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applegrove

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Sat Apr 20, 2024, 08:47 PM Apr 20

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Trump Deflates

April 20, 2024 at 5:13 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 436 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/20/trump-deflates/

"SNIP........

David Frum: “On aid to Ukraine, Trump got his way for 16 months. When Democrats held the majority in the House of Representatives in 2022, they approved four separate aid requests for Ukraine, totaling $74 billion. As soon as Trump’s party took control of the House, in January 2023, the aid stopped. Every Republican officeholder understood: Those who wished to show loyalty to Trump must side against Ukraine.”

“At the beginning of this year, Trump was able even to blow up the toughest immigration bill seen in decades—simply to deny President Joe Biden a bipartisan win. Individual Senate Republicans might grumble, but with Trump opposed, the border-security deal disintegrated.”

“Three months later, Trump’s party in Congress has rebelled against him—and not on a personal payoff to some oddball Trump loyalist, but on one of Trump’s most cherished issues, his siding with Russia against Ukraine.”

.............SNIP"

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