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The World's Worst Negotiation

In a single brief meeting with Russian officials, President Trump not only divulged classified information, he also handed them a damaging account of his decision to fire James Comey
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Assume that Donald Trump is totally innocent of any wrongdoing with regard to Russian interference in the  2016 election, and that those insisting otherwise are treating the president unfairly.

Then reread the latest New York Times scoop:

WASHINGTON — President Trump told Russian officials in the Oval Office this month that firing the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, had relieved “great pressure” on

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