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Trump's First Press Conference As President-Elect, Annotated

For the first time in 167 days, President-elect Donald Trump held a wide-ranging news conference. NPR’s politics team, with help from reporters and editors across the newsroom, live-annotated the speech. Portions of the transcript with added analysis are underlined in yellow, followed by context and fact checks below.

 
Donald Trump speaking at his first press conference as president-elect

Donald Trump speaks during a news conference on Wednesday in New York, his first as president-elect.

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For the first time in 167 days, President-elect Donald Trump held a wide-ranging news conference.

NPR’s politics team, with help from reporters and editors across the newsroom, live-annotated the speech. Portions of the transcript with added analysis are underlined in yellow, followed by context and fact checks below.

Note: The transcript was updated throughout the press conference. While we are working to correct errors, it may contain discrepancies and typographical errors.

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