'Flood the zone': Trump's clown car Cabinet attempts to overwhelm the limits of public attention

Update: 2024-11-20

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Alex Wagner looks at how Donald Trump has returned to the tactic Steve Bannon described as "flood the zone," by overwhelming the capacity of the media and the public at large to process the sheer volume of inappropriate behavior and decisions that might have caused a bigger scandal in isolation.

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'Flood the zone': Trump's clown car Cabinet attempts to overwhelm the limits of public attention

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'Flood the zone': Trump's clown car Cabinet attempts to overwhelm the limits of public attention