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Trump trolls Democrats with third term talk. They're falling for it.

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My husband and I will celebrate our 20th anniversary this year. And after all that time together, I know exactly how to push his buttons (and vice versa). 

We know precisely what comment will start an immediate argument – and how that argument will end. Sometimes, we’ll still do it anyway. 

Human nature, I suppose.

It’s a little bit like President Donald Trump’s relationship with the news media and Democrats. 

He’s been around them a long time (heck, he’s been a Democrat), and he knows what will set them off

Case in point: During an interview on Sunday with NBC News, Trump refused to rule out a third term – something that’s prohibited by the 22nd Amendment of the Constitution. 

Cue the immediate freak-out and strident........

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