# Post ts_114071839130050988

- Post ID: `ts_114071839130050988`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-02-26T19:28:51.265Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114071839130050988
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114071839130050988/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114071839130050988.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> In just over one month, illegal border crossings have plummeted by numbers nobody has ever actually seen before—We've unleashed American energy...We're fighting every day to get the prices down...

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (1:02), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> In just over one month, illegal voter crossings have plummeted by numbers that nobody's actually ever seen before -- much more than 100 percent. And we've unleashed American energy at levels that will soon be reported, but we think we're going to get it going very quickly. We have incredible people on the energy front. I think we have really great people on every front. I'll let you know if they're not good, but I think they really are. And we're fighting every day to get the prices down. The inflation is stopping slowly, but part of the reason it's stopping is because of high interest rates and other problems that we inherited. But we have to get the prices down, not the inflation down, the prices of eggs and various other things. Eggs are a disaster. The Secretary of Agriculture is going to be showing you a chart that's actually mind-boggling what's happened, how low they were with us and how high they are now. But I think we can do something about it, Madam Secretary, and I think you're going to do a fantastic job in that position.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/114/071/835/071/173/479/original/7f6a647c89c8eaf1.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 21,491
- Reposts: 4,301
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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.320Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-21T23:37:53.171Z (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_114071839130050988 | Feb 26, 2025

## Authorship Attribution
**Verdict: Aide-produced (high confidence)**

Posted at 14:28 EST while Trump was hosting Macron at the White House — peak staff hours, peak diplomatic activity. The post is a captioned summary for a professionally produced MP4, a format consistently attributed to the communications/Scavino shop. The three-pillar policy structure (border → energy → prices), ellipsis connectors, and absence of any typo or impulsive aside are inconsistent with authentic Trump posting behavior. This is a curated 30-day milestone package, not organic output.

## Psychological State
**Grandiose mode, supply-seeking, low arousal.** No narcissistic injury is driving this post; it is routine milestone broadcasting. The grandiosity is stable and ambient rather than reactive. The collective 'We' draws followers into the protagonist's victory arc while preserving Trump as the animating force. No rage, no persecutory ideation, no devaluation targets.

## Defense Mechanisms
- **Rationalization** (neurotic): "fighting every day to get the prices down" conflates intention with outcome, insulating against accountability for results not yet materialized.
- **Distortion** (pathological-adjacent): "numbers nobody has ever actually seen before" reshapes statistical reality to fit the grandiose self-schema.

## Rhetorical Analysis
Compact three-point structure with we-verbs as active agents of transformation. "Unleashed" carries animalistic liberation mythology — energy as a caged force now freed. The unprovable universal superlative ("nobody has ever actually seen") is a signature Trump rhetorical device that pre-empts comparison and forecloses skepticism. Ellipses simulate rally-speech rhythm compressed into text.

## Narrative Identity (McAdams Level 3)
Classic redemption sequence: America was in decline (implied by Biden-era border/energy/price failures) → first month of restoration is already historic. Protagonist role: Savior/Deliverer. Contrasting Other: the previous administration (unnamed but structurally implied). Identity claim: the man who moves metrics nobody else could move.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Illegal border crossings have plummeted by numbers nobody has ever actually seen before" | **Half True** | CBP data confirmed large declines in illegal encounters in Jan-Feb 2025 following Trump executive orders and reinstatement of MPP/Title 8 enforcement. However, the superlative 'numbers nobody has ever actually seen' is hyperbolic and historically unprovable — border crossings were also low during COVID-era restrictions and in earlier historical periods. |
| "We've unleashed American energy" | **Half True** | Multiple executive orders on energy were signed in first weeks of administration (permitting rollbacks, LNG export resumption, etc.) but actual production output changes require months to years to manifest. The claim is policy intent, not documented output change at 30-day mark. |
| "We're fighting every day to get the prices down" | **Unverifiable** | Framed as effort/intent rather than outcome, making it unfalsifiable as stated. CPI data for early 2025 showed no dramatic price decline attributable to administration action at this stage. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Cognitive Status
No markers of concern in this brief text. The ellipses are stylistic (staff convention), not indicative of incomplete thought. Complexity is low but appropriate for a video caption. No baseline deviation.

