midterm messaging: - His address to the first Republican Midterm Convention (Yahoo item dated September 9, 2026): "On election night, we're going to prove that America does not belong to those who hate it. America belongs to those who love it." - A Truth Social post on October 2, 2026, word for word except the state (trumpstruth.org status 42078): "America does not belong to those who hate it. America belongs to those who love it! President DONALD J. TRUMP" - An Alabama video post on October 3 (status 42112): "So on election night, Alabama is going to prove that America does not belong to those who hate it." - Fox News on the Dayton/Vandalia, Ohio rally of October 3: "On election night, Ohio is going to prove that America does not belong to those who hate it." - Fox News on the Bullhead City, Arizona rally of October 14: "On election night, Arizona is going to prove..." - Voz.us reported the line from the Highland Heights, Kentucky event on October 17. So the Kansas version is a template line, not something written for Kansas. 2. Whether he said it at the Kansas rally isn't independently confirmed. The rally did happen on October 19 at Heartland Credit Union Arena in Park City, for Sen. Roger Marshall, with Trump on stage around 7 p.m. Fox News's live coverage quotes other lines: "In 15 days, we're going to reelect Roger Marshall," which matches the November 3 date, and "we're going to defeat the communists, the jihadists, and the corrupt anti-American lunatics once and for all." Reuters (via Yahoo) quotes "I love you Kansas, but I'm here for a guy named Roger Marshall" and the France 'burn' warning. Neither has the 'love it/hate it' line, and I found no full transcript. Given the pattern, he very likely used it, but no published coverage I could reach confirms it. 3. The polls on the post date neither backed nor ruled out the predicted Republican result: - US Senate: - FiftyPlusOne's average as of October 19 had Democrat Adam Hamilton up 46.9 to 45.6, about Hamilton +1. - RealClearPolling's mid-October average had Marshall up about 0.3 to 0.7. - Recent polls: InsiderAdvantage (October 13-14) Marshall 48-47, Trafalgar (September 29-October 1) tied 44-44, Emerson (September 15-16) Hamilton 45-43. - Cook rated the race a toss-up. Prediction markets gave Marshall about a 62-63% chance (Polymarket, Kalshi, via PoliAgg). - Kansas hasn't elected a Democratic senator in 94 years (Reuters). - Governor (open seat): Republican Ty Masterson led Democrat Cindy Holscher, 51-44 in Emerson's poll. Cook and Sabato rated it Lean Republican as of August. - Emerson had Trump's approval among Kansas likely voters at 40% approve, 53% disapprove. The Senate race was within the margin of error and the governor's race leaned Republican, so the forecast was plausible but far from settled. Bottom line: the setting is confirmed and the line is a reused template. The forecast can't be graded on the post date, and the 'love it versus hate it' framing is opinion either way. If this is reviewed after November 3, the Kansas Senate and governor results are the measurable part. Sources: https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/midterm-elections-2026-trump-kansas-latino-voters-october-19; https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-warns-kansans-us-burn-015040646.html; https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-immediately-interrupted-several-idiot-011046312.html; https://www.ksn.com/news/your-local-election-hq/live-updates-trump-rally-in-park-city/; https://www.kcur.org/2026-10-16/trump-rally-will-be-at-heartland-credit-union-arena-in-park-city; https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-10-19/trump-supporters-protestors-gather-at-park-city-arena-in-advance-of-mondays-rally; https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/19/trump-rallies-kansas-roger-marshall-bid-stop-democratic-surge/; https://nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/president-uses-antisemitic-slur-defending-roger-marshall-kansas-rally-rcna604497; https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-going-prove-america-does-130000570.html; https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/42078; https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/42112; https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-polls-dont-account-one-thing-pledges-defeat-communists-once-all; https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-torches-democrats-arizona-rally-warns-destroy-country-ahead-midterms; https://voz.us/en/politics/261017/40056/trump-touts-economic-agenda-in-kentucky-tariffs-investments-and-supply-chains.html; https://www.nysun.com/article/trump-america-belongs-to-those-who-love-it; https://fiftyplusone.news/polls/senate/general/kansas; https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/senate/general/2026/kansas/marshall-vs-hamilton; https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/governor/general/2026/kansas/masterson-vs-holscher; https://emersoncollegepolling.com/kansas-2026/; https://poliagg.com/race/us-senate-2026-ks/; https://www.poliwave.com/us/ks/sen-fed; https://news.ballotpedia.org/2026/08/19/holscher-and-masterson-to-face-off-for-one-of-five-democratic-held-governorships-up-for-election-this-year-in-a-state-donald-trump-win-in-2024/; https://www.cookpolitical.com/governor/race/479511; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_election_in_Kansas Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - midterms-2026 (90%) - kansas (70%) - splitting (70%) - delegitimization (60%) - rally-excerpt (70%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Back from Kansas, Trump spends the hour after midnight reposting other accounts' screenshots of his own claim that France is being "burned to the ground"** Monday night's Kansas rally for Senator Roger Marshall dominated the start of the day. Pieces of the speech went up on his account while he was still on stage, from a promised $5,000 "Trump Dividend" to a long passage describing France as being "burned to the ground" by migrants and claiming Democrats want the same for America. After midnight he reposted a fast stream of screenshots from friendly outlets, party accounts and supporters quoting that France line back to him, mixed in with praise for the size of the crowd. In the same late hour he went after the federal judge in his Washington golf-course lawsuit and posted photos "for the Judge to study." Tuesday was quieter and mostly routine (early-voting reminders, news links about a women's health order, and an announcement he tied to France), and every call to action all day was a call to vote. Full digest for 2026-10-20: https://trump.fm/date/2026-10-20/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, October 20). On Election Night, Kansas is going to prove that... [Social media post]. 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