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As Donald Trump spent October 3 in Walter Reed, the White House’s account of his condition shifted under scrutiny, with confusing explanations about when symptoms began, how sick he was, and what treatment he received. That might have been a minor messaging problem in a normal week. In the middle of a presidential COVID hospitalization, it read as a credibility crisis.
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As Donald Trump spent October 3 in Walter Reed, the White House’s account of his condition shifted under scrutiny, with confusing explanations about when symptoms began, how sick he was, and what treatment he received. That might have been a minor messaging problem in a normal week. In the middle of a presidential COVID hospitalization, it read as a credibility crisis.
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As Donald Trump spent October 3 in Walter Reed, the White House’s account of his condition shifted under scrutiny, with confusing explanations about when symptoms began, how sick he was, and what treatment he received. That might have been a minor messaging problem in a normal week. In the middle of a presidential COVID hospitalization, it read as a credibility crisis.
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