# Post x_871679061847879682

- Post ID: `x_871679061847879682`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-06-05T10:44:18.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_871679061847879682
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_871679061847879682/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_871679061847879682.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> In any event we are EXTREME VETTING people coming into the U.S. in order to help keep our country safe. The courts are slow and political!

## Engagement

- Likes: 90,754
- Reposts: 20,282
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.389Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-11T13:19:36.486Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

This post is the fourth in a rapid early-morning tweet storm exploiting the London Bridge terror attack to advance the travel ban. It represents a notable tactical modulation: after three escalating posts — one of which ("I am calling it what we need and what it is, a TRAVEL BAN!") directly undermined his legal team's argument that the policy was not a Muslim ban — this tweet retreats to the more legally defensible "EXTREME VETTING" framing. The opening "In any event" dismisses the self-inflicted damage. The sequence illustrates a core tension in Trump's psychology: narcissistic impulse toward dominance display versus strategic self-interest. The closing attack on courts as "slow and political" continues the pattern of delegitimizing institutional checks, framing constitutional judicial review as partisan obstruction. Within the longitudinal context, this tweet cluster demonstrates how external terror events activate a predictable cycle: exploit tragedy → escalate policy demands → attack institutions blocking those demands → appeal to public safety. The slight de-escalation in this fourth tweet may reflect advisor intervention or momentary self-regulation, though it remains combative.

## Psychological Analysis: "EXTREME VETTING" Post (June 5, 2017)

### Context
This is the fourth in a rapid-fire series of travel ban tweets following the London Bridge terror attack. The previous three posts escalated from exploiting the attack, to defiantly calling it a "TRAVEL BAN," to criticizing his own DOJ. This post attempts a partial retreat to more defensible rhetorical ground ("extreme vetting") while maintaining the attack on courts.

### Authorship
Posted at 6:44 AM ET (Trump was based in Washington, D.C. as president). This falls squarely in his characteristic early-morning tweet storm pattern. The ALL CAPS emphasis, the combative tone toward courts, and the continuation of an obvious emotional thread all confirm authentic authorship.

### Psychological Dynamics
This post is notable as a **tactical modulation** within a rage sequence. After three increasingly inflammatory tweets (one of which undermined his own legal team's strategy), this one pulls back slightly — using "EXTREME VETTING" rather than "TRAVEL BAN" and framing the policy in protective terms ("help keep our country safe"). The closing jab at courts ("slow and political!") maintains grievance but at reduced intensity.

The sequence reveals the tension between impulsive narcissistic expression and the reality constraints of ongoing litigation — a tension Trump consistently resolves in favor of impulse.

### Rhetorical Analysis
"In any event" functions as a dismissive transition — waving away the legal complications raised by his own prior tweets. The phrase "help keep our country safe" is an appeal to fear and protective framing. "Slow and political" delegitimizes judicial review as partisan obstruction rather than constitutional function.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "We are EXTREME VETTING people coming into the U.S." | **Half True** | Vetting procedures existed but the travel ban itself was blocked by courts; 'extreme vetting' was more aspiration than implemented policy at this point |
| "The courts are slow and political" | **Mostly False** | Multiple courts acted relatively quickly on the travel ban cases; characterizing judicial review as 'political' misrepresents constitutional function |

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 92%)

### Indicators

- 6:44 AM ET early morning posting
- ALL CAPS emphasis on EXTREME VETTING
- part of rapid multi-tweet sequence
- combative closing punctuation
- stream-of-consciousness continuation of theme

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Courts blocking travel ban)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting Federal courts
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.40

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- rapid-fire multi-tweet sequence at early morning hours
- pressured output on single topic

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- rationalization (neurotic)
- projection (immature)
- denial (pathological)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 35%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- protective father framing
- shared grievance against courts

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- ongoing delegitimization of federal courts as political actors
- pattern of undermining institutional checks on executive power

### Gaslighting

- Reframes judicial constitutional review as 'political' obstruction
- Implies courts are endangering public safety by performing their function

## Fact Checks (2)

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

> We are EXTREME VETTING people coming into the U.S.

**HALF TRUE**

Vetting procedures existed but the travel ban itself was blocked by courts; 'extreme vetting' was more aspiration than implemented policy at this point

> The courts are slow and political

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Multiple courts acted relatively quickly on the travel ban cases; characterizing judicial review as 'political' misrepresents constitutional function

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Tags

- travel-ban (90%)
- judicial-delegitimization (70%)
- london-bridge-exploitation (60%)
- rage-sequence (60%)

## That day

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

**Trump Sabotages Own Supreme Court Travel Ban Case in Self-Defeating Dawn Tweet Storm**

Trump woke up angry and spent the early morning firing off posts about the travel ban, publicly calling it exactly that — the one term his own lawyers were desperately avoiding in their Supreme Court arguments. He attacked his Justice Department's legal strategy as "watered down" and went after London's mayor by twisting his post-attack comments out of context. The day's rage gradually faded into routine staff-written policy announcements about veterans and air traffic control by late afternoon.

Full digest for 2017-06-05: https://trump.fm/date/2017-06-05/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, June 5). In any event we are EXTREME VETTING people coming... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_871679061847879682
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "In any event we are EXTREME VETTING people coming into the..." X (Twitter), 5 Jun. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_871679061847879682. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "In any event we are EXTREME VETTING people coming into the...," X (Twitter), June 5, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_871679061847879682.

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