Derrick Van Orden
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“President Trump is an independent thinker. And what really deeply disturbs me is a lot of my colleagues are kind of trying to distance themselves from the president for political purposes which I think is dumb,”
Derrick Van Orden · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-19
Van Orden told CNN that colleagues trying to distance themselves from Trump for political purposes is dumb.
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