# Post ts_114216908831612177

- Post ID: `ts_114216908831612177`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-03-24T10:21:59.312Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114216908831612177
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114216908831612177/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114216908831612177.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Tom Homan, Border Czar: “We're actually using the laws on the books to enforce immigration law and secure the border (DOWN 96% UNDER TRUMP!)….We're not making this up. Everything we've done is based on a statute that was enacted by Congress and signed by a president….”

## 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:

> They were given due process as according to the laws on the books. That's the difference between the Trump administration and Biden administration. We're actually using the laws on the books to enforce immigration law and secure the border at the highest level it's ever been. The Biden administration not only ignore the law, they violate a law. Like District Court in District 5 said that not only they violating law, they're actually ignoring the law altogether. We are using the laws on the books to enforce our border's immigration laws and the interior enforcement enforcement. If you look at the border numbers are down 96%. We already got 40,000 criminals removed by ICE in the interior, which more was done in six weeks than Biden administration did in a year. We're using the laws on the books. We're not making this up. Everything we've done is based on a statute that was enacted by Congress and signed by a president. The president's quickly by proclamation invoked the authorities he has under an Alien Enemies Act, which he's allowed to do.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/114/216/908/617/352/641/original/74f0cf9a5c3e8b05.mp4

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.315Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T00:20:50.237Z (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_114216908831612177 — Tom Homan Quote (Border Enforcement)

### Overview

This post is a quoted amplification of Border Czar Tom Homan's on-camera statement defending the administration's immigration enforcement as statutorily grounded. The post functions as **institutional legitimation** — counter-programming against the wave of judicial challenges visible in the same-day posts about "conflicted judges." Compared to other posts on this date (raw attacks on "Maggot Hagerman," judges, and perceived enemies), this post is notably restrained and promotional in register.

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### Authorship Attribution

**UTC:** 10:21:59 AM → **EDT (UTC−4):** 6:21 AM local.  
Location context: March 24, 2025 is a Monday. Trump would typically be in Washington, D.C. (or in transit to/from Mar-a-Lago). EDT applies post-March 9 DST changeover.

6:21 AM is early morning — within the authentic Trump posting window (pre-dawn to mid-morning). The inline parenthetical **(DOWN 96% UNDER TRUMP!)** inserted mid-quotation is a highly distinctive authentic Trump signature: hijacking someone else's quotation to inject his own triumphalist commentary. Character-encoding artifacts ("â" for smart quotes/em-dashes) are consistent with copy-pasting from a video transcript, also typical of authentic posts. The overall grammar and brevity are consistent with Trump transcribing/forwarding a video clip rather than aide-drafted material. Confidence: **high** for authentic authorship.

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### Psychological Analysis

**Level 1 — Dispositional Traits**  
- **Low Agreeableness (absent here):** Notably, this post lacks overt hostility — a departure from the same-day baseline of attacks on journalists and judges.  
- **High Extraversion:** Assertive, achievement-focused framing.  
- **High Conscientiousness (performative):** Emphasis on rule-following ("based on a statute enacted by Congress") signals a conscientiousness *performance* rather than trait expression — the goal is legality optics, not deliberation.

**Level 2 — Characteristic Adaptations**  
Primary motive: **Agency/Power** — amplifying the success of enforcement as an extension of his own authority ("DOWN 96% UNDER TRUMP"). Homan becomes a proxy voice for Trump's own dominance claims, allowing Trump to bask in reflected achievement while maintaining deniability ("I'm just quoting him").  
Schema: The legal system is an instrument to be wielded correctly (by allies) rather than a constraint. "Laws on the books" framing reframes aggressive enforcement as compliance, preempting the judicial resistance narrative simultaneously active in other posts.

**Level 3 — Narrative Identity**  
- **Protagonist role:** Order Restorer — the prior administration failed to use existing law; Trump's team simply enforces what Congress already authorized.  
- **Redemption sequence:** Implicit — open border → 96% reduction = contamination reversed.  
- **Identity claims:** Competent executive who understands and applies law; by contrast, critics are obstructionist or ignorant.  
- **Contrasting other:** Absent directly, but implied — prior administration (Biden) who chose not to enforce the same statutes.

**Trigger:** Maintenance/Supply-seeking with a strong preemptive-defense component. Judicial blocks on deportations (visible in the adjacent judge post) create pressure to reassert legal legitimacy. This post answers the legal challenge narrative before it can crystallize in the audience's mind.

**Narcissistic State:** Grandiose — mild. The self-insertion "(DOWN 96% UNDER TRUMP!)" is grandiosity expressed through statistical ownership: the stat becomes a possession.

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### Defense Mechanisms

**Rationalization (neurotic):** The entire post is structured around the claim that enforcement is purely statutory — a sophisticated rationalization that frames maximalist enforcement as passive compliance with pre-existing Congressional will, deflecting accountability for humanitarian outcomes.  
**Projection:** Absent here.  
**Denial:** Implicitly denies that enforcement discretion involves policy choice; presents it as mechanical law-following.

