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NBC News: According to two officials, Trumps decision to launch a potential trade war was born out of anger at other simmering issues and the result of a broken internal process that has failed to deliver him consensus views that represent the best advice of his team.
On Wednesday evening, the president became unglued, in the words of one official familiar with the presidents state of mind.
A trifecta of events had set him off on in a way that two officials said they had not seen before: Hope Hicks testimony to lawmakers investigating Russias interference in the 2016 election, conduct by his embattled attorney general and the treatment of his son-in-law by his chief of staff.
https://politicalwire.com/2018/03/02/trump-unglued-started-trade-war/
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