# Post ts_114140407907810693 - Post ID: `ts_114140407907810693` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2025-03-10T22:06:47.772Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114140407907810693 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114140407907810693/analysis ## Post text > https://nypost.com/2025/02/06/us-news/illegal-border-crossings-down-90-under-trump-border-patrol/ ## Media - image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/114/140/407/764/194/101/original/d84ee5c25778fde5.jpg ## Engagement - Likes: 4,009 - Reposts: 888 - Replies: 216 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.316Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-21T23:55:20.827Z (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 — 2025-03-10T22:06:47Z ## Overview This post is a bare URL share with no original text, linking to a February 6, 2025 NY Post article reporting a 90% reduction in illegal border crossings under Trump. An image is attached, likely a graphic from the article. The post is one of at least five URL-only posts on this date, spanning Breitbart, LA Times, Townhall, Daily Caller, and NY Post. --- ## Authorship Attribution **Confidence: High — Aide-authored** Converting UTC 22:06 to Eastern Standard Time yields **5:06 PM EST**, business hours for a Monday in Washington DC (Trump's likely location given the March 4 joint Congressional address and ongoing executive activity). The complete absence of original text, the clean URL format, and the batch-posting pattern across five outlets are hallmarks of Dan Scavino's documented content aggregation workflow. No authentic Trump post markers are present (no ALL CAPS, no typos, no reactive commentary, no late-night timing). --- ## Level 1: Dispositional Traits Assessable signals are minimal given zero original text. The article selection reflects: - **Low Agreeableness facet (achievement assertion)**: choosing a metric that flatters the subject's signature policy - **High Extraversion (public validation-seeking)**: broadcasting favorable coverage to an audience No neuroticism, openness, or conscientiousness signals can be extracted from a URL. --- ## Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations **Motive: Agency / Achievement** — The selected article serves the subject's dominant schema: *border security as proof of competence and strength*. The 90% metric is a clean, memorable number that functions as a surrogate achievement marker. **Supply type: Vicarious grandiosity** — outsourcing the self-aggrandizing claim to a third party while retaining the benefit. --- ## Level 3: Narrative Identity - **Protagonist role**: The Winner/Deliverer — implied by headline, not stated - **Narrative sequence**: Implicit redemption arc (border was broken → now fixed, evidenced by 90%) - **Identity claim**: Competent executive producing measurable results - **Contrasting other**: Predecessor administration (unnamed, implied baseline against which 90% is measured) --- ## Level 4: Clinical Indicators **Not assessable** from URL-only content. No speech production, no emotional content, no first-person constructions available for analysis. --- ## Cognitive Status **Not assessable** — zero original language produced. --- ## Rhetorical & Propaganda Analysis The post's persuasive architecture is entirely delegated to the article headline. This is a **volume-based Firehose technique** — five URL drops in one day, each amplifying favorable coverage from ideologically aligned outlets, collectively creates an impression of comprehensive success across multiple policy domains (border security, LA fire response, economic growth, pardons, constitutional fidelity). No single post requires scrutiny; the cumulative effect is a news environment saturated with positive signals. **Source credibility positioning**: NY Post occupies a mid-tier credibility space — tabloid format but Murdoch-owned, lending statistical claims slightly more apparent legitimacy than Breitbart. --- ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Illegal border crossings down 90% under Trump" | **Mostly True** | CBP encounter data from early 2025 shows dramatic reduction in unauthorized crossings following January 20 inauguration. The 90% figure is consistent with point-in-time Border Patrol reporting from early February 2025, though the specific percentage depends on baseline period and crossing category selected. Directional accuracy is well-supported; precision of the exact figure warrants qualification. | Overall Veracity: 80% ## Danger Assessment **None.** The post contains no targets, no grievances, no mobilizing language, no dehumanization. --- ## Summary *Not clinically significant — standard aide-managed content aggregation post.* ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 15%) ### Indicators - Business hours post: 22:06 UTC = 5:06 PM EST in Washington DC (Trump's likely location on a Monday) - Zero original text — bare URL with no personal commentary, no caps, no typos - Part of a batch of at least five similar URL-only posts on the same day spanning multiple outlets (Breitbart, LA Times, Townhall, Daily Caller, NY Post) - Clean, formatted share — consistent with Scavino-style content aggregation workflow - No emotional register, no first-person pronoun, no reactive markers ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Supply Seeking (positive border enforcement coverage) Sentiment: +0.35 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 20% - Antisocial: 0% - Paranoid: 0% - Sadism: 0% **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Vicarious achievement sharing — delegating grandiosity to third-party headline - Credibility laundering through mainstream-adjacent outlet (NY Post) ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-21._ > Illegal border crossings down 90% under Trump **MOSTLY TRUE** CBP encounter data from early 2025 shows dramatic reduction in unauthorized crossings following January 20 inauguration. The 90% figure is consistent with point-in-time Border Patrol reporting from early February 2025, though the specific percentage depends on baseline period and crossing category selected. Directional accuracy is well-supported; precision of the exact figure warrants qualification. Sources: CBP encounter statistics; NY Post February 6 2025 reporting Overall Veracity: 80% ## Tags - border-security (90%) - supply-seeking (50%) - aide-authored (85%) - content-aggregation (80%) - achievement-claim (60%) - firehose-volume (70%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **131-Post Supply Deluge Masks Single High-Danger Arrest Announcement on a Day of Chinese Tariff Retaliation** Trump's account flooded the feed with over 130 posts, the vast majority being flattering news links shared by aides covering everything from the Daytona 500 to his speaking style. The one post that mattered was an aggressive announcement of the arrest of a Columbia University student activist, framed as the "first of many" and carrying the day's only genuinely threatening language. Behind the avalanche of self-congratulation, the real story was what went unaddressed: China's retaliatory tariffs on American food products took effect that morning, and the account responded not with policy but with a wall of praise articles stretching back weeks. The mood was relentlessly self-celebratory, broken only by a sharp personal attack on Australia's former prime minister and a brief flash of anger about Democrats. Full digest for 2025-03-10: https://trump.fm/date/2025-03-10/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, March 10). https://nypost.com/2025/02/06/us-news/illegal-bord... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114140407907810693 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "https://nypost.com/2025/02/06/us-news/illegal-border-crossin..." Truth Social, 10 Mar. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114140407907810693. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "https://nypost.com/2025/02/06/us-news/illegal-border-crossin...," Truth Social, March 10, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114140407907810693. ## For agents - Site overview: https://trump.fm/llms.txt - API specification: https://trump.fm/openapi.json - MCP server: https://trump.fm/mcp (search and fetch tools, no auth) - This post as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/posts/ts_114140407907810693 - Analysis as JSON: https://trump.fm/api/analysis/ts_114140407907810693 - All citation formats: https://trump.fm/api/cite/ts_114140407907810693 - Same day: https://trump.fm/date/2025-03-10 - The record alone, without the analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114140407907810693.md?analysis=false _Markdown view of a trump.fm page. 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