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WASHINGTON 鈥?President Donald Trump maiden international trip, a five-stop marathon across the Middle East and Europe, has long loomed as a crucial first test abroad for the chaos-courting president.That was before he fired his FBI director 鈥?and the chain reaction of scandal that followed.Now, with the eyes of the world upon him, the president will embark on his big trip carrying the baggage of dire troubles at home. As he tries to calm allies worried about his America First message, he ;ll be followed by fallout from his firing of FBI Director James Comey and the appointment of a special counsel to probe his campaign ties with Russia.There has never been a president taking his first international trip being dogged by scandal like this,stanley cup 8221; said Larry Sabato, head of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. He already a president viewed skeptically by much of the world. And while the pictures from the trip may be great, the White House can ;t change the headlines that will follow him wherever he goes.Trump trip was always going to be dramatic. U.S. allies have been rattled by his warnings about pulling back from the world. He is tasked with urging a united front against terror by appealing to some of the same corners of the Muslim world he has tried to kee yeezy p out of the United States with his travel ban. Last week, he added new layers of complication by disclosing classified jordan intelligence to |
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