# Post ts_114654277401980803

- Post ID: `ts_114654277401980803`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-06-09T16:10:33.990Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> We made a great decision in sending the National Guard to deal with the violent, instigated riots in California. If we had not done so, Los Angeles would have been completely obliterated. The very incompetent “Governor,”  Gavin Newscum, and “Mayor,” Karen Bass, should be saying, “THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP, YOU ARE SO WONDERFUL. WE WOULD BE NOTHING WITHOUT YOU, SIR.” Instead, they choose to lie to the People of California and America by saying that we weren’t needed, and that these are “peaceful protests.” Just one look at the pictures and videos of the Violence and Destruction tells you all you have to know. We will always do what is needed to keep our Citizens SAFE, so we can, together, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.308Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T01:58:05.464Z (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 is psychologically notable for its fabricated worship script—Trump literally writes dialogue for elected officials to recite, including "YOU ARE SO WONDERFUL. WE WOULD BE NOTHING WITHOUT YOU, SIR." This is an unusually transparent window into narcissistic supply needs, moving beyond wanting credit to scripting ritualized submission. The "SIR" honorific is a recurring marker in Trump's fabricated anecdotes. The post oscillates between grandiose savior framing ("LA would have been completely obliterated") and narcissistic injury (they "choose to lie" rather than thank him). Defense mechanisms are predominantly pathological (distortion of threat level) and immature (splitting, projection, idealization). The delegitimization of elected officials through scare quotes around their titles, combined with the "Newscum" epithet, occurs in the context of an actual federal-state legal conflict over National Guard deployment authority. This rhetorical framing—treating lawful protest as requiring military suppression and elected opposition as illegitimate—represents authoritarian escalation. The catastrophizing claim that LA would be "completely obliterated" without troops is grossly disproportionate and serves to retroactively justify the deployment that California was actively suing to block.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_114654277401980803

### Context
Trump posted this mid-afternoon ET (12:10 PM) on June 9, 2025, during the LA immigration protest crisis. This is one of several posts that day escalating from "BRING IN THE TROOPS" to this victory-lap framing after National Guard deployment.

### Authorship
The post is a hybrid. The structure and length suggest aide involvement, but the content—particularly the fabricated quote demanding obsequious gratitude ("YOU ARE SO WONDERFUL. WE WOULD BE NOTHING WITHOUT YOU, SIR")—is distinctly Trumpian. The "Newscum" epithet and ALL CAPS passages are authentic markers. Likely aide-drafted with heavy Trump input or dictation.

### Psychological Dynamics
The fabricated gratitude quote is the psychological centerpiece. Trump literally scripts what he wants authority figures to say to him—a remarkably transparent display of narcissistic supply needs. The fantasy isn't just of competence but of *worship*. The quote includes "SIR," a known Trump tell in fabricated stories.

The post oscillates between grandiose state ("great decision," city would be "completely obliterated" without him) and aggrieved state (they "choose to lie"). This grandiose-vulnerable oscillation is characteristic.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Distortion**: Framing the situation as though LA would have been "completely obliterated" without intervention grossly reshapes reality.
- **Projection**: Accusing opponents of lying while making unverifiable claims about the necessity of intervention.
- **Splitting**: Clear good (Trump/troops) vs. evil (governor/mayor/protesters) framing.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- Dehumanizing nicknames ("Newscum")
- Scare quotes delegitimizing elected officials ("Governor," "Mayor")
- Catastrophizing ("completely obliterated")
- Scripted submission fantasy
- False dichotomy (troops or total destruction)
- Appeal to visual evidence ("just one look")
- MAGA closing as ritual incantation

### Danger Assessment
The post frames lawful protest as "violent, instigated riots" requiring military intervention, delegitimizes elected state officials, and justifies federal military deployment against state wishes. The framing of protests as requiring military suppression, combined with earlier posts calling for arrests of masked individuals, represents escalating authoritarian rhetoric.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Los Angeles would have been completely obliterated without National Guard" | **Mostly False** | While protests included property damage, characterizing LA as facing complete obliteration is extreme hyperbole unsupported by any reporting or official assessment |
| "Newsom and Bass said protests were peaceful" | **Half True** | Officials distinguished between peaceful protesters and those engaged in violence, but did not broadly characterize all activity as peaceful; they primarily contested the legality of federal troop deployment |
| "Protests were instigated/paid" | **Unverifiable** | Trump claimed 'paid insurrectionists' in earlier post; no evidence provided for organized payment of protesters |

Overall Veracity: 40%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 60%)

### Indicators

- Newscum epithet is authentic Trump
- Fabricated SIR quote is signature Trump pattern
- ALL CAPS passages
- Business hours posting (12:10 PM ET)
- Relatively structured paragraphing suggests aide polish

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Newsom and Bass publicly opposing/criticizing the National Guard deployment and filing lawsuit)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting Governor Newsom and Mayor Bass
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.40

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid-fire posting throughout the day (5+ posts on same topic)
- Grandiose self-assessment as savior of LA
- Escalating emotional intensity across post sequence

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 90%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 50%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- scripted submission fantasy inviting audience to imagine proper deference to leader
- savior framing positioning self as protector of 'our Citizens'
- inclusive 'together' closing creating in-group bond

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Delegitimization of elected state officials during active federal-state conflict
- Reframing lawful protest as violent insurrection requiring military response
- Federal military deployment against state government wishes
- Pattern of escalating calls (arrest masked people → bring troops → claiming city nearly obliterated)

### Gaslighting

- Reframing protest as near-obliteration of a major city
- Claiming opponents are lying to the public about the nature of protests
- Delegitimizing officials' titles with scare quotes to undermine their authority to contradict his narrative

**Dehumanizing Language Present**

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Los Angeles would have been completely obliterated without National Guard

**MOSTLY FALSE**

While protests included property damage, characterizing LA as facing complete obliteration is extreme hyperbole unsupported by any reporting or official assessment

Sources: Known events context

> Newsom and Bass said protests were peaceful

**HALF TRUE**

Officials distinguished between peaceful protesters and those engaged in violence, but did not broadly characterize all activity as peaceful; they primarily contested the legality of federal troop deployment

Sources: Known events context

> Protests were instigated/paid

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Trump claimed 'paid insurrectionists' in earlier post; no evidence provided for organized payment of protesters

Overall Veracity: 40%

## Tags

- narcissistic_supply_seeking (90%)
- authoritarian_rhetoric (80%)
- delegitimization (70%)
- savior_narrative (85%)
- federal_state_conflict (70%)
- fabricated_dialogue (90%)

## That day

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

**Trump Deploys Troops Against LA Protesters, Then Promises "If They Spit, We Will Hit"**

Trump spent the day consumed by the Los Angeles immigration protests, firing off a late-night barrage demanding troops, mass arrests, and the unmasking of demonstrators before escalating further in the afternoon with an explicit threat of physical force. The mood was dominated by rage and authoritarian command, with Trump labeling protesters "insurrectionists" and "thugs" while literally scripting worship dialogue he wanted California officials to recite in gratitude. A brief midday lull for link-sharing and a note about an athlete coming to the White House did little to break the siege mentality. The day's most alarming moment came when he coined a new slogan — "if they spit, we will hit" — promising disproportionate retaliation while thousands of military personnel were actively deployed against civilian protesters.

Full digest for 2025-06-09: https://trump.fm/date/2025-06-09/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, June 9). We made a great decision in sending the National... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114654277401980803
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "We made a great decision in sending the National Guard to..." Truth Social, 9 Jun. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114654277401980803. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "We made a great decision in sending the National Guard to...," Truth Social, June 9, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114654277401980803.

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