# Post ts_109162781417813661

- Post ID: `ts_109162781417813661`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-10-13T20:10:55.142Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162781417813661
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162781417813661/analysis
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## Post text

> “Crisis at the National Archives” https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/06/10/crisis_at_the_national_archives_137241.html

## Engagement

- Likes: 12,364
- Reposts: 3,686
- Replies: 181
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.432Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T23:42:28.260Z (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 one of five shared in rapid succession on October 13, 2022, each linking to articles about document handling issues involving Bush, Cheney, and Obama. The coordinated campaign represents a systematic whataboutism defense against the Mar-a-Lago classified documents investigation, intensified by the Jan 6 Committee's recent vote to subpoena Trump. The psychological function is narcissistic defense through projection and false equivalence—reframing his unprecedented legal exposure as routine behavior common to all administrations. The volume-based approach (five links in one day) follows the firehose model of information warfare, providing followers with ready-made counter-arguments while avoiding any substantive engagement with the actual allegations. The aide-assisted, systematic nature of the posting suggests an organized defensive strategy rather than impulsive reaction, though the strategic direction clearly originates from Trump's own grievance framework.

## Analysis: "Crisis at the National Archives" Link Share (2022-10-13)

This post is part of a coordinated series of at least five posts on the same day, each sharing articles about document handling controversies involving Bush, Cheney, and Obama. The pattern is unmistakable whataboutism in response to the FBI's August 2022 search of Mar-a-Lago and the ongoing National Archives/classified documents investigation. The Jan 6 Committee's vote to subpoena Trump days earlier likely intensified the sense of persecution.

### Authorship
Posted at 4:10 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago or traveling ahead of Mesa rally). The post is minimal—just a headline and link with no personal commentary. The coordinated, systematic nature of sharing multiple articles in sequence suggests aide involvement (likely Scavino or staff compiling opposition research links). However, the underlying strategy of flooding the feed with "but they did it too" content reflects Trump's directive thinking.

### Psychological Pattern
The batch-posting of five whataboutism articles represents a systematic defense operation rather than impulsive reaction. This is organized deflection—projecting document mishandling onto predecessors to normalize his own situation and frame the investigation as selective persecution.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Projection/whataboutism**: Central mechanism—attributing document problems to others
- **Rationalization**: If everyone mishandles documents, his behavior is normal
- **Denial by implication**: Reframing suggests the real "crisis" is elsewhere

### Rhetorical Function
The article is from 2018, predating his own controversy, which serves to suggest document issues are systemic rather than unique to him.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "There was a 'crisis at the National Archives' (per linked 2018 article)" | **Half True** | The 2018 RealClearPolitics article discussed concerns about NARA's handling of Obama-era records digitization. While there were legitimate archival debates, characterizing it as a 'crisis' was editorializing, and the issues were fundamentally different from Trump's retention of classified documents. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 20%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (4:10 PM ET)
- No personal commentary or emotional language
- Systematic coordination of five similar posts suggests staff research compilation
- Clean formatting with proper URL

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Mar-a-Lago FBI search, Jan 6 Committee subpoena vote)

Sentiment: -0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 10%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance framing
- providing followers with counter-arguments

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Implicit false equivalence between routine archival issues and retention of classified documents
- Reframing narrative to suggest his situation is normal

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> There was a 'crisis at the National Archives' (per linked 2018 article)

**HALF TRUE**

The 2018 RealClearPolitics article discussed concerns about NARA's handling of Obama-era records digitization. While there were legitimate archival debates, characterizing it as a 'crisis' was editorializing, and the issues were fundamentally different from Trump's retention of classified documents.

Sources: RealClearPolitics article from 2018

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- whataboutism (90%)
- documents_investigation (90%)
- coordinated_posting (80%)
- false_equivalence (70%)
- narcissistic_defense (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). “Crisis at the National Archives”... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162781417813661
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "“Crisis at the National Archives” https://www.realclearpolit..." Truth Social, 13 Oct. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162781417813661. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "“Crisis at the National Archives” https://www.realclearpolit...," Truth Social, October 13, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109162781417813661.

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