Reagan 2.0: Trump tells his pal Putin to hold off releasing US hostage
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Donald Trump would no doubt tell you he was a better president than Ronald Reagan and Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. But, as we all know, Trump just says things, and if they’re even tangentially connected to the truth, it’s usually just an accident. That said, in at least one significant way, Trump is hoping to seriously one-up the Gipper, who—not for nothing—led us down the faux-patriotic primrose path to the front gate of the abattoir.  Wednesday night, after a long day putting...

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