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Ahead of D-day commemoration, Trump vents at domestic opponents

Before heading to the first of a series of D-Day commemorations on Wednesday, President Donald Trump used a television interview with a friendly journalist to try to clean up a couple of messes he had made, partially walking back his criticism of the American-born Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, and attempting to get out of a jam involving U.S.-British trade.

But even as he prepared for one of the ceremonial highlights of his five-day foreign trip, the president continued to focus on his domestic opposition, tweeting insults at the Senate's Democratic leader and Bette Midler, the actress and frequent Trump critic.

The walk-backs came in an interview with "Good Morning Britain" host

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