# Post ts_114670085083632579 - Post ID: `ts_114670085083632579` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2025-06-12T11:10:40.117Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114670085083632579 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114670085083632579/analysis - Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114670085083632579.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) ## Post text > Los Angeles was safe and sound for the last two nights. Our great National Guard, with a little help from the Marines, put the L.A. Police in a position to effectively do their job. They all worked well together, but without the Military, Los Angeles would be a crime scene like we haven’t seen in years. Governor Gaven NewScum had totally lost control of the situation. He should be saying THANK YOU for saving his ass, instead of trying to justify his mistakes and incompetence!!! ## Engagement - Likes: 10,379 - Reposts: 2,543 - Replies: 925 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.308Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T02:05:23.069Z (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 reveals a characteristic narcissistic response pattern triggered by Governor Newsom's lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Trump's National Guard federalization. Rather than addressing the legal merits, Trump employs a dominance-submission framework: he claims sole credit for restoring order, demands gratitude, and degrades Newsom through name distortion ("NewScum") and crude language ("saving his ass"). The post's most significant feature is its normalization of domestic military deployment — minimizing 700 Marines as "a little help" while simultaneously claiming the military was indispensable. This paradox serves the rhetorical goal of making military intervention against civilian protesters seem both routine and heroic. The demand that a sitting governor express gratitude rather than pursue constitutional remedies reveals an authoritarian schema where legal challenges to executive power are reframed as personal disloyalty. Defense mechanisms cluster at the immature level: idealization of military forces, devaluation of Newsom, projection of incompetence, and distortion of a legally contested action into an unambiguous success. The sadistic pleasure in public humiliation of a political opponent is ego-syntonic and consistent with longitudinal patterns. Danger level is elevated due to the ongoing normalization of military force against domestic civilian activity and the delegitimization of legal checks on executive power. ## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_114670085083632579 ### Context Trump is responding to the LA immigration protests/riots where he federalized California's National Guard and deployed Marines over Governor Newsom's objections. Newsom had sued the administration days earlier. This post is a victory-lap/counterattack hybrid. ### Authorship Posted at 11:10 UTC = 7:10 AM EDT. Trump was likely at the White House or traveling post-Fort Bragg. Early morning timing plus the hallmark "NewScum" name-calling, exclamation marks, and combative tone strongly suggest authentic Trump authorship. The structure is relatively coherent but the emotional charge and personal attacks are characteristic. ### Psychological Dynamics The post is triggered by Newsom's lawsuit — a direct challenge to Trump's authority. The response pattern is classic: (1) claim credit for restoring order, (2) diminish the opponent's competence, (3) demand gratitude/submission. The derogatory "NewScum" is ego-syntonic sadism — pleasure in the degradation itself. "Saving his ass" is deliberately crude dominance language. The framing that LA "would be a crime scene" without military intervention serves dual purposes: justifying the legally contested deployment and positioning Trump as indispensable savior versus incompetent Democratic governance. ### Rhetorical Analysis The post follows a clean narrative arc: situation (safe LA) → credit (military/Trump) → counterfactual threat → villain (Newsom) → demand (gratitude). This is effective propaganda structure regardless of factual accuracy. The phrase "a little help from the Marines" minimizes a significant military deployment (700 Marines) through casual understatement, normalizing domestic military use. ### Danger Assessment The normalization of military deployment against civilian protests, framed as routine law enforcement assistance, represents an elevated concern. The framing of protesters (implicit) as criminal threats requiring military response erodes civil-military boundaries. ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Los Angeles was safe and sound for the last two nights" | **Unverifiable** | Protests were ongoing but the specific safety status over two nights requires granular data | | "Governor had totally lost control of the situation" | **Mostly False** | Newsom opposed the federalization and sued, but LA had local law enforcement response; 'totally lost control' is hyperbolic | | "Without the Military, Los Angeles would be a crime scene like we haven't seen in years" | **Unverifiable** | Counterfactual claim — impossible to verify what would have happened without military deployment | Overall Veracity: 40% ## Authorship Analysis **Self-Written** (score: 88%) ### Indicators - Derogatory nickname 'NewScum' - Crude language 'saving his ass' - Triple exclamation marks - Early morning posting (7:10 AM ET) - Stream-of-consciousness combative tone ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Criticism (Newsom lawsuit challenging Trump's authority over National Guard federalization) **Rage:** Intensity 65% targeting Governor Gavin Newsom - Proportionality: 40% Sentiment: -0.30 **Mildly Hypomanic** - Early morning combative posting - Grandiose self-attribution - Elevated aggression ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 80% - Antisocial: 50% - Paranoid: 30% - Sadism: 60% **Defense Mechanisms:** - projection (immature) - idealization (immature) - devaluation (immature) - distortion (pathological) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 50% Cognitive Markers: - phonemic paraphasia **Parasocial Techniques:** - Savior framing — positioning self as protector of LA citizens - Common enemy construction — Newsom as incompetent villain ## Danger Assessment **ELEVATED** ### Indicators - Normalization of military force against civilian protesters on domestic soil - Framing state governor's legal challenge as ingratitude rather than constitutional dispute - Implicit characterization of protesters as criminals requiring military response ### Gaslighting - Reframes legally contested military deployment as unambiguous success - Presents Newsom's constitutional challenge as personal failing rather than legitimate legal dispute - Constructs false binary: gratitude or incompetence ## Fact Checks (3) _The model's verdicts from 2026-03-22._ > Los Angeles was safe and sound for the last two nights **UNVERIFIABLE** Protests were ongoing but the specific safety status over two nights requires granular data > Governor had totally lost control of the situation **MOSTLY FALSE** Newsom opposed the federalization and sued, but LA had local law enforcement response; 'totally lost control' is hyperbolic > Without the Military, Los Angeles would be a crime scene like we haven't seen in years **UNVERIFIABLE** Counterfactual claim — impossible to verify what would have happened without military deployment Overall Veracity: 40% ## Tags - military-deployment (90%) - newsom-attack (80%) - law-and-order (85%) - credit-claiming (80%) - dominance-display (75%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **Victory Lap Curdles Into Rage as Newsom Lawsuit Triggers Escalating Immigration Extremism** Trump spent much of the day promoting his legislative agenda and personal brand, but his running feud with California Governor Gavin Newsom over the LA National Guard deployment dominated the emotional landscape. A rare midday acknowledgment that immigration enforcement was hurting farmers was quickly drowned out by harsh anti-immigrant rhetoric that escalated through the evening. The day's most alarming moment came when Trump adopted the term "Remigration" — borrowed from European white nationalist movements — in a post demanding mass deportation. Overall, a high-output day defined by self-congratulation punctuated by flashes of genuine anger over Newsom's legal challenge. Full digest for 2025-06-12: https://trump.fm/date/2025-06-12/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, June 12). Los Angeles was safe and sound for the last two... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114670085083632579 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Los Angeles was safe and sound for the last two nights. Our..." Truth Social, 12 Jun. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114670085083632579. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026. - Chicago: Donald J. 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