WEBVTT - Trump's Physical Shows Just How Delusional This Administration Is

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<v Speaker 1>It is April fourteenth, twenty twenty five, and this is

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<v Speaker 1>a momentous day in history. There are few that rival

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<v Speaker 1>it in terms of anniversaries of arrogance, stupidity, and greed

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<v Speaker 1>coming to meet in the icy waters of the North

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<v Speaker 1>Atlantic over which I will be flying later this evening,

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<v Speaker 1>approximate to the time of the sinking of the ship

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<v Speaker 1>that they said God himself could not sink. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>I am thinking about Titanic, and as Donald Trump puts

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<v Speaker 1>the American Ship of State full steam ahead into the ice,

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<v Speaker 1>it seems we should remember what happened on that icy

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<v Speaker 1>night one hundred and thirteen years ago this evening. There

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<v Speaker 1>is always a high cost for highest levels of study

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<v Speaker 1>mixed with misjudgment, mixed with greed, that are all then

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<v Speaker 1>celebrated as virtues, when in fact they're the recipe for catastrophe.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the warning people all over the world, including

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<v Speaker 1>in the United States, including people I met in Oklahoma

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<v Speaker 1>this weekend. They're all asking the same question, what's happening

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<v Speaker 1>and why is it happening? Well, let me start by

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<v Speaker 1>showing you a landslide an avalanche. When an avalanche starts,

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<v Speaker 1>gravity does most of the work However, it begins, and

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't take a lot. Once that sheet of ice

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<v Speaker 1>and snow and rocks starts to come down, there's nothing

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<v Speaker 1>to stop it except at the bottom. And what starts

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<v Speaker 1>at the top, like a trickle, can become incredibly destructive.

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<v Speaker 1>So Donald Trump has set things in motion that will

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<v Speaker 1>be incredibly destructive for American power, American prestige, and for

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<v Speaker 1>our allies trust. The United States has broke trust with

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<v Speaker 1>our friends. We have broken trust with our ideals, with

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<v Speaker 1>our ideas, with our values, because for a time now,

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<v Speaker 1>the government of the people, by the people, for the

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<v Speaker 1>people has been hijacked by Donald Trump and his gangsters,

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<v Speaker 1>who serve their self interest, who serve their greed, who

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<v Speaker 1>serve the cause of their own power. But never you, ever,

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<v Speaker 1>they are common, and they are stealing from you. They

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<v Speaker 1>are stealing things from you that are beyond my ability

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<v Speaker 1>to describe with regard to how priceless they are, how ephemeral.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll talk about it in the months ahead, but for now,

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<v Speaker 1>let's look at where Donald Trump is. Let's understand and

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<v Speaker 1>the Trump cycle. Because first there is the threat and

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<v Speaker 1>the bluster. There is the corresponding chaos. There is fear,

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<v Speaker 1>there is reaction, and all of Trump's children, all of

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<v Speaker 1>his little girls and all of his little boys, in

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<v Speaker 1>their dressed up costumes and in their suits, go on

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<v Speaker 1>television and look in the camera, and they lie and

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<v Speaker 1>they say that Donald Trump knows what he's doing, he

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<v Speaker 1>has a plan, and he'll never back down.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that what you have assembled in your vision

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<v Speaker 2>is a turning point and an inflection point in American history.

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<v Speaker 2>And so just being a part of that is the

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<v Speaker 2>greatest honor. So thank you for that. And again, just

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<v Speaker 2>the relationships here and their honor and respect we have

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<v Speaker 2>for each other is a reflection of you and your leadership.

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<v Speaker 1>But then the reactions come, reality comes. A Canadian Prime

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<v Speaker 1>minister speaks.

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<v Speaker 3>Canada must be looking elsewhere to expand our trade, to

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<v Speaker 3>build our economy and to protect our sovereignty. Canada is

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<v Speaker 3>ready to take a leadership role in building a coalition

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<v Speaker 3>of like minded countries who share our values.

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<v Speaker 1>And then there is the Trump panic. There is Trump incoherence,

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<v Speaker 1>and all the King's men and all the kings ladies

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't put Humpty Dumpty's tariffs back together again. He has

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<v Speaker 1>fallen from the wall and cracked open a fool exposed.

