# Post ts_114541915757167539

- Post ID: `ts_114541915757167539`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-05-20T19:55:31.398Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114541915757167539/analysis
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## Post text

> Joe Biden was not for Open Borders, he never talked about Open Borders, where criminals of all kinds, shapes, and sizes, can flow into our Country at will. It wasn’t his idea to Open the Border, and almost destroy our Country, and cost us Hundreds of Billions of Dollars to get criminals out of our Country, and go through the process we are going through now. It was the people that knew he was cognitively impaired, and that took over the Autopen. They stole the Presidency of the United States, and put us in Great Danger. This is TREASON at the Highest Level! They did it to destroy our Country. The Joe Biden that everybody knew would never allow drug dealers, gang members, and the mentally insane to come into our Country totally unchecked and unvetted. All anyone has to do is look up his record. Something very severe should happen to these Treasonous Thugs that wanted to destroy our Country, but couldn’t, because I came along. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.310Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T01:40:07.759Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

This post exhibits a clinically significant pattern combining grandiose narcissism, paranoid ideation, and stochastic terrorism signaling. Trump constructs an elaborate conspiracy in which unnamed Biden aides "stole the Presidency" via autopen, committed "TREASON at the Highest Level," and deliberately opened borders to "destroy our Country." The rhetorical structure is notable: pseudo-exonerating Biden to construct a deeper shadow-government conspiracy that maximizes both the threat and Trump's savior role. The phrase "Something very severe should happen to these Treasonous Thugs" constitutes a stochastic terrorism pattern — identifying a target class, articulating an existential grievance, and implying punitive action without specifying it. The treason framing is particularly concerning given treason's historical association with capital punishment. Defense mechanisms are predominantly immature-to-pathological: splitting (pure evil enemies vs. singular savior), projection, and gross distortion of political reality into conspiracy. The post reflects malignant narcissism features across all four Kernberg dimensions: grandiosity, antisocial disregard for democratic norms, paranoid enemy construction, and satisfaction in labeling opponents as criminals deserving severe punishment. The five-fold repetition of "our Country" serves both perseverative and parasocial bonding functions, creating shared ownership of the threat narrative. This post warrants longitudinal tracking for escalation patterns.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_114541915757167539

### Overview
This post presents a complex conspiratorial narrative about the Biden presidency, asserting that unnamed actors exploited Biden's cognitive impairment to seize power and deliberately open borders. It culminates in a call for severe punishment ("Something very severe should happen") and self-casting as national savior.

### Authorship
Posted at 3:55 PM ET (Trump on Middle East trip, ~10:55 PM local Riyadh time). The post is lengthy, emotionally charged, uses characteristic capitalizations ("TREASON," "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN"), and contains the stream-of-consciousness run-on style typical of authentic Trump posts. The conspiratorial framing and emotional escalation strongly suggest personal authorship, possibly dictated.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post is structured around a fascinating rhetorical move: pseudo-exonerating Biden ("he never talked about Open Borders") in order to construct a deeper conspiracy — shadowy figures who "stole the Presidency" via the "Autopen." This serves multiple functions: it magnifies the threat narrative, positions unnamed enemies as treasonous, and elevates Trump as the singular savior ("because I came along").

The narcissistic architecture is textbook: grandiose self-positioning as national rescuer, paranoid framing of enemies committing "TREASON at the Highest Level," and implicit demand for retribution. The phrase "Something very severe should happen" is notable as stochastic signaling — identifying targets (unnamed Biden aides) and articulating a desired outcome without specifying the action.

### Defense Mechanisms
Projection is prominent — accusing others of "stealing" the presidency and "destroying the country" while Trump himself faced similar accusations. Splitting is extreme: Biden aides are pure evil ("Treasonous Thugs"), while Trump is the singular force of salvation. Distortion reshapes the Biden presidency into a puppet-state conspiracy.

