# Post ts_111727670294450390 - Post ID: `ts_111727670294450390` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2024-01-09T19:35:53.470Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111727670294450390 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111727670294450390/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_111727670294450390.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > From the very beginning of this movement, I have made a promise to America’s seniors: I will always protect Medicare and Social Security. As president, that’s exactly what I did—and that is what I will do again with four more years as president of the United States… ## What the media says **Video transcript** (2:24), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > From the very beginning of this movement, I've made a promise to American seniors. I will always protect Medicare and Social Security. As President, that's exactly what I will do. And that's what I did when I was President of the United States. I protected it. Ron de Sanctimonius and Nikki Haley, on the other hand, both want to gut Social Security and Medicare. They want to take it away from our great seniors. The Sanctus voted three times to raise the retirement age to 70. A lot of people don't know that. He wanted to gut Social Security. He wanted to raise the retirement age to 70. That's a big increase. And Nikki Haley says the retirement age at 65 is way too low. She wanted to go above 70. She said she wants to raise the age to, quote, "match life expectancy," which means 73 to 79 years old. That's a big raise. If Nikki Haley got away, most seniors would work their entire lives right up until the end and then not live long enough to receive the benefits they earned and paid for. Haley also, as you know, supported Rhino Paul Ryan's 2011 plan to gut Medicare. That was the very same plan that led to a Democrat television ad showing Republicans wheeling off Granny right off the cliff, destroying Republican chances in the 2012 election. It was a disaster, and Paul Ryan was a disaster. It was something that nobody can believe. And supporting Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, or anyone like that, is not going to happen because they're completely unelectable. To nominate them after their support for gutting Medicare and Social Security would be to kiss the election goodbye. Now, one other thing. I'm the one that's leading Biden by a lot in all of the elections. As you know, in 2016, I beat Hillary Clinton. In 2020, we did even much better. Got many millions of votes more. Bad things happen. We're not going to let that happen again. But we beat them then. And if you want to save America, get out and vote. Vote for President Trump because that's a vote for your family. It's a vote for yourself. It's a vote for greatness for our nation. Thank you very much. ## Media - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/111/727/669/485/390/939/original/39287e176f2a6391.mp4 ## Engagement - Likes: 7,728 - Reposts: 2,317 - Replies: 289 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.378Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T16:00:09.875Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Summary This post is aide-authored campaign material timed to counter Fox News town halls featuring Iowa caucus rivals Haley and DeSantis. The Medicare/Social Security protection pledge targets seniors, the most reliable Republican primary demographic. The polished prose, correct grammar, business-hours posting time, and attached video distinguish it sharply from same-day authentic Trump posts (border invasion rhetoric, WWIII warnings, Ashli Babbitt celebration). The core factual claim — that Trump protected these programs as president — is half-true at best: no major cuts were enacted, but his own budget proposals sought reductions and his 2020 payroll tax deferral threatened Social Security solvency. The post's clinical interest lies not in what it shows but in what it conceals: it is a deliberate mask placed over a volatile day's posting pattern, revealing the campaign's dual-track strategy of inflammatory content for base activation alongside polished demographic outreach. # Analysis: ts_111727670294450390 | 2024-01-09 | Truth Social ## Authorship Assessment **Verdict: Aide-written (high confidence).** The post was published at 19:35 UTC, converting to approximately 2:35 PM EST — squarely within business hours regardless of whether Trump was in New York, Mar-a-Lago, or Iowa (where he had been rallying around the January 6 anniversary). The prose is clean, grammatically correct, and structurally intentional, with a properly formatted em-dash and a deliberate ellipsis directing the audience to the attached video. This is coordinated campaign communications material, not an authentic stream-of-consciousness post. --- ## Contextual Positioning This post occupies a strategically incongruous position within the day's posting sequence. Earlier on January 9, Trump (or his account) posted: - Border "INVASION" rhetoric - "Stumbling toward World War III" catastrophism - Celebration of a wrongful death lawsuit related to Ashli Babbitt - A CNN electoral map share Against that backdrop, this entitlement-protection pledge reads as a deliberate tonal injection — almost certainly timed to compete with the Fox News Haley/DeSantis town hall on the same day, which focused on women's and domestic policy issues. The campaign was pivoting Trump toward positive policy territory to counter the Iowa caucus positioning of rivals. --- ## Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Big Five) As expressed in this specific post: - **Extraversion (high):** Assertive first-person framing; leadership positioning - **Agreeableness (artificially elevated):** The post projects care and commitment — atypically high for this subject, reinforcing aide-authorship inference - **Conscientiousness (moderate):** Deliberate promise-keeping narrative - **Neuroticism (low):** No hostile affect, anxiety, or reactivity visible - **Openness (low):** Rigid binary commitment framing; no nuance --- ## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Agency motives dominate:** The post centers Trump's personal power and will as the sole guarantor of seniors' welfare. The construction "I have made a promise... I did... I will do again" is quintessentially agentic — outcomes are entirely contingent on Trump's individual will. **Communion motives (instrumentalized):** The address to "America's seniors" mimics communal care but functions instrumentally as