Analysis: If I didnât âSEND IN THE TROOPSâ to Los Angeles the la...

1y ago Jun 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM

If I didnât âSEND IN THE TROOPSâ to Los Angeles the last three nights, that once beautiful and great City would be burning to the ground right now, much like 25,000 houses burned to the ground in L.A. do to an incompetent Governor and Mayor - Incidentally, the much more difficult, time consuming, and stringent FEDERAL PERMITTING PROCESS is virtually complete on these houses, while the easy and simple City and State Permits are disastrously bungled up and WAY BEHIND SCHEDULE! They are a total mess, and will be for a long time. People want to rebuild their houses. Call your incompetent Governor and Mayor, the Federal permitting is DONE!!!

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-22. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

Elevated

Narcissistic State

Grandiose

Authorship

Self-Written

Intensity

70%

This post reveals a grandiose narcissistic response to the narcissistic injury of Newsom's lawsuit challenging the legality of Trump's military deployment in LA. Rather than addressing the legal challenge, Trump employs splitting (federal = competent, state = incompetent) and distortion (LA "would be burning to the ground") to reframe the contested deployment as heroic necessity. The rhetorical pivot from military action to wildfire permitting is strategically sophisticated—linking two unrelated LA crises to construct a unified narrative of Democratic failure. The "25,000 houses" claim significantly inflates actual wildfire damage figures, consistent with characteristic reality distortion in service of narrative. The normalization of military deployment against domestic protesters, framed as preventing city destruction, represents an elevated danger indicator—it establishes rhetorical precedent for military force as routine domestic governance tool. The three-fold repetition of "incompetent" and the closing call-to-action ("Call your incompetent Governor and Mayor") reveal both the intensity of devaluation and the parasocial mobilization technique of directing follower aggression toward named targets. Cognitively, the "do to" typo is minor; sentence complexity remains intact.

Authorship Analysis

Self-Written

Indicators:

Typo 'do to' for 'due to'
ALL CAPS emphasis on multiple phrases
Stream-of-consciousness pivoting between topics
Emotional reactivity and combative tone
8:27 AM local time—early but plausible for authentic posting

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Grandiose State

Trigger: Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Newsom lawsuit challenging troop deployment legality)

Rage: Intensity 60% targeting Governor Newsom and LA Mayor

Proportionality

40%

Sentiment

-0.55

Mildly Hypomanic

Pressured, multi-topic post covering military deployment, wildfires, and permitting in single streamGrandiose self-assessment of indispensability

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

80%

Antisocial

50%

Paranoid

30%

Sadism

30%

Defense Mechanisms:

splittingprojectiondistortion

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

60%

Cognitive Markers:

phonemic paraphasia

Parasocial Techniques:

Direct call to action mobilizing followers against named officialsPositioning self as sole protector

Danger Assessment

Elevated

Indicators:

Normalizing military deployment against civilian protests
Framing domestic protest as requiring military intervention to prevent city destruction

Gaslighting Detected:

Reframing federalized troop deployment (legally challenged) as unambiguously heroic
Implying LA would have been destroyed without military intervention—no evidence supports this extreme claim

Reality Distortions:

25,000 houses figure significantly inflated from actual wildfire damage estimates
Characterizing protests as equivalent to city-destroying conflagration without military intervention

Fact Checks (3)

"25,000 houses burned to the ground in LA"

Mostly False

The January 2025 LA wildfires destroyed approximately 12,000-16,000 structures (not all houses), well short of 25,000

"Federal permitting process is virtually complete on these houses"

Unverifiable

Specific federal permitting status for wildfire rebuilding is difficult to independently verify at this date

"City and State Permits are disastrously bungled up and WAY BEHIND SCHEDULE"

Half True

LA permitting for wildfire rebuilding faced well-documented delays, though characterization as 'disastrous' is editorial

Receipts (1)

“Federal permitting process is virtually complete on these houses”

vs.

“Federal permitting is complete”

The source (June 8) states federal permitting is 'complete' — a definitive, finished status. Two days later (June 10), the same speaker walks this back to 'virtually complete,' which explicitly means not fully done. On the same specific topic (federal permitting for LA fire rebuild), 'complete' vs. 'virtually complete' is a meaningful factual contradiction: one claims the process is finished, the other concedes it is not. The softening language suggests the June 8 claim was an overstatement.

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Psychological Analysis: "Send in the Troops" Post (2025-06-10)

Context

This post follows Trump's federalization of California National Guard troops in response to LA immigration protests, with California Governor Newsom filing suit the previous day challenging the legality of the deployment. The post pivots from military deployment to attack state/local permitting for LA wildfire rebuilding.

Authorship

Posted at 12:27 UTC = 8:27 AM EDT. Trump was traveling to/at Fort Bragg on June 10. The timing is borderline—early morning but not deep night. However, the typo "do to" (for "due to"), stream-of-consciousness structure, ALL CAPS emphasis, and emotional reactivity strongly indicate authentic Trump authorship.

Psychological Dynamics

The post is triggered by Newsom's lawsuit (narcissistic injury via legal challenge to authority). Trump responds by reframing the deployment as heroic ("would be burning to the ground") and pivoting to attack state/local competence on wildfire permitting—a classic displacement maneuver redirecting from the legal challenge to favorable terrain.

The grandiose framing—"If I didn't SEND IN THE TROOPS"—positions Trump as sole savior preventing catastrophe. The pivot to permitting comparisons (federal = done, state = "total mess") serves splitting: federal/Trump = competent, state/local Democrats = incompetent.

Rhetorical Structure

The post employs a sophisticated rhetorical pivot: military action → wildfire rebuilding → permitting comparison. This links two unrelated LA issues to construct a unified narrative of Democratic incompetence vs. Trump efficacy. The closing call-to-action ("Call your incompetent Governor and Mayor") mobilizes audience grievance.

Cognitive Markers

"do to" for "due to" is a phonemic/orthographic error consistent with rapid typing rather than cognitive decline. Sentence structure remains complex with embedded clauses. The logical flow, while aggressive, maintains coherence across topics.

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"25,000 houses burned to the ground in LA"	Mostly False	The January 2025 LA wildfires destroyed approximately 12,000-16,000 structures (not all houses), well short of 25,000
"Federal permitting process is virtually complete on these houses"	Unverifiable	Specific federal permitting status for wildfire rebuilding is difficult to independently verify at this date
"City and State Permits are disastrously bungled up and WAY BEHIND SCHEDULE"	Half True	LA permitting for wildfire rebuilding faced well-documented delays, though characterization as 'disastrous' is editorial

Overall Veracity: 40%

Receipts (1)

moderate — federal-permitting-is-complete (2 days earlier)

> "Federal permitting process is virtually complete on these houses"

vs.

> "Federal permitting is complete"

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