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Trump: Media Moron

Releasing the 60 Minutes interview is more proof that Trump is not a media mastermind

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Dan Pfeiffer
Oct 22, 2020
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One annoyingly persistent element of Trump era political analysis is pundits attributing strategic acumen to Donald Trump’s media strategy despite all of the available evidence to the contrary.

This tic reared its incorrect head once more when Trump decided to release the unedited footage of an interview with Lesley Stahl scheduled to air on Sunday duri…

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