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Trump’s Naughty Word and His Schoolgirlish Critics
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Trump’s Naughty Word and His Schoolgirlish Critics

Tom Mountain

This past week President Donald Trump spent an inordinate amount of time bending over backwards to accommodate Democrats who don't like or want his immigration reform any more than they like or want him as president.

The fact that the president even welcomed them into the White House to hear their views to try to reach some common ground speaks volumes about his gracious demeanor in reaching out to the core of his harshest Congressional opponents. He brought them to the White House with the underlying hope that through such up close and personal meetings their pent-up mutual hostility could perhaps dissipate.

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