# Post ts_112623653729581598 - Post ID: `ts_112623653729581598` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2024-06-16T01:16:15.705Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112623653729581598 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112623653729581598/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112623653729581598.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/112623642420293469 Great Interview on Border with Mark Levin and Tom Cotton! ## Reposted post Original: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112623642420293469 (2024-06-16T01:13:23.142Z (UTC)) > PART TWO ON DEFENSE! - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/623/641/829/729/511/original/4cd91c901e187184.mp4 ## What the media says **Video transcript** (5:54), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > welcome back America it's great to have our friend Senator Tom Cotton with us you know Senator Cotton your background is quite unique as far as politicians go you come out of a little state of Arkansas you served as a combat officer in Iraq and Afghanistan and you went to Harvard Law School and that's a very unique I think a very important background and you're what I would consider if not the number one one of the top foreign policy experts in the United States Senate if not the country and so I wanted to ask you some what I think are very very important questions about some very very important issues which are getting sloughed off by most of the media we have a wide open border people been warning about terrorists coming here and committing acts of terrorism senator and now we have a report that eight Isis operatives were captured in the United States that the FBI had done a surveillance operation on them eight of them in three cities LA Philadelphia and New York and this is great that they caught them but we have over 12 million people who've come into this country that we haven't properly vetted all over the country is the concern is this is potentially the tip of the iceberg and we're not going to always catch them mark there's no question that these eight potential terrorists are just the tip of the iceberg as you say more than 12 million illegal aliens have entered our country in less than four years under Joe Biden the FBI has been warning for months now about the threat of terrorism coming from our open border many of these potential terrorists are coming from Central Asia countries like Tajikistan or Uzbekistan that have deep terrorist groups and movements in them that their governments are battling against this is the origin of the terrorist attacks in Moscow a few weeks ago as well I'm glad that they caught these eight potential terrorists but again as you say it's just the tip of the iceberg we know that many more have crossed our border we know that many across the border without knowledge of the FBI or the border patrol and then perhaps most crazy of all as we've admitted all these illegal aliens over the last three plus years and many of them are now applying for asylum inside the country a protected legal status the Biden administration is still not doing thorough betting on them so we haven't only admitted them but we may give them protected legal status under our asylum laws without even checking if they have terrorist connections in their past or if they've been engaging in terrorist activities while they're in the United States it is a grave danger to the lives of Americans not over not overseas but here at home and you know senator we have these incidents that are popping up where illegal aliens are breaching military installations or they're they're monitoring them or one tried to drive into Quantico with a vehicle and so forth and so on this is going on all over the country here we have MS-13 has a strong foothold in this country now the most brutal murderous Venezuelan gang is now in the United States they have a foothold in the country the drug cartels are making billions of dollars inside the United States forced labor sex slavery fentanyl if you wanted to destroy the United States of American you're president the United States let's say wouldn't you do all the things that Joe Biden is doing to the country right now yeah Mark as president Trump always likes to say if you don't have a border you don't have a country because if you don't have a border if you open our border like Joe Biden did like he promised to do in the campaign and then acted on in office you invite all of this evil into our country cartels sex trafficking and human trafficking into the country running fentanyl into our streets terrorists from all around the world coming to our border to kill Americans it's all a direct result of Joe Biden's ideological open borders position in contrast to where president Trump had matters with a secure border protecting Americans and defending American sovereignty that's one of the many reasons why the American people think it's time for a change of direction as do I the senator cotton Joe Biden keeps using as a fig leaf this phony bipartisan bill where I think three Republican senators negotiated it in secret and the rest of you didn't know anything about it was dropped in your laps the house never supported it but he likes to call it bipartisan legislation that would have fixed this thing I read that legislation didn't fix a damn thing in fact the extra funding most of which went for administrative activities didn't even kick in until 2028 and they had a threshold number that was multiple thousands higher than it what is tolerable in terms of illegal immigration so he keeps using this this is the fig leaf he's going to use and if in fact we are attacked I can see he's gonna blame Republicans he's gonna blame president Trump how do you respond to that yeah Mark it's playing that Joe Biden didn't need legislation to act to secure our border because president Trump didn't need legislation to secure our border we had a secure safe border under president Trump Joe Biden is the one that promised in the campaign to open our border and what did he think would happen millions of people all around the world heard those promises they came to Mexico oftentimes conspiring with drug cartels to get across the border into our country not just to get jobs or unite with families but to bring in drugs and crime then Joe Biden had an executive order in which he purported to shut down the border but as you say he still allowed 75,000 illegal aliens to enter our country every month under that order with all kinds of loopholes as well I would say it's like closing the barn door after the horses left but it doesn't even close the barn door mark ## Media - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/623/653/215/285/122/original/eb9cfa34f6d1a423.mp4 ## Engagement - Likes: 7,816 - Reposts: 2,029 - Replies: 184 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.348Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-21T09:21:24.059Z (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: Truth Social Post — 2024-06-16T01:16 UTC ## Overview This