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On-Script Trump Clears Low Bar at AIPAC

On Point

Trump had a lot to lose on Monday. But by deploying a teleprompter, a device the famously improvisational man has mocked, he at least managed to avoid directly insulting the pro-Israel crowd at the annual AIPAC conference.

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It turns out Donald Trump can give a speech before a Jewish audience without insulting the crowd. All he needed was a teleprompter.

Trump managed not to get booed before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Monday evening by sticking closely to a script of prepared remarks — but not without...

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