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Thursday videos, part one: The worst president’s worst interview

Jonathan Swan *is* the face of 2020. Tap to see at full size.

You’ve probably heard about Donald Trump’s trainwreck interview on Axios, but in case you haven’t seen it yet, I’ve posted it below for your…information? Entertainment? Abject horror at the fact that this jabroni is the head of the executive branch, has (hopefully well-managed) access to the nuclear codes, and a fanatical following of a sizeable chunk of the more aggrieved, hostile, gullible population of the U.S.?

Fast Company did a round-up of the most shocking-but-not-really surprising moments in the interview, which you should read along with this summary of interviewer Jonathan Swan’s facial reactions in those moments:

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