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On March 17, Trump kept trying to position himself as an origin story for the vaccine era while sidestepping the broader wreckage of his pandemic record. The problem is that you cannot credibly claim credit for the cure when your own governance helped fracture trust in the first place.
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On March 17, Trump kept trying to position himself as an origin story for the vaccine era while sidestepping the broader wreckage of his pandemic record. The problem is that you cannot credibly claim credit for the cure when your own governance helped fracture trust in the first place.
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On March 17, Trump kept trying to position himself as an origin story for the vaccine era while sidestepping the broader wreckage of his pandemic record. The problem is that you cannot credibly claim credit for the cure when your own governance helped fracture trust in the first place.
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