At The Washington Post, Aaron Blake was motivated to go
through Donald Trump's COVID-19 press event from yesterday to see how
much content was included and how much was fluff. The answer was obvious
from the get-go, but Blake took the time to color code the transcript
and do a word count. Of the words Trump word-burped, about 25% were self-promoting or blaming others.
For example: "We’re the ones that gave the great response, and we’re the ones that kept China out of here, and if I didn’t do it, you’d have thousands and thousands of people died—who would have died that are now living and happy."
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Trump's press conferences are filled with self-congratulation and deflecting blame. Of course
For example: "We’re the ones that gave the great response, and we’re the ones that kept China out of here, and if I didn’t do it, you’d have thousands and thousands of people died—who would have died that are now living and happy."
Read more at:
Trump's press conferences are filled with self-congratulation and deflecting blame. Of course
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