# Post ts_109666131989323271

- Post ID: `ts_109666131989323271`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-01-10T17:39:35.332Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109666131989323271
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109666131989323271/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109666131989323271.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Just two years ago we had the strongest, safest Southern Border in USA HISTORY. Look at it now, a dangerous, drug infested nightmare!

## Engagement

- Likes: 31,396
- Reposts: 7,208
- Replies: 1,293
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.424Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:25:30.857Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Border Nostalgia Post (2023-01-10)

Standard grievance post contrasting Trump's border record with Biden's. Posted at 12:39 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago), squarely in business hours. Notably timed the same day as Biden's first-ever border visit to El Paso — this is almost certainly a reactive counter-narrative post.

### Authorship
Business-hours timing, clean grammar, no typos, structured contrast rhetoric. Consistent with aide-drafted or at minimum aide-polished content. The "Just two years ago" framing is formulaic talking-point language.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post is a routine maintenance/supply-seeking post with mild narcissistic injury undertones (Biden visiting the border threatens Trump's ownership of the issue). The before/after framing serves grandiose self-concept: Trump = safety, Biden = danger.

### Rhetorical Techniques
Classic nostalgia appeal + fear appeal. "Strongest, safest" superlatives vs "dangerous, drug infested nightmare" — maximalist contrast with no middle ground (splitting). The phrase "drug infested nightmare" uses contamination imagery.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Just two years ago we had the strongest, safest Southern Border in USA HISTORY" | **Mostly False** | Border apprehensions dropped in 2020 largely due to Title 42 COVID expulsions, not structural improvements. Multiple prior periods had lower illegal crossing rates. The 'in history' qualifier is unsupported. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 25%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (12:39 PM ET)
- Clean grammar and punctuation
- Formulaic talking-point structure
- No typos or stream-of-consciousness markers

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Comparison (Biden's first border visit as president)

Sentiment: -0.50

### Clinical

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

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 25%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- nostalgia appeal
- shared grievance
- implicit 'we had it good' collective memory

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Just two years ago we had the strongest, safest Southern Border in USA HISTORY

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Border apprehensions dropped in 2020 largely due to Title 42 COVID expulsions, not structural improvements. Multiple prior periods had lower illegal crossing rates. The 'in history' qualifier is unsupported.

Sources: CBP enforcement statistics; Title 42 policy records

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- border (100%)
- nostalgia (80%)
- biden-contrast (70%)
- supply-seeking (50%)

## That day

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

**Biden Documents Scandal Fuels Vindication Narrative; Day Ends with Targeted Harassment of Election Workers**

Trump spent the day exploiting the newly discovered Biden classified documents story, framing it as proof that his own Mar-a-Lago investigation was politically motivated. The late-night and morning hours were dominated by increasingly aggressive posts connecting Biden's documents to Chinese espionage—claims without evidence. The middle of the day saw a firehose of shared links and a heated demand that Pulitzer Prizes be revoked from outlets that covered the Russia investigation. The day ended on a darker note: Trump congratulated Sarah Huckabee Sanders on her inauguration as Arkansas governor, then pivoted to attacking Biden's medal ceremony for election workers and, most troublingly, singled out Ruby Freeman by name while repeating debunked conspiracy theories about Georgia vote counting.

Full digest for 2023-01-10: https://trump.fm/date/2023-01-10/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, January 10). Just two years ago we had the strongest, safest... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109666131989323271
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Just two years ago we had the strongest, safest Southern..." Truth Social, 10 Jan. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109666131989323271. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Just two years ago we had the strongest, safest Southern...," Truth Social, January 10, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109666131989323271.

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