Matt Dixon | NBC News
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Just 11 days into his presidency, Donald Trump has been confronted with a national tragedy that claimed dozens of lives after a passenger jet carrying 64 people collided midair with an Army helicopter in the Washington, D.C., region Wednesday night.
His response bypassed the usual playbook that presidents typically follow after a tragedy, just as his campaign broke from political norms time and again.
Without waiting for a full investigation — or a list of the victims — the president began pointing fingers and going on the attack. Rather than using...
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