Trump tours Florida school, gets photo with children
By Reuters
04 March 2017 |
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U.S. President Donald Trump visits a Florida Catholic school with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, invites schoolchildren to take photo with him, and says "we're going to make you famous.
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