Throughout his career and Presidency, Trump had aides print out positive articles for him to sign and send to the author.

Republican Representative and Trump ally Matt Gaetz also said how he received a printout of his own tweet, signed by Trump.

While Trump was known for this even before becoming President, reports depict how it became more problematic while in office. Aides would print cherry-picked articles and tweets for Trump in order to sway his view or opinion, reflecting his Chief of Staffs’ difficulty controlling his media diet.

According to Politico,

“The unofficial channels of sending the president newspaper articles for all kinds of political purposes never ended. It continues,” one person close to the White House said. “It’s a practice that has never been able to be halted and will continue on forever. No chief of staff has been able to stop people around Trump handing him articles to try to influence his opinion.”

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