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Dahleen Glanton: We don't hate America, Donald Trump. What we hate is the mess you've created.

Donald Trump has come to the conclusion that many Americans hate their country. That could not be further from the truth.

Most of us love America. What we hate is that the president has taken it into the gutter. In other words, Donald Trump, the problem isn't the "Free, Beautiful and Very Successful" country you spoke about in a tweet Tuesday morning. The problem with America is you.

Trump's latest tweet telling Americans, "If you hate our Country or if you are

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