# Post ts_116868250318223381

- Post ID: `ts_116868250318223381`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-07-05T16:12:59.711Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116868250318223381
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116868250318223381/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_116868250318223381.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> From Greg Wischer at the United States Department of the Interior: “After 6 long years, the original cannons that previously surrounded the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park but were damaged in the 2020 riots have been returned to their rightful location around the statue.
>
> The four cannons—El Witiza, El Egica, El Apolo, and El Aristeo—were captured by Andrew Jackson from the Spanish in his Pensacola Campaign in 1818.
>
> El Witiza and El Egica had been cast at the royal foundry in Barcelona in 1748 and were named for two Visigoth kings, while El Apolo and El Aristeo were cast in 1773 and were named for two Greek gods.
>
> The first photo below shows the damaged cannons and the destroyed cannon carriages, which support and transport the cannons, during the 2020 riots.
>
> The second photo shows the state of the Andrew Jackson statue and returned cannons today. (The National Park Service team is now whitening the marble pedestal for the Jackson statue.)”

## Media

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/116/868/247/026/467/872/original/fcb81bfd050a029d.jpg
- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/116/868/247/027/976/861/original/e5986490456b660c.jpg

## Engagement

- Likes: 5,593
- Reposts: 1,461
- Replies: 230
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-07-05T20:00:55.097Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-07-08T06:44:48.213Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Multi-Level Personality Analysis

### Authorship Attribution
**Assessment: Aide-written / institutional content (score ≈ 0.05, high confidence).**

This post is a verbatim reposted statement explicitly attributed to a named third party — "Greg Wischer at the United States Department of the Interior." Every structural marker points to institutional authorship rather than Trump's personal voice:

- **Third-party framing:** The entire body is a quoted press release; Trump's own contribution is limited to the sharing act.
- **Policy/detail precision:** Specific proper names (El Witiza, El Egica, El Apolo, El Aristeo), exact dates (1748, 1773, 1818), a named foundry (royal foundry in Barcelona), and a named campaign (Pensacola). Trump's authentic voice trends toward round numbers and vague attribution ("many people," "the numbers"); this is the opposite.
- **Polished syntax:** Correct grammar, em-dashes, parenthetical asides, clean paragraph structure, no ALL-CAPS bursts, no homophone errors, no emotional drift.
- **Timing:** 16:12 UTC = ~12:12 PM EDT. Trump was in the DC area (post-July 4 Lincoln Memorial event). Midday business hours strongly favor staff scheduling.

This is part of a same-day cluster of near-identical Interior Department "Safe and Beautiful"/beautification bulletins (Dupont Circle, Theodore Roosevelt Island, "Valor" statue), confirming a coordinated communications push routed through Trump's account.

### Level 1: Dispositional Traits
Because the text is not authored by the subject, trait inference is weak. The *curatorial choice* to amplify restoration content is mildly consistent with order-restoration schemas and low openness to the events being framed as "riots," but these are institutional, not personal, expressions.

### Level 2: Characteristic Adaptations
The selected content serves an agency/status motive at the institutional level: reversing 2020 "riot" damage frames the administration as restorer of order and legitimate authority. Communion motives are minimal.

### Level 3: Narrative Identity
The implicit narrative is a **redemption sequence** ("After 6 long years… damaged in the 2020 riots have been returned to their rightful location") — desecration followed by restoration. The 2020 protests function as the contaminating event; the current administration as restorer. The Andrew Jackson association is itself an identity graft: a combative, populist, norm-breaking predecessor.

### Level 4: Clinical Indicators
Not applicable in any meaningful sense. Because the post is aide-authored institutional copy, it provides essentially no window into the subject's psychological state, defenses, or cognition. No narcissistic injury, rage, grandiosity, or cognitive markers are present in the text itself. Assigning clinical constructs here would be an attribution error.

### Rhetorical / Framing Notes
Mild ideological framing via word choice: "riots" (rather than "protests"), "rightful location," and the restoration-as-virtue arc. These are standard administration messaging conventions, not manipulation or propaganda in the strong sense. No dehumanization, no violent imagery.

