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Trump resorts to bizarre new strategy to force reporters to read his posts

What happened

President Donald Trump had White House staff distribute printed copies of a recent Truth Social post to reporters waiting outside the Oval Office on Tuesday, according to AlterNet. The post claimed that Trump had spent or would spend more than $400 million on the midterm elections, including more than $300 million on advertising, voter contact, rallies, turnout programs, and what he called “election integrity.”

The handout did not literally force reporters to read the post; it placed Trump’s preferred message directly in the White House press pool’s hands. AlterNet, citing Time…

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