President Donald Trump took another swing at the “fake news Washington Post” on Thursday, condemning the newspaper’s “phony headlines” regarding the ongoing trade tit-for-tat with China and slamming it as “chief lobbyist” for Amazon, whose founder, Jeff Bezos, owns the newspaper, reports Newsmax.

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President Donald Trump has ordered National Guard troops “immediately” to the southern U.S. border with Mexico to stop illegal immigration, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Wednesday, because “it’s time to act,” reports Newsmax.

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President Donald Trump said he plans to deploy the U.S. military to guard the border with Mexico and has told Mexican leaders he would abandon NAFTA without assurances of help on securing the boundary, reports Thomson/Reuters.

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