# Post ts_111330986912889817

- Post ID: `ts_111330986912889817`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-10-31T18:14:05.421Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111330986912889817
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111330986912889817/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_111330986912889817.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Crooked Joe Biden and his ridiculous Open Borders Policy…

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (0:56), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> -With the millions and millions of people that Crooked Joe Biden has allowed into the United States through his ridiculous open borders policy, mostly young men and large numbers of terrorists, the United States is more vulnerable from inside terror attacks than at any time in its history. Biden is allowing people from prisons and jails. He's allowing people from mental institutions and insane asylums. Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal Lecter, remember? Insane asylums. They're allowed to come into our country. We're like a dumping ground, and he's allowing terrorists to come in at numbers never seen before. He's got to be defeated in 2024. He's got to be defeated, or this country is never going to make it. Thank you very much.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/111/330/986/379/751/560/original/9304984b5210cad1.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 10,636
- Reposts: 2,948
- Replies: 311
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.392Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T10:26:22.699Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: Truth Social Post — October 31, 2023

## Authorship Attribution

The UTC timestamp (18:14Z) converts to **14:14 EDT** in New York, where Trump was actively attending his civil fraud trial. This mid-afternoon window falls within standard aide business hours. The post structure — a clean nine-word caption with an ellipsis trailing into a media attachment — is characteristic of produced, staff-assisted content rather than an authentic emotional discharge. The nickname "Crooked Joe Biden" is so deeply embedded in Trump's personal lexicon that it appears in staff-drafted content routinely; its presence is insufficient to confirm authenticity. **Authorship leans toward aide-drafted (Scavino-type), confidence: medium.**

## Psychological Context

October 31, 2023 was a period of acute legal stress: the civil fraud trial was in progress, a $10,000 gag order fine had been levied five days prior, and the federal gag order had been reinstated two days prior. Against this backdrop, the post's pivot to Biden's immigration policy represents **displacement** — redirecting audience attention (and potentially the subject's own focus) from personal legal exposure to a familiar political enemy. This is a neurotic-level defense, functional rather than pathological, and consistent with managed communications during crisis periods.

## Rhetorical Structure

The post performs three rhetorical moves economically: enemy labeling ("Crooked"), contempt signaling ("ridiculous"), and undefined-term reification ("Open Borders Policy" as factual descriptor). The ellipsis functions as an open hook driving engagement with the video, which carries the substantive propaganda payload. The text is scaffolding, not argument.

## Cognitive Assessment

Insufficient text volume (nine words) to assess cognitive markers. No deviations detectable. The brevity is by design.

## Danger Assessment

**None.** Standard political attack content. No dehumanizing language, violent imagery, or stochastic terrorism indicators present.

## Summary

Not clinically significant. This post is routine campaign-mode content, almost certainly staff-assisted, functioning as a video caption and base-maintenance communication during a period of legal stress. Displacement is the operative psychological dynamic, but the managed nature of the post limits authentic signal extraction.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Joe Biden has an 'Open Borders Policy'" | **Mostly False** | Biden administration maintained formal immigration enforcement infrastructure including Border Patrol, deportations, and Title 42 usage into 2023. Record border crossings occurred under Biden, but characterizing this as an 'Open Borders Policy' misrepresents an enforcement-present (if contested) system as having no controls. The phrase is a rhetorical characterization, not a policy descriptor. |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 35%)

### Indicators

- Posted at 14:14 EDT (business hours — New York, where civil fraud trial was ongoing)
- No typos or grammatical errors
- Extremely brief text functions as a video caption, consistent with aide-produced content
- Professional ellipsis ('…') trailing into media attachment
- Nickname 'Crooked Joe Biden' is authentic Trump vocabulary but easily replicated by staff

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Preemptive Attack — Exposure (NY civil fraud trial ongoing; gag orders reinstated; multiple legal pressures accumulating throughout October)

Sentiment: -0.65

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 15%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Familiar nickname ('Crooked Joe Biden') reinforces shared enemy identification with base
- Ellipsis + video invites audience into a co-discovery experience

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Joe Biden has an 'Open Borders Policy'

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Biden administration maintained formal immigration enforcement infrastructure including Border Patrol, deportations, and Title 42 usage into 2023. Record border crossings occurred under Biden, but characterizing this as an 'Open Borders Policy' misrepresents an enforcement-present (if contested) system as having no controls. The phrase is a rhetorical characterization, not a policy descriptor.

Sources: DHS enforcement statistics 2021-2023; CBP border encounter data

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- immigration (90%)
- displacement (70%)
- aide_written (65%)
- campaign_messaging (85%)
- enemy_labeling (80%)

## That day

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

**Halloween Night Rage: Gag Order Triggers 1 AM Persecution Spiral, Displacement Cycle Dominates the Day**

Trump spent Halloween night awake and agitated, posting all-caps attacks on the federal judge who reinstated his gag order and framing his prosecution as election interference. By mid-morning, aides appeared to take over with a rapid batch of favorable news links and poll numbers, but the afternoon brought a return to personal grievances targeting the New York Post, Letitia James, and Washington D.C. A brief and unconvincing pivot to Middle East statesmanship was immediately followed by a closing martyrdom appeal invoking the Founding Fathers. The day was dominated by legal anxiety from the week's accumulating courtroom pressures, with clearly disrupted sleep and every attack traceable to the gag order and fraud trial.

Full digest for 2023-10-31: https://trump.fm/date/2023-10-31/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, October 31). Crooked Joe Biden and his ridiculous Open Borders... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111330986912889817
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Crooked Joe Biden and his ridiculous Open Borders Policy…" Truth Social, 31 Oct. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111330986912889817. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Crooked Joe Biden and his ridiculous Open Borders Policy…," Truth Social, October 31, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111330986912889817.

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