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Trump wades into the abortion wars – it will not go well for him

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On Thursday, former president Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden made dueling appearances at the US-Mexico border. As much as Biden wanted to play political jiu-jitsu and attack Trump for killing last month’s bipartisan agreement that would have swapped restrictions to immigration for aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, his trip tacitly admitted that Trump has won the messaging war on immigration, as polling shows.

The fact few people are even taking about relief for undocumented immigrants or work permits shows just how far away discussions

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