Analysis: The Democrats don't want money from budget going to border w...

9y ago Apr 23, 2017 at 3:42 PM

The Democrats don't want money from budget going to border wall despite the fact that it will stop drugs and very bad MS 13 gang members.

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-11. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

None

Narcissistic State

Grandiose

Authorship

Uncertain

Intensity

40%

Authorship Analysis

Uncertain

Indicators:

Simple declarative syntax
Characteristic 'despite the fact that' construction
Direct political attack framing
No typos but informal tone
Late morning Sunday timing is ambiguous

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Grandiose State

Trigger: Preemptive Attack (Congressional budget negotiations)

Sentiment

-0.50

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

40%

Antisocial

30%

Paranoid

20%

Sadism

10%

Defense Mechanisms:

splittingdistortion

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

30%

Parasocial Techniques:

Positioning self as protector against visceral threatsImplying opponents are complicit in violence

Fact Checks (2)

"Border wall will stop drugs"

Mostly False

DEA reports consistently show the majority of hard drugs enter the US through legal ports of entry via vehicles and cargo, not through open border sections where a wall would be built.

"Border wall will stop MS-13 gang members"

Half True

While some MS-13 members have crossed the border illegally, the gang's growth in the US is primarily driven by domestic recruitment among Central American immigrant communities already in the country. A wall would have limited impact on MS-13 operations.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Psychological Analysis: Border Wall / MS-13 Post (April 23, 2017)

Context

Posted at 11:42 AM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago or returning to DC given the Lake Worth, FL shoutout earlier that day). This is a mid-morning post during a stretch of Sunday political messaging.

Authorship

The post reads as likely authentic Trump—simple syntax, characteristic rhetorical structure ("despite the fact that"), direct political attack framing. However, the lack of typos and relatively measured tone suggest possible light editing. The timing (late morning Sunday) is ambiguous.

Psychological Dynamics

This post follows a pattern of framing opposition as irrational or dangerous. The rhetorical move is classic: Democrats aren't just disagreeing on policy—they're implicitly enabling drugs and gang violence. This is a splitting defense (good/bad) combined with appeal to fear.

The mention of "MS 13" is specific and functions as a dehumanization anchor—associating immigration policy opposition with the most violent gang available as a reference point. This is a consistent Trump pattern of concretizing abstract policy disagreements into visceral threat narratives.

Rhetorical Analysis

The structure is: [opponents] + [their action] + "despite the fact that" + [obviously good outcome they're blocking]. This frames the opposition as either stupid or malicious, a false dichotomy that forecloses legitimate policy debate about wall effectiveness.

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"Border wall will stop drugs"	Mostly False	DEA reports consistently show the majority of hard drugs enter the US through legal ports of entry via vehicles and cargo, not through open border sections where a wall would be built.
"Border wall will stop MS-13 gang members"	Half True	While some MS-13 members have crossed the border illegally, the gang's growth in the US is primarily driven by domestic recruitment among Central American immigrant communities already in the country. A wall would have limited impact on MS-13 operations.

Overall Veracity: 35%