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Brad Johnson in the previous interview
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you mentioned how President Trump had
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done what the Democrats always said they
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wanted to do which is to make fantastic
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economic things happen bring jobs home
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and so on and so on obviously a fair
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amount of that was bringing those jobs
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home from China where they’ve been
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moving steadily for several
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administrations and you got to wonder
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what exactly there’s there seems to be a
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lot connected to the American Chinese
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trade negotiations people are calling it
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a trade war can you give us an update on
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that absolutely and it is by no means a
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trade war that is again just it’s one of
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the things that people like to throw out
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there because it’s they look at it as a
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way to criticize President Trump but
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it’s not based on fact now President
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Trump whatever you think of President
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Trump you got to recognize just basic
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facts and one of the basic facts is that
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President Trump is a master negotiator
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he just as good at this this is this is
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how he made his fortune and and very
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successfully so he’s a pro at that
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better than any of the previous
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presidents we’ve ever had I would say at
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least in modern history and what he has
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done is taken this this we were bleeding
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out with with the Chinese robbing his
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blind and they were making you know a
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trillion dollars over a couple years
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period based on what they were able to
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essentially steal and intellectual
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property and the manufacturing rights
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and a lot of the manufacturing going to
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China and all of these things so the
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president got tough on him and bringing
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us up to today then you know even two
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weeks ago the Chinese were out there
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saying okay you’re raising tariffs on us
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again fine we’re gonna raise tariffs
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against you we’re going to do this we’re
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gonna do this we’re going to do this so
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now in the last few days what the
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Chinese did is they backed off that
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completely they said no okay we’re not
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going to impose any of those tariffs
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let’s take a step back let’s try to
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negotiate and not only did they then
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decide not to go forward with additional
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tariffs they looked at already existing
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tariffs and got rid of those as well
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they backed all of those out as well not
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only the
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but they’re reimbursing the money that
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was collected during those previous
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tariffs so they’re there they’re not
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only not going forward they’re now
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taking a full step back on previously
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imposed tariffs so the Chinese took a
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look at the situation they saw their
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economy is tanking their job numbers are
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looking horrible they’ve got all these
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political problems in Hong Kong and the
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Chinese Communist Party is ruling China
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against the will of its people so it
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began to be a situation where the
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Chinese were becoming politically weak
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and just can’t tolerate this they’re
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bleeding out too quick in this problem
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so they’ve taken a step back on all of
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these things even to the point like I
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said they’re reimbursing previously
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collected tariffs so they’re they’re
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absolutely blinked in Nayana in the
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staring contest and have backed off all
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of this entirely and this is got to be
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given as 100% credit to Donald Trump
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because he’s the one that took us down
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this this this path nobody had thought
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of negotiating this way with the Chinese
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he has negotiated circles around them
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from the first day and they still
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haven’t figured out how to handle him
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now that’s not to say the Chinese aren’t
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acting now something we’ve discussed
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before I think the Chinese and in direct
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relations with the bilateral relations
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with the United States have basically
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but not capitulated but have backed off
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on all their demands and what they were
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trying to do because they see they
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cannot win
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Trump has all the cards and he’s playing
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them and just kicking their rear end in
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negotiations so what they still want to
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do is pressure Trump as best they can so
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I think that’s why we’re seeing Iran act
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out so much something we’ve mentioned
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before but Iran has been under sanctions
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since the 70s since Jimmy Carter all of
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that time till now they’ve been under
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sanctions now those sanctions have gone
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up and down they’ve been relaxed and
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they’ve been tightened throughout that
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period but all of that period Iran never
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reacted the way they react now doing
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things like bombing this bombing that
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they just did of the Saudi Arabia oil
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production facilities that’s something
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that really is taking all this to a new
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level
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capturing some of the tankers out in the
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Straits of Hormuz these sorts of
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activities they’re really taking all
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this to another level now why okay they
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are also under sanctions by the United
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States they’re also being greatly
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affected economically but this is not
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the first time that that’s happened and
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they didn’t respond this way before so
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the only wild card here the only real
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difference is China’s situation taking
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place at the same time now there may be
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more than a surrogate or less of than a
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surrogate of China but they’re our close
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partnership they’re the largest trading
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partner of Iran and so they have a very
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close working relationship Iran would
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not be acting up this way without at a
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minimum the acquiescence of China so I
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think this fits the Chinese needs as
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well so China is encouraging Iran to do
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everything they can do to push it to the
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brink of perhaps even a shooting war the
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Iranians don’t really care they you know
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want these sorts of problems in the
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world and China looks at it goes well
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you know we’re not directly involved so
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if there’s a shooting war that takes
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place or even some battles or or the
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United States making selective strikes
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that’s gonna make Trump look bad so
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that’s good for the Chinese it takes
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some of the pressure off them and
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negotiations they believe because Trump
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will be busy elsewhere with other things
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so I think the Chinese are playing this
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out this way this is their their method
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to be able to strike back against
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President Trump try to make him
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politically weak hope he doesn’t get
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reelected whatever they can do this is
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their one of their main methods to
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strike back so I think that is the
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unique aspect and why we see Iran acting
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out so boldly where they did not under
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exactly the same circumstances in many
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previous instances so to me that’s
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that’s kind of the why we find ourself
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in this situation right now and it’s
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based in and much are a large part on on
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on China the reality of what China is
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going through and the fact that Trump is
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just like I say just running circles
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around they don’t know how to strike
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back in any way so I think Trump is
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aware of all this looking at this whole
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situation and trying to decide how to
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put a strike back or not he I think is
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hesitant to do anything military
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but we’ll see he’s working with the
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coalition he’s working with the Saudis
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the Kuwaitis in this group of of
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countries that have been fighting in the
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proxy war in Yemen so they’re all in
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discussions and cooperation over this so
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we’ll see how that how Trump decides to
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proceed with this but he’s he is in
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charge these these are decisions that
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Trump is making and he’s had you know
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unbelievable success in negotiating with
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China well our economy goes up and up
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and up and up and our unemployment goes
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down and the poverty rates go down and
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the economy grows well the Chinese one
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is tanking going you know the opposite
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directions the Chinese see all that go
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out you know this we can’t keep doing
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what we’re doing so they play it out
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through Iran and they kind of capitulate
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directly against against Trump which is
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sort of the you know the Chinese way of
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doing things they’re kind of that
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inscrutable way of viewing the world and
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I that’s that’s what we’re seeing play
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out right now today
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