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The Week that Finally Broke Trump’s Spell

June 24, 2018 · 8:35 am ET · Leave a Comment

Rick Wilson: “Donald Trump can’t define or pronounce the word Manichaean, but he knows it when he sees it. For Trump, there are two types of people; Donald Trump, and losers, and the one thing Donald Trump can’t abide is a loser. Donald Trump lost this week on immigration, and across the board. He lost, doubled down, lost again, hocked his cufflinks, lost, tried to flip the table and was finally escorted out of the casino and had his knees broken in the parking lot when he couldn’t pay his marker.”

“Donald Trump was defeated this week by the two things he hates most: immigrants, and the media.”

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