# Post ts_114744029649091554

- Post ID: `ts_114744029649091554`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-06-25T12:35:44.599Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114744029649091554/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114744029649091554.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Secretary Marco Rubio: “There’s no way Iran comes to the table if somehow nothing had happened—this was COMPLETE & TOTAL OBLITERATION, they’re in bad shape…”

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (1:20), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> First of all, on the stuff about the intelligence, this is what a leaker is telling you the intelligence says. That's the game these people play. They read it, and then they go out and characterize it the way they want to characterize. And they're leakers, this is the game they play. So that's number one. Number two, here's a fact. The conversion facility, which you can't do with a nuclear weapon without a conversion facility, you can't, we can't even find where it is, where it used to be on the map. You can't even find where it used to be, because the whole thing is just blackened out, it's gone. It's wiped out. Then we dropped 12 of the strongest bombs on the planet, right down the hole, in two places. Everything underneath that mountain is in bad shape. And I refer you to the statement of the IAEA, Mr. Grossinger. You know what he said? He said there was Iran, the way it looked the day before the attack, and what their nuclear program looks like now, two very different things. They are way behind where they were just seven days ago. Now anything in the world can be rebuilt, but now we know where it is, and if they try to rebuild it, we'll have options there as well. But all this leaker stuff, these leakers are professional stabbers. That's what they are. They go out and they read this stuff, and then they tell you what it says, against the law. But they characterize it for you in a way that's absolutely false. There's no way Iran comes to the table, somehow nothing had happened. This was complete and total obliteration. They're in bad shape. They are way behind today compared to where they were just seven days ago because of what the president did.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/114/744/028/877/581/985/original/19e7f87fbf47ad3e.mp4

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T02:20:02.507Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Rubio Quote on Iran "Complete & Total Obliteration"

### Context
This post shares a video clip of Secretary of State Marco Rubio defending the Iran strikes, emphasizing that the military action was necessary to bring Iran to the negotiating table. Posted at 12:35 UTC (8:35 AM ET), likely from the DC area given the post-strike political environment.

### Authorship
The post is a straightforward quote-and-clip share — classic aide/comms team content. Business hours, clean formatting, proper attribution. The quoted phrase "COMPLETE & TOTAL OBLITERATION" uses Trump's signature all-caps superlative style, but this is Rubio's words being quoted, not Trump's own composition.

### Psychological Patterns
This fits a pattern of **supply-seeking through proxy validation**. Rather than self-aggrandizing directly, Trump amplifies a cabinet member's praise of the military operation. Rubio serves as an authority figure confirming the narrative of devastating success. The selection of this particular quote — emphasizing obliteration and Iran being "in bad shape" — reveals prioritization of dominance display over diplomatic framing.

### Rhetorical Function
Within the longitudinal context of this day's posts (multiple shares about Iran strikes, "TRUMP'S GETTING RESULTS," praise of military), this is part of a coordinated messaging blitz to control the narrative around the strikes, particularly given MTG's public criticism and declining approval ratings. The post implicitly answers critics by marshaling cabinet-level endorsement.

### Danger Assessment
The celebration of "COMPLETE & TOTAL OBLITERATION" of another nation's infrastructure, while quoting someone else, normalizes maximalist military violence as success. In context of 224 reported killed, the triumphalist framing is notable.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Iran strikes resulted in 'COMPLETE & TOTAL OBLITERATION'" | **Mostly False** | While US strikes damaged three nuclear facilities, Iran retained capacity to retaliate with missile strikes on US bases in Qatar and Iraq the following day, contradicting 'total obliteration' |

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Business hours (8:35 AM ET)
- Clean formatting with proper attribution
- Video clip sharing typical of comms team
- No typos or emotional reactivity

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking — Criticism (Need to counter criticism (MTG, falling polls) with authority endorsement)

Sentiment: +0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 60%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 40%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- authority endorsement
- victory narrative reinforcement

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Normalization of maximalist military violence as positive outcome
- Celebratory framing of destruction with known civilian casualties

**Violent Imagery Present**

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Iran strikes resulted in 'COMPLETE & TOTAL OBLITERATION'

**MOSTLY FALSE**

While US strikes damaged three nuclear facilities, Iran retained capacity to retaliate with missile strikes on US bases in Qatar and Iraq the following day, contradicting 'total obliteration'

Sources: Known events: Iran launched retaliatory strikes June 23

Overall Veracity: 20%

## Tags

- iran-strikes (100%)
- proxy-validation (80%)
- military-triumphalism (70%)
- aide-written (85%)

## That day

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

**Obsessive "OBLITERATION" Narrative Consumes NATO Summit Day as Rage Escalates Against Media Scrutiny**

Trump spent the day at a NATO summit in the Netherlands but was almost entirely consumed by defending his Iran strike narrative. He obsessively repeated the word "OBLITERATION" across more than a dozen posts, marshaling quotes from officials, allies, and Israeli sources to validate the strikes' success. As media skepticism from CNN and the New York Times mounted through the afternoon, his tone escalated sharply — culminating in a vicious personal attack on a CNN reporter and a call to shut down Voice of America. He closed the night by projecting his own legal grievances onto Netanyahu, demanding Israel drop corruption charges against its prime minister.

Full digest for 2025-06-25: https://trump.fm/date/2025-06-25/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, June 25). Secretary Marco Rubio: “There’s no way Iran... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114744029649091554
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Secretary Marco Rubio: “There’s no way Iran comes to..." Truth Social, 25 Jun. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114744029649091554. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Secretary Marco Rubio: “There’s no way Iran comes to...," Truth Social, June 25, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114744029649091554.

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