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Barabak: Putting the bully in bully pulpit, Trump escalates in L.A. rather than seeking calm

Barabak: Putting the bully in bully pulpit, Trump escalates in L.A. rather than seeking calm

President Trump's dispatch of National Guard troops to L.A. is straight from his political playbook. It may serve his interests by distracting and deflecting but abdicates presidential responsibility.

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