Trump’s foreign policy is the real deal

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When three Americans, long held as political prisoners of North Korea, were returned to U.S. soil NBC News headlined its memo on the news of the day with the words, “Prisoner release event highlights the best and worst of Trump.”

The “worst” part was President Trump’s characteristically uncareful speech, letting the word “excellent” slip out of his mouth in describing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The “best” part, NBC seems to suggest, was the made-for-TV showmanship of the event.

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