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AP FACT CHECK: Trump, American exceptionalism and the virus

by Associated Press
| March 14, 2020 6:05 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans normally hear from President Donald Trump when he is opining on Twitter, riffing from a rally stage or otherwise improvising. This past week was different as he sat in the Oval Office with a script laid out for him to read on a matter grave enough for a prime-time address to the nation.

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