One of his most effective tools is what we might call the Trump Two-Step, in which the former president says something outrageous, backs away from it in the face of criticism, and then fully embraces it.
Mainstream reporters, scrambling to catch up with the zeitgeist, wrote stories that covered the line out of context. This was somewhat understandable...but also sloppy and wrong.
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