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Aug 03, 2017
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Could Donald Trump drag the U.S. into war with North Korea to save his presidency? If Vladimir Putin has his way.

Could Donald Trump drag the U.S. into war with North Korea to save his presidency? If Vladimir Putin has his way.

In the 1997 satire, Wag The Dog, Dustin Hoffman played a political spin doctor who manufactured a made-for-TV war to rescue the flagging political fortunes of an incumbent president accused of fondling a young girl scout. The fictional scheme…

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