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Edition · March 7, 2017
The Daily Fuckup — March 7, 2017
2 verified reports published on March 7, 2017.
This edition is the complete daily record. Reports remain separate so readers can see each claim, source set, correction, and update without one article being mislabeled as the entire edition.
Closing take
Trump spent March 7 trying to make a bad week look orderly. Instead, the day showed an administration still confused about how to clean up its own messes: when one controversy gets redrafted, the critics just file a lawsuit; when another gets shouted onto Twitter, it only gets more embarrassing. This is what happens when the cleanup plan is mostly vibes, substitutions, and denial.
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