If anyone thought that election to the highest office in the land had changed Donald Trump, the president-elect’s news conference Wednesday was a depressing spectacle.

As he did on the campaign trail, Trump berated the media, hurled exaggerated accusations and trafficked in vague promises – “incredible people” are going to do “tremendous things.” He shouted down a CNN reporter. He praised himself in the third person. (“No one’s ever had crowds like Trump has had.”) He acknowledged for the first time that “I think it was Russia” that hacked Democratic email accounts even as he minimized the possibility that Russia might be trying to undermine American interests. And then he seemed to back off his assertion that Russia had done the hacking.

The prevailing tone was one of defensiveness and self-justification. Asked if he was concerned that the American people might resent his refusal to release his income taxes, Trump replied: “No. I don’t think so. I won.”

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