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Trump used a Friday media appearance to defend family separation as leverage on immigration, then tried to pin the policy on Democrats. The line only made the backlash worse, because the administration’s own officials and the basic chronology made clear this was Trump’s design, not some unavoidable law of nature.
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Trump used a Friday media appearance to defend family separation as leverage on immigration, then tried to pin the policy on Democrats. The line only made the backlash worse, because the administration’s own officials and the basic chronology made clear this was Trump’s design, not some unavoidable law of nature.
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