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President Donald Trump is testing his midterm message on the economy in a toss-up congressional district in New York, even as voters largely disapprove of his stewardship. The promoted focus of Friday's event is the tax law Trump signed last year, which quadrupled the federal deduction for state and local taxes, a critical change for high-tax states like New York. Meanwhile, Europeans are confused by Trump’s announced deployment of 5,000 more troops to Poland, after he spent weeks talking about reducing America's military footprint. And Republicans are struggling to find the votes to keep supporting Trump’s war with Iran.