# Post x_1035233203609657300 - Post ID: `x_1035233203609657300` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2018-08-30T22:30:04.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_1035233203609657300 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_1035233203609657300/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1035233203609657300.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Kevin Stitt ran a great winning campaign against a very tough opponent in Oklahoma. Kevin is a very successful businessman who will be a fantastic Governor. He is strong on Crime &, Borders, the 2nd Amendment, &, loves our Military &, Vets. He has my complete and total Endorsement! ## Engagement - Likes: 0 - Reposts: 13,526 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:33:25.037Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-15T22:36:12.176Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Post Analysis: Kevin Stitt Endorsement — August 30, 2018 ### Overview This is a routine primary endorsement for Kevin Stitt following his win in the Oklahoma Republican gubernatorial primary. The post's primary analytical interest lies not in its psychological content but in its **near-verbatim duplication** of language used in the Mike Braun Indiana rally announcement posted earlier the same day, a pattern strongly consistent with template/boilerplate aide authorship. --- ### Authorship Attribution **Strong indicator of aide authorship (Scavino / communications staff).** Multiple convergent signals: 1. **Timing**: UTC 22:30:04 = **6:30 PM EDT** (Trump was in/around Indiana for a campaign rally this evening). This falls squarely in professional business/event hours, not Trump's characteristic late-night posting window. 2. **Template boilerplate**: The Braun post from the same day reads: *"a very successful businessman who is campaigning to be Indiana's next U.S. Senator. He is strong on Crime & Borders, the 2nd Amendment, and loves our Military & Vets."* The Stitt post is word-for-word the same structure with names swapped. This is a production-line endorsement pattern, not organic expression. 3. **Polish and structure**: No typos, correct paragraph structure, professional completeness. The `&,` encoding artifact (comma instead of semicolon) is notable—a duplicate version with correct `&` appears in the same day's posts, suggesting a data-capture encoding variance rather than an authentic Trump idiosyncrasy. 4. **Content type**: Event announcement/endorsement posts are the prototypical Scavino category. **Authorship score: ~0.12** (strongly aide-side). --- ### Psychological State No clinically significant indicators in this post. Trump is operating in **kingmaker/endorser mode**—deploying political capital to anoint a primary winner. This is a stable grandiose expression, not reactive or defensive. The post follows a formulaic political routine rather than emerging from an acute psychological state. Contextually, the broader August 30 posting day shows more psychological texture in earlier posts (CNN credibility attack, McGahn/chaos denial), but this endorsement post is functionally inert from a clinical standpoint. --- ### Rhetorical Analysis Standard conservative political endorsement template: - **Superlatives**: "great winning campaign," "very successful," "fantastic Governor," "complete and total Endorsement" - **In-group values signaling**: Crime & Borders, 2nd Amendment, Military & Vets—the canonical Trump-era conservative identity checklist - **Authority transfer**: Trump's endorsement framed as a legitimizing act ("He has my complete and total Endorsement!") - **Businessman framing**: Consistent pattern of valuing political candidates primarily through commercial/entrepreneurial identity --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Kevin Stitt ran a great winning campaign against a very tough opponent in Oklahoma" | **True** | Stitt won the Oklahoma Republican gubernatorial primary on August 28, 2018, defeating Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb in a runoff. The race was competitive. | | "Kevin is a very successful businessman" | **Mostly True** | Stitt founded Gateway Mortgage Group, a major Oklahoma-based mortgage lender, representing genuine business success, though the characterization is promotional. | | "He has my complete and total Endorsement" | **True** | This is a first-person declaration, self-verifying by nature. | Overall Veracity: 93% ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 12%) ### Indicators - 6:30 PM EDT timing — business/event hours, not Trump's late-night window - Near-verbatim duplication of Mike Braun endorsement language from same day — production-line template pattern - Polished grammar, complete sentences, professional structure with no authentic Trump typos or stream-of-consciousness markers - Duplicate version with correct & encoding exists in same-day posts, suggesting variant data capture rather than organic error - Event/endorsement post type is prototypical Scavino category ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Maintenance Sentiment: +0.72 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 20% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 38% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Kingmaker framing — positions Trump as political legitimacy-granter to followers ## Fact Checks (3) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-15._ > Kevin Stitt ran a great winning campaign against a very tough opponent in Oklahoma **TRUE** Stitt won the Oklahoma Republican gubernatorial primary on August 28, 2018, defeating Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb in a runoff. The race was competitive. Sources: General knowledge — Oklahoma 2018 Republican gubernatorial primary > Kevin is a very successful businessman **MOSTLY TRUE** Stitt founded Gateway Mortgage Group, a major Oklahoma-based mortgage lender, representing genuine business success, though the characterization is promotional. Sources: General knowledge — Kevin Stitt biography > He has my complete and total Endorsement **TRUE** This is a first-person declaration, self-verifying by nature. Overall Veracity: 93% ## Tags - aide-authored (95%) - endorsement (99%) - template-language (93%) - kingmaker-framing (80%) - in-group-signaling (85%) - maintenance-mode (90%) - businessman-framing (75%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Besieged on All Fronts, Trump Wages 25-Post Media War While Legal Walls Close In** Trump spent the day in a sustained defensive crouch, firing off an unusually high volume of posts attacking CNN, NBC, the DOJ, and the FBI while managing fallout from White House Counsel Don McGahn's departure. The morning was especially intense -- a rapid-fire burst of media attacks climaxed with the "Enemy of the People" label before pivoting to stock market boasting and campaign endorsements. A late-night post at nearly 2 AM suggests poor sleep amid mounting legal pressure from the Weisselberg immunity deal and McGahn's cooperation with the Mueller investigation. By afternoon, the storm had largely blown over, replaced by routine rally previews and political endorsements. Full digest for 2018-08-30: https://trump.fm/date/2018-08-30/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2018, August 30). Kevin Stitt ran a great winning campaign against... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_1035233203609657300 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Kevin Stitt ran a great winning campaign against a very..." X (Twitter), 30 Aug. 2018. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1035233203609657300. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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