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LETTER: Missing detail

Your Sunday editorial “Tweet shows why Congress should rein in presidential power” made a very detailed case for your opinion.

But you are forgetting one huge detail — the actual context for President Donald Trump ordering businesses out of China. It wasn’t a literal order. It wasn’t meant for U.S. businesses to take literally. It was for China to take literally. They don’t understand that he has to issue a national emergency and fight it in court. The results are clear. China blinked, and they want to resolve this trade issue sooner rather than later. It’s called winning.

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