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Donald Trump: “The already discredited Woodward book, so many lies and phony sources, has me calling Jeff Sessions “mentally retarded”…”

On the recordSeptember 4, 2018
The already discredited Woodward book, so many lies and phony sources, has me calling Jeff Sessions “mentally retarded” and “a dumb southerner.” I said NEITHER, never used those terms on anyone, including Jeff, and being a southerner is a GREAT thing. He made this up to divide!
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