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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Why did Donald Trump call out Chuck Jones on Twitter?

    President-elect Donald Trump has been tweeting away again, and yesterday the president of the United Steelworkers Union became the target of his trolling. A spotlight has also been shined on a little girl who’s tweeting from Aleppo.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 8, 2016 • 1 min read

    President-elect Donald Trump has been tweeting away again, and yesterday the president of the United Steelworkers Union became the target of his trolling. A spotlight has also been shined on a little girl who’s tweeting from Aleppo.

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Trump’s EPA pick and consequences for California
    1. 0:00What Scott Pruitt as EPA chief would mean for California
    2. 10:03Persian Palaces: expressions of Iranian culture
    3. 17:49Why did Donald Trump call out Chuck Jones on Twitter?You’re reading this
    4. 24:58How a Japanese machine re-wrote American music
    5. 39:31Catching up on the best books of year
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