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tgards79

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Mon Apr 2, 2018, 09:28 AM Apr 2018

BTRTN: Trump Hires New Cast for As The World Turns

His domestic agenda dead and gone, Trump turns his attention overseas, ripping off the guard rails and hiring a new cast:
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2018/04/btrtn-trump-hires-new-cast-for-as-world.html

"It is impossible to foresee the outcomes of Trump’s new world order; at times the very definition of 'America First' is murky. But it seems clear that his forays on the world scene in 2017 – which included bellicosity vis-a-vis North Korea, withdrawal from the Paris Accords, ending the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership trade pact) before it began, and the hands-off-Russia policy – were just a warm-up act for 2018. He has six months to make his case to the American people to keep the GOP in Congress, to change the narrative, and he has decided to make his major plays in North Korea, China, Russia, Syria, Iran and perhaps elsewhere..."

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