The New York Times Magazine - USA (2020-08-23)

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Jonathan Swan pricks a hole in Donald Trump’s bubble


of alternative reality. ⬤ By Mattathias Schwartz ⬤ On a


Tuesday in late July, Jonathan Swan, a political reporter


for Axios, conducted an interview with President


Trump at the White House. Nearly fi ve months into


the coronavirus pandemic, Trump’s incompetent


response was by then an inarguable historical


fact, though Trump had done what he could to


Dead Wrong

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