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Trump used May 2 to tout Small Business Week, but the optics were ugly for an administration that was still selling itself as the friend of Main Street while generating nonstop uncertainty and policy churn. The contrast between the proclamation and the broader Trump environment gave critics an easy line: plenty of celebration, not much stable governance.
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Trump used May 2 to tout Small Business Week, but the optics were ugly for an administration that was still selling itself as the friend of Main Street while generating nonstop uncertainty and policy churn. The contrast between the proclamation and the broader Trump environment gave critics an easy line: plenty of celebration, not much stable governance.
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Trump used May 2 to tout Small Business Week, but the optics were ugly for an administration that was still selling itself as the friend of Main Street while generating nonstop uncertainty and policy churn. The contrast between the proclamation and the broader Trump environment gave critics an easy line: plenty of celebration, not much stable governance.
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