# Post x_620546522556534784

- Post ID: `x_620546522556534784`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2015-07-13T10:53:14.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_620546522556534784
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_620546522556534784/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_620546522556534784.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> ....likewise, billions of dollars gets brought into Mexico    through the border. We get the killers, drugs & crime, they get the money!

## Engagement

- Likes: 2,164
- Reposts: 1,527
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.348Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-07T10:38:09.517Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Psychological Analysis: Post x_620546522556534784

### Context
This is a continuation post (indicated by leading "....likewise") in a series about El Chapo's prison escape and US-Mexico border issues. Trump was approximately 3 weeks into his presidential campaign, doubling down on his signature immigration rhetoric that had already cost him the Macy's deal.

### Authorship
Posted at 10:53 UTC = 6:53 AM ET. Trump was likely in New York. Early morning timing is consistent with authentic Trump posting. The ellipsis continuation, informal style, and emotional framing all point to authentic authorship.

### Psychological State
This post is part of a sustained rhetorical barrage using El Chapo's escape as vindication for his immigration stance. The framing is zero-sum: Mexico gets money, US gets "killers, drugs & crime." This is classic splitting — all bad assigned to one side, all benefit to the other.

### Rhetorical Analysis
The post employs a transactional framing ("We get... they get...") that reduces complex geopolitics to a bad deal narrative. The tricolon "killers, drugs & crime" escalates from most alarming to broadest category. This is Trump as dealmaker-protagonist exposing a raw deal.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Billions of dollars gets brought into Mexico through the border" | **Half True** | Remittances to Mexico were approximately $24 billion annually in 2015, though this is legal money sent by workers, not illicit proceeds. Drug cartel cash flows also cross the border but exact figures are debated. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- Early morning posting (6:53 AM ET)
- Continuation ellipsis style
- Informal transactional framing
- Part of emotional multi-post thread

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (El Chapo escape validating immigration stance)

Sentiment: -0.60

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid-fire multi-post thread on single topic

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 10%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- in-group identification via 'we'
- shared grievance construction

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Scapegoating entire nation/population
- Association of immigrants with 'killers' and crime

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-07._

> Billions of dollars gets brought into Mexico through the border

**HALF TRUE**

Remittances to Mexico were approximately $24 billion annually in 2015, though this is legal money sent by workers, not illicit proceeds. Drug cartel cash flows also cross the border but exact figures are debated.

Sources: World Bank remittance data

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- immigration (100%)
- Mexico (90%)
- El Chapo (70%)
- campaign rhetoric (80%)

## That day

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

**El Chapo's Escape Becomes Trump's Vindication Engine: A 23-Post Obsessive Validation Cycle**

On July 13, 2015, less than a month after his campaign launch, Donald Trump seized on Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán's dramatic July 11 prison escape as a singular validation event for his widely criticized June 16 comments about Mexican immigrants. The day produced 23 posts—well above his 2015 baseline of roughly 8–15—with 13 (57%) directly referencing El Chapo, Mexico, or the border. The posting pattern reveals a classic narcissistic supply cycle: the external event provided objective "proof" of his earlier claims, which he leveraged both offensively (attacking media and rivals) and defensively (demanding apologies, amplifying supporter praise). The day's emotional trajectory follows a clear Redemption arc, transforming the perceived setback of media criticism into a narrative of prescient triumph.

Trump was almost certainly based in New York City (EDT, UTC-4) during this period. Converting to local time, posting activity began at 8:25 PM EDT on July 12 and continued until 12:05 AM EDT on July 13, with a sleep gap of approximately 6 hours and 42 minutes before the 6:47 AM EDT morning burst. While this sleep window is on the shorter end, it is consistent with Trump's self-reported sleep habits and does not alone suggest deprivation. However, the elevated post count, obsessive thematic repetition, duplicate posts (two pairs of near-identical tweets posted hours apart), and a notable 5-post burst within 10 minutes at midday suggest heightened arousal and fixation that, while not meeting full hypomanic criteria, represent clearly elevated activity driven by external narcissistic supply.

Notably absent from the day's output is any reference to Scott Walker's presidential campaign announcement, Sandra Bland's death in a Texas jail, the Iran nuclear talks, or the Greece financial crisis—all concurrent major events. This selective attention underscores the degree to which Trump's cognitive bandwidth was consumed by the El Chapo narrative and its utility as self-validation. The day's danger level peaked at "elevated" across four posts employing dehumanizing rhetoric about immigrants ("killers," "drugs and death"), though no posts targeted specific domestic individuals for action beyond the dismissive Chuck Todd attack.

Full digest for 2015-07-13: https://trump.fm/date/2015-07-13/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2015, July 13). ....likewise, billions of dollars gets brought... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_620546522556534784
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "....likewise, billions of dollars gets brought into Mexico..." X (Twitter), 13 Jul. 2015. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_620546522556534784. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "....likewise, billions of dollars gets brought into Mexico...," X (Twitter), July 13, 2015, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_620546522556534784.

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