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John Oliver Is Buying Ads on Cable News to Talk to President Trump

What’s the nuclear triad? How is the unemployment rate determined? The late-night comedian wants to make sure the chief executive knows.
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It’s become a truism of the weeks-old presidency of Donald Trump: If you want to reach the chief executive, and if you don’t happen to have the kind of sway that might get you a White House meeting or a golf game at Mar-a-Lago … no worries: . Buy some ad time during the shows the president is known to watch—cable-news morning shows, —and influence away. Trump is a creature of television, his fame

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