Optimism About Trump in 2018

Posted on AllSides January 3, 2018

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President Trump took office at the beginning of 2017 swimming in a sea of negativity. Some predicted that he wouldn't make it through the year. Some predicted that he even if he did, he would fail to get any major legislation passed.

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