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Mark Z. Barabak

Mark Z. Barabak: Trump announces presidential bid with more lies and bombast. As always, he puts himself first

We’ve seen, and heard, this before.

The lavish backdrop. The yeasty mix of hyperbole, lies and grievance.

Just four minutes into his presidential announcement Tuesday night, Donald Trump floated a new — and bizarre and fantastical — theory that meddling by the Chinese government cost him reelection.

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