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On May 28, the administration was still fighting the most basic battle of the COVID crisis: making the numbers, the risk, and the federal response look coherent. Instead, the day reinforced the impression that the Trump White House preferred a flattering storyline to the ugly reality of the pandemic’s scale.
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On May 28, the administration was still fighting the most basic battle of the COVID crisis: making the numbers, the risk, and the federal response look coherent. Instead, the day reinforced the impression that the Trump White House preferred a flattering storyline to the ugly reality of the pandemic’s scale.
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