### Danger Assessment
None. No targets, grievances-with-implied-action, or mobilization cues.

### Longitudinal Note
This post is best coded as a low-salience institutional amplification. It should be down-weighted in any longitudinal model of the *subject's* psychology, as it reflects staff communications strategy rather than personal cognition or affect.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Cannons surrounding the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park were captured by Andrew Jackson from the Spanish in his 1818 Pensacola Campaign." | **Mostly True** | The Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Square (Clark Mills, 1853) is historically flanked by captured Spanish cannons associated with Jackson's Florida/Pensacola campaign. This is well-documented National Park Service history. |
| "The cannons were damaged during 2020 riots and have now been returned after 6 years." | **True** | Both halves of this claim are independently confirmed. The 2020 damage is well documented: the U.S. Department of Justice charged four men over the June 22, 2020 attempt to tear down the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Square, and court filings alleged a videotape showed one of the men breaking off and destroying the wheels of the cannons at the base of the statue. Wikipedia's article on the statue and the National Park Service page both state the cannons' carriages were damaged during the summer 2020 protests, and an October 2021 photo caption in the Wikipedia article describes the 'Jackson Monument after the removal of cannons at its base,' confirming the cannons were removed for conservation. The recent return is corroborated by sources independent of the Interior Department statement: a RedState news article dated June 28, 2026 reports that 'The historic cannons had been damaged and had just been put back this month after more than 5 years,' and an eyewitness post on X (Andrew Leyden, @PenguinSix) states that 'The canons have returned to the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park near the White House. They were removed for repairs over five years ago but are back in the park now.' The timeline is accurate: the cannons were damaged during the June 2020 riots and reinstalled in June 2026, a span of six years. One minor framing nuance: independent sources count 'over five years' from the point the cannons were physically removed (which happened somewhat after the initial 2020 damage), while the Interior statement's 'six years' is measured from the 2020 riots; both framings are accurate and not contradictory. |
| "The four cannons (El Witiza, El Egica, El Apolo, El Aristeo) were cast at the royal foundry in Barcelona in 1748 and 1773, named for Visigoth kings and Greek gods." | **True** | Every specific detail is confirmed by the official National Park Service page for the General Andrew Jackson Statue, which describes the four cannons as 'rare pieces cast by Josephus Barnola at the royal foundry in Barcelona, Spain during the eighteenth century,' identifies them as El Aristeo (1773), El Apolo (1773), El Witiza (1748), and El Egica (1748), and states they were named 'for Greek gods and Visigoth kings' and captured from Spanish forces at Pensacola, Florida in 1818. A second independent source (the DC Bike Blogger's cannon pages) matches the claim's exact pairing: 'The pair of cannons on the north had been cast at the Royal Foundry of Barcelona in 1748 and were named for two Visigoth kings: El Witiza and El Egica. The two on the south were cast in 1773 and were named for two Greek gods: El Apolo and El Aristeo.' The naming attributions also check out against reference sources: Wittiza (Witiza, reigned c. 694–710) and Egica (reigned 687–702/703) were both genuine Visigothic kings of Hispania, while Apollo is a major Olympian god and Aristaeus (Aristeo) is a Greek deity (son of Apollo, associated with beekeeping and herding). The claim's specific matching of casting years to naming themes — 1748 cannons named for Visigoth kings, 1773 cannons named for Greek gods — is exactly reproduced in the primary sources. The White House Historical Association also documents these four Pensacola cannons, though its page could not be fetched directly. |

Overall Veracity: 93%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 5%)

### Indicators

- Content is a verbatim quoted statement explicitly attributed to 'Greg Wischer at the United States Department of the Interior' — third-party voice
- High policy/detail precision atypical of Trump: specific proper names (El Witiza, El Egica, El Apolo, El Aristeo), exact dates (1748, 1773, 1818), named foundry (Barcelona), named campaign (Pensacola)
- Polished syntax: correct grammar, em-dashes, parenthetical asides, clean paragraphs, no ALL-CAPS, no homophone/typo errors, no emotional drift
- Midday local timing (~12:12 PM EDT in DC) consistent with business-hours staff posting
- Part of a same-day cluster of near-identical Interior Dept beautification bulletins, indicating coordinated comms push

## Psychological Profile

### Traits

**Big Five:**
- Extraversion: 50%
- Agreeableness: 45%
- Conscientiousness: 55%
- Neuroticism: 40%
- Openness: 40%

Strongest facet: order/restoration framing (institutional)

**Motives:**
- Agency: 55%
- Communion: 20%

Primary drive: status

### Narrative

- **Role:** restorer of order (administration, not personal)
- **Arc:** redemption
- **Contrasting:** 2020 rioters / previous administrations

**Identity Claims:**
- administration that reverses desecration and restores heritage

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Interior Department communications rollout on D.C. beautification/restoration)

Sentiment: +0.35

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 15%
- Antisocial: 5%
- Paranoid: 10%
- Sadism: 0%

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 70%

## Fact Checks (3)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-07-08; a recheck of the unverifiable ones last ran 2026-07-08._

> Cannons surrounding the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park were captured by Andrew Jackson from the Spanish in his 1818 Pensacola Campaign.

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Square (Clark Mills, 1853) is historically flanked by captured Spanish cannons associated with Jackson's Florida/Pensacola campaign. This is well-documented National Park Service history.

> The cannons were damaged during 2020 riots and have now been returned after 6 years.

