# Post x_846166053663191040

- Post ID: `x_846166053663191040`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-03-27T01:04:42.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_846166053663191040
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_846166053663191040/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_846166053663191040.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> General Kelly is doing a great job at the border. Numbers are way down. Many are not even trying to come in anymore.

## Engagement

- Likes: 108,475
- Reposts: 21,319
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.391Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T10:38:17.044Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Post x_846166053663191040 (2017-03-27)

### Content Summary
Trump praises General John Kelly (then DHS Secretary) for border enforcement results, claiming declining border crossing numbers and a deterrent effect.

### Authorship
Posted at 1:04 AM UTC = 9:04 PM EDT (Trump was likely at White House or Mar-a-Lago). Evening but not late-night. The post is grammatically correct, short, and policy-focused — consistent with either authentic Trump or aide composition. The simplicity and brevity are Trump-consistent, but the lack of emotional charge or stylistic flourishes makes aide authorship plausible.

### Psychological Context
This post arrives amid the AHCA failure — a major legislative defeat. Rather than addressing that wound directly, Trump pivots to a policy area showing success (border enforcement). This represents classic **displacement** and **compartmentalization**: redirecting attention from a domain of failure to one of perceived success.

### Rhetorical Analysis
- "Numbers are way down" — vague quantitative claim without specifics
- "Many are not even trying to come in anymore" — extends the claim to deterrence, unverifiable
- Attribution of success to a subordinate (Kelly) while implicitly claiming credit for the policy direction

### Clinical Significance
Low. This is a routine maintenance post with mild supply-seeking through policy boasting. The deflection from AHCA failure is the most psychologically notable element.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Numbers are way down at the border" | **Mostly True** | Southwest border apprehensions did drop significantly in early 2017 (from ~40K/month to ~12K in March 2017), though this was partly seasonal and partly due to rhetoric/policy expectations rather than specific Kelly actions. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 50%)

### Indicators

- Evening posting time (9 PM ET)
- Grammatically correct
- Short and policy-focused
- No typos or ALL CAPS
- Simple vocabulary consistent with both Trump and aide

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- displacement (neurotic)
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-11._

> Numbers are way down at the border

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Southwest border apprehensions did drop significantly in early 2017 (from ~40K/month to ~12K in March 2017), though this was partly seasonal and partly due to rhetoric/policy expectations rather than specific Kelly actions.

Sources: CBP apprehension statistics 2017

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- border-policy (80%)
- displacement-from-AHCA (50%)
- kelly-praise (60%)

## That day

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

**An unusually quiet day: one mild border post amid swirling Russia-probe drama**

An extraordinarily quiet day on social media, with just a single post praising his Homeland Security secretary's work on border enforcement. Despite major political developments -- including calls for the House Intelligence chair to step aside from the Russia investigation and the launch of a new White House innovation office -- Trump stayed almost entirely off the platform. The lone post was mild and self-congratulatory, suggesting either disciplined message management or a day consumed by governing rather than broadcasting.

Full digest for 2017-03-27: https://trump.fm/date/2017-03-27/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, March 27). General Kelly is doing a great job at the border.... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_846166053663191040
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "General Kelly is doing a great job at the border. Numbers..." X (Twitter), 27 Mar. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_846166053663191040. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "General Kelly is doing a great job at the border. Numbers...," X (Twitter), March 27, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_846166053663191040.

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