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Trump: I Can Be the ‘Most Presidential’ POTUS Except Lincoln

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“More presidential than any president that’s ever held this office.”

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During a campaign rally Tuesday, President Trump said he can be “with the exception of the late, great Abraham Lincoln... more presidential than any president that’s ever held this office.” Trump made the optimistic claim in front of an excited crowd in Youngstown, Ohio. He also reportedly began a story about late President William McKinley before asking: “Do you know William McKinley? Does anybody know who the hell he is?” (McKinley was from nearby Niles, Ohio.) Earlier this month, Trump also boasted that no American president besides Franklin Roosevelt “has passed more legislation and who has done more things than what [his administration has done so far].”

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