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Politics
Thomas E. Patterson

Expert calls out media's Trump coverage

Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Pentagon on September 11, 2017 in Washington, DC. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Now that he's in the 2024 presidential race, the media circus that is Donald Trump is returning for a new season.

Trump is still newsworthy. He's been weakened by his defeat in the 2020 presidential election, his attempt to overthrow its result and the underperformance of Republican candidates in the 2022 midterms. Nevertheless, Trump is more than a party leader. "Make America Great Again," known colloquially as "MAGA," is a political movement. Trump has a legion of diehard followers.

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