# Post x_1035233203609657344 - Post ID: `x_1035233203609657344` - Platform: X (Twitter) - Posted: 2018-08-30T18:30:04.000Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_1035233203609657344 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_1035233203609657344/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1035233203609657344.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: 72,612 - Reposts: 17,071 - Replies: 0 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.398Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-15T22:34:29.920Z (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 ### Authorship Attribution **Local Time Determination:** Trump was based in Washington, D.C. on August 30, 2018 (traveling to Evansville, Indiana for an evening rally). Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) places this post at **2:30 PM EDT** — solidly within business hours. **Stylometric Assessment:** This post is almost certainly **aide-written**, most likely by Dan Scavino or a communications staffer. The evidence is striking: compare the Stitt post directly to the Mike Braun endorsement posted the same day: - *Braun post:* "...a very successful businessman...He is strong on Crime & Borders, the 2nd Amendment, and loves our Military & Vets." - *Stitt post:* "Kevin is a very successful businessman...He is strong on Crime & Borders, the 2nd Amendment, & loves our Military & Vets." The language is near-verbatim template duplication. Additional aide indicators: correct grammar and spelling throughout, polished sentence structure, no emotional reactivity, no ALL CAPS, no stream-of-consciousness fragmentation. The business-hours timing confirms this inference. --- ### Multi-Level Personality Analysis **Level 1 — Dispositional Traits (Big Five)** The post, as a communication artifact, reflects low neuroticism (no hostile affect), moderate-to-high extraversion via assertive endorsement language, and low openness (boilerplate conservative litmus-test items: crime/borders, 2nd Amendment, military/vets). Agreeableness is superficially elevated (praise for Stitt) but instrumentalized — the praise serves self-interest (demonstrating political influence) rather than genuine other-orientation. **Level 2 — Characteristic Adaptations** The post is a pure **agency/power motive** expression. The endorsement mechanism is one of Trump's primary tools for asserting political dominance: by publicly anointing a candidate, Trump positions himself as kingmaker. The phrase "complete and total Endorsement!" — using the full weight formulation Trump reserves for high-stakes proclamations — signals that even routine endorsements are framed as maximum-power gestures. There is no communion motive present; Stitt is not engaged as a person but as a vehicle for Trump's influence projection. **Level 3 — Narrative Identity** - **Protagonist role:** Kingmaker/Patron. Trump casts himself as the source of political legitimacy. Stitt's victory is framed as downstream of Trump's endorsement: "ran a great winning campaign" immediately followed by the endorsement claim. - **Identity claims:** Implicitly, "I pick winners" and "My endorsement matters." The phrase "complete and total Endorsement" performs completeness and certainty as identity traits. - **Contrasting other:** The "very tough opponent" is mentioned but unnamed, serving only to amplify Stitt's (and Trump's) achievement. - **Narrative sequence:** Micro-redemption arc — tough race → great victory → Trump validation. **Level 4 — Clinical Indicators** No clinically significant patterns in this post. This is baseline-level supply maintenance and influence projection without rage, paranoia, or grandiosity escalation beyond Trump's established norm. --- ### Psychological Dynamics **Trigger:** Maintenance/supply-seeking. This is routine political influence demonstration — not driven by injury or threat. **Narcissistic State:** Mild grandiose. The kingmaker posture is a low-intensity version of the grandiose state; the post lacks the urgency or intensity that accompanies genuine narcissistic activation. **Narcissistic Rage:** Absent. This is one of the calmer, more functional posts in the day's sequence. Notably, the surrounding posts show significant rage activation (CNN, media, McGahn), making this endorsement post an island of relative calm — consistent with aide management of the posting calendar. **Defense Mechanisms:** None conspicuous. The post is positive and forward-oriented, requiring no defensive operations. --- ### Rhetorical Analysis **Devices employed:** - **Superlative stacking:** "great," "very tough," "very successful," "fantastic," "complete and total" — every evaluative term is maximized - **Issue-bundle signaling:** "Crime & Borders, the 2nd Amendment, & loves our Military & Vets" functions as a conservative base loyalty shorthand, each term activating a distinct voter subgroup - **Authority transfer:** By attaching his "complete and total Endorsement," Trump attempts to transfer his base's loyalty to Stitt - **Template reuse:** Near-verbatim duplication of the Braun endorsement from the same day reveals this as industrial-scale political content production rather than authentic expression **Propaganda techniques:** Minimal. This is standard political endorsement rhetoric without manipulation escalation. **Dehumanizing language:** None. **Violent imagery:** None. **Stochastic terrorism indicators:** None. --- ### Gaslighting / Reality Distortion None present. The endorsement claim is factually anchored (Stitt did win the primary) and contains no reality-distorting elements. --- ### Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Kevin Stitt ran a great winning campaign against a very tough opponent in Oklahoma" | **Mostly True** | Stitt defeated Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb in the Oklahoma Republican gubernatorial runoff on August 28, 2018. Lamb was a well-funded establishment candidate; 'tough opponent' is defensible. | | "Kevin is a very successful businessman" | **True** | Stitt co-founded Gateway Mortgage Group and grew it into one of the largest privately held mortgage companies in the U.S. before entering politics. | | "He is strong on Crime & Borders, the 2nd Amendment, & loves our Military & Vets" | **Unverifiable** | Policy characterization and opinion; consistent with Stitt's campaign platform but not independently verifiable as a factual claim. | Overall Veracity: 77% ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 15%) ### Indicators - Posted at 2:30 PM EDT — core business hours - Near-verbatim duplication of same-day Mike Braun endorsement post, revealing template/staff origin - Polished grammar and spelling throughout - No typos, no ALL CAPS emotional passages, no stream-of-consciousness fragmentation - Formulaic conservative issue-bundle language (Crime & Borders, 2nd Amendment, Military & Vets) ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Maintenance (Oklahoma GOP primary result) Sentiment: +0.72 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 20% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 35% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Authority transfer via endorsement - Issue-bundle loyalty signaling to conservative base ## 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 **MOSTLY TRUE** Stitt defeated Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb in the Oklahoma Republican gubernatorial runoff on August 28, 2018. Lamb was a well-funded establishment candidate; 'tough opponent' is defensible. Sources: General knowledge — 2018 Oklahoma gubernatorial primary > Kevin is a very successful businessman **TRUE** Stitt co-founded Gateway Mortgage Group and grew it into one of the largest privately held mortgage companies in the U.S. before entering politics. Sources: General knowledge — Kevin Stitt biography > He is strong on Crime & Borders, the 2nd Amendment, & loves our Military & Vets **UNVERIFIABLE** Policy characterization and opinion; consistent with Stitt's campaign platform but not independently verifiable as a factual claim. Overall Veracity: 77% ## Tags - endorsement (100%) - aide-authored (90%) - kingmaker-posture (70%) - template-content (90%) - power-motive (70%) - conservative-litmus-bundle (80%) - low-intensity (80%) ## 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_1035233203609657344 - 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_1035233203609657344. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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