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For Trump, the reality show has never ended

Mr Trump, who hosted "The Apprentice" on NBC for 14 seasons, dismissed Mr Corker on Tuesday by mocking his height and suggesting he had somehow been conned

US President Donald Trump  | Photo: Reuters
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US President Donald Trump | Photo: Reuters

Peter Baker | NYT
Over the weekend, President Trump was accused by a Republican senator of running the White House like a “reality show.” In the 48 hours that followed, this is how the president rebutted the characterization.

He called out the offending senator for being short and sounding like “a fool.” He challenged his secretary of state to an I.Q. contest and insisted he would win. He celebrated the downfall of a critic who was suspended from her job. And his first wife and third wife waged a public war of words over who was really his first lady.

Mr Trump’s West Wing has always seemed

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