## Danger Assessment
**None.** Routine political triumphalism. No eliminationist language, no dehumanization, no mobilization cues.

## Archetypal Reading
**Hero/Savior + Order Restorer.** The post positions the administration as bringing proper order back to a disordered nation (border chaos → control; energy suppression → liberation; price pressure → active combat). The Warrior facet is present in "fighting every day" — even in victory, the struggle continues, sustaining permanent mobilization of the base without an identified enemy in this post.

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Posted at 14:28 EST (business hours, Washington DC during Macron visit)
- Accompanied by professionally produced MP4 video — hallmark of Scavino/comms team output
- Ellipsis-connected talking points read as scripted caption text, not stream-of-consciousness
- No typos, misspellings, or impulsive asides
- Thematic coherence across three distinct policy pillars (border, energy, prices) indicates editorial curation

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (one-month milestone)

Sentiment: +0.72

### Clinical

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

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- rationalization (neurotic)
- distortion (pathological)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 100%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- collective 'We' creates shared ownership of accomplishments while Trump retains hero role
- appeal to imagined scale ('nobody has ever actually seen') invites follower awe

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Illegal border crossings have plummeted by numbers nobody has ever actually seen before

**HALF TRUE**

CBP data confirmed large declines in illegal encounters in Jan-Feb 2025 following Trump executive orders and reinstatement of MPP/Title 8 enforcement. However, the superlative 'numbers nobody has ever actually seen' is hyperbolic and historically unprovable — border crossings were also low during COVID-era restrictions and in earlier historical periods.

Sources: CBP monthly encounter statistics; DHS press releases Feb 2025

> We've unleashed American energy

**HALF TRUE**

Multiple executive orders on energy were signed in first weeks of administration (permitting rollbacks, LNG export resumption, etc.) but actual production output changes require months to years to manifest. The claim is policy intent, not documented output change at 30-day mark.

Sources: Executive Order tracker, Federal Register Jan-Feb 2025

> We're fighting every day to get the prices down

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Framed as effort/intent rather than outcome, making it unfalsifiable as stated. CPI data for early 2025 showed no dramatic price decline attributable to administration action at this stage.

Sources: BLS CPI data early 2025

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- aide-produced (90%)
- grandiose-supply-seeking (70%)
- milestone-broadcasting (85%)
- border-policy (80%)
- energy-policy (60%)
- economic-framing (60%)
- hyperbole (75%)
- redemption-narrative (70%)
- hero-archetype (70%)
- low-danger (95%)

## That day

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

**A Day of Loyalty Parades and Preemptive Denials: Grandiose Maintenance With Cracks Showing**

Trump spent February 26 in full victory-lap mode from the White House, celebrating his first month in office across a high-volume day of 27 posts. The morning opened with a rapid-fire mix of alliance signals — praising Mark Levin, Tom Homan, and Speaker Johnson — interrupted briefly by flashes of anger at the Wall Street Journal and a threat to sue book publishers and push for press-restriction laws. The most telling thread was a triple effort to publicly insist that everyone loves Elon Musk, unprompted denials that read more like damage control than confidence. The only genuine emotional shift came late afternoon when four deceased hostages' remains were returned from Gaza, producing a rare moment of subdued affect before the day closed with a charm-offensive pitch to Wayne Gretzky about Canadian annexation.

Full digest for 2025-02-26: https://trump.fm/date/2025-02-26/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, February 26). In just over one month, illegal border crossings... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114071839130050988
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "In just over one month, illegal border crossings have..." Truth Social, 26 Feb. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114071839130050988. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "In just over one month, illegal border crossings have...," Truth Social, February 26, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114071839130050988.

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