# Post x_939680422493073408

- Post ID: `x_939680422493073408`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2017-12-10T02:17:25.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_939680422493073408
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_939680422493073408/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_939680422493073408.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> No American should be separated from their loved ones because of preventable crime committed by those illegally in our country. Our cities should be Sanctuaries for Americans – not for criminal aliens! https://t.co/CvtkCG1pln

## Engagement

- Likes: 125,611
- Reposts: 35,354
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.384Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-12T02:36:14.175Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Immigration/Sanctuary Cities Policy Post (Dec 10, 2017)

### Authorship
Posted at 02:17 UTC on Dec 10. Trump was in or returning from Pensacola, FL (EST) — this is ~9:17 PM Saturday evening. The post is polished, grammatically correct, uses complete sentences, and contains a policy message with a linked video/image. This has strong aide (Scavino) signatures — contrast with the typo-laden, emotionally reactive WaPo posts from hours earlier.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a **maintenance/supply-seeking** post deploying a well-worn immigration frame. The rhetorical structure is calculated: open with emotional appeal (families separated by crime), pivot to policy position (sanctuary cities), close with dehumanizing out-group label ("criminal aliens").

The post employs **splitting** — Americans as innocent victims vs. criminal aliens as threat — and **displacement**, channeling broader anxieties onto an out-group. The sanctuary framing inverts the term's meaning (sanctuary FOR Americans, not for immigrants), a classic reframing technique.

### Rhetorical Devices
- Appeal to fear (preventable crime, loved ones separated)
- False dichotomy (sanctuaries for Americans OR for criminals)
- Dehumanizing language ("criminal aliens")
- Semantic reframing ("sanctuary" redefined)
- Emotional manipulation (invoking family separation)

### Danger Assessment
The dehumanizing language ("criminal aliens") is routine for Trump's immigration rhetoric. Elevated but not novel — this is standard nativist framing rather than escalation.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Americans are separated from loved ones because of preventable crime by illegal immigrants" | **Half True** | While some crimes are committed by undocumented immigrants, research consistently shows immigrants (including undocumented) commit crimes at lower rates than native-born citizens. The framing implies this is a widespread phenomenon. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 20%)

### Indicators

- Perfect grammar and spelling
- Policy-oriented messaging with linked media
- Complete, polished sentences
- No emotional reactivity or ALL CAPS outbursts
- Saturday evening timing — plausible for either but style is clearly aide-crafted

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: -0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- protective father figure framing
- shared grievance construction

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Use of dehumanizing label 'criminal aliens'
- Scapegoating undocumented immigrants for violent crime

**Dehumanizing Language Present**

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-12._

> Americans are separated from loved ones because of preventable crime by illegal immigrants

**HALF TRUE**

While some crimes are committed by undocumented immigrants, research consistently shows immigrants (including undocumented) commit crimes at lower rates than native-born citizens. The framing implies this is a widespread phenomenon.

Sources: Cato Institute studies on immigrant crime rates; DOJ statistics

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- immigration (100%)
- sanctuary_cities (90%)
- dehumanizing_language (70%)
- aide_authored (80%)

## That day

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

**Crowd-Size Wound Festers Into Generalized Media Indictment**

A relatively quiet day of five posts that bookended optimistic economic messaging with media grievance. The evening before featured a sharp attack on a Washington Post reporter over rally crowd photos, and by afternoon the complaint had metastasized into a blanket condemnation of all media as a "stain on America." In between, two upbeat posts touted the stock market and progress on the tax bill. The pattern of the day was familiar: a specific personal slight left unresolved, then generalized into a broader persecution narrative.

Full digest for 2017-12-10: https://trump.fm/date/2017-12-10/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2017, December 10). No American should be separated from their loved... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_939680422493073408
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "No American should be separated from their loved ones..." X (Twitter), 10 Dec. 2017. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_939680422493073408. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "No American should be separated from their loved ones...," X (Twitter), December 10, 2017, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_939680422493073408.

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