# Post ts_115028539481492668

- Post ID: `ts_115028539481492668`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-08-14T18:30:20.185Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115028539481492668/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_115028539481492668.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Last month, I signed the One Big Beautiful Bill, and allowed No Tax on Social Security for our great seniors…and to protect our benefits, we've already kicked nearly 275,000 illegal aliens off of the Social Security system…

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (1:48), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> Last month, I signed one big beautiful bill and allowed no tax on Social Security for our great seniors, okay? So how's that? Not bad, right? No tax on Social Security for our seniors, and to protect our benefits, we've already kicked nearly 275,000 illegal aliens off of the Social Security system. These are people, many of them have already left the country, and yet we were sending them checks all the time, and 275,000, and that number is now even larger than that, Frank. It's an unbelievable job. And what that's doing is making the system strong. It's making it strong. Biden never kicked anybody off. Everybody joined. And we're carrying out historic deportations to remove many more illegals committing Social Security fraud. It's the Social Security fraud that was second place at levels that nobody's ever seen. We cleared 12.4 million names listed in the Social Security database, over 120 years of age. Think of that. So we had 12.4 million names where they were over 120 years old. Is that right? That's a hell of a statement. I have a feeling, Dan, that's not really going to -- that really didn't happen, did it? So you have 12.4 million names listed in the Social Security database that were over 120 years of age, meaning you were breaking records, because I've never heard of anybody at 125. There were nearly 135,000 people listed who were over 160 years old, and in some cases getting payments. So somebody's getting those payments, and we're after that.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/115/028/538/935/691/744/original/6988c803bda44631.mp4

## Engagement

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T03:34:50.301Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Social Security Anniversary Post (2025-08-14)

### Authorship
Posted at 18:30 UTC = 2:30 PM ET. Trump likely at White House (signing proclamation event). Business hours, polished prose, policy-focused messaging with ellipsis formatting typical of aide-drafted content. However, the self-congratulatory framing and characteristic "our great seniors" phrasing suggest Trump dictated or heavily influenced the content.

### Psychological State
This is a **supply-seeking/maintenance** post tied to a scheduled event (Social Security 90th anniversary). The narcissistic economy is stable—grandiose state, claiming credit for legislative achievement and protective action against out-group threat.

### Rhetorical Analysis
The post follows a classic two-part structure: (1) benevolent provision to in-group ("no tax on Social Security for our great seniors"), (2) protective action against out-group threat ("kicked nearly 275,000 illegal aliens off"). This juxtaposition is textbook **in-group/out-group framing**—benefits flow to deserving Americans while being reclaimed from undeserving outsiders.

"Kicked...off" is notably aggressive language for an administrative action, conveying dominance and decisive authority.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Signed the One Big Beautiful Bill" | **True** | The reconciliation bill was signed into law in 2025 |
| "No Tax on Social Security" | **Mostly False** | The bill included provisions reducing taxes on Social Security benefits for certain income thresholds, not a blanket elimination |
| "Kicked nearly 275,000 illegal aliens off Social Security" | **Unverifiable** | Historian notes flag this as disputed. The specific number and characterization as 'illegal aliens' versus other categories of removals is unclear. |

Overall Veracity: 57%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 35%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (2:30 PM ET)
- Polished sentence structure
- Policy-focused content tied to scheduled event
- But characteristic Trump phrases: 'our great seniors', 'illegal aliens', 'kicked...off'

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Social Security 90th anniversary event)

Sentiment: +0.50

### Clinical

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

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Protective father figure framing
- Claiming credit for benefiting audience directly

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Signed the One Big Beautiful Bill

**TRUE**

The reconciliation bill was signed into law in 2025

Sources: Known events context

> No Tax on Social Security

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The bill included provisions reducing taxes on Social Security benefits for certain income thresholds, not a blanket elimination

Sources: Known events: 'disputed claims about eliminating taxes on benefits'

> Kicked nearly 275,000 illegal aliens off Social Security

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Historian notes flag this as disputed. The specific number and characterization as 'illegal aliens' versus other categories of removals is unclear.

Sources: Known events: disputed claims noted

Overall Veracity: 57%

## Tags

- social_security (100%)
- immigration (60%)
- supply_seeking (80%)
- splitting (60%)
- legislative_credit (70%)

## That day

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

**A Vindication Morning and a Policy Victory Lap: Trump's Low-Rage Day of Narrative Reinforcement**

Trump spent the morning flooding his feed with articles about newly declassified emails implicating former intelligence chief James Clapper in shaping the Russia investigation — a vindication story he hammered from six different media outlets in under two hours. The afternoon shifted to a staged Social Security event at the White House, where he touted tax elimination for seniors and claimed to have removed hundreds of thousands of immigrants from the rolls. The mood all day was self-congratulatory and controlled, with zero flashes of anger and no combative exchanges — one of his calmest days in recent memory. The only notable edge was a single post about DC crime that fits into a broader pattern of justifying military deployments in the capital.

Full digest for 2025-08-14: https://trump.fm/date/2025-08-14/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, August 14). Last month, I signed the One Big Beautiful Bill,... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115028539481492668
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Last month, I signed the One Big Beautiful Bill, and..." Truth Social, 14 Aug. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115028539481492668. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Last month, I signed the One Big Beautiful Bill, and...," Truth Social, August 14, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115028539481492668.

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