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2 verified reports published on March 24, 2018.
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On a day built around outrage, Trump managed to look both absent and out of step. The protests showed where the energy was; the Russia crisis showed where the weakness was. That is not a great combination for a president who promised strength as his whole brand.
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The Parkland-led March for Our Lives demonstrations on March 24 became one of the biggest political protests of the Trump era, and they were aimed squarely at the president’s refusal to drive gun-control policy. The White House tried to keep a careful distance, but the scale and tone of the day made Trump look like the absentee adult in a national emergency.
As allies moved toward punishing Moscow over the Skripal nerve-agent attack, Trump faced growing pressure to stop sounding hesitant about Russia. The day underscored how often his posture leaves him looking reactive, isolated, and suspiciously soft on the Kremlin.