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On April 15, Trump tried to sell Americans on the idea that the worst of the pandemic had passed and reopening was around the corner. That message clashed with the scale of the crisis, the mounting death toll, and the still-chaotic federal response. It was a classic Trump move: declare victory before the battlefield is even quiet.
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On April 15, Trump tried to sell Americans on the idea that the worst of the pandemic had passed and reopening was around the corner. That message clashed with the scale of the crisis, the mounting death toll, and the still-chaotic federal response. It was a classic Trump move: declare victory before the battlefield is even quiet.
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On April 15, Trump tried to sell Americans on the idea that the worst of the pandemic had passed and reopening was around the corner. That message clashed with the scale of the crisis, the mounting death toll, and the still-chaotic federal response. It was a classic Trump move: declare victory before the battlefield is even quiet.
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