is a minimal promotional repost — a RT of Trump's own content posted seconds earlier — amplifying a media appearance with Mark Levin and Tom Cotton on the border. The psychological and rhetorical content is extremely low-density; this post warrants brief treatment rather than full clinical elaboration. --- ## Authorship Attribution **Confidence: LOW | Score: 0.55 (borderline authentic/aide)** UTC 01:16 converts to approximately **9:16 PM EDT** at Mar-a-Lago (Trump's likely location given his pre-sentencing probation interview was conducted from Mar-a-Lago during this period). This is an evening post — not deep-night authentic territory, not standard business hours. The RT-of-own-post amplification pattern within seconds of the original is consistent with a Scavino scheduling workflow designed to maximize reach. Content is purely promotional with no emotional charge, no typos, and no digressive elaboration — all Scavino indicators. The single authentic marker is the reflexive "Great" superlative, which is idiomatically Trumpian. Overall authorship is ambiguous; aide involvement is probable but cannot be confirmed from this post alone. --- ## Level 1: Dispositional Traits Minimal signal. Extraversion is the dominant observable trait facet — assertive self-promotion and excitement about own media performance. Neuroticism is absent (no distress markers). Agreeableness is slightly elevated relative to baseline via the alliance framing (Levin, Cotton as cooperative partners rather than instruments). --- ## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Dominant motive: Status maintenance / supply-seeking** The post's function is instrumental: it directs audience attention toward a favorable media performance, reinforcing Trump's identity as the authoritative voice on immigration. This is consistent with ongoing status-maintenance rather than reactive supply-seeking triggered by injury. The border framing activates a reliable grievance schema in the base. **Alliance signaling:** Levin and Cotton are chosen as validators. Levin provides conservative media credibility; Cotton provides hawkish Senate Republican credibility. The combination signals that Trump's border position is endorsed by both media and legislative flanks. --- ## Level 3: Narrative Identity The post is too brief to reveal complex narrative identity construction. The protagonist role is implicitly *authoritative expert on border crisis* — the one who conducts "Great" interviews with serious allies about a critical national problem. The contrasting other is implicit: the Biden administration's open-border posture, evoked without mention. --- ## Level 4: Clinical Indicators **No clinically significant indicators present.** This is maintenance-mode operation — routine, low-affect, promotional. No narcissistic rage, no paranoid ideation, no reality distortion, no cognitive anomalies detectable from this content. --- ## Rhetorical Analysis Minimal complexity. The single evaluative adjective "Great" pre-frames the interview as authoritative before consumption. The RT mechanism serves a volume/saturation function consistent with the RAND firehose model at micro-scale — own-content amplification increases impression count without requiring new cognitive engagement. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Great Interview on Border with Mark Levin and Tom Cotton" | **Unverifiable** | The interview occurred (video attached) but 'Great' is the subject's self-evaluation — a quality judgment, not a factual claim. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Danger Assessment: NONE No eliminationist language, no dehumanization, no mobilization signals. Routine promotional post. --- ## Contextual Note This post occurs within a dense news cycle: Hunter Biden's conviction on federal gun charges (June 13), Trump's probation interview, his return to Capitol Hill. The choice to promote a border interview on this date may reflect a strategic pivot — redirecting audience attention toward immigration (favorable Trump terrain) rather than engaging with the legal proceedings surrounding his own May 30 conviction. Whether this is calculated or coincidental cannot be determined from this post alone. ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 55%) ### Indicators - 9:16 PM EDT local time — borderline between aide business hours and authentic late-evening posting - Extreme brevity and purely promotional content is consistent with aide-assisted scheduling - However 'Great Interview' hyperbolic opener is classically authentic Trump phrasing - RT of own post seconds earlier (112623642420293469) suggests a promotional amplification workflow common to Scavino operation - No typos, no emotional reactivity, no stream-of-consciousness — points toward aide involvement ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Fox/Levin media appearance promotion) Sentiment: +0.45 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 15% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Defense Mechanisms:** - idealization (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 10% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Alliance signaling via conservative media figures (Levin, Cotton) - Topic priming — border framing positions Trump as the authority on immigration ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-21._ > Great Interview on Border with Mark Levin and Tom Cotton **UNVERIFIABLE** The interview occurred (video attached) but 'Great' is the subject's self-evaluation — a quality judgment, not a factual claim. Sources: Attached MP4 media Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - immigration (80%) - media-promotion (90%) - conservative-alliance (60%) - supply-seeking (50%) - aide-written-probable (60%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Post-Conviction Father's Day: Rally Euphoria Bookended by Legal Grievance and Weaponized Holiday Rage** Trump spent the evening after his Detroit rally sharing a flood of favorable media clips and endorsements, basking in post-event energy. The day opened and closed with flashes of real anger -- first a passionate argument for presidential immunity tied to his recent conviction, then a Father's Day message that pivoted sharply from holiday greeting into a bitter tirade against political opponents. In between, most of the day was calm self-promotion: campaign links, poll numbers, and ally praise. A gratuitous attack on Illinois Governor Pritzker, heavy on body-shaming, and a mocking post about the Pope at the G7 stood out as opportunistic dominance displays during an otherwise controlled day. Full digest for 2024-06-16: https://trump.fm/date/2024-06-16/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, June 16). RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_112623653729581598 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/realDonaldTrump/statuses/1..." Truth Social, 16 Jun. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112623653729581598. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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