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<v Speaker 1>Understanding this tale takes an appreciation of an old Turkish proverb.

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<v Speaker 1>It's about a clown who goes to a castle. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>for the purposes of this story, the clown is Donald Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>and he is a clown. He's always been a clown.

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<v Speaker 1>And the American people, with forty nine point nine percent

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<v Speaker 1>of the vote vote of those who chose to vote,

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<v Speaker 1>sent him a clown to a castle. Our White House,

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<v Speaker 1>where above the state fireplace is an inscription a quote

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<v Speaker 1>of John Adams that talks about in prayer that he

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<v Speaker 1>hopes only good and honest men will live there. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>we know today that someday a woman will live there

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<v Speaker 1>as chief executive. But the key point is the honesty.

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<v Speaker 1>A low and dishonest man lives there a clown, a

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<v Speaker 1>venomous one. And this venomous clown proves the proverb true,

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<v Speaker 1>for it says when a clown goes to a castle,

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<v Speaker 1>he does not become a sultan, but rather the castle

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<v Speaker 1>becomes a circus. And so it has. And now, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>there is the Trump surrender, with the country innex serrobly

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<v Speaker 1>headed to recession, trillions of dollars poorer, the economy destabilized,

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<v Speaker 1>the dollar declining in value, and US treasuries in trouble.

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<v Speaker 1>The cost of borrowing money to sustain America's massive debt

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<v Speaker 1>is going to get a lot more expensive for the

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<v Speaker 1>American people who don't seem to appreciate that giving the

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<v Speaker 1>middle finger to everyone, all at once, everywhere wasn't a

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<v Speaker 1>smart thing to do, because they are our customers, they

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<v Speaker 1>buy our debt. And the person who caused this crisis

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<v Speaker 1>is simultaneously causing five other crises. There is the constitutional crisis,

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<v Speaker 1>where people are being disappeared off of the streets, where

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<v Speaker 1>Trump officials think they have the authority to defy federal

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<v Speaker 1>court orders, where there are encroachments and infringements by the

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<v Speaker 1>government on ideas and thinking, and in fact, the Trump

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<v Speaker 1>regime was forced to retract their focus on stopping at

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<v Speaker 1>the border poisonous ideas. I wonder if Donald and his

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<v Speaker 1>fascist White House thanks that my understanding that they are

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<v Speaker 1>fascists is a poisonous idea. I wonder if they could,

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<v Speaker 1>if they would like to keep me out of the country.

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<v Speaker 1>But instead I will go to France, And in France,

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<v Speaker 1>I will go to the grave of Lafayette and to

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<v Speaker 1>the beaches in Normandy, and I will remember, and I

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<v Speaker 1>will write, and I will think, and I will take

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<v Speaker 1>you on the tour with me to do my best

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<v Speaker 1>to recall some of the things that were our shared

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<v Speaker 1>faith ideas about freedom, freedom of conscience and imagination, the

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<v Speaker 1>liberty to do with our lives as we please in

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<v Speaker 1>the pursuit of happiness, with regard to raising our families,

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<v Speaker 1>with regard to living our lives without the office, vicious

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<v Speaker 1>and high handed trumpet in hand in our face, the

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<v Speaker 1>finger of one of his spokespersons, constantly jabbing forward into

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<v Speaker 1>the air at us through our screens, with their intemperate

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<v Speaker 1>tones and their aggressive postures. What are we to do? First,

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<v Speaker 1>all of this two years from now will be repudiated

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<v Speaker 1>in a way that Donald Trump and his hijackers cannot imagine. Secondarily,

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<v Speaker 1>the costs for the business leaders of the most powerful

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<v Speaker 1>American corporations who have made their deal with the devil.

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<v Speaker 1>The righteous might of the American people will defenestrate and

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<v Speaker 1>defang their empires with anti trust actions in the years ahead.

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<v Speaker 1>They have gotten too big, too powerful, and too arrogant.

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<v Speaker 1>But arrogance finds its way always to the bottom of

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<v Speaker 1>the sea, and so be again for Maga and all

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<v Speaker 1>of the men who think they should be kings, and

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<v Speaker 1>we their serfs, who have made their move upon the

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<v Speaker 1>greatest ideas ever set down on paper by the mind

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<v Speaker 1>of man, the notion that we are all created equal.

