an open letter<\/a> declaring their opposition to the presidential candidacy of Mr. Donald J. Trump and outlining the reasons for their opposition.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Plainly, the Establishment doesn\u2019t want Our Leader to make America great again.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 Several dozen prominent former national security officials \u2014 all of them Republicans \u2014 have signed an open letter declaring their opposition to the presidential candidacy of Mr. Donald J. Trump and outlining the reasons for their opposition. \u00a0 Plainly, the Establishment doesn\u2019t want Our Leader to make America great again. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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