# Post ts_109162772425944559

- Post ID: `ts_109162772425944559`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-10-13T20:08:37.924Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162772425944559
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162772425944559/analysis
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## Post text

> “What Will Become of Dick Cheney's Vice Presidential Records?” https://supreme.findlaw.com/legal-commentary/what-will-become-of-dick-cheneys-vice-presidential-records.html

## Engagement

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- Reposts: 3,173
- Replies: 166
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.432Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T23:42:23.620Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Whataboutism Campaign — Bush/Cheney Records

This post is the fifth in a rapid-fire series sharing links about Bush-era presidential records controversies (lost emails, destroyed hard drives, NARA transfer concerns, and now Cheney's VP records). The context is unmistakable: the January 6 Committee had just voted unanimously to subpoena Trump, and Trump was under intense scrutiny for his handling of presidential records (the Mar-a-Lago documents case).

### Pattern Recognition
This is a classic **whataboutism barrage** — flooding the zone with examples of prior administrations' records controversies to normalize his own conduct and undermine the premise that presidential records mishandling is extraordinary or criminal. The volume (5+ posts in rapid succession) follows the RAND "firehose" model.

### Authorship
Posted at 4:08 PM ET — business hours, link-sharing format with no personal commentary, proper formatting. This is almost certainly aide-curated content (likely Scavino or staff performing opposition research and posting pre-selected links).

### Psychological Function
The posts serve as **externalized defense** — Trump (or his team) is building a public narrative of hypocrisy rather than engaging with the substance of the subpoena or records investigation. The choice of Bush/Cheney targets is strategic: Republican predecessors, making this appear nonpartisan rather than purely defensive.

### Clinical Significance
Low individual significance; significant as part of the series pattern demonstrating organized deflection rather than spontaneous emotional reaction.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Dick Cheney's VP records were subject to legal disputes about their disposition" | **True** | The linked FindLaw article discusses real legal questions about VP records under the Presidential Records Act, which were subject to litigation. |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (4:08 PM ET)
- No personal commentary — just title and link
- Curated legal/news source
- Part of coordinated multi-post series
- Professional formatting

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Jan 6 Committee subpoena vote and presidential records investigation)

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance framing
- implicit victimhood

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Implicit reframing of records investigations as routine and hypocritically applied

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-19._

> Dick Cheney's VP records were subject to legal disputes about their disposition

**TRUE**

The linked FindLaw article discusses real legal questions about VP records under the Presidential Records Act, which were subject to litigation.

Sources: FindLaw legal commentary

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- whataboutism (90%)
- presidential_records (90%)
- aide_authored (90%)
- deflection_campaign (80%)

## That day

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

**Twin Legal Threats Trigger Coordinated Whataboutism Blitz as Jan 6 Committee Votes to Subpoena Trump**

Trump spent the day building a massive defensive case against twin legal threats — the January 6 Committee's vote to subpoena him and the ongoing Mar-a-Lago documents investigation. After a quiet morning, he unleashed a rapid-fire barrage of nearly 30 posts in under two hours, most of them links to articles about Bush, Cheney, and Obama document controversies designed to frame his situation as a double standard. The mood was predominantly defensive and aggrieved rather than combative, though he grew sharper toward the end with direct attacks on the Committee and Nancy Pelosi, including several claims contradicted by sworn testimony. The posting pattern suggests a coordinated, aide-assisted media strategy rather than impulsive reaction.

Full digest for 2022-10-13: https://trump.fm/date/2022-10-13/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, October 13). “What Will Become of Dick Cheney's Vice... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162772425944559
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "“What Will Become of Dick Cheney's Vice Presidential..." Truth Social, 13 Oct. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162772425944559. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "“What Will Become of Dick Cheney's Vice Presidential...," Truth Social, October 13, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162772425944559.

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