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In his second term, Trump fuels a ‘machinery’ of misinformation

Steven Lee Myers and Stuart A. Thompson
New York Times·
10 mins to read
In his second term, Trump fuels a ‘machinery’ of misinformation
President Trump’s first four years in the White House were filled with false or misleading statements - 30,573 of them, or 21 a day on average, according to one tally. Photo / Doug Chayka, The New York Times

President Trump’s first four years in the White House were filled with falsehoods. Now he and those around him are using false claims to justify their policy changes.

In her first briefing as White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt said she was “committed to telling the truth from this podium

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