# Post ts_109517604022043989

- Post ID: `ts_109517604022043989`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-15T12:06:58.408Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109517604022043989
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109517604022043989/analysis
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## Post text

> The thousands of people illegally coming into our Country on a daily basis is a DISASTER and, considering how many of them there are, and what they’re bringing with them, not so much different than a military invasion. Two years ago we had the safest Border in U.S. history, now we have, by far, the WORST!

## Engagement

- Likes: 22,958
- Reposts: 6,060
- Replies: 975
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.426Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:01:06.353Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

This post deploys Trump's characteristic military invasion metaphor for immigration, a perseverative theme traceable to his 2015 campaign announcement. The phrase "what they're bringing with them" functions as strategic ambiguity — allowing audience projection of feared threats onto an unnamed out-group. The temporal splitting between "safest Border in U.S. history" and "by far, the WORST" exemplifies immature defense mechanisms and contains factual distortions. The military invasion framing is clinically significant as it dehumanizes immigrants and implicitly legitimizes militarized responses. While routine for Trump's immigration rhetoric, this pattern has been empirically linked to real-world violence against immigrant communities. Danger level is elevated but not acute — this represents baseline-level threat rhetoric rather than escalation.

## Psychological Analysis: Immigration as Military Invasion (2022-12-15)

### Authorship
Post at 7:06 AM EST (Mar-a-Lago) — early morning, consistent with authentic Trump posting. Stream-of-consciousness structure, ALL CAPS emphasis on "DISASTER" and "WORST," characteristic superlatives ("safest... in U.S. history," "by far, the WORST"). Grammar is adequate but syntax is rambling with a long opening clause. Highly consistent with authentic Trump.

### Psychological State
This is a maintenance/supply-seeking post recycling a core grievance theme. The military invasion framing elevates routine border criticism into existential threat territory. The "what they're bringing with them" phrase echoes his 2015 escalator speech almost verbatim — a deeply perseverative theme across years.

### Defense Mechanisms
**Splitting** dominates: two years ago = perfect ("safest"), now = catastrophic ("WORST"). No nuance or middle ground. **Projection** via dehumanizing framing — immigrants as invading force carrying unspecified threats.

### Rhetorical Analysis
The phrase "what they're bringing with them" is deliberately vague — an open signifier allowing the audience to project their own fears (drugs, crime, disease, cultural displacement). This is a classic stochastic terrorism adjacent pattern: target (immigrants) + grievance (invasion) + implied threat, without explicit call to action.

### Danger Assessment
The military invasion metaphor is significant. Framing immigration as warfare implicitly justifies military/violent responses. This rhetoric has been linked by researchers to the Great Replacement narrative and has preceded real-world violence (e.g., El Paso 2019). Elevated but not acute — this is routine-level escalation for Trump's immigration rhetoric.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Two years ago we had the safest Border in U.S. history" | **Mostly False** | Border encounters dropped during COVID (2020) but were rising sharply by late 2020-early 2021. The claim cherry-picks a COVID-depressed period and attributes it to policy. 'Safest in history' is an overstatement by any metric. |
| "Thousands of people illegally coming into our Country on a daily basis" | **Mostly True** | By late 2022, daily border encounters frequently exceeded several thousand per day. The characterization of scale is roughly accurate. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- Early morning posting (7:06 AM EST)
- ALL CAPS emphasis pattern
- Superlative contrasts (safest/WORST)
- Stream-of-consciousness syntax
- Echoes 2015 escalator speech phrasing

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Ongoing border situation; Title 42 expiration debates in Dec 2022)

Sentiment: -0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 50%
- Sadism: 20%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)
- projection (immature)
- distortion (pathological)

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

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Shared grievance framing
- Implicit in-group solidarity against invasion

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Military invasion framing justifies militarized response
- 'What they're bringing with them' dehumanizes immigrants as carriers of threat
- Stochastic pattern: identifiable target group + existential grievance + implied need for action

**Dehumanizing Language Present**

**Violent Imagery Present**

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._

> Two years ago we had the safest Border in U.S. history

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Border encounters dropped during COVID (2020) but were rising sharply by late 2020-early 2021. The claim cherry-picks a COVID-depressed period and attributes it to policy. 'Safest in history' is an overstatement by any metric.

Sources: CBP encounter data

> Thousands of people illegally coming into our Country on a daily basis

**MOSTLY TRUE**

By late 2022, daily border encounters frequently exceeded several thousand per day. The characterization of scale is roughly accurate.

Sources: CBP monthly operational updates

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- immigration (100%)
- invasion_metaphor (90%)
- dehumanization (70%)
- biden_contrast (60%)
- border_security (80%)

## That day

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

**Trump's "MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT" of $99 NFT Trading Cards Caps a Day of Projection, Link-Dumping, and Narcissistic Repair**

Trump spent the day toggling between mass link-sharing and damage control after his much-hyped "MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT" turned out to be $99 digital trading cards featuring AI-generated images of himself as a superhero. The evening before, he'd dumped 16 posts in under 40 minutes — mostly old articles — including a pointed attack on the National Archives that mirrored the exact accusations he himself was facing in the classified documents probe. After the NFT reveal drew mockery from allies and opponents alike, the afternoon and evening shifted to defensive mode: promoting favorable polls, attacking media outlets, and insisting Truth Social was "THE BEST." One immigration post framing border crossings as a "military invasion" was the only item flagged for elevated concern.

Full digest for 2022-12-15: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-15/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 15). The thousands of people illegally coming into our... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109517604022043989
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The thousands of people illegally coming into our Country..." Truth Social, 15 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109517604022043989. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The thousands of people illegally coming into our Country...," Truth Social, December 15, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109517604022043989.

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