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WSJ editors furious watching Trump ‘stick a shiv in the back’ of Lindsey Graham's legacy

The editorial board of the conservative Wall Street Journal joined the pile-on of Donald Trump for betraying his friendship with the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) . And they didn’t pull their punches. “President Trump’s assistance to Vladimir Putin keeps growing by the day, and in the latest example he stuck a shiv in the back of the legacy of the late…

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