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President Trump Tweets And Context: 'I've helped pass and signed 38 Legislative Bills'

Here's what President Trump is tweeting about — and what it means.

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Twitter has become a modern-day version of the fireside chat for Donald Trump, whose tweets are his preferred 140-character forum for getting out his message — both when he was a candidate and now as commander in chief.

Patch will share Trump's daily dispatches from his preferred platform in one handy post, as well as the context and facts, when appropriate. (For more national political news, sign up for the free White House Patch email newsletter.)

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The context: Trump was apparently referring to an International Institute for Strategic Studies report which put Mexico behind Syria as the second deadliest combat zone.

The facts: According to Business Insider, the study was highly disputed. "When homicide numbers are compared on a per-capita basis ... it falls to the middle of the pack just in Latin America."

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The context: Since he fired FBI Director James Comey in May, Trump has hinted there may be recordings of their conversations at the White House.

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"The Obama administration feared that acknowledging Russian meddling in the 2016 election would reveal too much about intelligence gathering and be interpreted as 'taking sides' in the race," the former secretary of homeland security said Wednesday, according to The New York Times.

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The context: Republicans Karen Handel in Georgia and Ralph Norman in Georgia won special elections Tuesday night for vacant seats in the House Of Representatives.

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The context: Trump has frequently said the U.S. needs China to help with North Korea. Otto Warmbier, a former U.S. college student, was released by North Korea last week after 17 years in captivity there; he died Monday.

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The context: Special elections are being held in Tuesday for open House of Representatives seats in Georgia and South Carolina.

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The context: Republican Karen Handel faces Democrat Jon Ossoff in Tuesday's special election for the 6th District Congress seat vacated by Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price.

The facts: Ossoff grew up in the 6th District but now lives outside of it with his girlfriend.

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The context: Republican Ralph Norman is running against Democrat Archie Parnell to replace the 5th District Congressional seat vacated by Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney in tomorrow's special election in South Carolina.

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The context: Republican Karen Handel faces Democrat Jon Ossoff in Tuesday's special election for the Congress seat vacated by Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price.

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