# Post x_959553606134345728

- Post ID: `x_959553606134345728`
- Platform: X (Twitter)
- Posted: 2018-02-02T22:26:22.000Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/x_959553606134345728
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/x_959553606134345728/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/x_959553606134345728.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Today, it was my honor to join the great men and women of @DHSgov, @CustomsBorder, @ICEgov and @USCIS at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection National Targeting Center in Sterling, Virginia. Fact sheet: https://t.co/Q027Wgdzdo https://t.co/NecuA0y1Sk

## Engagement

- Likes: 71,009
- Reposts: 14,643
- Replies: 0
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-01-31T23:43:13.405Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-13T22:32:46.107Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

# Analysis: x_959553606134345728 — February 2, 2018

## Authorship Attribution: Aide-Written (High Confidence)

This post was almost certainly drafted by White House communications staff, most likely Dan Scavino or the press team, not Trump himself. The local timestamp (5:26 PM EST, Sterling/DC area) falls within business hours. The linguistic register is categorically distinct from Trump's authenticated same-day output: correct agency handle formatting, a fact sheet hyperlink, formal honorific syntax ("it was my honor to join"), and zero orthographic errors. Compare to the contemporaneous FBI/DOJ attack posts — fragmented, emotionally charged, containing the `&amp,` encoding error — which bear every hallmark of authentic Trump composition.

## Psychological State: Routine Institutional Maintenance

No genuine psychological signal is extractable from this post at the individual level. It functions as official executive branch communications. The visit itself is consistent with Trump's core political identity construction: **law enforcement valorization** combined with a tacit contrast to the "corrupt" FBI leadership he was simultaneously attacking on the same platform.

The same-day posting sequence is analytically revealing: Trump attacks the FBI/DOJ in his authentic voice across multiple tweets (some duplicated, one with a telltale HTML entity encoding error `&amp,`), while this polished CBP visit post punctuates the day's communications — created by staff to signal presidential engagement and border security commitment.

## Narrative Function

The visit embeds Trump in the **Order Restorer / Warrior** archetype: the commander personally visiting the front lines of border enforcement. The implicit contrast with the day's other posts positions CBP/ICE as the "good" law enforcement versus the "politicized" FBI — reinforcing a loyalty-sorting narrative consistent with the Nunes Memo release context.

## Danger Assessment

None. Standard institutional communications.

## Summary

*Not clinically significant. No summary generated.*

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Trump visited the U.S. Customs and Border Protection National Targeting Center in Sterling, Virginia" | **True** | Consistent with official White House scheduling records and contemporary news coverage of the visit. The National Targeting Center is indeed located in Sterling, Virginia. |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 10%)

### Indicators

- Posted at 5:26 PM EST (business hours for Washington DC/Virginia area)
- Impeccable grammar and spelling throughout
- Official government agency Twitter handles (@DHSgov, @CustomsBorder, @ICEgov, @USCIS) formatted correctly
- Fact sheet link — classic White House communications office deliverable
- Formal, structured syntax: 'it was my honor to join'

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (official White House communications calendar)

Sentiment: +0.35

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 10%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Performative solidarity with law enforcement ('great men and women')
- Commander-in-chief framing to signal authority and competence

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-13._

> Trump visited the U.S. Customs and Border Protection National Targeting Center in Sterling, Virginia

**TRUE**

Consistent with official White House scheduling records and contemporary news coverage of the visit. The National Targeting Center is indeed located in Sterling, Virginia.

Sources: White House daily schedule records; Contemporary press pool coverage

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- aide_written (95%)
- border_security (80%)
- ice_cbp_valorization (70%)
- official_communications (90%)
- law_enforcement_loyalty_sorting (60%)

## That day

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

**Nunes Memo Day: Morning Siege on FBI Gives Way to Afternoon Victory Lap**

The day was dominated by the release of the Nunes Memo, which Trump seized on to attack FBI and Justice Department leadership as partisan conspirators. The morning was combative and defensive, with a rapid-fire cluster of posts accusing investigators of politicizing a "sacred" process and amplifying allies who framed the Russia probe as an Obama-era surveillance operation. By afternoon, the tone shifted sharply to self-congratulation — economic stats, a flattering media headline, and an official visit to border security facilities. Two posts were reposted in near-identical form hours later, suggesting a deliberate effort to keep both the attack and the boast at the top of the feed.

Full digest for 2018-02-02: https://trump.fm/date/2018-02-02/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2018, February 2). Today, it was my honor to join the great men and... [Social media post]. X (Twitter). trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/x_959553606134345728
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Today, it was my honor to join the great men and women of..." X (Twitter), 2 Feb. 2018. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_959553606134345728. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Today, it was my honor to join the great men and women of...," X (Twitter), February 2, 2018, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/x_959553606134345728.

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