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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. Some things never, and won’t ever, change. What’s striking about Trump’s early and abrupt entry ...
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, during an announcement of his 2024 bid for the White House.

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.

Some things never, and won’t ever, change.

What’s striking about Trump’s early and abrupt entry in the 2024 race is how familiar it seemed. Not just in its sulfurous tone and gold-plated trappings. But also the position the former president finds himself in as he tries, for

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