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<v Speaker 1>What Donald Trump has proposed is a reordering of the world.

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<v Speaker 1>All we have to do is submit to the king,

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<v Speaker 1>and with his pleasure, all the riches of the world

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<v Speaker 1>may be ours if we get in line, if we

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<v Speaker 1>bend the knee, if we lick the boot. But the

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<v Speaker 1>American creed suggests the answer to this proposition must endure

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<v Speaker 1>forever and be frozen in amber with just one word never.

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump is a national disgrace. He is in ensurper

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<v Speaker 1>of what Washington built and imagined into being with an

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<v Speaker 1>act of a stuf humility, what Abraham Lincoln preserved with

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<v Speaker 1>an iron strength tempered by compassion and empathy and a

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<v Speaker 1>deep hunger for reconciliation. America is a project of faith

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<v Speaker 1>and the work of the faithful. It is the place

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<v Speaker 1>redeemed by Martin Luther King and by the civil rights movement.

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<v Speaker 1>By John Lewis and the men and women on a

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<v Speaker 1>bridge in Selma Alabama in April of nineteen sixty five.

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<v Speaker 1>And so as we begin another week of chaos in America,

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump has demonstrated he's not strong, He's weak. He

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<v Speaker 1>is ubiquitous. But ubiquity is not strength. It is simply

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<v Speaker 1>the power over corporate media to maintain presence at all times.

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<v Speaker 1>But that presence can be turned off. It's a mirage.

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<v Speaker 1>It is a mirage as sure as is the Wizard

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<v Speaker 1>of Ozz. It is a cloak meant to make a

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<v Speaker 1>small man big. And trust me, Donald Trump is the

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<v Speaker 1>smallest of men. And I know that because sometime this weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>Carolyn Levitt huddled with Donald Trump and they worked on

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<v Speaker 1>a most ludicrous of statements, which I will read for

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<v Speaker 1>you now in conclusion as the warning, because any president,

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<v Speaker 1>any man with power, who is so brittle, thin skinned,

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<v Speaker 1>abjectly unable to connect with another human being, but at

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<v Speaker 1>seventy eight, so delusional as to think that this statement

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<v Speaker 1>won't be laughed at by the overwhelming majority of us.

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<v Speaker 1>And we're not laughing with any of you people in

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<v Speaker 1>the White House. We laugh at you because each of

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<v Speaker 1>you is resplendently and competent, weird, arrogant, and entitled Steven Miller.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a freak show. And for all of you who

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<v Speaker 1>do terrible things, there will be accountability. There always is.

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<v Speaker 1>Tonight is a great anniversary to contemplate that on this

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<v Speaker 1>the anniversary of the sinking of the ship that God

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<v Speaker 1>himself could not sink. I read from the Trump medical report.

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<v Speaker 1>In conclusion, President Trump remains in excellent health, exhibiting robust cardiac, pulmonary, neurological,

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<v Speaker 1>and general physical function. His active lifestyle continues to contribute

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<v Speaker 1>significantly to his well being. President Trump's days include participation

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<v Speaker 1>in multiple meetings, public appearances, press availability, and frequent victories

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<v Speaker 1>in golf events. President Trump exhibits excellent cognit and physical

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<v Speaker 1>health and is fully fit to execute the duties of

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<v Speaker 1>the commander in chief and head of state, which, of

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<v Speaker 1>course you know, because we see it every day, is untrue.

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<v Speaker 1>What we see is a weak man, an incoherent man,

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<v Speaker 1>an illogical man, a man who has no impulse control,

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<v Speaker 1>a man who lacks restraint, a man surrounded by weakness

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<v Speaker 1>and sickophants, a man surrounded by people who have joined

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<v Speaker 1>a cult of personality and have pissed all over their

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<v Speaker 1>obligations to the country and called it patriotism with golden

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<v Speaker 1>Trump pens upon their lapels. This is the morning and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning. I invite you

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<v Speaker 1>to join this community, where I promise to be honest,

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<v Speaker 1>blunt and direct about what is happening in this country.

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<v Speaker 1>America is in crisis. Follow and somebscribe to this channel

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<v Speaker 1>and on substack. Thank you,