# Post ts_112678795283360395

- Post ID: `ts_112678795283360395`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2024-06-25T18:59:29.044Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_112678795283360395/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_112678795283360395.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Former Acting ICE Director Tom Homan: Biden "took the most secure border in my lifetime—and UNSECURED IT ON PURPOSE."

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (0:41), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> Look, he took the most secure border in my lifetime and unsecured it on purpose. And I get your most. Look, everybody asks why I'm so emotional on this issue. Look, I've talked to young girls as young as nine years old that were raped multiple times by criminal cartel members. I've held dying children. I've held dead children. I've talked to hundreds of angel moms and dads. I know every one of their names and every one of their stories. And their stories are difficult. No parents should bury their child. The administration has blood on their hands. If Trump was president, this likely wouldn't happen because we had to remain in Mexico program. We ended catch release and ICE was able to do their job. This administration bears a brunt on this.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/112/678/795/235/382/064/original/aaeaf512a41d7bfb.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 16,344
- Reposts: 5,306
- Replies: 912
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.346Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-21T10:09:37.627Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Post Analysis: ts_112678795283360395 — June 25, 2024

### Overview

This post is a quote-amplification rather than an original statement: Trump re-shares a clip of former Acting ICE Director Tom Homan characterizing Biden's border policy as deliberate sabotage. Trump adds no personal commentary, functioning purely as a signal-booster. Posted at 18:59 UTC (≈ 2:59 PM EDT), Trump was in Philadelphia for a campaign rally — deep in business hours. The format, cleanliness, and absence of any personal interjection all point to a Scavino/aide-authored post.

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### Authorship Attribution

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

- **Timing:** 2:59 PM Eastern — well within standard business/campaign hours
- **Format:** Clean attribution line, professional quote formatting, no typos or ALL CAPS personal outbursts (the capitalization within the quote belongs to Homan/editor)
- **Style:** Repost/amplification structure typical of Scavino-managed content
- **No personal voice:** Zero first-person language, no emotional reactivity from Trump himself
- **Context:** Day of major Philadelphia rally — staff would be managing social cadence tightly

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### Psychological State and Triggers

Though Trump's voice is absent, the *selection* of this content is psychologically revealing. The post arrives two days before the CNN presidential debate (June 27) — a high-stakes moment that constitutes potential narcissistic threat (exposure to direct comparison, scrutiny, potential defeat). The content functions as **preemptive framing**: establishing Biden's malicious intentionality on immigration before the debate, Trump's strongest policy terrain.

The phrase "ON PURPOSE" — emphasized in the original quote and prominently featured — is the psychological crux. It converts a policy disagreement into a moral accusation: Biden is not merely incompetent, he is *malevolent*. This transforms the immigration issue from a governance debate into an enemies-and-traitors framework. The choice to amplify this specific framing, out of all available border content, reveals the underlying paranoid cognitive style even through a surrogate.

**Trigger type:** Preemptive attack / supply-seeking (building debate-eve narrative)
**Narcissistic state:** Grandiose-maintenance (pre-debate confidence building)

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### Defense Mechanisms

- **Projection (immature):** Attributing deliberate destructive intent to an opponent — "on purpose" — shifts culpability onto Biden and denies any legitimate policy rationale. Trump's own camp has been accused of weaponizing border issues politically; this mirrors that accusation onto Biden.
- **Rationalization (neurotic):** Using an official's authority (former ICE Director) to lend pseudo-institutional credibility to what is an interpretive claim about intent.
- **Displacement:** Channeling aggression through Homan rather than directly — maintaining plausible deniability ("I'm just sharing what an expert said").

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### Rhetorical Techniques

- **Borrowed ethos / appeal to authority:** Homan's institutional credibility (former government official) is leveraged to make a political attack appear objective and credentialed.
- **Attribution of malicious intent:** "On purpose" converts policy dispute into criminal/treasonous framing — one of the most potent rhetorical escalations in political discourse.
- **Superlative framing:** "Most secure border in my lifetime" serves as implicit Trump-era glorification while simultaneously condemning the current state.
- **Selective quotation:** The excerpt is curated for maximum accusatory impact — the clip format allows emotional delivery to carry weight the text alone might not.
- **Pre-debate narrative seeding:** Establishing "Biden intentionally harms America" before a debate where Trump cannot be interrupted or fact-checked in real time.

