# Post ts_114458100604424846

- Post ID: `ts_114458100604424846`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2025-05-06T00:40:13.618Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_114458100604424846/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_114458100604424846.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr: “What we're cutting is waste, fraud, and abuse. We're streamlining an agency that grew by 38% in the 4 years that President Biden was in the White House...we're not getting rid of ANY critical research and we're not getting rid of any of the programs that are critical to Americans' healthcare…”

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (0:51), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> First of all, we're cutting as ways for audit abuse. We're streamlining an agency that grew by 38% in the four years that President Biden was in the White House and we're dialing it back to the pre-Biden administration. And the agency was not doing what it was supposed to be doing, which is preventing disease, chronic disease, particularly in Americans. Americans during that period got sicker and sicker and sicker. Oh, and the agency is bloated. When I got there, there were 100 communications departments, there were 50, 40 procurement departments, 40 IT departments, 40 HR departments. And we streamlined the agency. We got rid of the redundancy and that's how we save that money. We're not getting rid of any critical research and we're not getting rid of any of the programs that are critical to Americans' healthcare.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/114/458/100/465/934/037/original/a4d5814954fd90c8.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 2,483
- Reposts: 771
- Replies: 184
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.311Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-22T01:19:40.053Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Analysis: RFK Jr. Quote Share on Agency Streamlining

### Overview
This post shares a video clip of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defending agency cuts as targeting "waste, fraud, and abuse" rather than critical research or healthcare programs. It is a straightforward amplification of a subordinate's messaging — a routine maintenance post providing political cover for controversial DOGE-adjacent cuts to federal health agencies.

### Authorship
Posted at 8:40 PM ET (Trump likely at White House or Mar-a-Lago). This falls in the evening window — possible for either Trump or an aide. The polished formatting, correct attribution, proper quotation structure, and lack of editorializing strongly suggest aide composition. Trump rarely shares quotes without adding personal commentary, superlatives, or attacks.

### Psychological Function
This is a **supply-by-proxy** post — using Kennedy's credibility on health issues to validate administration policy. The post delegates the defensive argument to a trusted surrogate rather than engaging critics directly, which is characteristic of strategic communications rather than impulsive posting.

### Rhetorical Analysis
Kennedy's quoted language employs several techniques: the "waste, fraud, and abuse" frame (appeal to common sense), the 38% growth statistic (anchoring), and the double negative reassurance ("not getting rid of ANY critical research"). The framing converts cuts into "streamlining" — classic euphemistic rebranding.

### Context
This aligns with the broader pattern of posts this day defending administration actions (gain-of-function EO, Ed Martin nomination tied to health). The clustering suggests coordinated health-policy messaging.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "HHS grew by 38% during Biden's 4 years" | **Unverifiable** | Kennedy's claim about 38% growth is vague — could refer to budget, headcount, or something else. HHS budget did grow significantly during COVID/post-COVID period but precise figure depends on metric used. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 15%)

### Indicators

- Clean formatting with proper quotation marks
- No personal editorializing or ALL CAPS commentary
- Correct attribution and ellipsis usage
- Evening posting but professional tone
- No typos or stream-of-consciousness

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance

Sentiment: +0.30

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 10%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- surrogate endorsement
- appeal to authority

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-22._

> HHS grew by 38% during Biden's 4 years

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Kennedy's claim about 38% growth is vague — could refer to budget, headcount, or something else. HHS budget did grow significantly during COVID/post-COVID period but precise figure depends on metric used.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- surrogate-defense (80%)
- health-policy (90%)
- aide-written (85%)
- maintenance-post (90%)

## That day

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

**A Busy Day of Governance Theater Opens with Grievance, Closes with a Presidential Checklist**

A busy but largely routine day of presidential business from the White House, dominated by judicial nominations, executive orders, and a bilateral meeting with Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney. The day opened with its sharpest moment — a heated defense of a convicted Colorado election official and a public demand for the Justice Department to intervene — before settling into a steady stream of governance announcements and third-party praise. A brief flash of irritation about impeachment talk surfaced mid-morning but didn't escalate. The overall mood was confident and self-congratulatory, with Trump presenting himself as a highly productive president methodically checking off agenda items.

Full digest for 2025-05-06: https://trump.fm/date/2025-05-06/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2025, May 6). Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr: “What we're... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_114458100604424846
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr: “What we're cutting is..." Truth Social, 6 May. 2025. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114458100604424846. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr: “What we're cutting is...," Truth Social, May 6, 2025, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_114458100604424846.

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