### Danger Assessment
The call for "something very severe" to happen to identified political opponents, combined with the accusation of treason (historically a capital offense), constitutes elevated danger rhetoric. This is not a direct call to violence but follows the stochastic terrorism pattern: grievance + target class + implied severe action.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Biden was cognitively impaired and others took over via the Autopen" | **Mostly False** | While Biden showed age-related decline and withdrew from 2024 race, no evidence supports a shadow government operating through autopen. The autopen is a standard tool used by multiple presidents for routine document signing. |
| "Open borders cost Hundreds of Billions of Dollars" | **Mostly False** | Immigration enforcement costs are in the tens of billions range. The 'hundreds of billions' figure is not supported by government budget data. The US never had literally 'open borders' under Biden. |
| "Biden's historical record opposed open borders" | **Mostly True** | Biden historically supported border enforcement and voted for the Secure Fence Act of 2006. His administration's policies were more permissive but not 'open borders.' |

Overall Veracity: 40%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- Stream-of-consciousness run-on sentences
- Characteristic capitalizations (TREASON, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN)
- Emotional escalation pattern
- Conspiratorial framing typical of personal posts
- Late evening local time (Riyadh ~10:55 PM)

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Preemptive Attack (Biden administration legacy / immigration policy debate)

**Rage:** Intensity 70% targeting Unnamed Biden aides ('Treasonous Thugs')
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.70

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Grandiose self-reference as national savior
- Elevated emotional intensity
- Lengthy post with pressured quality

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 85%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 75%
- Sadism: 40%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- splitting (immature)
- distortion (pathological)
- idealization (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 55%

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Shared threat narrative ('our Country' repeated 5 times)
- Savior positioning ('because I came along')
- Call to action framing ('All anyone has to do is look up his record')

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

**Stochastic Terrorism Pattern Detected**

### Indicators

- 'Something very severe should happen to these Treasonous Thugs' — identifies target class and implies punitive action
- Accusation of treason (historically capital offense) against political opponents
- Framing opponents as existential threat to the nation who 'did it to destroy our Country'

### Gaslighting

- Revisionist framing of Biden as cognitively impaired puppet controlled by unnamed actors
- Autopen conspiracy rewriting presidential authority
- 'They stole the Presidency' — reality distortion about democratic transfer of power
- Implying Biden's documented policy positions were not actually his

**Dehumanizing Language Present**

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Biden was cognitively impaired and others took over via the Autopen

**MOSTLY FALSE**

While Biden showed age-related decline and withdrew from 2024 race, no evidence supports a shadow government operating through autopen. The autopen is a standard tool used by multiple presidents for routine document signing.

Sources: White House records; Historical presidential autopen usage

> Open borders cost Hundreds of Billions of Dollars

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Immigration enforcement costs are in the tens of billions range. The 'hundreds of billions' figure is not supported by government budget data. The US never had literally 'open borders' under Biden.

Sources: DHS budget records; CBO immigration analyses

> Biden's historical record opposed open borders

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Biden historically supported border enforcement and voted for the Secure Fence Act of 2006. His administration's policies were more permissive but not 'open borders.'

Sources: Congressional voting records

Overall Veracity: 40%

## Tags

- conspiracy_theory (90%)
- immigration (80%)
- treason_accusation (90%)
- savior_narrative (85%)
- stochastic_terrorism (60%)
- biden_attack (70%)
- autopen_conspiracy (70%)

## That day

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

**Routine Day Punctured by Explosive Treason Conspiracy and Stochastic Violence Signal**

A mostly quiet day of routine presidential business — YouTube shares, praising a senator on Fox, a tech policy statement, and an ambassador appointment — was interrupted by a single explosive post in the afternoon. In it, Trump spun an elaborate conspiracy claiming unnamed Biden aides committed treason by secretly running the government and opening the border, and called for "something very severe" to happen to them. That post stood out sharply against an otherwise low-energy day of staff-drafted announcements and standard political maintenance.

Full digest for 2025-05-20: https://trump.fm/date/2025-05-20/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, May 20). Joe Biden was not for Open Borders, he never... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114541915757167539
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Joe Biden was not for Open Borders, he never talked about..." Truth Social, 20 May. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114541915757167539. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Joe Biden was not for Open Borders, he never talked about...," Truth Social, May 20, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114541915757167539.

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