Trump Has Congratulated Himself 600 Times During Coronavirus Briefings, Says Report
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President Donald Trump has congratulated himself on his response to the coronavirus pandemic on roughly 600 occasions, according to The New York Times. The newspaper analyzed every word Trump has spoken at his White House briefings and other remarks on the virus since March 9, when the outbreak began disrupting everyday life. It categorized the words into self-congratulations, exaggerations and falsehoods, crediting others, blaming others, and displaying empathy. The most recurring utterances from Trump were self-congratulations, tallying up to roughly 600. He credited others for their work around 360 times, and blamed others more than 110 times. Trump has tried to display empathy or appeal to national unity about 160 times—roughly a quarter of the number of times he complimented himself or a member of his team. John Murphy, a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who studies the rhetoric of American presidents, said: “The level of self-congratulations that occurs every day at these press conferences is unprecedented.”
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This is what happens when you elect a diseased narcissist reality television game show host president.
I watched Nancy Pelosi do a less advertised press conference the other day on some virus funding legislation they had passed. She spent several minutes congratulating herself, her team, the House, the Senate, and on and on. In other words, the same shit Trump does. They all do it.
That’s the state of journalism, today, folks!
There’s so much important information in the world that people might have some need for. In response to this need, the New York Times is “analyzing” sentences. Outstanding work. Just outstanding.
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With an election coming , this is valuable information.
If you vote based on really petty criteria, I guess it would be.
...worth every penny I paid.
I'd vote for you over Trump.
He is not fit to hold office in the United States of America, and thats not going to change between now and November.
I'd vote for you over Trump.
What? No way! Your support has touched my heart. I promise, if elected, to Make America Satisfactory Again.
Oh wait. Maybe MASA isn’t the best slogan.
Ok, it needs a little work.
Same shit other publications paid for about Mr Obama.
Same shit, different party, different pandemic, different body count, and we aren't even close to the finish line.
With the exception of a couple of our members.... yep, I'd vote for just about anyone here on NT for president over the current occupant.
Yes righties... the country is that starved for leadership!
Has anyone noticed when Trump is in a picture with others, the others look like they ate bad fish and want to hurl?