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Speaker 3: Good Tuesday morning, so nice to have you with us.

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Speaker 3: On the forty seven Morning Update, Donald Trump comes out

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Speaker 2: Story number one.

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Speaker 3: President Donald Trump speaking from marl talking about building our

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