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Re:Steve Ballmer serves up a data trove about government spe... by Delmania on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @08:45AM (#14138340)
That's because he fired missiles in Syria and detonated the MOAB in Afghanistan. Whenever a president commits an act of war against a publicly perceived threat, their ratings get a temporary boost.
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Re:Steve Ballmer serves up a data trove about government spe... by zie on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @10:05AM (#14138884)
Neither of these things were done the first week of his presidency.. He started in January, it's now April, which is when these events happened...
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