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Donald Trump riles his party's power centres

He thinks country may need an economic 'stimulus' package

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Margaret TalevJennifer Jacobs& Shannon Pettypiece
The Republican president of the United States said he’d be “honoured” to meet with North Korea’s leader under the right conditions. That he thinks the country may need an economic “stimulus” package. Or possibly a gas-tax hike for better roads. Maybe even break up the big banks. And certainly a health care Bill even more generous than Obamacare for people with pre-existing conditions.
 
Donald Trump said all of that in one 30-minute interview Monday, and in doing so, managed to poke the eye of just about every major constituency of the Republican party — military hawks, blue-collar workers, fiscal