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Mar 22, 2019 17 min

Does a president ever stop campaigning?

from Sidebar Hosted by The Washington Post

President Trump’s campaign for 2020 began shortly after he won the 2016 election. Post reporter Jenna Johnson and U.S. Naval Academy professor Brendan J. Doherty explain how presidents grapple with the inherent tension between campaigning and governing.

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