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On the recordFebruary 27, 2018
It tells you that it's impossible to be successful in that job because that job is all about planning strategy, communications strategy, themes, working it out, and you've got a President, of course, who uses Twitter to bust up all that.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen discusses the challenges of being a communications director in the Trump administration due to the President's use of Twitter.

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