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### Rhetorical & Propaganda Techniques

1. **Appeal to authority** (Homan as credentialed operator) — borrows institutional legitimacy.  
2. **Statistical hyperbole** ("DOWN 96%") — the figure, while approximately accurate for certain CBP encounter metrics in early 2025, is presented without context (comparison window, which metric, seasonal variation).  
3. **Legality framing as moral shield** — "statute enacted by Congress and signed by a president" constructs a legal laundering of contested enforcement actions. This is a form of **transfer propaganda**: attaches the perceived authority of Congress to the administration's discretionary choices.  
4. **Implicit whataboutism** — the "we're not making this up" formulation pre-answers critics without naming them, a debate-closing device.  
5. **Grandiose parenthetical injection** — mid-quote "(DOWN 96% UNDER TRUMP!)" breaks Homan's voice to assert ownership, a rhetorical technique unique to Trump's authentic posting style.

No dehumanizing language, violent imagery, or eliminationist rhetoric in this specific post.

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### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Border encounters DOWN 96% under Trump" | **Mostly True** | CBP southwest border encounter data for early 2025 showed reductions exceeding 90% versus 2024 peaks. The 96% figure has been cited by DHS and appears in some point-to-point comparisons. Directionally accurate; precision is at the maximum favorable end of defensible comparisons. |
| "Everything we've done is based on a statute enacted by Congress and signed by a president" | **Half True** | Use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 for deportations to El Salvador was specifically challenged in federal court as statutory overreach. Multiple federal judges issued TROs on the legal basis of these enforcement actions. The claim of pure statutory compliance is contested in active litigation during this exact period. |

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 75%)

### Indicators

- 6:21 AM EDT early-morning posting timestamp consistent with authentic Trump window
- Mid-quotation parenthetical interjection '(DOWN 96% UNDER TRUMP!)' is a highly distinctive authentic Trump signature
- Character-encoding artifacts (â) suggest copy-paste from video transcript rather than aide-composed text
- Informal transcription style without polish typical of aide-drafted content
- Ownership injection converting another person's quote into personal achievement claim

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Criticism (judicial challenges to deportation enforcement; need to reassert legal legitimacy)

Sentiment: +0.62

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 35%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Vicarious achievement through proxy (Homan as credentialed voice amplifying Trump's success claims)
- Statistical ownership — converting a policy outcome into a personal possession

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Post celebrates mass deportation enforcement while same-day adjacent posts delegitimize judicial oversight blocking those actions — combined effect erodes rule-of-law norms
- Statutory legitimation framing provides political cover for enforcement actions currently enjoined by federal courts

### Gaslighting

- 'Everything we've done is based on a statute' asserted as fact while federal courts have issued injunctions specifically disputing this legal interpretation — presents contested legal claim as settled truth
- 'We're not making this up' delegitimizes critics' factual objections without engaging them

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-22._

> Border encounters DOWN 96% under Trump

**MOSTLY TRUE**

CBP southwest border encounter data for early 2025 showed reductions exceeding 90% versus 2024 peaks. The 96% figure has been cited by DHS and appears in some point-to-point comparisons. Directionally accurate; precision is at the maximum favorable end of defensible comparisons.

Sources: CBP monthly encounter data; DHS operational reporting Q1 2025

> Everything we've done is based on a statute enacted by Congress and signed by a president

**HALF TRUE**

Use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 for deportations to El Salvador was specifically challenged in federal court as statutory overreach. Multiple federal judges issued TROs on the legal basis of these enforcement actions. The claim of pure statutory compliance is contested in active litigation during this exact period.

Sources: Federal court TRO filings, March 2025; Alien Enemies Act litigation records

Overall Veracity: 65%

## Tags

- border_enforcement (90%)
- statistical_ownership (80%)
- legality_framing (85%)
- proxy_voice (75%)
- maintenance_post (70%)
- supply_seeking (60%)
- judicial_challenge_context (80%)
- authentic_authorship (75%)

## That day

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

**Midnight Fury, Morning Pageantry: Nocturnal Grievance Cascade Yields to Daytime Institutional Consolidation**

Trump's day split cleanly in two: a combative late-night session of personal grievances gave way to a full day of official announcements and achievement claims. The evening started with complaints about an unflattering state portrait, escalated into a vicious attack naming three New York Times journalists — including the dehumanizing "Maggot Hagerman" — and culminated after midnight with fury at a federal judge blocking deportation operations. By morning, the tone shifted sharply to presidential business: endorsements, a Venezuela tariff announcement, the appointment of personal attorney Alina Habba as a federal prosecutor, and a CDC director nomination. The most notable restraint came late in the afternoon, when a Babylon Bee satire link was the only response to the ongoing Signalgate scandal — a likely sign of staff intervention preventing something more explosive.

Full digest for 2025-03-24: https://trump.fm/date/2025-03-24/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, March 24). Tom Homan, Border Czar: “We're actually using... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114216908831612177
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Tom Homan, Border Czar: “We're actually using the laws on..." Truth Social, 24 Mar. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114216908831612177. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Tom Homan, Border Czar: “We're actually using the laws on...," Truth Social, March 24, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114216908831612177.

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