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Trump Says Ousted Aide Shouldn’t Have Said ‘Hurtful’ Things

A BAD NIGHT

The president says Madeleine Westerhout’s abrupt departure from the White House was “automatic” after she said things that were “a little bit hurtful” when she’d been drinking.

Julia Arciga
Julia Arciga 

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