Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“The top Democratic contenders to succeed Donald Trump in the Oval Office excoriated the president for his overnight strike on Venezuela on Saturday, sharply criticizing the president’s foreign policy and trying to drive a wedge between the president and voters wary of foreign entanglements,” Politico reports.
“Trump, they argued, launched the operation to distract from a souring political situation on the home front.”
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