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Special Coverage: President-Elect Donald Trump Holds First Press Conference Since Before Election

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Published January 11, 2017 at 7:50 AM PST

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President-elect Donald Trump listens to a question as he talks to reporters after meeting with Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma at Trump Tower in New York, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017.

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President-elect Donald Trump, accompanied by his family, arrives a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017.

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President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in New York. The news conference was his first as President-elect.

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President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017.

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President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017.

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For the first time in 167 days, President-elect Donald Trump held a wide-ranging news conference.

NPR's politics team, with help from reporters and editors across the newsroom, live-annotated the speech. Portions of the transcript with added analysis are underlined in yellow, followed by context and fact checks below.

Note: The transcript was updated throughout the press conference. While we are working to correct errors, it may contain discrepancies and typographical errors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV27p_IGSAU