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After attempts to hype the Biden administration as anything other than a resounding failure have fallen flat, Democrats are pivoting to Fear of Trump as their campaign mainstay (paired with their all-abortion-all-the-time plank). To kick off the new campaign, the media arm of the DNC has released an extensive interview with frontrunner and former President Donald Trump.
TrumpgavetheinterviewathisMar-a-Lagohomeandafollow-upphonecalltoTIMEMagazinereporterEricCortellessa.Theoutletominouslytitledthepiece,“HowFarTrumpWouldGo.”Youknow,if—Godforbid! —hewins.
Toitscredit,TIMEreleasedthefulltranscriptoftheinterviewseparately,nodoubtsecureintheknowledgethatnooneexceptmaybeacoupleofmediatypeswouldevertakethetimetoreadthroughit.Weighinginatover16,000words,itisrifewithprovocativepullquotesandbumper-stickerbitesthat,takenoutofcontext,aresuretopiercequakingliberalheartswithterror.OnlinenewserAxiospickedupTIME’sbatonandranhardwithit.
TheAxioscolumnistitled“BehindtheCurtain:ListentoTrump”—arevealingallusiontoth
