# Post ts_116120278547441463 - Post ID: `ts_116120278547441463` - Platform: Truth Social - Posted: 2026-02-23T13:53:56.303Z (UTC) - Deleted: no - Repost: no - Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116120278547441463 - Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116120278547441463/analysis ## Post text _No text of its own. The post is its media, below._ ## What the media says **Video transcript** (4:00), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > For more on this, I'm joined by Paul Perez, National Border Patrol Council President. Paul, thank you so much for joining us today. We're going to keep going on this to ask you, how does cutting federal funding to these sanctuary cities, which is happening very soon, help the president's immigration crackdown? And what do you think that will solve? Well, look, when they cut federal funding, that sends a message to these politicians that President Trump is serious about what he said he was going to do, which is to remove those people that should not be here in the country legally. He campaigned on that. He won on that. He's got a mandate he's going to follow through. You know, President Trump also says that federal agents will no longer engage with protesters. Yeah, we're going to see how that goes. Here's the president on Air Force One last night. Let's listen. If they want help, they have to ask for it. Because if we go in, all they do is complain. But if they want help, they can ask for it. And they're going to need help. Los Angeles, as an example, we went in, we solved it. The chief law enforcement officer at Los Angeles said they couldn't have done it without the federal government. A week later, he said they didn't need the federal government. You know, so we don't want that. If they want help, they'll ask, but they have to say please. All right. So I've got to ask you your response to that because, of course, it's a top talker for us today. Hearing what he said last night on Air Force One, how do you think it changes things for federal officers on the ground, number one? And do you think this tactic of asking Dems to say please is going to work? Look, President Trump is the ultimate master when it comes to going after those that have TDS. And so by forcing their hand to say please, it actually makes them want to resolve the issue without getting the federal government involved. And that's actually beneficial to us because we could get back to what we should be doing instead of dealing with these unruly protesters. You know, when we talk about the body cameras, this is such an interesting topic because we're all trying to understand who wears what. The president was asked about how he feels about federal officers wearing body cameras. I'm curious of your take, but I also want to listen to what he said. Do you think it's good having lots of cameras on these kinds of incidents between law enforcement and the people? I think it would help law enforcement, but I'd have to talk to them. I'm going to be talking to them tomorrow. Actually, I think it would help law enforcement. You know, that works both ways, but I think overall, I think it's 80 percent in favor of law enforcement. So I want to take a look at some stats because according to June data from the House Homeland Security Committee, 4400 ICE officers wear body cameras in a force of about 22,000 and nearly 13,000 border patrol agents wear cameras in a force of nearly 45,000. So we've got this huge bright spotlight on these immigration officers. Right. So as we're watching this all play out, many people say, hey, let's see it all. We want to see the videos that are being taken from the streets and we want to see the videos that's being worn. But do you think it's important for all ICE officers and border patrol agents to wear these body cameras because it does seem like it would make it a lot easier to investigate any incidents of violence, accusations of violence towards or involving officers? How do you see it? So most of our border patrol agents, like you said, have been wearing body cams. It doesn't change the fact that we're still going to have these aggressive protesters coming after us. All it's going to do is show exactly the perception or the view of the agent involved. But it doesn't change anything about who we're dealing with or how we're dealing with them. Listen, it's important, I think, for all of us to understand who's wearing them, how long they wear them. And it just kind of reminds me, if you even think about the cameras that we have in our cars, it's so important if you get in a traffic accident to have that footage, because it can be a, he said, he said, situation very easily. Paul Perez, National Border Patrol Council President. We want to thank you very much for your time and weighing in on this important topic. Thank you. Thank you. ## Media - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/116/120/276/842/262/757/original/ad0a95ce60fc41fb.mp4 ## Engagement - Likes: 7,092 - Reposts: 1,659 - Replies: 148 - Views: unknown - Metrics collected: 2026-02-24T02:30:17.537Z (UTC) # Analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-09-09T10:08:10.873Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ ## Summary This media-only post amplifies a Fox-style segment featuring Border Patrol union president Paul Perez praising Trump's immigration enforcement, plus an embedded clip of Trump himself stating that local officials seeking federal help "have to say please." No original text accompanies the post, so stylometric authorship analysis is unavailable; timing (~8:53am ET) weakly suggests staff-managed posting, but confidence is low given the single-signal evidence. Psychologically, the amplified content reinforces a grandiose, dominance-oriented self-narrative: federal assistance to local governments is reframed as a personal favor contingent on deference rather than a governmental obligation. Perez's characterization of Trump as "the ultimate master" over those with "TDS" supplies unqualified third-party validation that the subject chose to share with his audience — a pattern consistent with narcissistic supply-seeking in maintenance mode rather than reaction to acute injury. Mild splitting appears in the framing of a Los Angeles official's shifting statements as betrayal rather than complexity, and devaluing language ("unruly protesters," "TDS") pathologizes dissent rather than engaging it. No violent imagery, eliminationist language, or other danger indicators are present. The post is best read as low-intensity identity maintenance — reinforcing an enforcement-hero narrative — rather than a defensive or injury-driven reaction, and its clinical significance is modest. ## Post Overview No original text; the post is a shared cable-news segment (Fox-style panel with Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez) intercut with a clip of Trump speaking to reporters on Air Force One. The transcript carries substantial propositional content, so the analysis rests on **selection/amplification** — what the subject chose to put before his audience — plus the one embedded quote where he speaks in his own voice. ## Levels 1-3: Traits, Motives, Narrative The amplified segment casts Trump as a decisive enforcer and rescuer ("we went in, we solved it" — LA), a redemption-sequence narrative (disorder → federal intervention → resolution). His own quoted words — insisting local officials "have to say please" before receiving federal help — reveal an agency/dominance motive: assistance is reframed as a favor contingent on submission rather than a public-safety obligation. Perez's framing ("the ultimate master when it comes to going after those that have TDS") supplies third-party validation of grandiosity and pathologizes critics, which the subject implicitly endorses by amplifying it unedited. ## Level 4: Clinical Indicators - **Narcissistic features:** Grandiosity via surrogate praise ("ultimate master"); entitlement in requiring supplicant language ("say please") before extending federal assistance to elected officials. - **Splitting/devaluation:** The LA chief law enforcement officer is described in a good-then-bad frame (praised the federal intervention, then said it wasn't needed), implying betrayal/ingratitude; protesters are labeled "unruly." - **Defense mechanisms:** Devaluation of opposition (protesters, sanctuary-city officials); ad hominem via "TDS" lets the amplified narrative pathologize dissent rather than engage its substance. - **Narcissistic state:** Grandiose rather than vulnerable — no acute rage is displayed in the clip, but a punitive, conditional posture toward local governments ("they have to say please") reflects a dominance/control script consistent with entitlement to deference. - **Trigger:** Best read as maintenance/supply-seeking — routine amplification of favorable coverage reinforcing an enforcement-hero identity, not a reaction to acute injury (the same-day SCOTUS-related posts are the injury-driven material, this is unrelated). ## Rhetoric and Framing Devices amplified include appeal to authority (union president as validator), loaded/dehumanizing-adjacent language ("unruly protesters," "TDS" as pseudo-diagnosis of opponents), and a law-and-order dichotomy (federal enforcement = order; sanctuary cities/protesters = chaos requiring submission). No violent imagery or eliminationist language is present; danger indicators are absent to minimal. ## Archetypal / Order-Chaos Reading Archetype: Hero/Savior blended with King (demanding deference — "say please" — as precondition for aid) and Warrior (protesters as adversaries). Order/chaos positioning: order restorer for federal law enforcement, chaos attributed to sanctuary jurisdictions and protesters; hierarchy is asymmetric — local elected officials are diminished (forced into a supplicant posture) while federal enforcement and the subject's personal authority are elevated. ## Authorship Attribution No written text exists, so no stylometric evidence is available. Posted 2026-02-23T13:53:56 UTC ≈ 8:53am ET (subject's most probable location given prior-week Georgia rally and no indication of overnight travel is the DC/Mar-a-Lago corridor). This falls within business hours, which in the framework's timing heuristic is weakly more consistent with aide-managed