**TRUE**

Both halves of this claim are independently confirmed. The 2020 damage is well documented: the U.S. Department of Justice charged four men over the June 22, 2020 attempt to tear down the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Square, and court filings alleged a videotape showed one of the men breaking off and destroying the wheels of the cannons at the base of the statue. Wikipedia's article on the statue and the National Park Service page both state the cannons' carriages were damaged during the summer 2020 protests, and an October 2021 photo caption in the Wikipedia article describes the 'Jackson Monument after the removal of cannons at its base,' confirming the cannons were removed for conservation. The recent return is corroborated by sources independent of the Interior Department statement: a RedState news article dated June 28, 2026 reports that 'The historic cannons had been damaged and had just been put back this month after more than 5 years,' and an eyewitness post on X (Andrew Leyden, @PenguinSix) states that 'The canons have returned to the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park near the White House. They were removed for repairs over five years ago but are back in the park now.' The timeline is accurate: the cannons were damaged during the June 2020 riots and reinstalled in June 2026, a span of six years. One minor framing nuance: independent sources count 'over five years' from the point the cannons were physically removed (which happened somewhat after the initial 2020 damage), while the Interior statement's 'six years' is measured from the 2020 riots; both framings are accurate and not contradictory.

Sources: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/four-men-charged-federal-court-attempting-tear-down-statue-andrew-jackson-lafayette; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equestrian_statue_of_Andrew_Jackson_(Washington,_D.C.); https://www.nps.gov/places/000/general-andrew-jackson-statue.htm; https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/06/28/trump-lafayette-park-n2203808; https://x.com/PenguinSix/status/2070972120163610972

> The four cannons (El Witiza, El Egica, El Apolo, El Aristeo) were cast at the royal foundry in Barcelona in 1748 and 1773, named for Visigoth kings and Greek gods.

**TRUE**

Every specific detail is confirmed by the official National Park Service page for the General Andrew Jackson Statue, which describes the four cannons as 'rare pieces cast by Josephus Barnola at the royal foundry in Barcelona, Spain during the eighteenth century,' identifies them as El Aristeo (1773), El Apolo (1773), El Witiza (1748), and El Egica (1748), and states they were named 'for Greek gods and Visigoth kings' and captured from Spanish forces at Pensacola, Florida in 1818. A second independent source (the DC Bike Blogger's cannon pages) matches the claim's exact pairing: 'The pair of cannons on the north had been cast at the Royal Foundry of Barcelona in 1748 and were named for two Visigoth kings: El Witiza and El Egica. The two on the south were cast in 1773 and were named for two Greek gods: El Apolo and El Aristeo.' The naming attributions also check out against reference sources: Wittiza (Witiza, reigned c. 694–710) and Egica (reigned 687–702/703) were both genuine Visigothic kings of Hispania, while Apollo is a major Olympian god and Aristaeus (Aristeo) is a Greek deity (son of Apollo, associated with beekeeping and herding). The claim's specific matching of casting years to naming themes — 1748 cannons named for Visigoth kings, 1773 cannons named for Greek gods — is exactly reproduced in the primary sources. The White House Historical Association also documents these four Pensacola cannons, though its page could not be fetched directly.

Sources: https://www.nps.gov/places/000/general-andrew-jackson-statue.htm; https://dcbikeblogger.wordpress.com/tag/el-apolo/; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittiza; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egica; https://www.britannica.com/topic/Apollo-Greek-mythology; https://www.britannica.com/topic/Aristaeus; https://www.whitehousehistory.org/four-salutes-to-the-nation

Overall Veracity: 93%

## Tags

- aide_written (95%)
- government_announcement (90%)
- reposted_statement (90%)
- dc_beautification (80%)
- order_restoration (60%)
- 2020_protests_as_riots (50%)
- low_clinical_significance (85%)

## That day

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

**A record-setting Fourth gave way to a morning spent on reflecting-pool algae and one judge's foreign birth**

Trump was still posting well past midnight, riding the high of the July 4th celebration he had headlined on the National Mall, and by the time he stopped the next evening he had posted more than a hundred times. Most of it was self-congratulation — the record fireworks, a crowd number he inflated, TikTok view counts, family photos, and a surprising amount of attention to how clean the Lincoln Reflecting Pool looked compared with Obama's. Running underneath was a harsher stream of borrowed material: six posts attacking the federal judiciary, four of them naming and picturing the same judge over her birth in Trinidad, plus a video claiming Haitian immigrants are part of a plot to replace American communities. Almost none of that angrier content was in his own words — it was two-week-old screenshots from other accounts, dumped out in one burst before lunch. He closed the day by reposting six of his own posts, then reposting the same six again eight minutes later.

Full digest for 2026-07-05: https://trump.fm/date/2026-07-05/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, July 5). From Greg Wischer at the United States Department... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_116868250318223381
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "From Greg Wischer at the United States Department of the..." Truth Social, 5 Jul. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116868250318223381. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "From Greg Wischer at the United States Department of the...," Truth Social, July 5, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116868250318223381.

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