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[h=1]Trump Embraces Fringe Theories on Protests and the Coronavirus[/h]WASHINGTON — President Trump unleashed an especially intense barrage of Twitter messages over the weekend, embracing fringe conspiracy theories claiming that the coronavirus death toll has been exaggerated and that street protests are actually an organized coup d’état against him.
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In the blast of social media messages, Mr. Trump also embraced a call to imprison Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, threatened to send federal forces against demonstrators outside the White House, attacked CNN and NPR, embraced a supporter charged with murder, mocked his challenger, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., and repeatedly assailed the mayor of Portland, even posting the mayor’s office telephone number so that supporters could call demanding his resignation.
[FONT=nyt-imperial, georgia, times new roman, times, serif]The guy is displaying behavior normally viewed as nuts. However, I’m sure his cult will ignore it and manufacture excuses for behavior that’s clearly bonkers.[/FONT]
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In the blast of social media messages, Mr. Trump also embraced a call to imprison Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, threatened to send federal forces against demonstrators outside the White House, attacked CNN and NPR, embraced a supporter charged with murder, mocked his challenger, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., and repeatedly assailed the mayor of Portland, even posting the mayor’s office telephone number so that supporters could call demanding his resignation.
[FONT=nyt-imperial, georgia, times new roman, times, serif]The guy is displaying behavior normally viewed as nuts. However, I’m sure his cult will ignore it and manufacture excuses for behavior that’s clearly bonkers.[/FONT]
