Trump’s leadership was lacking on Tuesday

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By standards of good national leadership. President Trump did not have a good day on Tuesday.

First off, Trump used the Obama playbook and offered a muted tweet as Nicolás Maduro’s colectivo gangs smashed their way through peaceful protesters in Venezuela. Next, Trump decided to become a big-state liberal and apparently endorsed $2 trillion in new infrastructure spending. Following that, Trump decided to put politics before national security by keeping the Truman aircraft carrier in operation against Navy advice and threat assessment.

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