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    Doyle McManus: In foreign policy, Trump takes a premature victory lap

    by Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times Feb 06, 2019 3 minutes

    WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump took an early victory lap for his "America First" diplomacy Tuesday, claiming a series of big wins on his foreign policy priorities.

    Some of his claims were true - in a few cases, even careful and precise. Others were premature. Some were exaggerated; others incomplete.

    But taken together, the foreign policy sections of Trump's State of the Union address sounded more like a campaign speech than a detailed explanation of American diplomacy.

    Some presidents have used the State of

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