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title: "6 Knew Trump Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [People knew Trump had strange relationships with the Russians even before he was elected. Consequently, there is every reason to investigate whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-painter/people-knew-trump-had-strange-relationships-with-the-russians-even/)

[Richard Painter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-painter/)

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> [Many Republicans knew that Trump's anti-media attacks were damaging, and they cringed when his White House was consumed by his own narcissism.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-stelter/many-republicans-knew-that-trump-s-anti-media-attacks-were-damaging/)

[Brian Stelter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-stelter/)

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> [I knew Trump was gonna be a very bad president.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-pfeiffer/i-knew-trump-was-gonna-be-a-very-bad-president/)

[Daniel Pfeiffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-pfeiffer/)

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> [“Few people who knew Trump had illusions about him. That was almost his appeal: he was what he was. Twinkle in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-wolff/few-people-who-knew-trump-had-illusions-about-him-that-was-almost-his/)

[Michael Wolff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-wolff/)

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> [I knew that Trump was ghastly. I knew I'd vote for Hillary if I had a vote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beard/i-knew-that-trump-was-ghastly-i-knew-i-d-vote-for-hillary-if-i-had-a/)

[Mary Beard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beard/)

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> [“The story of Trump was the story of how he tried to make himself a story. He was shameless, campy, and instructive:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-wolff/the-story-of-trump-was-the-story-of-how-he-tried-to-make-himself-a-2/)

[Michael Wolff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-wolff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21d/michael-wolff-423_trump_the-story-of-trump-was-the-story-of-how_2545268.jpg)

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