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Trump: No Politician 'Has Been Treated Worse Or More Unfairly' Than Me

"You can't let the critics and the naysayers get in the way of your dreams," the president told U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduates amid growing controversies over Russia in the Trump administration.
Presiden Trump waves as he arrives to give the commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy on Wednesday. / Susan Walsh / Shutterstock.com

Amid several swirling crises engulfing his administration, President Trump used part of his speech Wednseday to graduates at the United States Coast Guard Academy to complain about how unfairly he was being treated by the media.

"Over the course of your life, you will find that things are not always

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