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260,000 words, full of self-praise, from Trump on the virus

By Jeremy W. Peters, Elaina Plott and Maggie Haberman
New York Times·
12 mins to read

Three journalists from The New York Times reviewed more than 260,000 words spoken by President Trump during the pandemic. Here's what we learned.

At his White House news briefing on the coronavirus on March 19, President Donald Trump offered high praise for the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Stephen Hahn. "He's worked, like, probably as hard or harder than anybody," Trump said. Then he corrected himself: "Other than maybe Mike Pence — or me."

On March 27, Trump

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