# Post ts_116177784616697185

- Post ID: `ts_116177784616697185`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-03-05T17:38:29.212Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116177784616697185/analysis

## Post text

_No text of its own. The post is its media, below._

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (7:06), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> We all are hearing about tariffs today tariffs tariffs tariffs and intuitively we say it's a good thing, but some people are saying Well, maybe not maybe it's going to trigger a a trade war. Uh, why is he raising tariffs on aluminum and steel imports? What's going on? Uh, is it a new golden age for american steel and aluminum? What's going on out there now? I I thought it's worth talking about because it's not self-evident and we have to study it and before I talk about tariffs today On the savage nation. I hope you like my red outfit with my red savage nation hat Now before we talk about that, I want to start with something long forgotten down the memory hole Is america's former private road system. It's very important that you have to listen to this Because anything with a private component is off the table for marxists No matter how much it might help those middle-class working people that the left claims to care so much about Republicans want to privatize everything and democrats want to socialize everything the democrats won't even listen to a suggestion To give the private sector a crack at anything Neither a lot of republicans for that matter this despite everyone acknowledging that the government has failed on virtually every level So trump is now passing What is common sense and you'll find out today that it's not so novel Tariffs were part of this country from the beginning But we know that trump substantially raised tariffs on steel and aluminum. Just recently It was just monday to a flat 25 percent. He said without exceptions or exemptions He wants to aid struggling industries in the united states, but it also sparks What a trade war? No, I don't think it'll spark a trade war In fact, the best article on this topic was written by peter novaro who incidentally was put in prison by biden and his gang For many things he didn't do but no doubt because he was certainly in favor of america first Aluminum and steel are not just pillars of the domestic economy, but they're foundational to our national security They're very important and that's why trump signed Proclamations pardon me to restore and strengthen the section 232 tariffs. He boldly implemented in 2018 He's going back to what he did in 2018 all over again What he wants to do is save the steel industry. He wants to save us from what biden did to us Leveraging biden's weakness is china and russia Would transship steel through mexico and canada? japan amidst its declining domestic demand Would target the american market with high value specialty steel products that undercut us producers canada's government Put nearly a billion dollars into s cell or mitel's facilities and they What they did was they transitioned their outdated blast furnaces into modern direct reduced iron electric arc furnaces To create better steel at lower prices these massive government subsidies in canada gave canada's national steel champion An unfair competitive advantage over our own steel companies I can tell you more about it, including what mexico did to us under biden I can tell you what south korea did to us under biden, but you need to know the bottom line What are tariffs and how did they work and who pays for them? Do you know that domestic steel? Passing the utilization has dangerously dropped to 74 Well below the sustainable 80 threshold that we need to make sure That we can make enough steel for our military and national defense in general america's aluminum producers haven't been equally hard hit australia has doubled its primary aluminum exports to the us while foreign competitors including adversaries like china and russia Aggressively have used trans shipment loopholes through mexico and canada to evade and circumvent tariffs That is why trump acted this week to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum As imports have surged domestic aluminum production has fallen by 30 listen to this carefully smelter Utilization rates have dropped to nearly 50 percent in june of 2022 Who was president then in june of 2022? Century aluminum idled its hawesville, Kentucky smelter Alcoa announced the permanent closure of its washington state in talco smelter in march of 2023 While maga two seven medals in missouri can't curtailed operations at its new Madrid smelter in early 2024 It's one thing after another the country was dying on the biden And it all reduced the number of active primary aluminum producers in the us So to strengthen and reinvigorate our pillar steel and aluminum industries president trump Has reinstated the across the board 25 percent tariff on steel imports And raised the aluminum tariff from 10 percent to 25 percent while eliminating all country Specific exemptions and alternative agreements You got to hear about china and russia because they and other foreign nations including Some you never heard of we're using canada and mexico as trans shipment hubs The trump 2.0 tariffs are going to ensure that all imports Regardless of their processing location are going to be subject to tariffs Through the use of north american melt and pour and smelt and cast standards for steel and aluminum Respectively, I think you've got the picture. Trump is a hundred percent, right? Okay, the trump 2.0 tariffs crack down on the shell game of using derivative products to evade tariffs countries like china russia and others now ship Semi-finished steel or aluminum into mexico into canada or the eu where it is lightly processed and then they get around it Now here's the kicker before I go on this topic. You're not going to believe this You're ready for this one ukraine corrupt ukraine Corrupt ukraine, which can't account for a hundred billion dollars of tax dollars Sends semi-finished steel to be processed in poland where it is exported as a derivative product to the united states thereby avoiding section two three two tariffs and Anti-dumping duties that's your friend zolensky. That's Uh, what's another subtext of this whole story that's going on. So you got to understand The us customs and border protection will make sure there is nowhere to run and nowhere to hide for the tariff evaders We're going to be stronger and we're going to be wealthier. Thanks to donald trump

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/116/177/782/904/339/396/original/2e4de02801dbf313.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 10,646
- Reposts: 3,032
- Replies: 422
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-03-06T16:00:20.386Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-09-09T11:59:00.558Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Post Overview

This post carries **no text from the subject** — only a shared video, an excerpt appearing to be from a conservative talk-radio/commentary program ("Savage Nation") discussing Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs. The speaker praises Trump's 2018 and 2026 Section 232 tariff actions, frames Democrats as "Marxists" who "want to socialize everything," and defends Peter Navarro as having been imprisoned by "Biden and his gang" for "things he didn't do." None of this language belongs to the subject; the behavior under analysis is his choice to select and amplify this specific segment to his audience.

