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Addiction and guns, can't we tackle both?

President Donald Trump has one extremely laudable, consistently present quality that even his most ardent critics should acknowledge.

The characteristic is among the most steadfast aspects of Trump's personality. It's derived from grief, regret, and perhaps a bit of guilt surrounding a painful family fact; the early death of his older brother due to alcoholism.

died in 1981 at the age of 43. The loss is Trump's stated reason for abstaining from alcohol and cigarettes, and

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