Donald Trump shows off 'big book of accomplishments' before throwing it on the floor

Donald Trump marked the one-year anniversary of his return to the White House with a marathon press conference that quickly veered into the theatrical.

At one point the president proudly displayed a thick stack of documents he called his “book of accomplishments,” claiming the list would take more than a week to read, before dramatically throwing it onto the floor with a loud thud.

The 79-year-old’s 104-minute briefing was widely criticised as rambling and incoherent, mixing policy boasts with bizarre tangents.

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