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Trump Melts Down About ‘SCUM’ as Green Slime Takes Over Reflecting Pool
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Reuters President Donald Trump has blasted “SCUM” for the green slime which has engulfed the Reflecting Pool—although not the single-cellular type rapidly spreading across it. The 47th president went on a social media ramble about the Linc...
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What happenedTrump Melts Down About ‘SCUM’ as Green Slime Takes Over Reflecting Pool.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Trump Melts Down About ‘SCUM’ as Green Slime Takes Over Reflecting Pool". The right frames it as "Trump makes announcement about Reflecting Pool damage".
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Left / center-leftTrump Melts Down About ‘SCUM’ as Green Slime Takes Over Reflecting Pool
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Right / center-rightTrump makes announcement about Reflecting Pool damage
Trump Melts Down About ‘SCUM’ as Green Slime Takes Over Reflecting Pool
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Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Reuters President Donald Trump has blasted “SCUM” for the green slime which has engulfed the Reflecting Pool—although not the sin...
BREAKING: Trump makes announcement about Reflecting Pool damage
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President Trump made an announcement today about the damage done to the Reflecting Pool, when it will be fixed and that security is watching all other federal lands that have been beautifie...
