# Post ts_110136200056724359

- Post ID: `ts_110136200056724359`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-04-03T18:04:04.809Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110136200056724359
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110136200056724359/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110136200056724359.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Let Brandon Judd and the GREAT Border Patrol do their job. Just 3 years ago, we had the safest and best Border in U.S. History, BY FAR!

## Engagement

- Likes: 33,239
- Reposts: 6,456
- Replies: 555
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.415Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T03:54:18.718Z (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: Border Patrol Post (2023-04-03)

This post appears on the eve of Trump's historic arraignment in Manhattan. Rather than addressing the indictment directly, Trump pivots to immigration — a reliable supply-generating topic and one of his strongest perceived policy successes.

### Context & Timing
Posted at 2:04 PM ET (Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago or en route to NYC). The post is relatively brief, policy-focused, and formulaic — consistent with either aide composition or a deliberate deflection strategy on a day dominated by indictment coverage.

### Psychological Function
This post serves as **displacement** — redirecting attention from the acute narcissistic injury of criminal indictment toward a domain where Trump feels dominant and validated. By invoking "just 3 years ago," he contrasts his perceived competence with Biden's, reinforcing the grandiose self-concept under threat from the legal proceedings.

Brandon Judd (president of the National Border Patrol Council) is cited as a credibility anchor — an authority figure who has publicly supported Trump, serving as external narcissistic supply.

### Rhetorical Analysis
Standard Trump rhetorical formula: named ally + superlative claim ("safest and best... BY FAR") + implicit contrast with current administration. The ALL CAPS "BY FAR" adds characteristic emphasis but the post is otherwise restrained compared to the same-day posts about the indictment.

### Significance
Low clinical significance as a standalone post. Its primary interest is contextual — what it reveals about coping strategy on the eve of arraignment: retreat to comfortable territory rather than confrontation.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "3 years ago, we had the safest and best Border in U.S. History" | **Mostly False** | While illegal border crossings were lower in 2020 (pandemic year), characterizing it as the 'safest and best in U.S. History' is a significant exaggeration. Border apprehensions were historically lower in many prior decades. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (2:04 PM ET)
- Relatively clean grammar
- Short and focused
- But contains characteristic ALL CAPS and superlatives

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Manhattan indictment/arraignment)

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

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

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- displacement (neurotic)
- idealization (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- invoking named ally as proxy validator
- implicit us-vs-them framing

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> 3 years ago, we had the safest and best Border in U.S. History

**MOSTLY FALSE**

While illegal border crossings were lower in 2020 (pandemic year), characterizing it as the 'safest and best in U.S. History' is a significant exaggeration. Border apprehensions were historically lower in many prior decades.

Sources: CBP historical data

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- immigration (80%)
- displacement (70%)
- self-aggrandizement (50%)

## That day

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

**Eve of Arraignment: Grandiose Defiance and Paranoid Grievance Cycle at Maximum RPM**

Trump spent the day preparing for his historic criminal arraignment — the first ever of a former U.S. president — flying from Mar-a-Lago to New York City. The mood oscillated sharply between aggressive defiance and anxious victimhood, with late-night attacks on the Manhattan DA and judge giving way to a flurry of self-congratulatory links and rally footage in the afternoon. A dense burst of posting just before departure featured rapid-fire link shares promoting his own greatness alongside conspiratorial claims about a coordinated Biden-Soros-Bragg plot against him. The overall tone was that of a man steeling himself for an ego-devastating event while working overtime to reframe it as proof of his importance.

Full digest for 2023-04-03: https://trump.fm/date/2023-04-03/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, April 3). Let Brandon Judd and the GREAT Border Patrol do... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_110136200056724359
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Let Brandon Judd and the GREAT Border Patrol do their job...." Truth Social, 3 Apr. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110136200056724359. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Let Brandon Judd and the GREAT Border Patrol do their job....," Truth Social, April 3, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_110136200056724359.

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