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### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Biden took the most secure border in my lifetime and unsecured it" | **Half True** | Border encounters were at historic lows during Trump era partly due to COVID-era Title 42 and MPP policies. Encounters rose significantly under Biden after those policies were reversed. The directional claim has factual basis; 'most secure in my lifetime' is a strong superlative that ignores multi-causal factors. |
| "Biden unsecured the border ON PURPOSE (i.e., with deliberate harmful intent)" | **Mostly False** | Biden reversed Trump-era policies deliberately as a matter of stated humane immigration policy — the reversals were intentional policy choices. However, framing this as intentional *harm* or sabotage imputes malice with no supporting evidence. Biden's administration later reversed course and signed border executive orders in 2024, inconsistent with a sabotage narrative. |

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Posted at 2:59 PM Eastern — peak business/campaign hours
- No personal commentary or first-person voice from Trump
- Clean professional formatting with attribution line
- Quote-amplification format typical of Scavino-managed content
- Rally day in Philadelphia — staff actively managing social cadence

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Preemptive Attack — Comparison (Biden / upcoming CNN debate (June 27))

Sentiment: -0.55

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 45%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- rationalization (neurotic)
- splitting (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Borrowed authority via credentialed surrogate (former ICE Director)
- Moral outrage amplification through curated quote selection
- Pre-debate narrative seeding to prime follower interpretation framework

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- 'On purpose' framing presents interpretation of intent as established fact, foreclosing any good-faith reading of opponent's policy choices
- Amplification of claim without qualification encourages followers to treat a contested interpretation as objective truth

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-21._

> Biden took the most secure border in my lifetime and unsecured it

**HALF TRUE**

Border encounters were at historic lows during Trump era partly due to COVID-era Title 42 and MPP policies. Encounters rose significantly under Biden after those policies were reversed. The directional claim has factual basis; 'most secure in my lifetime' is a strong superlative that ignores multi-causal factors.

Sources: CBP border encounter statistics 2020-2024; Title 42 implementation and termination records

> Biden unsecured the border ON PURPOSE (i.e., with deliberate harmful intent)

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Biden reversed Trump-era policies deliberately as a matter of stated humane immigration policy — the reversals were intentional policy choices. However, framing this as intentional *harm* or sabotage imputes malice with no supporting evidence. Biden's administration later reversed course and signed border executive orders in 2024, inconsistent with a sabotage narrative.

Sources: Biden executive orders on immigration January 2021; Biden border executive order June 2024

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Tags

- immigration (95%)
- pre-debate positioning (85%)
- proxy attack (80%)
- aide-written (90%)
- attribution of malicious intent (75%)
- borrowed ethos (70%)
- contamination narrative (70%)
- Tom Homan (60%)
- border security (90%)
- Biden attack (85%)

## That day

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

**Pre-Debate Messaging Blitz: Campaign Machine Dominates a Disciplined Day**

Two days before the CNN presidential debate, Trump's feed was dominated by campaign-produced attack posts targeting Biden on Social Security, immigration, and crowd size. The morning ended with a brief, authentic late-night flare over crowd-size comparisons, but the afternoon was almost entirely aide-crafted messaging — polished, on-script, and strategically sequenced. The most notable moment was a lengthy persecution-as-martyrdom post reframing his indictments as badges of honor, which stood out as the day's emotional peak and only real departure from otherwise routine campaign content.

Full digest for 2024-06-25: https://trump.fm/date/2024-06-25/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, June 25). Former Acting ICE Director Tom Homan: Biden "took... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_112678795283360395
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Former Acting ICE Director Tom Homan: Biden "took the most..." Truth Social, 25 Jun. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112678795283360395. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Former Acting ICE Director Tom Homan: Biden "took the most...," Truth Social, June 25, 2024, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_112678795283360395.

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