White House tones down Trump attacks

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President Obama and his White House surrogates have pulled back their aggressive attacks against Donald Trump over the last few weeks, and in particular since the billionaire businessman became the presumptive GOP nominee.

The shift is a sharp contrast from the months of dumping on Trump that Obama and his top aides seemed all too happy to do, even from the White House briefing room.

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