# Post ts_109593321477219735

- Post ID: `ts_109593321477219735`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-28T21:02:55.080Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109593321477219735/analysis
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## Post text

> Another 12 months we would have been down to almost nothing! https://datavisualizations.heritage.org/immigration/major-spike-in-convicted-criminal-alien-encounters-by-us-border-patrol/

## Engagement

- Likes: 14,818
- Reposts: 4,692
- Replies: 395
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.425Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:18:36.889Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Post ts_109593321477219735 (2022-12-28)

## Content Summary
Trump shares a Heritage Foundation data visualization about criminal alien encounters at the border, adding brief commentary claiming another 12 months of his policies would have reduced encounters to "almost nothing."

## Personality Framework

**Level 1 (Traits):** Low-intensity post showing moderate extraversion (assertiveness) and low agreeableness (implicit criticism of successor). Achievement striving visible in claiming credit for downward trends.

**Level 2 (Motives):** Agency-dominant — power and achievement. The post asserts competence and frames his removal from office as the cause of deterioration.

**Level 3 (Narrative Identity):** Protagonist as interrupted savior. The redemption arc was cut short — he was fixing the problem but wasn't given enough time. Contrasting other: Biden administration (unnamed but implied).

## Clinical Indicators
Minimal clinical significance. Standard grandiose self-referencing with counterfactual reasoning. The claim "almost nothing" is characteristic hyperbole but within his established baseline.

## Cognitive Markers
No notable concerns. Brief post limits assessment, but sentence structure is coherent if grammatically informal.

## Archetypal Analysis
Hero/Savior interrupted — the narrative of the competent leader whose work was undone by lesser successors.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Another 12 months of Trump border policies would have reduced criminal alien encounters to 'almost nothing'" | **Mostly False** | While criminal alien encounters did decrease during parts of the Trump administration due to Title 42 and Remain in Mexico policies, the claim of reaching 'almost nothing' is speculative hyperbole. Border dynamics are influenced by many factors beyond presidential policy. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 60%)

### Indicators

- Short, punchy commentary with linked article
- Late afternoon ET timing (Mar-a-Lago, ~4pm)
- Incomplete thought style ('Another 12 months we would have been down to almost nothing')

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Heritage Foundation data validating his border policies)

Sentiment: -0.20

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance
- nostalgia for lost golden age

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Another 12 months of Trump border policies would have reduced criminal alien encounters to 'almost nothing'

**MOSTLY FALSE**

While criminal alien encounters did decrease during parts of the Trump administration due to Title 42 and Remain in Mexico policies, the claim of reaching 'almost nothing' is speculative hyperbole. Border dynamics are influenced by many factors beyond presidential policy.

Sources: CBP enforcement statistics; Heritage Foundation data cited in post

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- immigration (90%)
- self-aggrandizement (60%)
- counterfactual (70%)

## That day

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

**A quiet afternoon of link-dumping ends with a sharp pivot to FBI persecution grievance**

A light day with only six posts, all clustered into a single hour in the late afternoon. Most of the activity was low-effort link-sharing -- articles about border security, media stock losses, and CNN missteps -- with little original commentary. The day's only real moment of energy came in the final post, a lengthy grievance tying the FBI's handling of the Hunter Biden laptop story to what he frames as politically motivated investigations against him. The mood shifted from casual content curation to pointed victimhood by the end of the hour.

Full digest for 2022-12-28: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-28/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 28). Another 12 months we would have been down to... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109593321477219735
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Another 12 months we would have been down to almost..." Truth Social, 28 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109593321477219735. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Another 12 months we would have been down to almost...," Truth Social, December 28, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109593321477219735.

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