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'No doubt': Hockey adamant corruption is flourishing in Washington

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'No doubt': Hockey adamant corruption is flourishing in Washington

Donald Trump might be the most influential US president of the past 100 years according to Joe Hockey but that doesn't mean he hasn't "diminished' the standing of the US globally.

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