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Wed, 08/21/2019 - 11:04am

Trump: 'I Am The Chosen One'

'King of the Jews', 'King of Israel', 'The Second Coming of God', and now 'The Chosen One'. Donald Trump is having a helluva morning. Source: CNBC President Donald Trump on Wednesday declared himself “the Chosen One” as he defended his administration’s actions in the ongoing U.S.-China trade war. The president’s self-aggrandizing remark followed a string of criticisms aimed at his predecessors, whom he claimed had ignored China’s alleged malpractice on trade. “This isn’t my trade war, this is a trade war that should have taken place a long time ago,” Trump told reporters outside the White House. “Somebody had to do it,” the president said.

 

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