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Trump privately infuriated by staffers' plot to profit off White House jobs: report

President Donald Trump is presenting himself as out of the loop after a New York Times report revealed that two of his top political operatives took lucrative consulting work for a Russia-aligned government in the Balkans, CNN reported on Wednesday — and is reportedly furious that they have been using their association with the White House for personal…

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