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Trump Leans on Familiar Dealmaking Formula With Xi and Putin

The president threatens escalation before retreating from brink
President Donald Trump, left greets Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy outside the White House.Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/Sipa/Bloomberg

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There’s one throughline in President Donald Trump’s strategies for his biggest foreign policy challenges: Let’s make a deal.