# Post ts_109580424295546241

- Post ID: `ts_109580424295546241`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-26T14:22:59.785Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109580424295546241
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109580424295546241/analysis
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## Post text

> Two years ago we had the strongest and safest Border in U.S. history. Hundreds of miles of Walls were built, my “Stay In Mexico” Policy was working fantastically, Title 42 was in full force and effect, Border Patrol and ICE were doing an incredible, tough, yet compassionate, job, and our Southern Border was, for the first time in decades, being spoken of in glowing terms. People weren’t even making the long hard journey up through Mexico. NOW OUR BORDER IS THE WORST IN HISTORY, & GETTING WORSE!

## Engagement

- Likes: 24,859
- Reposts: 6,568
- Replies: 1,245
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.425Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:13:15.845Z (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 Nostalgia and Contamination Narrative (2022-12-26)

This post is a textbook contamination sequence—a narrative arc from a golden past ("strongest and safest Border") to a ruined present ("WORST IN HISTORY"). It functions as both self-aggrandizement and implicit attack on the Biden administration without naming it directly.

### Authorship
Posted at 9:22 AM ET (Trump at Mar-a-Lago for holidays). Business hours, relatively polished prose, structured argumentation with a list of policy achievements. The `&` HTML entity suggests copy-paste or platform formatting. However, the ALL CAPS closing and the emotional escalation pattern are characteristic Trump. The content is substantively policy-focused but emotionally delivered—likely Trump-dictated or lightly edited.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post arrives amid a period of significant narcissistic injury: the Jan 6 final report, impending tax return release, and post-midterm scrutiny. Rather than address these threats directly, this post displaces onto border policy—a reliable supply source where Trump can claim unambiguous success.

### Contamination Narrative Structure
The post follows a precise before/after structure:
- **Before (Trump era):** "strongest," "safest," "fantastically," "incredible," "glowing terms"
- **After (current):** "WORST IN HISTORY, & GETTING WORSE"

This splitting (all-good past vs. all-bad present) is a characteristic defense.

### Rhetorical Notes
The phrase "tough, yet compassionate" is notably calculated—preempting the criticism that border enforcement is cruel. This strategic hedging suggests either aide involvement or deliberate message discipline.

### Cognitive Observations
The prose is coherent and well-organized with a clear logical structure. No word-finding difficulties or tangentiality. Consistent with baseline cognitive function.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Two years ago we had the strongest and safest Border in U.S. history" | **Mostly False** | Border apprehensions dropped in FY2020 partly due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and Title 42, not solely policy effectiveness. 'Safest' and 'strongest' in all of U.S. history is an unsupported superlative. |
| "Hundreds of miles of Walls were built" | **Half True** | About 458 miles of border wall system were built during Trump's term, but much replaced existing barriers rather than new construction. Roughly 80 miles were in areas with no previous barrier. |
| "Stay in Mexico Policy was working fantastically" | **Half True** | MPP (Remain in Mexico) did reduce asylum claims at the border but faced significant legal challenges and humanitarian criticism. 'Fantastically' is subjective overstatement. |

Overall Veracity: 40%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 55%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (9:22 AM ET)
- Structured policy enumeration
- HTML entity & suggests formatting layer
- ALL CAPS emotional escalation typical of Trump
- Strategic hedging ('tough, yet compassionate') unusual for unfiltered Trump

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Jan 6 committee report, tax return release, general political pressure)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting Biden administration (implicit)
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)
- idealization (immature)
- displacement (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 60%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- nostalgia invocation
- implicit competence contrast
- shared grievance construction

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Revisionist framing of border as universally praised ('spoken of in glowing terms') overstates consensus
- Claim of 'strongest and safest Border in U.S. history' presents contested policy outcomes as settled fact

## Fact Checks (3)

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

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

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Border apprehensions dropped in FY2020 partly due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and Title 42, not solely policy effectiveness. 'Safest' and 'strongest' in all of U.S. history is an unsupported superlative.

Sources: CBP enforcement statistics

> Hundreds of miles of Walls were built

**HALF TRUE**

About 458 miles of border wall system were built during Trump's term, but much replaced existing barriers rather than new construction. Roughly 80 miles were in areas with no previous barrier.

Sources: CBP border wall status reports

> Stay in Mexico Policy was working fantastically

**HALF TRUE**

MPP (Remain in Mexico) did reduce asylum claims at the border but faced significant legal challenges and humanitarian criticism. 'Fantastically' is subjective overstatement.

Sources: DHS OIG reports on MPP

Overall Veracity: 40%

## Tags

- border_security (100%)
- contamination_narrative (90%)
- displacement (70%)
- nostalgia_appeal (80%)

## That day

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

**Day After Christmas at Mar-a-Lago: McConnell Rage Punctuates a Grievance-Laden Holiday**

Trump spent the day after Christmas airing grievances from Mar-a-Lago, starting with nostalgic claims about his border policies and a defensive rewrite of his family's distancing from the 2024 campaign. His sharpest anger targeted Mitch McConnell over the omnibus spending bill, including a racial slur aimed at McConnell's wife. The afternoon quieted into a rapid-fire dump of supportive article links -- eight in four minutes -- suggesting a curated effort to shore up his narrative heading into the new year. Overall, a moderately agitated day with one flash of genuine hostility but no sustained escalation.

Full digest for 2022-12-26: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-26/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 26). Two years ago we had the strongest and safest... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109580424295546241
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Two years ago we had the strongest and safest Border in..." Truth Social, 26 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109580424295546241. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Two years ago we had the strongest and safest Border in...," Truth Social, December 26, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109580424295546241.

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