“On Thursday, after his impeachment ended in a narrow vote to acquit, a chastened President Trump addressed the nation.
... Trump [held] up an issue of The Washington Post with the headline Trump acquitted.’ The chastened crowd cheered, chastenedly.”
... Trump [held] up an issue of The Washington Post with the headline Trump acquitted.’ The chastened crowd cheered, chastenedly.”
“‘It was evil,’ Trump continued bravely, barely able to hold his head up in public after the severity of the censure he had almost...experienced. ‘It was dirty cops, it was leakers and liars, and this should never, ever happen to another president, ever.’” washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
“‘We went through hell unfairly,’ Trump went on, the mortification in his tone evident. ‘Did nothing wrong. Did nothing wrong.’ His remorse was plain for all to see.”
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“Trump alluded briefly to the original offense in a subdued and contrite tone: ‘A phone call. A very good phone call. I know bad phone calls.’”
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“‘I’ll beat them again if I have to,’ Trump concluded, in the unmistakable tone of one who understood what he had done wrong and ... put the nation through, one who would carry the somber burden of that lesson with him for as long as he lived.”
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