## Level 1–3 (Trait/Motive/Narrative Inference from Selection)

Because there is no subject-authored text, trait inference is thin and low-confidence. The *selection* itself is consistent with an agency-dominant motive structure: the clip valorizes decisive unilateral economic action, frames trade policy as a security/dominance issue, and casts the subject as returning to a proven "bold" 2018 playbook (redemption-sequence narrative: 2018 success → Biden-era "damage" → 2026 restoration). The contrasting others are familiar and consistent with longitudinal pattern: Biden ("weakness"), China, Russia, Canada, Mexico, and domestic Democrats ("Marxists"). Protagonist role embodied by proxy: hero/restorer of a declining industry, defender of national security. No communion-motive content is present.

## Clinical/Defense Notes

Any grandiosity, splitting ("Republicans want to privatize everything and democrats want to socialize everything"), or persecution framing (Navarro "imprisoned... for things he didn't do") originates with the video's narrator, not the subject. Amplifying it without added commentary is consistent with supply-seeking/maintenance behavior — reinforcing an in-group narrative during an active wartime news cycle (Iran operations, per recent events) — but this is inferential and low-confidence given zero subject-authored content.

## Rhetorical Techniques (in amplified content)

False dichotomy (privatize vs. socialize), appeal to national-security fear, hero/redemption narrative, superlatives ("boldly"), grievance-mapping against foreign "adversaries" and domestic opposition. These are the amplified speaker's devices, not the subject's own rhetorical output.

## Danger Assessment

None. No eliminationist language, no dehumanization beyond standard partisan labeling ("Marxists"), no calls to action against persons.

## Authorship Attribution

No stylometric evidence exists (no written text). Posting time 17:38 UTC on 2026-03-05 converts to approximately 12:38 PM Eastern (Trump was in Washington per surrounding events — Medal of Honor ceremony, Merz meeting), squarely within business hours, which is traditionally an aide-favored window. However, pure video-reposts with zero caption/framing are also a well-documented pattern for the subject himself when reacting to television content he is personally watching. Given the complete absence of stylometric markers, this attribution rests on timing alone and should be treated as low-confidence and directed at *who selected the clip*, not who produced its content.

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 40%)

### Indicators

- No written text/caption accompanies the video, consistent with unmediated personal reposting seen in some authentic Trump posts
- Posting time (~12:38 PM Eastern, Washington DC) falls within business hours, traditionally more consistent with staff scheduling
- No stylometric evidence available (no subject-authored text) to assess typos, capitalization, or syntax
- Content aligns with a friendly talk-radio segment defending administration policy, plausible for either staff amplification or Trump's own TV-driven posting habit

## Psychological Profile

### Traits

**Big Five:**
- Extraversion: 0%
- Agreeableness: 0%
- Conscientiousness: 0%
- Neuroticism: 0%
- Openness: 0%

Strongest facet: insufficient data (no subject-authored text)

**Motives:**
- Agency: 55%
- Communion: 10%

Primary drive: achievement

### Narrative

- **Role:** Restorer/hero of declining American industry (via amplified content)
- **Arc:** redemption
- **Contrasting:** Biden administration, China, Russia, Canada, Mexico, domestic 'Marxists'/Democrats

**Identity Claims:**
- Implicit self-identification with the 2018 tariff policy being 'boldly' restored in 2026

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Routine amplification of a favorable economic-policy narrative amid an active wartime news cycle (Iran operations))

Sentiment: +0.10

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 5%
- Paranoid: 15%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 0%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Sharing a sympathetic third-party media segment that validates administration policy and casts critics as ideologically extreme

## Tags

- media-only-post (100%)
- tariff-policy-amplification (80%)
- third-party-narrative (70%)
- us-vs-them-framing (50%)

## That day

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

**Kristi Noem is out at Homeland Security, announced in a gentle note an hour after a midday dump of weeks-old victory headlines**

He started with a warm farewell to retiring Montana Senator Steve Daines and a few friendly news links on Iran. Late in the morning he pushed hard for the SAVE America Act, demanding Republicans pass it "at the expense of everything else." Around midday came a burst of old good-news headlines about arrests in DC, pardons, mortgage rates and his planned White House ballroom, plus pictures of the ballroom and a new building. Early in the afternoon he announced that Senator Markwayne Mullin would replace Kristi Noem at Homeland Security, and his note thanked her rather than blaming her. He said nothing about that day's news on the Epstein files, the close House vote on the Iran war, or the deadly tornadoes, and he never showed any anger.

Full digest for 2026-03-05: https://trump.fm/date/2026-03-05/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, March 5).  [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_116177784616697185
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "" Truth Social, 5 Mar. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116177784616697185. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "," Truth Social, March 5, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116177784616697185.

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