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Demetri Sevastopulo covers the White House and Trump administration and has interviewed Donald Trump. He covered the 2016 presidential campaign and now leads our coverage of the 2020 race. He previously served as US political correspondent, Pentagon and intelligence correspondent, Washington business correspondent, South China correspondent and Asia news editor. An Irish national, Demetri speaks Chinese and Japanese. Follow me on Instragram.
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