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Donald Trump's garbage truck stunt explained

  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -6% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Trump has had a regular driver's license.
48% : Trump told reporters while leaning out of the passenger-side window.
37% : There is no indication that Trump drove the truck himself at any point.
15% : "Later, Trump told a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, that he was driven about "two feet" in the garbage truck before he switched to another vehicle.
14% : "Trump has looked to capitalize on Biden's remark, arguably taking the spotlight off Hinchcliffe's joke at his rally.
10% : "This is deplorable for Hillary, and I think this is worse, actually," Trump said from the truck on Wednesday.
1% : Sitting in the garbage truck at a Wisconsin airport, Trump likened Biden's "garbage" comment to Hillary Clinton's "basket of deplorables" remarks about Trump supporters in 2016, which were blamed for damaging the then-Democratic candidate's campaign.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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