# Post ts_109660817354452746

- Post ID: `ts_109660817354452746`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-01-09T19:08:00.446Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109660817354452746
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109660817354452746/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109660817354452746.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> REMEMBER JUST TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD A STRONG BORDER, NO INFLATION, AND WERE ENERGY INDEPENDENT? IT CAN ALL HAPPEN AGAIN, AND FAST. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

## Engagement

- Likes: 29,504
- Reposts: 7,709
- Replies: 1,498
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.424Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:24:09.430Z (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: Post ts_109660817354452746

### Overview
A standard ALL CAPS nostalgic appeal contrasting Trump's presidency with Biden's. This is a routine "supply-seeking" and "maintenance" post — low complexity, high emotional valence, deploying well-worn rhetorical formulas.

### Authorship
Posted at ~2:08 PM EST (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago in January). Business hours, polished structure, no typos, clean formatting. However, ALL CAPS and the emotional/nostalgic tone are characteristic Trump. The simplicity and slogan-ending suggest this could be either — likely Trump himself given ALL CAPS and the brevity matches his style, but the clean construction suggests possible aide involvement.

### Psychological State
Grandiose narcissistic state with implicit victimhood ("just two years ago" = before they took it from us). The post functions as narcissistic supply-seeking through idealization of own record and implicit devaluation of successor.

### Rhetorical Techniques
Classic appeal to nostalgia, false simplicity (complex economic phenomena reduced to binary before/after), and the closing slogan as identity-group reinforcement. The "IT CAN ALL HAPPEN AGAIN" is messianic — only I can fix it.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Two years ago we had a strong border" | **Half True** | Border crossings were lower in early 2021 but rose significantly in late Trump term. 'Strong' is subjective but encounters were increasing before Biden took office. |
| "No inflation two years ago" | **Mostly True** | CPI inflation was ~1.4% in January 2021, historically low partly due to pandemic demand suppression. |
| "Were energy independent" | **Mostly True** | US became net total energy exporter in 2019 for first time since 1952. This continued into early Biden term as well. |

Overall Veracity: 70%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 55%)

### Indicators

- ALL CAPS throughout
- Business hours posting ~2pm EST
- Clean grammar, no typos
- Simple slogan structure
- Emotional nostalgic tone

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Biden border visit and ongoing policy failures)

Sentiment: +0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- nostalgic in-group bonding
- messianic positioning
- shared grievance

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Two years ago we had a strong border

**HALF TRUE**

Border crossings were lower in early 2021 but rose significantly in late Trump term. 'Strong' is subjective but encounters were increasing before Biden took office.

Sources: CBP encounter data

> No inflation two years ago

**MOSTLY TRUE**

CPI inflation was ~1.4% in January 2021, historically low partly due to pandemic demand suppression.

Sources: BLS CPI data

> Were energy independent

**MOSTLY TRUE**

US became net total energy exporter in 2019 for first time since 1952. This continued into early Biden term as well.

Sources: EIA data

Overall Veracity: 70%

## Tags

- nostalgia_appeal (90%)
- campaign_messaging (80%)
- grandiose_self (60%)
- supply_seeking (70%)

## That day

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

**McCarthy Victory Lap Gives Way to Racial Attacks on McConnell's Wife and Evening Legal Anxiety**

Trump spent the day claiming credit for Kevin McCarthy's House speakership and launching racially charged attacks against Mitch McConnell and former Cabinet secretary Elaine Chao, whom he repeatedly mocked with ethnic slurs. He pushed Republicans toward aggressive debt ceiling brinkmanship, calling potential economic disruption "a beautiful and joyous thing to watch." The mood shifted in the evening toward self-defense as he recycled his "perfect phone call" script for the Georgia investigation and jumped on the newly breaking Biden classified documents story to cry foul over his own FBI raid. Overall a combative day with a notable undercurrent of racial hostility and a late pivot from offense to legal anxiety.

Full digest for 2023-01-09: https://trump.fm/date/2023-01-09/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, January 9). REMEMBER JUST TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD A STRONG... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109660817354452746
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "REMEMBER JUST TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD A STRONG BORDER, NO..." Truth Social, 9 Jan. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109660817354452746. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "REMEMBER JUST TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD A STRONG BORDER, NO...," Truth Social, January 9, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109660817354452746.

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