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Mail-Bomb Fallout Kept Exposing Trump’s Toxic Rhetoric Problem

The packages had already been sent, but the political fallout from the October 2018 mail-bomb scare was still rolling through Washington on November 9. The episode kept spotlighting how Trump’s habit of egging on anger and then shrugging at the consequences helped create a poisonous environment he was never eager to clean up.

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First recorded Nov 9, 2018·Meaningfully updated Nov 9, 2018

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Mail-Bomb Fallout Kept Exposing Trump’s Toxic Rhetoric Problem

The packages had already been sent, but the political fallout from the October 2018 mail-bomb scare was still rolling through Washington on November 9. The episode kept spotlighting how Trump’s habit of egging on anger and then shrugging at the consequences helped create a poisonous environment he was never eager to clean up.

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Mail-Bomb Fallout Kept Exposing Trump’s Toxic Rhetoric Problem

The packages had already been sent, but the political fallout from the October 2018 mail-bomb scare was still rolling through Washington on November 9. The episode kept spotlighting how Trump’s habit of egging on anger and then shrugging at the consequences helped create a poisonous environment he was never eager to clean up.

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