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Though the two men are oceans apart in terms of style and personality – the Jacob being the quintessential English gentleman; the Donald not – what they both possess in spades is the most extraordinary, winning frankness. They would, I’m sure get on like a house on fire. Indeed, with a fair wind, they would make the greatest U.S. president/UK prime minister double act since the era of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. That’s because they tell it like it is. In common with Thatcher and Reagan, they are not afraid that speaking their mind might get them into trouble.

Though the two men are oceans apart in terms of style and personality – the Jacob being the quintessential English gentleman; the Donald not – what they both possess in spades is the most extraordinary, winning frankness. They would, I’m sure get on like a house on fire. Indeed, with a fair wind, they would make the greatest U.S. president/UK prime minister double act since the era of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. That’s because they tell it like it is. In common with Thatcher and Reagan, they are not afraid that speaking their mind might get them into trouble.

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The TAKE with Rick Klein Hush money can speak loudly. But this week confirmed that words, as spoken by President Donald Trump and those in his orbit, don’t necessarily say something meaningful. The topics in question span from matters of health to matters of basic fact to matters that will play out in courts of law.

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Massachusetts is ground zero in the latest round of the nation’s culture wars.  ‘’Everything about his challenger and her campaign makes me proud,’’ Deval Patrick said in a statement that did not mention Pressley by name.

President Trump declared he was making the world safer in restoring harsh sanctions, but he also dealt a profound blow to allies and deepened his isolation on the world stage.  ‘‘The consistent flouting of agreements that our country is a party to risks eroding America’s credibility,” former President Barack Obama warned.   Analysis A reporter recounts the summer of 2015 in Vienna, when weeks of tough negotiations yielded the Iran nuclear deal that President Trump has abandoned.   The first lady is once again facing accusations of plagiarism. This time, she’s firing back at her critics.