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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrew Georgeson

Donald Trump talks so much that the White House needs to hire more people to write it all down

Donald Trump’s rambling public remarks might spark a hiring spree at the White House as beleaguered stenographers struggle to keep up with him.

After four years of comparative quiet under Joe Biden’s administration, typists recording Trump’s first week had to deal with more than 22,000 words on Inauguration Day, followed by another 17,000 when the president visited disaster sites in North Carolina and California.

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