# Post ts_109034509456317148

- Post ID: `ts_109034509456317148`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-09-21T04:29:40.333Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109034509456317148
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109034509456317148/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109034509456317148.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Remember, just two years ago we had the strongest and best Southern Border in U.S. history. They weren’t coming up and through because they knew that it was going to be very hard to come in, and stay in. That’s the best Border policy of them all, by far. I built the Wall, and then added more. Remain in Mexico, we said. It all worked!!!

## Engagement

- Likes: 39,756
- Reposts: 9,333
- Replies: 1,953
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.434Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T23:02:06.193Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Psychological Analysis: Border Wall Nostalgia Post (2022-09-21)

### Timing & Authorship
Posted at 12:29 AM EDT (Mar-a-Lago local time). Late-night posting consistent with authentic Trump authorship. Stream-of-consciousness style, informal syntax ("They weren't coming up and through"), exclamation-heavy ending ("It all worked!!!") all point to personal composition.

### Psychological Context
This post arrives amid extraordinary legal pressure: the NY AG fraud lawsuit filed the previous day, the Special Master challenging declassification claims, and the 11th Circuit ruling against Trump on classified documents. Yet the post makes no reference to any of these. This is textbook **displacement** — redirecting psychological energy away from threatening stimuli toward a safer, self-aggrandizing topic.

### Narcissistic Dynamics
The post is pure **supply-seeking** through nostalgic self-congratulation. "Strongest and best Southern Border in U.S. history" is characteristic grandiose framing. The wall functions as a concrete, tangible symbol of agency and accomplishment — a psychological anchor when current reality is threatening.

### Rhetorical Structure
The post constructs a simple redemption-contamination narrative: things were perfect under Trump (redemption), implicitly ruined under Biden (contamination). The phrase "just two years ago" frames the loss as recent and recoverable. "I built the Wall, and then added more" is a compact agency claim — builder, creator, improver.

### Defense Mechanisms
Displacement is primary. Denial is secondary — the post inhabits an alternate psychological space where legal threats simply don't exist. The retreat to border policy represents **regression to narcissistic supply** — returning to a proven source of audience validation during stress.

### Cognitive Markers
"They weren't coming up and through" is slightly awkward but within baseline informal register. "That's the best Border policy of them all" — capitalizing "Border" is a persistent Trump quirk. Triple exclamation marks signal emotional investment. No significant cognitive concerns.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "We had the strongest and best Southern Border in U.S. history two years ago" | **Mostly False** | Border apprehensions dropped significantly in FY2020 partly due to COVID-19 and Title 42, but 'strongest and best in U.S. history' overstates the case. FY2019 saw a major surge in crossings. |
| "I built the Wall" | **Half True** | Approximately 458 miles of border barrier were constructed during Trump's term, but the vast majority (~80%) replaced or reinforced existing barriers. Roughly 80 miles were new primary barrier where none existed before. |

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 90%)

### Indicators

- 12:29 AM local time posting
- Triple exclamation marks
- Informal syntax ('coming up and through')
- Capitalization quirks ('Southern Border', 'Wall')
- Stream-of-consciousness flow

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Exposure (Displacement from legal pressures (NY AG lawsuit, Special Master challenges, 11th Circuit ruling))

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- displacement (neurotic)
- denial (pathological)
- idealization (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- nostalgic invitation to shared memory ('Remember')
- inclusive framing ('we said')

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-19._

> We had the strongest and best Southern Border in U.S. history two years ago

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Border apprehensions dropped significantly in FY2020 partly due to COVID-19 and Title 42, but 'strongest and best in U.S. history' overstates the case. FY2019 saw a major surge in crossings.

Sources: CBP enforcement statistics

> I built the Wall

**HALF TRUE**

Approximately 458 miles of border barrier were constructed during Trump's term, but the vast majority (~80%) replaced or reinforced existing barriers. Roughly 80 miles were new primary barrier where none existed before.

Sources: CBP construction reports; US Customs and Border Protection data

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Tags

- border-wall (100%)
- displacement (80%)
- nostalgia (70%)
- self-aggrandizement (70%)

## That day

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

**Legal Siege Day: NY AG Fraud Lawsuit Triggers Classic Deflect-Attack-Validate Cycle**

Trump's day split cleanly in two: a quiet late-night stretch of book plugs and border boasting, then an afternoon consumed by the NY AG's massive fraud lawsuit. He responded with a rapid-fire barrage against Letitia James — calling her racist, a fraud, and incompetent — while never engaging the actual allegations. Between the legal attacks, he used Putin's nuclear saber-rattling to cast himself as the only leader who could have prevented World War III. He closed the day cherry-picking a New York Times quote suggesting the case might be hard to prove, landing on a note of defiant reassurance.

Full digest for 2022-09-21: https://trump.fm/date/2022-09-21/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, September 21). Remember, just two years ago we had the strongest... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109034509456317148
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Remember, just two years ago we had the strongest and best..." Truth Social, 21 Sep. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109034509456317148. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Remember, just two years ago we had the strongest and best...," Truth Social, September 21, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109034509456317148.

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