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Paul Ryan: Trump is just 'trolling' people with threat to strip security clearances

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House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday attempted to downplay President Donald Trump's threat to revoke security clearances of former national security officials who have criticized him, brushing it off as just "trolling."

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