# Post ts_114660196568628575 - Post ID: `ts_114660196568628575` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2025-06-10T17:15:53.307Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114660196568628575 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114660196568628575/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114660196568628575.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > If we didn't send out the National Guard—Los Angeles would be burning right now! ## What the media says **Video transcript** (1:36), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > >> Mr. President, when is the last time you spoke with Governor Newsom? >> A day ago, called him up to tell him, got to do a better job. He's doing a bad job, causing a lot of death and a lot of potential death. If we didn't send out the National Guard, and last night we gave him a little additional help, you would have, Los Angeles would be burning right now. Los Angeles would be not a lot different than what you saw take place in California in Los Angeles just a little while ago. And you got to remember, we have the Olympics coming. And we don't want people looking at Los Angeles like it was, like it would have been. It would have been bad last night, they had total control. If we didn't have the military in there, the National Guard, and then we also sent in some Marines. We had some bad people. We had people, they look in your face and they spit right in your face. They're animals. And these are paid insurrectionists. These are paid troublemakers. They're agitators. They're paid. Do you think somebody walks up to a curb and starts hammering pieces out, has all the equipment necessary and starts handing it out to people to use as a weapon? These are paid insurrectionists or agitators or troublemakers. You can call it whatever you want. And we ended it and we have in custody some very bad people, some very bad people. >> Mr. President. >> Did you see the guy throwing the rocks at the police cars as they went by? And crushing their windows and endangering our police? We're not gonna let that happen. ## Media - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/114/660/147/744/572/640/original/5194c542a03903ab.mp4 ## Engagement - Likes: 11,869 - Reposts: 3,077 - Replies: 1,591 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.308Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T01:58:52.542Z (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, one of several on June 10 defending the federalization of California's National Guard, deploys the **indispensable savior** frame: without Trump's military intervention, Los Angeles "would be burning right now." Posted the day after California sued over the deployment's legality, it functions as a narcissistic counterattack—reasserting dominance through the savior narrative rather than engaging the legal challenge. The unfalsifiable counterfactual ("would be burning") is psychologically significant as a reality distortion that cannot be disproven, making it ideal for grandiose self-image maintenance. The danger significance is elevated: the post normalizes military deployment against civilian protesters by framing domestic dissent as an existential threat requiring armed intervention. While this specific post avoids dehumanizing language (unlike the Fort Bragg speech the same day calling protesters "animals"), it contributes to an escalating pattern of authoritarian framing where the president positions himself as the sole barrier between civilization and destruction. ## Psychological Analysis: National Guard / Los Angeles Post ### Context Posted during Trump's active military deployment to Los Angeles amid immigration protests. California had sued the previous day over federalizing the National Guard. This is a shorter, punchier version of the longer post from the same day making the same argument—LA would burn without his intervention. ### Authorship Posted at 1:15 PM ET, likely during business hours at the White House or en route to Fort Bragg. The post is short, direct, uses an exclamation point, and contains the counterfactual threat framing typical of Trump himself. However, the grammar is clean and it reads like a trimmed talking point. Mixed signals—likely Trump-directed but possibly aide-polished. ### Psychological Dynamics The post is a classic **indispensability narrative**: without me, catastrophe. This is grandiose self-positioning as the sole barrier between order and destruction. The counterfactual ("would be burning right now") is unfalsifiable by design—it asserts what *would* have happened, making it immune to challenge. The timing—one day after California's lawsuit—suggests this is a **counterattack to narcissistic injury**. Newsom's legal challenge questioned his authority; the response reasserts dominance by framing the deployment as salvation rather than overreach. ### Rhetorical Function The attached video (likely National Guard footage) serves as visual proof of decisive action. The post functions as propaganda: simple claim, dramatic stakes, singular hero. The implied message to supporters: be grateful; to opponents: you'd be helpless without me. ### Danger Assessment The framing of American protesters as a threat equivalent to a burning city normalizes military deployment against civilians, but this specific post is relatively restrained compared to the Fort Bragg speech calling protesters "animals." ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Los Angeles would be burning right now without National Guard deployment" | **Unverifiable** | Counterfactual claims are unfalsifiable by nature. While protests and some property damage occurred, characterizing LA as on the verge of burning down is hyperbolic. The protests were primarily related to ICE raids, not arson campaigns. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Authorship Analysis **Uncertain** (score: 60%) ### Indicators - Business hours posting (1:15 PM ET) - Clean grammar, no typos - Short and punchy—could be either Trump or aide - Counterfactual threat framing is characteristic Trump rhetoric - Exclamation point consistent with Trump style ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (California lawsuit challenging authority over National Guard) Sentiment: -0.30 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 70% - Antisocial: 30% - Paranoid: 20% - Sadism: 10% **Defense Mechanisms:** - distortion (pathological) - rationalization (neurotic) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 30% **Parasocial Techniques:** - savior positioning - fear-based dependency creation ## Danger Assessment **ELEVATED** ### Indicators - Normalization of military deployment against civilian protesters - Framing domestic dissent as existential threat requiring military response ### Gaslighting - Unfalsifiable counterfactual presented as established fact - Reframing legally challenged military action as unquestionable necessity **Violent Imagery Present** ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-22._ > Los Angeles would be burning right now without National Guard deployment **UNVERIFIABLE** Counterfactual claims are unfalsifiable by nature. While protests and some property damage occurred, characterizing LA as on the verge of burning down is hyperbolic. The protests were primarily related to ICE raids, not arson campaigns. Sources: Known events context Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - military-deployment (90%) - savior-narrative (85%) - los-angeles-protests (80%) - counterfactual-threat (70%) - national-guard (70%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Military Savior on Tour: Trump Wraps Domestic Troop Deployment in Fort Bragg Pageantry** Trump spent the day defending his decision to deploy military forces against Los Angeles protesters, repeating the same claim multiple times that the city "would be burning" without his intervention. The previous evening featured a rapid-fire dump of fifteen favorable media links celebrating his presidency. He traveled to Fort Bragg for the Army's 250th anniversary, where his speech reportedly labeled protesters "animals" and a "foreign enemy" -- rhetoric he then amplified with a series of ceremonial posts laced with eliminationist imagery. The day's mood was uniformly self-congratulatory and militaristic, with a notable undercurrent of authoritarian framing that blurred the line between foreign adversaries and domestic dissenters. Full digest for 2025-06-10: https://trump.fm/date/2025-06-10/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, June 10). If we didn't send out the National Guard—Los... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114660196568628575 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "If we didn't send out the National Guard—Los Angeles..." Truth Social, 10 Jun. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114660196568628575. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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