posting of favorable media coverage than with the late-night/early-morning pattern typical of the subject's own spontaneous engagement. However, this evidence is thin: reposting a favorable news segment is plausible at any hour for either the subject or staff, and the only individual-level signal here concerns who selected the clip for amplification, not who authored any text (there is none). Confidence is capped at low accordingly. ## Fact Verification | Claim | Verdict | Evidence | |-------|---------|----------| | "Trump, on Air Force One, said of Los Angeles: 'we went in, we solved it,' referring to federal intervention against protests/unrest." | **Half True** | Federal deployments to Los Angeles did occur amid protest activity, and some reduction in visible unrest followed. However, the transcript itself notes the local chief law enforcement officer's account was inconsistent (initially crediting federal help, later saying it wasn't needed), indicating the situation was contested and not a clean, one-sided resolution as the claim implies. | Overall Veracity: 50% ## Summary Judgment This post shows a modest but coherent pattern: amplification of content that (a) validates the subject via a third party's grandiose framing, (b) reframes federal assistance to local governments as contingent on personal deference, and (c) casts protesters/opponents in devaluing terms. These are consistent with narcissistic supply-seeking and mild splitting, but the intensity is low relative to injury-driven posts (e.g., same-day SCOTUS material) and there are no danger indicators. Longitudinal comparison to other unedited "share a friendly segment" posts would clarify whether the "say please" framing recurs as a stable dominance script. ## Authorship Analysis **Aide-Written** (score: 30%) ### Indicators - Posted ~8:53am ET, within business hours, weakly consistent with staff-managed amplification of favorable coverage - No written text present, so no stylometric evidence (typos, syntax, capitalization) is available to assess - Content is a professionally produced news segment plus an embedded quote of the subject himself, not a spontaneous personal statement - Attribution here concerns who selected/posted the clip, not who authored any text — there is none to analyze ## Psychological Profile ### State **Grandiose State** **Trigger:** Maintenance (Routine amplification of favorable cable-news coverage reinforcing an enforcement-hero narrative; not tied to an acute same-day injury.) Sentiment: +0.20 ### Clinical **Malignant Narcissism:** - Narcissistic: 50% - Antisocial: 15% - Paranoid: 20% - Sadism: 10% **Defense Mechanisms:** - devaluation (immature) - splitting (immature) **Cognitive Complexity:** - Complexity: 0% **Parasocial Techniques:** - Amplifying third-party praise ('ultimate master') as if it were audience consensus - Sharing a segment where a union official validates the subject's toughness, building parasocial identification with the enforcement narrative ## Fact Checks (1) _The model's verdicts from 2026-09-09._ > Trump, on Air Force One, said of Los Angeles: 'we went in, we solved it,' referring to federal intervention against protests/unrest. **HALF TRUE** Federal deployments to Los Angeles did occur amid protest activity, and some reduction in visible unrest followed. However, the transcript itself notes the local chief law enforcement officer's account was inconsistent (initially crediting federal help, later saying it wasn't needed), indicating the situation was contested and not a clean, one-sided resolution as the claim implies. Overall Veracity: 50% ## Tags - media-repost (100%) - immigration-enforcement (90%) - dominance-motive (60%) - splitting (40%) - third-party-validation (50%) ## That day _From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._ **He demoted the "supreme court" to lowercase, then threatened higher tariffs than the ones it had just struck down** Trump spent the day still chewing on the Supreme Court ruling that struck down his tariffs three days earlier, and by early morning he was announcing he would write "supreme court" in lowercase until further notice. He insisted the loss had actually handed him more power, then threatened any country that tries to "play games" with the decision with even steeper tariffs — while his administration quietly signed a proclamation routing around the ruling under a different law. The middle of the day was a burst of borrowed praise: Border Patrol union endorsements, Fox segments, a Florida campaign announcement. He resurfaced after a six-hour afternoon silence to publicly correct reports that his top general opposes war with Iran, then closed on a friendly note about saving Utah's Great Salt Lake. A poll putting his approval at a record low, a blizzard shutting down New York, and a canal-ports win in Panama all went unmentioned. Full digest for 2026-02-23: https://trump.fm/date/2026-02-23/analysis ## Citation - APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, February 23). [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_116120278547441463 - MLA: Trump, Donald J. 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