# Post x_1067151248040824833

- Post ID: `x_1067151248040824833`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2018-11-26T20:20:58.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_1067151248040824833/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_1067151248040824833.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Brad Raffensperger will be a fantastic Secretary of State for Georgia - will work closely with @BrianKempGA. It is really important that you get out and vote for Brad - early voting....

## Engagement

- Likes: 49,799
- Reposts: 12,276
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.394Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-16T15:19:33.114Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Trump Endorses Brad Raffensperger — November 26, 2018

## Authorship Attribution
**Probable aide-written, possibly Trump-directed.** Posted at 3:20 PM EST during Trump's likely Mar-a-Lago Thanksgiving stay — solidly within business hours. The grammar is clean, the structure is complete, and there is no emotional reactivity or stylistic idiosyncrasy. The trailing ellipsis ("early voting....") is one of Trump's genuine stylistic habits in multi-tweet threads, slightly elevating the probability of at least Trump dictation, but the polished output is consistent with Scavino-mediated production.

## Psychological State
The post presents Trump in **transactional maintenance mode** — deploying political capital as patronage rather than defending the ego. The dominant psychological dynamic is the **kingmaker posture**: endorsement functions as a power display (agency motive), demonstrating that Trump's backing is a decisive electoral resource. Clinical signal is minimal. No narcissistic rage, no paranoid ideation, no victimhood oscillation. The grandiosity is implicit and low-temperature — expressed through confident prediction ("will be fantastic") rather than hyperbolic self-reference.

## Level 3 Narrative Identity
Trump casts himself as **political patron** in this post — the figure whose blessing elevates allies and determines outcomes. This is consistent with a transactional, hierarchy-structuring narrative role. No redemption or contamination sequence is invoked.

## Historical Research Note (Longitudinal Significance)
This post is flagged as a **high-value longitudinal marker**. Raffensperger, fully embraced as a Trump ally in November 2018, would become one of Trump's most prominent antagonists following the 2020 Georgia presidential results. Documenting the pre-conflict allied relationship is important for analyzing the subsequent escalation dynamics, the binary ally/enemy schema collapse, and the narcissistic injury response when Raffensperger refused to comply with Trump's demand to "find 11,780 votes" in January 2021.

## Rhetorical Profile
Minimal. Standard endorsement mechanics: authority transfer, call-to-action, coalition display. No attack targets, no dehumanizing language, no stochastic terrorism indicators.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Brad Raffensperger will be a fantastic Secretary of State for Georgia" | **Unverifiable** | Opinion/prediction at time of posting. Raffensperger did win the Georgia Secretary of State runoff on December 4, 2018 and served. His performance is a matter of partisan interpretation; he is broadly credited by nonpartisan observers for upholding election integrity in 2020. |
| "will work closely with @BrianKempGA" | **Mostly True** | Brian Kemp won the Georgia governorship in November 2018. As Governor, Kemp and Raffensperger (Secretary of State) did work together in the same state administration, though their relationship became complicated post-2020 when both refused Trump's pressure to overturn election results. |
| "early voting [implied: is available for the runoff]" | **True** | Georgia's December 4, 2018 Secretary of State runoff did feature an early voting period, consistent with Georgia election law. |

Overall Veracity: 77%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 30%)

### Indicators

- Posted at 3:20 PM EST (business hours, consistent with aide-written content)
- Polished grammar and complete sentence structure
- No typos, ALL CAPS passages, or emotional reactivity
- Campaign endorsement format with call-to-action is typical aide/Scavino output
- Trailing ellipsis ('early voting....') suggests continuation in a thread, a common Trump multi-tweet pattern that slightly elevates authenticity probability

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Georgia runoff election campaign cycle)

Sentiment: +0.55

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 35%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to followers ('you get out and vote')
- Projecting confidence and certainty ('will be a fantastic')

## Fact Checks (3)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-16._

> Brad Raffensperger will be a fantastic Secretary of State for Georgia

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Opinion/prediction at time of posting. Raffensperger did win the Georgia Secretary of State runoff on December 4, 2018 and served. His performance is a matter of partisan interpretation; he is broadly credited by nonpartisan observers for upholding election integrity in 2020.

Sources: General knowledge — Georgia 2018 election results

> will work closely with @BrianKempGA

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Brian Kemp won the Georgia governorship in November 2018. As Governor, Kemp and Raffensperger (Secretary of State) did work together in the same state administration, though their relationship became complicated post-2020 when both refused Trump's pressure to overturn election results.

Sources: General knowledge — Georgia state government structure 2019–2021

> early voting [implied: is available for the runoff]

**TRUE**

Georgia's December 4, 2018 Secretary of State runoff did feature an early voting period, consistent with Georgia election law.

Sources: General knowledge — Georgia 2018 election calendar

Overall Veracity: 77%

## Tags

- political-endorsement (90%)
- kingmaker-posture (60%)
- aide-written (65%)
- low-affect (80%)
- georgia-2018-runoff (85%)
- longitudinal-marker (90%)

## That day

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

**Besieged on All Fronts, Trump Cycles Through Border Aggression, Mueller Anxiety, and State Media Fantasy**

Trump spent the day ricocheting between crises — defending the use of tear gas on migrants, attacking 60 Minutes and CNN, and lashing out at the Mueller investigation after Manafort's plea deal collapsed. The morning brought the most aggressive language, with migrants labeled "stone cold criminals" and threats to permanently close the border. By afternoon, attention shifted to floating the idea of a government-run global news network and endorsing a Georgia candidate. The overall mood was reactive and scattered, with no single issue resolved or released.

Full digest for 2018-11-26: https://trump.fm/date/2018-11-26/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2018, November 26). Brad Raffensperger will be a fantastic Secretary... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_1067151248040824833
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Brad Raffensperger will be a fantastic Secretary of State..." X (Twitter), 26 Nov. 2018. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1067151248040824833. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Brad Raffensperger will be a fantastic Secretary of State...," X (Twitter), November 26, 2018, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_1067151248040824833.

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