demographic targeting. The emotional warmth is strategic rather than expressive. **Schema revealed:** Self as singular protector; seniors as dependent constituency requiring Trump's personal stewardship; political reality as zero-sum between Trump's presence and social catastrophe for this group. --- ## Level 3: Narrative Identity - **Protagonist role:** Protector/savior; the dependable guardian of vulnerable Americans - **Narrative sequence:** Restoration arc — implied contamination under Biden (unnamed) reversed by Trump's return - **Identity claims:** "From the very beginning of this movement" — positions Trump as the originating moral center of a broad collective identity - **Contrasting other:** Biden is notably absent by name (aide's discipline), but structurally implied as the threat from which Trump protects seniors - **Redemption sequence:** Promise made → promise kept → promise to be kept again. A clean, campaign-ready arc. --- ## Level 4: Clinical Indicators Clinical signal is **low** in this isolated post. The grandiosity is present but subdued relative to baseline. No narcissistic injury response is detectable; no rage, paranoia, or dehumanization. The post's primary clinical interest is what it *lacks* compared to same-day authentic posts — it functions as a mask rather than a window. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "As president, I protected Medicare and Social Security" | **Half True** | No major cuts to Medicare or Social Security were enacted during Trump's 2017-2021 term. However, Trump's annual budget proposals (FY2018-FY2021) repeatedly proposed slowing Medicare growth and cutting Medicaid. His August 2020 executive order deferring payroll taxes — which fund Social Security — was widely criticized by program advocates as threatening long-term solvency. The claim exploits the gap between proposed cuts and enacted policy. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Archetypal Reading **Primary archetype: Protector/King.** The benevolent-king register (making promises, keeping promises, returning to serve) is precisely calibrated for elderly voters who respond to stability and reliability. There is no Warrior or Trickster energy here — the archetype is entirely domestic and paternalistic. --- ## Summary This post is campaign communications material almost certainly authored by an aide, timed to counter Fox News town halls featuring Haley and DeSantis and to inject a positive policy note amid a day of highly charged rhetoric. The Medicare/Social Security pledge is a standard Trump campaign staple targeting seniors, the demographic most reliable in Republican primaries. The claim to have protected these programs as president is at best half-true — no cuts were enacted, but Trump's own budget proposals repeatedly sought reductions. Clinical indicators in this isolated post are minimal; the primary psychological interest is the deliberate tonal contrast with the day's authentic posts, which reveals the campaign's dual-track strategy: inflammatory content for base activation, polished pledges for demographic outreach. ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 15%) ### Indicators - Posted at 19:35 UTC = 2:35 PM EST (business hours for New York/Iowa campaign travel) - Polished, complete sentences with no typos - Professional campaign-pledge structure - Attached MP4 video suggests coordinated media rollout - Em-dash usage is typographically correct — atypical for authentic Trump posts ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Maintenance (Iowa caucus pre-positioning; competitive threat from Haley/DeSantis town halls) Sentiment: +0.55 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 40% - Antisocial: 10% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - rationalization (neurotic) - idealization (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 45% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Direct address to demographic subgroup ('America's seniors') - Personal promise framing ('I have made a promise... I will') - Movement identity invocation ('this movement') ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._ > As president, I protected Medicare and Social Security **HALF TRUE** No major cuts to Medicare or Social Security were enacted during Trump's 2017-2021 term. However, Trump's annual budget proposals (FY2018-FY2021) repeatedly proposed slowing Medicare growth and cutting Medicaid. His August 2020 executive order deferring payroll taxes — which fund Social Security — was widely criticized by program advocates as threatening long-term solvency. The claim exploits the gap between proposed cuts and enacted policy. Sources: OMB FY2018-FY2021 Budget Proposals; Executive Order 13945 (August 2020) — payroll tax deferral; Social Security Administration actuarial commentary on payroll tax impacts Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - aide-authored (90%) - campaign-pledge (95%) - seniors-outreach (90%) - entitlement-protection (85%) - movement-identity (70%) - iowa-caucus-positioning (80%) - half-true-claim (75%) - protector-archetype (80%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Legal Siege on All Fronts: 48 Posts Across Immunity Hearing, Willis Scandal, and Engoron Rage Spiral** Trump spent the day under extraordinary legal pressure, fighting on every front simultaneously. The evening before kicked off with a gleeful five-part series exploiting the Fani Willis romance scandal, spinning a co-defendant's allegations into proof of a coordinated Biden conspiracy. After attending his federal immunity hearing in Washington, he returned to posting with a punishing afternoon barrage -- attacking Judge Engoron five times in nine minutes, reframing January 6 as patriotic duty, warning of border invasion, and demanding total presidential immunity. The sheer volume of 48 posts and the scattershot targeting of judges, prosecutors, rivals, Fox News, and Biden suggest a man processing unprecedented legal jeopardy through relentless counterattack. Full digest for 2024-01-09: https://trump.fm/date/2024-01-09/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, January 9). From the very beginning of this movement, I have... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111727670294450390 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "From the very beginning of this movement, I have made a..." Truth Social, 9 Jan. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111727670294450390. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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