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A Trump-Era Guide to Ignoring All That Noise
History quiz: Who said, "Watch what we do, not what we say"? That was pretty good advice.
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The first 10 days of President Donald Trump's administration were a blur. For Trump, chaos is a feature, not a bug. That means the rest of us could use some help sorting things out. With that in mind, here's a guide to what not to focus on.
"Watch what we do, not what we say," Attorney General John Mitchell said in 1969 at the start of the Richard Nixon administration. That's good advice for any presidency-watcher, especially in 2017. Trump talks or tweets all the time, often with little thought. His words can't be ignored -- he's the president. But keep them in context and don't allow him to use tweets as diversions.