# Post ts_115816171466225987

- Post ID: `ts_115816171466225987`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-12-31T20:55:30.429Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> We are removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland, despite the fact that CRIME has been greatly reduced by having these great Patriots in those cities, and ONLY by that fact. Portland, Los Angeles, and Chicago were GONE if it weren't for the Federal Government stepping in. We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again - Only a question of time! It is hard to believe that these Democrat Mayors and Governors, all of whom are greatly incompetent, would want us to leave, especially considering the great progress that has been made??? President DJT

## Engagement

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T06:39:36.713Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

Trump announces National Guard withdrawal from three Democrat-led cities while constructing an unfalsifiable narrative framework: he claims exclusive credit for crime reduction and predicts inevitable deterioration, promising to return "in a much different and stronger form." The phrase is deliberately ambiguous and suggestive of escalated federal military intervention. The post exemplifies grandiose narcissistic patterns — positioning himself as the indispensable savior while splitting targets into "great Patriots" versus "greatly incompetent" Democratic officials. The normalizing of federal military deployment in American cities as routine governance, combined with the threatened escalation, warrants an elevated danger assessment. The catastrophizing language ("GONE") and exclusive attribution ("ONLY by that fact") represent significant reality distortions serving the strongman narrative.

## Psychological Analysis: National Guard Withdrawal Post (2025-12-31)

### Authorship
Posted at 3:55 PM EST (Trump at Mar-a-Lago for NYE). Business hours, polished grammar, signed "President DJT" — consistent with aide-drafted or dictated content, though the emotional escalation and rhetorical questions suggest Trump's direct involvement or heavy dictation.

### Psychological State
This post operates in a **grandiose-threatened** mode. Trump frames the withdrawal not as a policy decision but as proof of his indispensability. The rhetorical structure is: "We fixed it, they're making us leave, it will collapse without us." This is classic narcissistic supply maintenance — ensuring credit while preemptively blaming others for future failure.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Splitting**: Democrat mayors/governors = "greatly incompetent"; National Guard = "great Patriots"
- **Projection**: Frames withdrawal as Democrats' irrational choice rather than acknowledging any legitimate governance concern
- **Rationalization**: "ONLY by that fact" — attributes all crime reduction exclusively to federal intervention

### Rhetorical Techniques
The threatening promise to return "in a much different and stronger form" is notable — it implies escalation and serves as both warning and dominance display. "Only a question of time!" functions as a curse/prophecy. The triple question marks ("???") signal performative incredulity.

### Danger Assessment
The phrase "much different and stronger form" is ambiguous but suggestive of militarized escalation. Combined with the framing of cities as "GONE" without federal control, this normalizes federal military deployment in American cities as routine governance.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Crime has been greatly reduced by having National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland" | **Half True** | National Guard deployments may have contributed to short-term crime reduction in some areas, but 'ONLY by that fact' overstates federal role and ignores local policing efforts and broader trends |
| "Portland, Los Angeles, and Chicago were GONE if it weren't for the Federal Government stepping in" | **Mostly False** | Catastrophic hyperbole. These cities faced crime challenges but were functioning municipalities; 'GONE' grossly overstates the situation |

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 55%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (3:55 PM EST)
- Signed 'President DJT'
- Relatively structured argument
- But emotional escalation, ALL CAPS, triple question marks suggest heavy personal involvement or dictation

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 30%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)
- projection (immature)
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Positioning audience as co-owners of federal intervention success
- Creating shared contempt for Democratic officials
- Promising dramatic return — serialized narrative

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Promise to return 'in a much different and stronger form' implies military escalation
- Normalizes federal military deployment in American cities
- Frames democratic governance as incompetent obstruction of necessary federal control

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> Crime has been greatly reduced by having National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland

**HALF TRUE**

National Guard deployments may have contributed to short-term crime reduction in some areas, but 'ONLY by that fact' overstates federal role and ignores local policing efforts and broader trends

> Portland, Los Angeles, and Chicago were GONE if it weren't for the Federal Government stepping in

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Catastrophic hyperbole. These cities faced crime challenges but were functioning municipalities; 'GONE' grossly overstates the situation

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Tags

- federal-military-deployment (90%)
- democrat-blame (70%)
- strongman-savior (80%)
- threatening-return (70%)

## That day

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

**From 'Happy New Year' to 'Rot in Hell': A Holiday Consumed by Fraud Obsession and Ethnic Scapegoating**

Trump's New Year's Eve started with a cheerful holiday greeting boasting about the economy and border, but the mood shifted sharply by mid-morning into a long stretch of grievance and fury. The most alarming escalation came when general fraud allegations gave way to targeting a specific congresswoman and the Somali-American community with dehumanizing language and calls for deportation. He posted a near-identical defense of jailed election-fraud advocate Tina Peters twice, hours apart, and at least half the day's 17 posts centered on election fraud or attacks on Democratic officials. By late afternoon, the rage had cooled to routine boasting and a parting shot at the Clooneys, but the holiday was thoroughly overtaken by persecution narratives.

Full digest for 2025-12-31: https://trump.fm/date/2025-12-31/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, December 31). We are removing the National Guard from Chicago,... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_115816171466225987
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "We are removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los..." Truth Social, 31 Dec. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115816171466225987. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "We are removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los...," Truth Social, December 31, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_115816171466225987.

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