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How Lincoln’s Compassion for a Gold Star Mom Shames Trump

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Donald Trump meant to console the widow of a U.S. soldier killed in Niger, but his clumsy phone call only made things worse. On this Veterans Day consider how Lincoln got it right.

Nicolaus Mills
Nicolaus Mills
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Nicolaus Mills

Nicolaus Mills

nmills@sarahlawrence.edu

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