# @RodDMartin: X profile (context) **Lists:** [[Users/@RodDMartin/Chronological List|Chronological list]] · [[Users/@RodDMartin/Topical List|Topical list]] **Post analyzed:** [[Users/@RodDMartin/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - RodDMartin on The Greatest Story Never Told (2026-10-31)|Post Analysis]]: 🟡 most numbers real (2025 Census data, permanent equipment expensing), but "no taxes on Social Security" is false as written, the jobs and GDP figures lack context, and 2026 inflation is left out **Verbatim post:** [[Users/@RodDMartin/Post Analyses/Post - RodDMartin on The Greatest Story Never Told (2026-10-31)|post note]] **Topic:** [[Topics/President Trump/President Trump|President Trump]] > [!important] Interaction with [[marshallpittman]] > - None found. A search for @marshallpittman posts that mention, reply to or quote @RodDMartin returned 0 results, and his Oct 31 "Greatest Story Never Told" post is not among Marshall's 77 most recent bookmarks. Likes cannot be checked. Marshall sent the link on Oct 31 with the label "President Trump". ## Identity - **Display name:** Rod D. Martin · **Handle:** [@RodDMartin](https://x.com/RodDMartin) · **User ID:** 16581824 - **Bio (X profile, trimmed):** Founder/CEO, Martin Capital. "Philosopher Capitalist". Christian, Anti-Communist. Part of the team that started PayPal. - **Joined:** Oct 3, 2008 · **Location (profile):** "Grace Hall" · **Verified:** not checked - **Real-world identity (his own [About page](https://www.rodmartin.org/p/about-rod-d-martin), not independently verified ⚠️):** Destin, Florida technology entrepreneur and investor; says he was on the pre-IPO PayPal team and a senior adviser to Peter Thiel; led the Galectin Therapeutics (GALT) turnaround as Lead Director and Vice Chairman; founder of 10X Capital Management and Navigo; Policy Director to Gov. Mike Huckabee; aide to Rep. John Paul Hammerschmidt; three-time president of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies; board roles at the Council for National Policy, the Committee on the Present Danger and the Center for Security Policy; chairman of the Institute for the American Future; Baylor Law student body president; co-founder of the Conservative Baptist Network. - **Book:** *Trump's New World Re-Order: Dismantling the Deep State and Ending Postwar Globalist Rule* (Simon & Schuster, foreword by Eric Metaxas, released Oct 20, 2026). He promotes it in interviews on his feed. - **Pinned post:** [Oct 30, 2026](https://x.com/RodDMartin/status/2116191161928880238), on the Brazilian runoff (2,836 likes, 41,689 views at collection). ## Stats (X API, Oct 31, 2026) | Followers | Following | Posts (lifetime) | Listed | |---:|---:|---:|---:| | 287,013 | 1,670 | 136,149 | 1,300 | About 172 followers per account followed, and 136,000 posts in 18 years (about 20 a day on average). The very high post count fits his latest timeline, which is mostly replies. ## What he posts about From the [[Users/@RodDMartin/Topical List|Topical List]] (37 items, Oct 23 to Oct 31, 16,006 likes and 380,276 views in total): | Theme | Items | Likes | Views | |---|---:|---:|---:| | Quote reactions | 12 | 2,205 | 79,321 | | Trump book and interviews | 5 | 146 | 23,481 | | Elections and fraud | 4 | 984 | 27,400 | | Brazil and "communists" | 3 | 4,853 | 82,042 | | Link-only posts | 3 | 99 | 13,910 | | History and Israel essays | 3 | 136 | 21,542 | | X Money and Elon Musk | 2 | 81 | 10,940 | | Iran | 2 | 5,701 | 83,931 | | Economy and "Trump economy" | 1 | 1,191 | 16,984 | | Faith and pastors | 1 | 586 | 16,895 | | Education and events | 1 | 24 | 3,830 | Reply-heavy timeline: of his latest 25 items (Oct 30, 6:34 PM CT to Oct 31, 11:36 AM CT), 20 were replies, 4 were quotes and 1 was an original post. Many replies were short rejoinders to critics (six read "Okay, communist."). On Oct 31 at 11:28 AM CT he told Elon Musk, in a quote post, to look at something he called "transformative for X Money". ## Style - Long essay-style posts (the Oct 31 economy post, Oct 30 Brazil and pastor posts) built from a news item, a moral frame and a call to vote or share. Many end with an imperative ("Tell our story. Vote."). - Strong adversarial labels for opponents ("communists", "Enemedia", "Democrat fraud"). Short quote-post endorsements ("Fact Check: True.", "Quite right."). - Frequent self-promotion: his book, his Substack essays, radio and podcast interviews. ## Fact-check scorecard | Date (CT) | Post | Verdict | |---|---|---| | Oct 31, 2026, 9:44 AM | "THE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD…" ([[Users/@RodDMartin/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - RodDMartin on The Greatest Story Never Told (2026-10-31)\|Post Analysis]]) | 🟡 13 claims: 🟢 4, 🟡 7, ❌ 1, ⚠️ 1 | Only one post has been checked. Other posts in the lists, including the Brazil election claims and the noncitizen-voting posts, were **not** checked. ## Interactions - **@marshallpittman:** none found (see the callout above). - **Larry Kudlow:** mentioned in the analyzed post; Kudlow's "greatest story never told" line is real (Fox Business, Sept 4, 2026). - **Elon Musk:** Rod mentioned or addressed Musk twice in the sample (Oct 25 and Oct 31). ## Gaps - The 37-post sample covers nine days. Earlier history, replies and reposts were not read. - Follower, post-count and bio details are as X returned them on Oct 31; his About page claims were not independently verified ⚠️. - Reply and quote threads were read in part (50 replies, 25 quotes). - Marshall's likes were not checked.