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Fri, Nov 3, 2017, 16:39 Updated: Fri, Nov 3, 2017, 16:40

Declan Conlon

US president Donald Trump responds to a question from the news media prior to boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC. Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA

US president Donald Trump responds to a question from the news media prior to boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC. Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA

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