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border wall and immigration \”simplistic\” and \”absurd and almost childish\” in a 2015 interview uncovered by CNN’s KFile.”},{“title”:”Smerconish: Trump’s biggest threat isn’t Mueller”,”duration”:”03:17″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2018/12/22/trump-biggest-threat-smerconish-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2018/12/22/trump-biggest-threat-smerconish-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/181222110349-smerconish-12222018-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2018/12/22/trump-biggest-threat-smerconish-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”CNN’s Michael Smerconish discusses what he says are the biggest threats to President Trump: the market, Robert Mueller, the military, and the media. “,”descriptionText”:”CNN’s Michael Smerconish discusses what he says are the biggest threats to President Trump: the market, Robert Mueller, the military, and the media. 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