# Post ts_114450683496592465

- Post ID: `ts_114450683496592465`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-05-04T17:13:57.532Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114450683496592465
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114450683496592465/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114450683496592465.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> “Border crossings have PLUNGED under Trump…”

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (0:24), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> >> Border crossings have plunged under Trump. According to Customs and Border Protection, there were over 22,000 encounters at the southern border in February and March this year, compared to over 378,000 in the same period last year. And according to the Department of Homeland Security, the administration has deported 150,000 people in its first 100 days.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/114/450/682/609/876/568/original/8cd2f1e1fd7a69a3.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 6,539
- Reposts: 1,516
- Replies: 275
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.311Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T01:17:29.837Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: "Border crossings have PLUNGED under Trump…"

This is a brief repost of a media clip (likely a news segment) highlighting declining border crossings. The post is minimally authored — a quoted headline with an attached video — functioning as curated narcissistic supply.

### Authorship
Posted at 17:13 UTC = ~1:13 PM EDT (likely Mar-a-Lago). Business-hours timing, polished quote formatting with smart quotes, and the curation-style format all point toward aide-authored content (likely Scavino). The post requires no original composition — just selecting and sharing a favorable clip.

### Psychological Function
This is routine **supply-seeking/maintenance** — amplifying positive coverage to reinforce the narrative of presidential effectiveness. The border remains Trump's signature issue and primary identity claim ("I alone can fix it"). Sharing favorable metrics serves grandiose maintenance without requiring defensive posture.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- **Cherry-picking**: Selecting a single favorable metric for amplification
- **Hyperbolic verb**: "PLUNGED" (caps emphasis) — superlative framing
- **Appeal to authority**: Using media/data presentation to legitimize claims
- **Video as evidence**: Attaching media clip lends journalistic credibility

#

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Border crossings have plunged under Trump" | **Mostly True** | CBP data shows significant declines in border encounters from late 2024 into 2025, though the decline began before Trump took office and multiple factors contributed. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Longitudinal Context
The previous post (May 3) about judges blocking deportations displayed angry hostility and catastrophizing ("our Country… is finished!"). This post serves as the complementary move — pairing grievance with evidence of success. The pattern of alternating threat-narrative with triumph-narrative is consistent and strategic.

### Cognitive Notes
Insufficient original language production to assess. The post is essentially a share with minimal text.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 20%)

### Indicators

- Business hours (1:13 PM EDT)
- Smart quote formatting
- Curation-style post with no original composition
- Professional content selection

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking

Sentiment: +0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- sharing victories with audience as validation

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Border crossings have plunged under Trump

**MOSTLY TRUE**

CBP data shows significant declines in border encounters from late 2024 into 2025, though the decline began before Trump took office and multiple factors contributed.

Sources: CBP monthly encounter data

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- immigration (100%)
- self-promotion (80%)
- media-share (100%)

## That day

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

**100-Day Victory Lap Darkens Into Authoritarian Theater by Nightfall**

Trump spent Sunday coasting on his 100-day milestone, sharing official White House recaps and favorable border stats through the early afternoon. The mood shifted in the evening when he lashed out at Fox News host Howie Kurtz for defending him too weakly, then escalated into a dramatic call to reopen Alcatraz as a prison and slapped 100% tariffs on foreign-made films. The day was overwhelmingly self-congratulatory, but the late posts carried a harder edge — dehumanizing language about criminals and immigrants, attacks on judicial independence, and sweeping unilateral policy decrees that felt more like dominance displays than governance.

Full digest for 2025-05-04: https://trump.fm/date/2025-05-04/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, May 4). “Border crossings have PLUNGED under Trump…” [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114450683496592465
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "“Border crossings have PLUNGED under Trump…”" Truth Social, 4 May. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114450683496592465. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "“Border crossings have PLUNGED under Trump…”," Truth Social, May 4, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114450683496592465.

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