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David Gergen: “We ought to give Donald Trump more the benefit of the doubt. But that would be a lot easier to do if he spoke clearly…”

On the recordDecember 21, 2016
We ought to give Donald Trump more the benefit of the doubt. But that would be a lot easier to do if he spoke clearly and without ambiguity.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen discusses the need for clarity in Trump's statements regarding nuclear policy.

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