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10 years of Trump, 10 years of media attacks

Poynter · Tom Jones · last updated

It was 10 years ago Monday that Donald Trump rode down his golden escalator and announced that he was running for president. And so here we are, in 2025. In those 10 years, Trump has run for president three times with a pair of wins in 2016 and 2024, sandwiching a loss in 2020. There is no doubt that he has changed politics, the country and the world in those 10 years — with half the country saying for the better, and half saying for the worse.

But the world and our country — and the media — have definitely changed.

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