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Pulling His Strings

President Donald Trump (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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November 4, 2019 10:09 p.m.
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I’ve been working my way through Ambassador Yovanovitch’s testimony.

We’re so deep into the minutiae of this plot that we need to take a few paces back to see one of the most important parts of the story. It’s not hidden precisely. But it’s seldom the focus of the discussion: The President is absurdly susceptible to foreign influence.

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