NLP-POL Series

First analysis of NLP-POL, a series applying Natural Language Processing to political science. This inaugural analysis examines the press conference held by D. Trump and his advisors following the forced extradition of N. Maduro on January 3, 2026.

Corpus: 858 sentences — January 3, 2026 Press Conference
Rhetorical Posture

Trump is not the most aggressive speaker — Hegseth and Rubio carry particularly offensive rhetoric throughout the conference.

Response Quality
72%

Partial responses to journalist questions — concrete questions on governance and diplomacy remain unanswered.

Thematic Gap

Oil and economy dominate Trump's responses while journalists ask about governance and legal framework.

"Us vs Them" Framing

US entities portrayed positively (+0.39), foreign entities negatively (−0.53).

Analysis Slides

NLP-POL: Trump Venezuela Analysis
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Method & Code

All code, data, and methodology are open source and available for replication:

nlp-pol This analysis repository
Transcribe-tool Audio transcription tool
LLM_Tool LLM annotation framework