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FRONTLINE
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump (Part Two)
Season 2020
Episode 3
A two-part investigation into America’s increasingly bitter, divided and toxic politics. Part Two of the documentary examines how Donald Trump’s campaign exploited the country’s divisions and how his presidency has unleashed anger on both sides of the divide.
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