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White House on NYT essay: Resigning is the right thing to do

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White House on NYT anonymous essay author: Resigning is the right thing to do

In the past few days, a new book suggested that top advisers were taking documents off President Trump's desk, and an incendiary essay in the New York Times claims that senior officials are thwarting the commander in chief. White House Director of Strategic Communications Mercedes Schlapp tells John Yang that it’s because of the president’s leadership that the country is more prosperous.

09/06/2018

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