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Trump talks politics w/Boy Scouts

A former acting CIA director is comparing President Trump’s speech at the Boy Scouts of America National Jamboree on Monday to a youth rally in an authoritarian country. John McLaughlin, acting director of the CIA under George Bush, tweeted late Monday that the rally “had the feel of a third world authoritarian's youth rally.” Trump delivered a heavily political address as he spoke in front of a crowd of about 35,000, at one point joking he would fire Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price if the GOP failed to pass an ObamaCare repeal bill Tuesday/The Hill. More here.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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