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Jun 2020
29m 37s

The Showdown at Lafayette Square

The New York Times
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This episode contains sounds of explosives and descriptions of violence. Today, we go inside a high-stakes White House debate over how President Trump should respond to reports that he was hiding in a bunker while the nation’s capital burned. This is the story of what happened in Lafayette Square. Guest: Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent for ... Show More
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