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A Twitter Tirade on Christmas Eve

The president spent Sunday morning at Mar-a-Lago, watching Fox News and giving voice to his resentments.
Source: Carlos Barria / Reuters

Once upon a time—of all the good days of the year, on Christmas Eve—President Donald Trump sat at Mar-a-Lago, counting his grievances.

The president began this morning, like most mornings, by watching Fox News, and sharing his thoughts on Twitter. He redoubled his attacks on the FBI’s deputy director, Andrew McCabe, insinuating that he had behaved unethically—in the process, again mangling the details of the case.

He proceeded to an image from a follower, showing Trump in the backseat of a limo talking on the phone, a figure

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