With only a few days left in 2017, President Trump is working overtime to make sure he gets in as many digs as possible against his usual foes — Hillary Clinton, China, North Korea, facts — before the end of the year.
"In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year's Eve on record," he tweeted Thursday night. "Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up!"
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