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President Trump asks "Do you miss me yet?" in CPAC remarks.​

Does the adverb "yet" mean "still" in the quotation?
 
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No, he means "have you started to miss me?". The suggestion being that things have become worse since he lost the election.
 
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PeterCW said:
No, he means "have you started to miss me?". The suggestion being that things have become worse since he lost the election.
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Can I say "The suggestion is that things have become worse since he lost the election."?
 
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