# Post ts_109162776971308271

- Post ID: `ts_109162776971308271`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-10-13T20:09:47.279Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162776971308271
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162776971308271/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109162776971308271.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> “Court: Cheney can decide what records to save” https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna28738473

## Engagement

- Likes: 10,972
- Reposts: 3,546
- Replies: 261
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.432Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T23:44:12.789Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: Post ts_109162776971308271 (2022-10-13)

### Context
This is one of at least six posts in rapid succession on October 13, 2022, each sharing old news articles (2008-2009 era) about Bush/Cheney administration records destruction, missing emails, and document shredding. This post shares an NBC News article about a court ruling allowing Cheney to decide what records to preserve.

### Timing & Trigger
The January 6 Committee voted unanimously to subpoena Trump on this date. Trump was facing scrutiny over his own document handling (the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case was ongoing). This barrage of old articles about Republican predecessors' document destruction is a classic **whataboutism** defense — attempting to normalize or deflect from his own records controversies.

### Authorship
Posted at 4:09 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago or in transit to Mesa, AZ rally). The format — headline plus URL, no personal commentary — is consistent with aide-assisted posting, though the *strategy* of rapid-fire whataboutism articles reflects Trump's directive. The lack of editorializing, ALL CAPS, or personal voice suggests Scavino or staff executed the posting while Trump may have directed the theme.

### Psychological Pattern
The serial posting of six articles on the same theme within a single day represents **compulsive deflection** — a defense against narcissistic injury from the Jan 6 subpoena. The choice of Cheney/Bush targets is strategic: fellow Republicans whose document controversies went largely unpunished, implying unfair targeting of Trump.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Whataboutism/deflection**: Central mechanism across all six posts
- **Rationalization**: Implicit argument that document destruction is normal political behavior
- **Projection**: Redirecting document-handling scrutiny onto predecessors

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Court ruled Cheney can decide what records to save" | **Mostly True** | A 2009 federal court ruling did side with Cheney on vice presidential records, though the framing oversimplifies the legal nuances |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (4:09 PM ET)
- No personal commentary or editorializing
- Clean formatting: headline + URL only
- No typos, ALL CAPS, or emotional language
- Serial posting pattern suggests coordinated campaign

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

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

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 0%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- implicit victimhood framing
- audience education through curated evidence

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> Court ruled Cheney can decide what records to save

**MOSTLY TRUE**

A 2009 federal court ruling did side with Cheney on vice presidential records, though the framing oversimplifies the legal nuances

Sources: NBC News article referenced

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- whataboutism (90%)
- document_investigation_deflection (90%)
- jan6_subpoena_response (80%)
- serial_posting (70%)

## 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). “Court: Cheney can decide what records to save”... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162776971308271
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "“Court: Cheney can decide what records to save”..." Truth Social, 13 Oct. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162776971308271. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "“Court: Cheney can decide what records to save”...," Truth Social, October 13, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162776971308271.

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