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Thu Jul 20, 2017, 10:03 AM Jul 2017

Six Months - 991 tweets, 0 major legislation - CNN - the dumpster by the numbers

http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/19/politics/donald-trump-six-months/index.html

President Trump's first six months: by the numbers
Text by Gregory Krieg and graphics by Joyce Tseng, CNN
Updated 8:15 AM ET, Thu July 20, 2017
(CNN)On Thursday, President Donald Trump finishes his first six months -- yes, months -- in office.

It has been an uneven debut for the corporate executive and reality TV star turned commander-in-chief, marked most notably by clashes with political rivals and the press, a failed promise to repeal and replace Obamacare and the persistent drip of new details about Russian interference in the 2016 election.
But Trump scored high marks with the Republican conservative base with his Supreme Court pick, Justice Neil Gorsuch, and the party rank-and-file has stuck by his side through the early turbulence, many delighting in his constant attacks on the mainstream media. Still, the durability of their faith could be tested if the second half of the year passes without any major legislative achievements.
Here is the story of Trump's first six months, by the numbers.

snip - read it and weep for our country
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