# Post ts_110000750322624525

- Post ID: `ts_110000750322624525`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-03-10T19:57:25.886Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110000750322624525
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110000750322624525/analysis

## Post text

> https://cis.org/Fishman/Second-Thought-I-Guess-Trump-Was-Right-and-I-Was-Wrong-Metering

## Engagement

- Likes: 9,263
- Reposts: 2,223
- Replies: 111
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.418Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T03:29:44.419Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: ts_110000750322624525 — March 10, 2023

## Overview

This post is a bare URL share with no authored text. The entire communicative act is the selection and publication of a link to a Center for Immigration Studies article titled *"Second Thought: I Guess Trump Was Right and I Was Wrong — Metering."* Analysis is necessarily constrained by the absence of original language.

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## Authorship Attribution

**Assessment: Aide-written (high confidence)**

Posted at **14:57 EST** (Mar-a-Lago local time, UTC−5). Mid-afternoon business hours, combined with the complete absence of personal commentary, strongly indicates staff operation. Authentic Trump posts almost invariably include at least a brief emotional annotation on shared links ("GREAT ARTICLE!", "So true!", "READ THIS!"). A naked URL drop is a Scavino/communications-team signature. This appears to be part of a structured daily content calendar rather than an organic, reactive post.

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## Contextual Fit Within the Day's Posting Pattern

Reviewing the day's output, a pattern emerges:
- **Poll share** (41-point NH lead) → status/supply
- **Election interference article** → grievance/persecution
- **DeSantis attack** → competition/devaluation
- **This URL** → policy vindication

This is a curated content rotation typical of a staffed social media operation covering distinct narrative pillars: polling strength, victimhood, opponent diminishment, and policy correctness.

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## Rhetorical Function

The article title performs the rhetorical work entirely. An expert conceding *"I was wrong, Trump was right"* is among the most persuasive structures available to an in-group audience — it reframes policy correctness as self-evident while appearing to come from an independent source. No self-promotion is necessary; the headline launders the validation through a third party.

**CIS credibility note:** The Center for Immigration Studies is a restrictionist think tank already credible to Trump's base. An article from a *friendly* expert conceding Trump's correctness carries less persuasive weight than it might appear — this is preaching to the choir, not genuinely converting opposition.

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## Metering Policy Context

"Metering" refers to the Trump-era practice of limiting the daily number of asylum seekers processed at official ports of entry. It reduced official-port crossing numbers but measurably displaced crossing attempts to unofficial locations. Whether it was "right" is a policy values question, not a factual one.

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## Psychological Signal

Minimal. Curation choice suggests ongoing **supply-seeking via vindication** — a consistent pattern in Trump's media aggregation behavior. No narcissistic rage, no threat display, no cognitive markers available for assessment.

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## Danger Assessment

**None.** Immigration policy debate, no mobilization language, no target identification.

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## Summary

*Not generated — post contains no authored text and exhibits no clinically significant patterns.*

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Trump's 'metering' policy at the southern border was substantively correct as policy" | **Unverifiable** | The CIS article title implies an expert revision of opinion; the merits of asylum metering are empirically contested. Metering (limiting daily asylum claims processed at ports of entry) did reduce official port crossings under Trump, but drove many migrants to unofficial crossings. Whether it was 'right' depends on policy weighting of humanitarian vs. enforcement values — not a falsifiable binary. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 15%)

### Indicators

- Posted at 14:57 EST (Mar-a-Lago timezone, UTC-5) — mid-afternoon business hours
- Zero added text; pure URL drop with no emotional annotation
- Professional, neutral link-sharing behavior absent impulsive commentary
- No typos, ALL CAPS, or stream-of-consciousness embellishment

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Immigration policy validation)

Sentiment: +0.35

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 0%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Implied 'even the critics admit I was right' framing — asks followers to experience vicarious vindication

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Trump's 'metering' policy at the southern border was substantively correct as policy

**UNVERIFIABLE**

The CIS article title implies an expert revision of opinion; the merits of asylum metering are empirically contested. Metering (limiting daily asylum claims processed at ports of entry) did reduce official port crossings under Trump, but drove many migrants to unofficial crossings. Whether it was 'right' depends on policy weighting of humanitarian vs. enforcement values — not a falsifiable binary.

Sources: CIS article referenced (not fetched); DHS data on border crossings 2018-2021

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- aide_authored (90%)
- supply_seeking (60%)
- immigration_policy (90%)
- policy_vindication (70%)
- bare_url_share (100%)
- no_original_text (100%)
- content_calendar (70%)

## That day

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

**Manhattan DA's Grand Jury Signal Triggers 18-Post Defensive Siege While Silicon Valley Bank's Historic Collapse Goes Unmentioned**

Trump spent the day consumed by the Manhattan DA's grand jury invitation signaling a likely indictment in the Stormy Daniels hush money case. The day opened with a seven-post thread denying wrongdoing and attacking prosecutors, briefly pivoted to late-night attacks on DeSantis over Iowa, then cycled through an afternoon of self-validating link shares before returning to the indictment topic in the evening. The mood was defensive and aggrieved throughout, with flashes of grandiosity when going after DeSantis or sharing flattering coverage. Notably absent was any mention of Silicon Valley Bank's historic collapse — the biggest financial story of the year — suggesting total absorption in personal legal jeopardy.

Full digest for 2023-03-10: https://trump.fm/date/2023-03-10/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, March 10). https://cis.org/Fishman/Second-Thought-I-Guess-Tru... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110000750322624525
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://cis.org/Fishman/Second-Thought-I-Guess-Trump-Was-Rig..." Truth Social, 10 Mar. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110000750322624525. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://cis.org/Fishman/Second-Thought-I-Guess-Trump-Was-Rig...," Truth Social, March 10, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110000750322624525.

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