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    Boring but Very Nasty

    Writing a column to prove the president’s tweet correct turns out to be more difficult than expected.
    by Benjamin Wittes May 28, 2020 2 minutes
    Source: Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

    On Tuesday evening, President Trump tweeted this:

    Writing avery nasty. He said boring very nasty. That means it is insufficient for the column to be merely both boring and very nasty. It has to be boring, and despite being boring, nevertheless very nasty. I’m not sure I know how to write a column like that. I’m not sure I even know what that means.

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