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The White House spent September 23 trying to turn the Ukraine scandal into a messaging win, but the strategy mostly underscored how deep the problem already was. Trump kept insisting the call was “perfect,” while congressional scrutiny and whistleblower fallout kept widening around the underlying pressure campaign.
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The White House spent September 23 trying to turn the Ukraine scandal into a messaging win, but the strategy mostly underscored how deep the problem already was. Trump kept insisting the call was “perfect,” while congressional scrutiny and whistleblower fallout kept widening around the underlying pressure campaign.
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The White House spent September 23 trying to turn the Ukraine scandal into a messaging win, but the strategy mostly underscored how deep the problem already was. Trump kept insisting the call was “perfect,” while congressional scrutiny and whistleblower fallout kept widening around the underlying pressure campaign.
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