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Donald Trump: “You have to get people in a room and you have to just make deals for the good of the country.”

On the recordJanuary 18, 2018
You have to get people in a room and you have to just make deals for the good of the country.
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Donald Trump
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Former President Trump reflects on the necessity of negotiation and deal-making in governance.

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