# Post ts_115791772938559943

- Post ID: `ts_115791772938559943`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-12-27T13:30:38.446Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115791772938559943
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_115791772938559943/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_115791772938559943.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Crime in the United States is at its lowest levels on record. Much of that is attributable to the most successful Southern Border operation in history. Also, there are more people working in the U.S. today than EVER before. MAGA!!!

## Engagement

- Likes: 34,485
- Reposts: 7,363
- Replies: 3,006
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.287Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T06:38:41.188Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: ts_115791772938559943

## Authorship Attribution
**Aide-written (high confidence).** Posted 8:30 AM ET from Mar-a-Lago during holiday week. Perfect grammar, structured tricolon argument, no emotional markers. Classic Scavino-style talking-points delivery.

## Psychological State
Low-intensity grandiose maintenance. This is routine narcissistic supply-seeking through positive messaging — no injury response, no rage, no named enemies. The post chains three superlative claims (record low crime → best border operation → most employment ever) into a victory narrative capped with the tribal "MAGA!!!" signoff.

## Defense Mechanisms
**Distortion** is the primary mechanism — reshaping ambiguous or contested data into unqualified records and superlatives. This is mild by baseline standards; the post lacks the splitting, projection, or devaluation typical of authentic Trump posts.

## Rhetorical Techniques
Classic propaganda tricolon: three escalating claims create a sense of overwhelming momentum. Each claim uses superlatives ("lowest on record," "most successful in history," "EVER before"). The technique is **card stacking** — presenting only favorable interpretations while omitting context (e.g., crime rates were lower in earlier decades; absolute employment numbers naturally rise with population).

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Crime in the United States is at its lowest levels on record" | **Mostly False** | FBI data showed crime declining in 2023-2024 but not at 'lowest levels on record.' Violent crime rates were lower in the early 1960s. Property crime was lower in the 2010s by some measures. The claim is a significant exaggeration. |
| "Most successful Southern Border operation in history" | **Unverifiable** | Subjective superlative. Border encounters declined from 2023 peaks but success metrics are contested and depend on definition. |
| "More people working in the U.S. today than EVER before" | **Mostly True** | Total nonfarm payrolls have generally trended upward due to population growth. This is technically true in absolute terms but misleading without adjusting for population growth — most presidents can make this claim. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Context
This post sits within a holiday-week messaging pattern. Contrast with the Dec 26 posts (Epstein deflection, Kennedy Center branding, election integrity) — this is the cleanest, most on-message post in the sequence, reinforcing the aide attribution.

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (8:30 AM ET, Mar-a-Lago)
- Perfect grammar and spelling
- Polished, complete sentences
- Professional tone with structured claims
- No emotional reactivity or ALL CAPS beyond signature MAGA

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking

Sentiment: +0.80

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- distortion (pathological)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared victory framing via MAGA

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Framing contested statistics as unambiguous records to shape perception of reality

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Crime in the United States is at its lowest levels on record

**MOSTLY FALSE**

FBI data showed crime declining in 2023-2024 but not at 'lowest levels on record.' Violent crime rates were lower in the early 1960s. Property crime was lower in the 2010s by some measures. The claim is a significant exaggeration.

Sources: FBI UCR data

> Most successful Southern Border operation in history

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Subjective superlative. Border encounters declined from 2023 peaks but success metrics are contested and depend on definition.

> More people working in the U.S. today than EVER before

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Total nonfarm payrolls have generally trended upward due to population growth. This is technically true in absolute terms but misleading without adjusting for population growth — most presidents can make this claim.

Sources: BLS employment data

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- aide-written (85%)
- supply-seeking (70%)
- victory-lap (80%)
- statistical-distortion (70%)

## That day

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

**A Quiet Holiday Morning of Victory Laps and Dubious Metrics**

A very light posting day with just three posts in a one-hour window during a normal morning at Mar-a-Lago. The mood was uniformly self-congratulatory, cycling through election pushback, crime statistics, border security, and economic achievements. No anger, no attacks on individuals, and no response to any breaking news -- just a brief round of boilerplate boasting before apparently stepping away for the rest of the day.

Full digest for 2025-12-27: https://trump.fm/date/2025-12-27/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, December 27). Crime in the United States is at its lowest... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115791772938559943
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Crime in the United States is at its lowest levels on..." Truth Social, 27 Dec. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115791772938559943. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Crime in the United States is at its lowest levels on...," Truth Social, December 27, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115791772938559943.

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