# Post ts_109655493059444938

- Post ID: `ts_109655493059444938`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-01-08T20:33:58.220Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109655493059444938
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109655493059444938/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109655493059444938.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Great job by Republican Congressman Pat Fallon of Texas in discussing and analyzing the many problems that our Country now has on our Southern Border…And to think that just two years ago we had the safest and most secure Border in U.S. history!

## Engagement

- Likes: 26,633
- Reposts: 5,842
- Replies: 816
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.424Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:24:54.280Z (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: January 8, 2023 Post on Border Security

### Overview
A routine, policy-focused post praising Rep. Pat Fallon's border commentary while contrasting current conditions with Trump's claimed border record. This is a standard maintenance-mode post with mild nostalgic grandiosity.

### Authorship
Posted at 3:33 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago). Business-hours timing, proper grammar, complete sentences, polished structure with no typos or ALL CAPS. Strongly suggests aide composition, possibly dictated themes.

### Psychological State
This post follows a day of sharing five articles crediting Trump for McCarthy's speaker victory. Having saturated the supply-seeking around McCarthy, this pivots to a familiar grievance topic (border) that reinforces the narrative of lost greatness. The post functions as routine audience maintenance rather than reactive emotion.

### Rhetorical Structure
Classic before/after framing: current problems vs. "safest and most secure Border in U.S. history." The superlative claim is the centerpiece — an unfalsifiable assertion of historical supremacy that anchors the contamination narrative (things were perfect under me, now ruined).

### Notable Absence
No mention of the Brazil Congress attack (Jan 8), which drew direct comparisons to January 6. The silence on this event — on the day it occurred — is potentially significant given the Jan 6 anniversary context.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Two years ago we had the safest and most secure Border in U.S. history" | **Mostly False** | Border apprehensions dropped significantly during COVID-19 pandemic restrictions (Title 42) but the claim of 'safest and most secure in U.S. history' is a superlative without empirical support. Border security metrics are multidimensional and no single administration achieved a historical best across all measures. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 20%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (3:33 PM ET)
- Correct grammar and punctuation throughout
- Polished sentence structure with proper ellipsis
- Professional tone praising a specific congressman by full name and state

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: -0.20

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- distortion (pathological)
- idealization (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance
- nostalgia for lost greatness

## Fact Checks (1)

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

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

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Border apprehensions dropped significantly during COVID-19 pandemic restrictions (Title 42) but the claim of 'safest and most secure in U.S. history' is a superlative without empirical support. Border security metrics are multidimensional and no single administration achieved a historical best across all measures.

Sources: CBP enforcement statistics; Migration Policy Institute analyses

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- border security (80%)
- ally endorsement (50%)
- nostalgia rhetoric (60%)
- maintenance post (70%)

## That day

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

**A Quiet Afternoon of Link-Sharing Erupts Into a Targeted Attack on Adam Schiff**

A notably light day with just five posts crammed into a 90-minute afternoon window. Most of it was routine link-sharing -- articles about cable news ratings declines and Biden administration failures -- likely queued up by staff. The day's only real flash of anger came at the very end: a sharp, personal attack on Rep. Adam Schiff over revelations about Schiff's role in getting Trump removed from Twitter. Perhaps most striking was what went unsaid -- total silence on the Brazilian Congress attack, a global headline explicitly compared to January 6, just two days after its anniversary.

Full digest for 2023-01-08: https://trump.fm/date/2023-01-08/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, January 8). Great job by Republican Congressman Pat Fallon of... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109655493059444938
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Great job by Republican Congressman Pat Fallon of Texas in..." Truth Social, 8 Jan. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109655493059444938. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Great job by Republican Congressman Pat Fallon of Texas in...," Truth Social, January 8, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109655493059444938.

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