# Post ts_109162774910593079

- Post ID: `ts_109162774910593079`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-10-13T20:09:15.837Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162774910593079
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162774910593079/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109162774910593079.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> “Document Shredding Truck Spotted On The Way To Cheney's House...” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/document-shredding-truck-_n_32831

## Engagement

- Likes: 12,640
- Reposts: 4,488
- Replies: 332
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.432Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T23:44:47.507Z (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 part of a coordinated five-post barrage on October 13, 2022, sharing old (2007-2009) articles about Bush/Cheney-era document destruction and missing emails. The timing is significant: the January 6 Committee had just voted to subpoena Trump, and the Mar-a-Lago classified documents investigation was ongoing. The psychological function is transparent — projection and whataboutism deployed as defense against narcissistic injury from the subpoena. The choice of Cheney is strategically overdetermined, simultaneously attacking Dick Cheney's record and undermining Liz Cheney's credibility as Jan 6 Committee vice chair through familial guilt by association. The disciplined, no-commentary format and rapid serial posting suggest aide curation executing a Trump-directed strategy. Rhetorically notable for what it omits: no explicit argument is made, forcing readers to construct the "double standard" narrative themselves — a more persuasive technique than direct assertion. The articles are presented without temporal context, creating an impression they describe ongoing rather than historical events. While individually innocuous, the pattern represents a sophisticated reality-distortion campaign aimed at normalizing document destruction and delegitimizing the investigations Trump faced.

## Analysis: Whataboutism Barrage — Bush/Cheney Document Destruction Series

This post is one of at least five rapid-fire posts on October 13, 2022, all sharing old news articles about Bush-era document destruction and missing emails. The context is clear: the January 6 Committee had just voted to subpoena Trump, and Trump was facing scrutiny over his own document handling (the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case). This post shares a HuffPost article about a document shredding truck spotted near Cheney's house.

### Pattern Recognition
The serial posting of old articles (HuffPost, Newsweek, Mother Jones, FindLaw, FAS) constitutes a coordinated whataboutism campaign. The implicit argument: "They did it too/worse, so my document issues are selective prosecution." The choice of Cheney is doubly motivated — Dick Cheney's daughter Liz Cheney was vice chair of the Jan 6 Committee that just voted to subpoena him.

### Authorship
Posted at 4:09 PM ET (Trump likely in Florida, so same timezone). The post is minimalist — just a headline and link with no personal commentary. This pattern of rapid article-sharing with no editorializing suggests aide curation, though Trump may have directed the strategy.

### Rhetorical Function
Each article is presented without commentary, letting the headline do the rhetorical work. This is unusually disciplined for Trump, reinforcing the aide hypothesis. The sheer volume (5+ posts on same theme) serves the firehose function of overwhelming the narrative space.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "A document shredding truck was spotted on the way to Cheney's house" | **Mostly True** | The HuffPost article from 2007 did report on a Cintas document shredding truck photographed near the VP residence during the Plame/CIA leak investigation period. The headline is real but the article is from ~2007, presented without temporal context. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 25%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (4:09 PM ET)
- No personal commentary or editorializing
- Clean formatting — just headline and link
- Part of coordinated multi-post campaign suggesting curation
- No typos, ALL CAPS, or emotional reactivity

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (January 6 Committee subpoena vote)

Sentiment: -0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 20%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- providing followers with counter-narratives to deploy
- creating shared grievance framework

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Presenting 15-year-old articles as if currently relevant without dating them
- Implicit false equivalence between Bush-era issues and Trump's classified documents case
- Reality distortion through selective historical framing

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> A document shredding truck was spotted on the way to Cheney's house

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The HuffPost article from 2007 did report on a Cintas document shredding truck photographed near the VP residence during the Plame/CIA leak investigation period. The headline is real but the article is from ~2007, presented without temporal context.

Sources: HuffPost archive

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- whataboutism (90%)
- projection (80%)
- jan6-subpoena-response (90%)
- cheney-targeting (70%)
- document-scandal-deflection (90%)

## 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). “Document Shredding Truck Spotted On The Way To... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162774910593079
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "“Document Shredding Truck Spotted On The Way To Cheney's..." Truth Social, 13 Oct. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162774910593079. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "“Document Shredding Truck Spotted On The Way To Cheney's...," Truth Social, October 13, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162774910593079.

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