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David Axelrod: “Nobody was happier about these developments than Donald Trump. He was gleeful about it because it allowed him to depict…”

On the recordJune 24, 2018
Nobody was happier about these developments than Donald Trump. He was gleeful about it because it allowed him to depict his administration and his people as victims.
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David Axelrod
Democratic · Illinois

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Axelrod discusses how Trump capitalized on the situation involving Sarah Sanders to portray his administration as victims.

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