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The danger of governing on social media

From left: White House correspondent Zeke J. Miller, editor-in-chief Nancy Gibbs, Washington bureau chief Michael Scherer, President Trump and Vice President Pence in the Oval Office on May 8

LESS THAN 24 HOURS BEFORE HE sacked the FBI director, President Trump sat at dinner in the Blue Room sharing his bewilderment at the reactions he evokes. “It’s pretty amazing to me,” he said. “If you can actually make America great again, why would people be upset about it? Why would people be upset that we want to have

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