Wednesday briefing: 'What a crowd!' says Trump in flood-ravaged Texas

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Even in flood-hit Texas, the degree of personal adulation was important. “What a crowd, what a turnout,” said Donald Trump, oddly, jarringly, outside a fire station in Annaville, Corpus Christi, where he got up a ladder and boosted Texan morale by unfurling the state flag. The president greeted people in campaign style as he toured areas affected by ex-hurricane Harvey and they responded with mostly cheering and a certain amount of jeering.

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