260,000 words, full of self-praise, from Trump on the coronavirus
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260,000 words, full of self-praise, from Trump on the coronavirus
Three journalists from The New York Times reviewed more than 260,000 words spoken by President Trump during the pandemic. Heres what we learned.
The self-regard, the credit-taking, the audacious rewriting of recent history to cast himself as the hero of the pandemic rather than the president who was slow to respond: Such have been the defining features of Mr. Trumps use of the bully pulpit during the coronavirus outbreak.
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The New York Times analyzed every word President Trump has spoken at his White House briefings and other presidential remarks on the coronavirus more than 260,000 words from March 9 through mid-April.
Here are 6 things we learned.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/26/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-briefings-analyzed.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes