# Post ts_114699091687288311

- Post ID: `ts_114699091687288311`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-06-17T14:07:25.718Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114699091687288311
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114699091687288311/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114699091687288311.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Tom Homan: “When they double down, we triple down! So, the Men and Women of ICE are going to keep standing up, they’re going to keep doing the job. They’re working for the Greatest President in my Lifetime…His Success on the Border — We’ve got the Most Secure Border in the History of the Nation today. Criminal Threats, Illegal Alien Criminal Threats, arrested and deported, are at a Record High, much higher than Joe Biden!”

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (0:50), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> When they double down, we triple down. So men and women are going to keep standing up. They're going to keep doing the job. They're working for the greatest president in my lifetime. People are going to say what they want about President Trump, his success on the board. We got the most secure border in the history of the nation today. Criminal threats, illegal and criminal threats arrested and deported are the record high, much higher than Joe Biden. So the men and women are actually doing the job. They took an oath to do this job. They love doing this job. They're going to keep doing this job. No one's going to scare them away. No one's going to bully them from doing their job. Men and women are just going to stand up every day and hit the streets. We've got over 1,000 teams all across the country operating today, operating yesterday, operating tomorrow. We're going to keep doing our job. The protests, you can protest all you want. You can do all the violence you want. I should be back out there again tomorrow morning.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/114/699/091/291/540/108/original/58098d351a7e0b0b.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 13,040
- Reposts: 2,998
- Replies: 412
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.308Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T02:05:25.202Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Tom Homan Quote-Boost on Border Security

### Overview
Trump shares a video clip of Tom Homan (Border Czar) praising his border enforcement record. The post is entirely a quoted passage with no original commentary from Trump, functioning as narcissistic supply amplification — letting a subordinate deliver the grandiose claims on his behalf.

### Authorship
Posted at 10:07 AM ET (Trump likely in DC/East Coast area given recent birthday parade). Business hours, clean formatting, proper quotation marks, no typos or emotional reactivity. This is almost certainly aide-posted content (likely Scavino) — a curated media clip repost.

### Psychological Function
This is textbook **narcissistic supply harvesting**. The quote contains: "Greatest President in my Lifetime," "Most Secure Border in the History of the Nation," "Record High" — all superlatives directed at Trump, delivered by a loyal subordinate. By quoting rather than self-declaring, the grandiosity appears externally validated.

### Rhetorical Devices
- **Third-party testimony**: Using Homan as proxy for self-praise
- **Superlative stacking**: Greatest, Most Secure, Record High, History of the Nation
- **Unfavorable comparison**: "much higher than Joe Biden" — devaluation of predecessor
- **Militaristic framing**: "double down / triple down" — combative escalation rhetoric

### Context
Notably, amid the Minnesota DFL assassinations and Israel-Iran war, this post focuses on routine border enforcement messaging — suggesting either deliberate avoidance of volatile topics or pre-scheduled content.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Most Secure Border in the History of the Nation today" | **Mostly False** | While border encounters dropped significantly in early 2025 due to executive orders and enforcement surge, 'most secure in history' is hyperbolic. Earlier periods (pre-1990s) had far less unauthorized crossing. Metrics are also cherry-picked. |
| "Criminal Threats arrested and deported are at a Record High, much higher than Joe Biden" | **Half True** | ICE arrests of criminals increased substantially under Trump 2.0 due to expanded enforcement priorities, but 'record high' depends on which metric and timeframe. Biden-era deportations were also historically high in later years. |

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 15%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (10:07 AM ET)
- Clean formatting with proper quotation marks
- No typos or stream-of-consciousness
- Curated video clip repost
- Professional presentation

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Tom Homan media appearance)

Sentiment: +0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 5%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)
- projection (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- proxy validation
- authority testimony

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Most Secure Border in the History of the Nation today

**MOSTLY FALSE**

While border encounters dropped significantly in early 2025 due to executive orders and enforcement surge, 'most secure in history' is hyperbolic. Earlier periods (pre-1990s) had far less unauthorized crossing. Metrics are also cherry-picked.

Sources: CBP encounter data; historical border statistics

> Criminal Threats arrested and deported are at a Record High, much higher than Joe Biden

**HALF TRUE**

ICE arrests of criminals increased substantially under Trump 2.0 due to expanded enforcement priorities, but 'record high' depends on which metric and timeframe. Biden-era deportations were also historically high in later years.

Sources: ICE ERO statistics

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Tags

- border-security (90%)
- narcissistic-supply (80%)
- proxy-praise (70%)
- aide-authored (85%)

## That day

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

**Wartime President as Reality TV Host: Trump Treats Iran Crisis as Stage for Personal Grandeur**

Trump spent the day projecting wartime dominance during the Israel-Iran conflict, traveling back from the G7 summit to Washington while posting through the night with little apparent sleep. The morning was consumed by lashing out at Macron and denying any peace outreach to Iran, but the afternoon brought a striking escalation: within 27 minutes, he claimed total air superiority over Iran, publicly threatened the Supreme Leader's life, and demanded unconditional surrender. The rest of the day was filled with supporter reposts and links promoting the "Big Beautiful Bill," ending on a quieter note of routine self-promotion.

Full digest for 2025-06-17: https://trump.fm/date/2025-06-17/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, June 17). Tom Homan: “When they double down, we triple... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114699091687288311
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Tom Homan: “When they double down, we triple down! So,..." Truth Social, 17 Jun. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114699091687288311. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Tom Homan: “When they double down, we triple down! So,...," Truth Social, June 17, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114699091687288311.

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