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Trump and his tirade network Truth Social

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Donald Trump believes he is the only true leader of the United States of America. He expresses this opinion at every opportunity. Everything that is brought against him: fake news. How the former US President and suspected driving force behind the storming of the Capitol in 2021 sees the world can be seen on his specially founded platform, Truth Social. Here he spreads his lies and his hateful tirades, videos of election and TV appearances, hymns of praise for him as the savior of the oppressed - and recently also two articles from "Newsweek", as reported by the MTN portal. His message is probably: Look, even the respected US news magazine now only has good things to say about me.

And actually: If you read these two articles in the version that Trump shares, the Republican comes off well. Only in direct comparison with the original does it become apparent that some content is missing here. Sometimes it's a half-sentence at the end of a thought that points to President Joe Biden's old age. A minus point that the 81-year-old Biden shares with the 77-year-old Trump. There is no reference to a survey institute that predicted Biden's 2020 election victory, or to the fact that investigators did not see sufficient reasons to indict Biden in his documents affair. (Read the original article here)

Every single omission in the manipulated articles is marked with the frequently used three points (...). But you can only see them if you pay close attention.

Trump had previously shared another article that was much more rigorous. This time too, it appears to be a screenshot or a print version of the original - from the "Newsweek" logo to the byline to the fonts and structure of the article. Only: some passages are missing. For example, the reference to the fact that "Newsweek" had asked Trump's team for an opinion on a topic that was actually positive for him, his popularity ratings. This is followed by further omissions about Trump's defeats, shortcomings and deficits. Until then, expert opinions and assessments such as “fantasy” or “wishful thinking” are practically missing. It was the last six paragraphs of the article.

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