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Key to interpreting Trump: What he says means different things to different people
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Presidential candidate Donald Trump “knows how to seize the news cycle and drive a big headline that riles his opponents and instigates his supporters”, one analyst says.
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WASHINGTON – There are two ways you can take what Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says: literally or figuratively.
The American media revels in taking him literally, fact-checking his rhetoric and spinning news cycles on the strength of a phrase from a campaign speech.
