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The Note: Trump creating own realities in campaign - ABC News

posted onJune 1, 2018
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Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein President Donald Trump is creating his own reality to campaign against – a reality with familiar slogans, yet one that is not real. This alternative reality has: a vast, partisan conspiracy to spy on his campaign and try to bring down the presidency; Democrats apparently scheming to separate parents from their children at a lawless border even while being led by "MS-13 lover Nancy Pelosi"; a Second Amendment in imminent danger of repeal; professional athletes kneeling to disrespect the American flag and US troops; and "fake news," of course, everywhere. Trump's campaign event in Tennessee Tuesday night was a template for the president's campaign efforts to protect the Republican Senate majority. His portrait of the nation is as dystopian as it was during his presidential run, but with a new series of twists. Trump is celebrating record accomplishments, while warning of opposition from all sides – from forces he portrays as working against the country's success. Central to his promise to his voters is that the Trump show isn't getting canceled. "I'll never let you down," the president said. "We have just started." The RUNDOWN with MaryAlice Parks He called it all a "political witch hunt" and dismissed allegations of possible sexual harassment, blackmail and campaign finance violations. He stayed on the job though sordid details – and what seemed to be wild, photographic evidence — of his apparent extramarital affair playe... Link to the full article to read more

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