President Trump called Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt on Monday and told the embattled Cabinet secretary “we got your back.”

Trump’s phone call to Pruitt comes as the EPA administrator has faced unflattering headlines related to his travel on first class flights, his living arrangement, and use of his EPA-funded security detail.

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