Trump wants to do 'something' about the Florida shooting, but no one seems quite sure what

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published 16 February 2018

President Trump offered little indication of his preferred policy response to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting earlier this week, but privately he has been telling people "we have to do something," ABC News reports. Although it is not clear what form that action might take — White House sources said they weren't sure what the president was considering — The New Yorker notes that Trump's lone call for a policy response in his address was to "tackle the difficult issue of mental health."

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.

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