# Post x_912670906828443648

- Post ID: `x_912670906828443648`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-09-26T13:31:15.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_912670906828443648
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_912670906828443648/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_912670906828443648.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> ALABAMA, get out and vote for Luther Strange - he has proven to me that he will never let you down! #MAGA

## Engagement

- Likes: 27,784
- Reposts: 4,968
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.386Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T23:27:09.593Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Luther Strange Get-Out-The-Vote Post (2017-09-26)

A straightforward campaign endorsement post urging Alabama voters to support Luther Strange in the Republican Senate primary runoff. This is a routine political endorsement with minimal psychological complexity.

### Authorship
Posted at 9:31 AM ET (Trump likely in DC/White House). The post reads as a standard campaign message—clean grammar, hashtag, no typos—consistent with aide-drafted or at minimum aide-polished content. However, the personal framing ("proven to me") and direct voter appeal are Trumpian elements.

### Psychological Features
The key phrase "he has proven to me that he will never let you down" is notable: the loyalty metric is personal ("proven to me"), not policy-based. This reflects the characteristic schema where political relationships are filtered through personal fealty. The implicit message is that Strange's qualification is Trump's personal endorsement—a transactional, patronage-based framing.

### Context
Strange ultimately lost this runoff to Roy Moore, making this post part of a rare Trump endorsement failure. The loss was a notable narcissistic injury that Trump later tried to reframe.

### Rhetorical Devices
Standard campaign rhetoric: direct address to state, imperative call to action, personal guarantee framing, MAGA hashtag as tribal signifier.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Luther Strange has been shooting up in polls since Trump endorsement" | **Mostly False** | Strange ultimately lost the runoff to Roy Moore despite Trump's endorsement, suggesting poll claims were exaggerated |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 35%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (9:31 AM ET)
- Clean grammar and punctuation
- Standard campaign message format
- MAGA hashtag
- But personal framing 'proven to me' is Trumpian

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to state as collective entity
- Personal guarantee as trust mechanism

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-11._

> Luther Strange has been shooting up in polls since Trump endorsement

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Strange ultimately lost the runoff to Roy Moore despite Trump's endorsement, suggesting poll claims were exaggerated

Sources: 2017 Alabama Senate special election results

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- campaign_endorsement (90%)
- patronage_framing (50%)
- kingmaker_role (40%)

## That day

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

**While Puerto Rico Drowns, Trump Fixates on Kneeling NFL Players and a Doomed Senate Candidate**

Trump spent the day juggling three storylines — Puerto Rico's humanitarian catastrophe, the NFL anthem controversy, and Alabama's Senate primary — but his energy was wildly uneven. The NFL protests consumed far more personal attention than the three million Americans without power and water in Puerto Rico, where he offered tepid reassurances and preemptively blamed the island's debt and infrastructure for the crisis. He pushed hard for Luther Strange in Alabama's Republican runoff, a bet he would lose the very next day. The afternoon and evening shifted into diplomatic autopilot with staff-written posts about a Spanish state visit and UN meetings, revealing a stark contrast between the raw, high-energy culture-war tweets and the flat, formulaic presidential messaging.

Full digest for 2017-09-26: https://trump.fm/date/2017-09-26/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, September 26). ALABAMA, get out and vote for Luther Strange - he... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_912670906828443648
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "ALABAMA, get out and vote for Luther Strange - he has..." X (Twitter), 26 Sep. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_912670906828443648. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "ALABAMA, get out and vote for Luther Strange - he has...," X (Twitter), September 26, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_912670906828443648.

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