What We Learned: Trump’s penchant for aircraft-carrier design, flagpoles and grass

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Aug 22, 20267:46News & Politics

What we learned this week from President Trump's latest tour of the White House to his order for the Navy on the future of aircraft-carrier design. Plus: Mozart's birthday celebrations gone wrong.

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