short attention span
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Garret Martin, a foreign policy expert at American University, said Trump "famously has a short attention span."
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
“There’s just a lot of short attention span money in the market,” says Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist at retail broker Charles Schwab.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
"That phrase stuck with me. I've got a very short attention span I think."
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
It’s a cynical bet on America’s short attention span.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2023
The family then moved back to Britain, where Mack grew up in Aberdeen, and became a scientist, a tinkerer, a great piano player, with a bit of a short attention span himself.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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