WEBVTT - Trump's Mar-a-Lago Press Conference Was TERRIFYING

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<v Speaker 1>Thirty four days from today, at the noon hour, Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump will raise his right hand and swear the thirty

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<v Speaker 1>five word presidential oath, the only one that is written

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<v Speaker 1>into the US Constitution. This is the warning. And so

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<v Speaker 1>it was that thirty five days from that moment, the

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<v Speaker 1>President elect faced the press.

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<v Speaker 2>We need a great media, we need a fair media.

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<v Speaker 2>We need it's very important. And we need borders. We

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<v Speaker 2>need wolves, but we need borders, and we need fair elections.

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<v Speaker 1>What is it that you see? What I see is

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<v Speaker 1>the ring master and a circus. I see something deeply performative,

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<v Speaker 1>not even superficially inquisitive. Let's watch this question, thanks as

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<v Speaker 1>a Trump What about the polio vaccine?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I'm a big believer in it, and I think

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<v Speaker 2>everything should be looked at. But I'm a big believer

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<v Speaker 2>in the polio vaccine, the Salk vaccine.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think schools should mandate vaccine? Do you think

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<v Speaker 1>schools should mandate vaccines?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't like mandates. I'm not a big mandate person.

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<v Speaker 1>The truth of the matter is, Donald Trump has no

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<v Speaker 1>idea what she's asking him. None. It might as well

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<v Speaker 1>be a question about the traffic on a corner in Belarus.

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<v Speaker 1>It is incomprehensible to him because he is a billionaire

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<v Speaker 1>who sent his children to private school and he's the

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<v Speaker 1>president elect of the United States, not the local school

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<v Speaker 1>board where these decisions are made at any level. That's

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<v Speaker 1>not where Donald Trump, of course, is coming from. He's

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<v Speaker 1>asked a question about vaccines, and the truth is he's indifferent,

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<v Speaker 1>and his indifference is shown by the fact the demand

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<v Speaker 1>he nominated to run the country's public health agencies is

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<v Speaker 1>a conspiracy theorist who is as unfit as the people

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<v Speaker 1>he nominated to run the Defense Department, the intelligence agencies,

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<v Speaker 1>and the FBI. All of these people collectively are vandals.

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<v Speaker 1>And Donald Trump has made the point that while he

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<v Speaker 1>is getting ready to vandalize the American system, that the

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<v Speaker 1>media is tamed and everyone in the room knows it,

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<v Speaker 1>and he knows it. Like we talked about here on

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<v Speaker 1>this platform not so long ago, the new prerequisite of

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<v Speaker 1>this second Trump term in dealing with Trump is simply

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<v Speaker 1>to be nice. You have to be nice to Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>And he's talked about everybody who's come to see him.

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<v Speaker 2>I did have a dinner with Tim Cook. I had

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<v Speaker 2>dinner with sort of almost all of them, and the

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<v Speaker 2>rest are coming. And this is one of the big

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<v Speaker 2>differences I think between we were talking about it before,

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<v Speaker 2>one of the big differences between the first term. The

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<v Speaker 2>first term, everybody was fighting me. In this term, everybody

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<v Speaker 2>wants to be my friend. I don't know my personality

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<v Speaker 2>changed or something. But I had as you know, at

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<v Speaker 2>Sundar from Google, but I also had Sergei. Nobody reported

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<v Speaker 2>that Sergey is the owner, the primary owner, along with

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<v Speaker 2>his friend as you know. And uh, SERGEI was here also.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't believe you didn't pick that one up. Nobody

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<v Speaker 2>picked that up.

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<v Speaker 1>Serge of course is Sergey Bran who of course is

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<v Speaker 1>the founder of Google, but also Nicole Shanahan's ex husband.

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<v Speaker 1>He's the person who made her a billionaire and an

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<v Speaker 1>attractive vice presidential candidate for Robert F. Kennedy, who used

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<v Speaker 1>his run as an independent to clear the field for

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<v Speaker 1>his merger with MAGA. This world that Trump is the

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<v Speaker 1>ringmaster of is very small. Sergey Brinn knows Elon Musk.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, he's the reason he and Nicole Shanahan, according

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<v Speaker 1>to media reports, are divorced. She had an affair with Elon,

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<v Speaker 1>who would go on to spend two hundred and thirty

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<v Speaker 1>seven million dollars. Let me say it again, two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and thirty seven million dollars to help elect Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>And in the short interregnum between the election in November

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<v Speaker 1>and today, Elon's return on that investment is in excess

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<v Speaker 1>of two hundred billion dollars, increasing his net worth to

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<v Speaker 1>almost half a trillion dollars, A staggering four hundred billion

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<v Speaker 1>for the richest man in the world. Who now is

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<v Speaker 1>the head of Trump's fake and it is fake Department

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<v Speaker 1>of Government Efficiency, our unelected, unconfirmed, unappointed deputy president And

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<v Speaker 1>make no mistake, Donald Trump has the power and he

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<v Speaker 1>intends to abuse it. Now, how do we know? Isn't

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<v Speaker 1>it the job of a free media to ferret out

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<v Speaker 1>the truth by allowing the principle in this case the president,

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<v Speaker 1>to be who they are. And so it is that,

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<v Speaker 1>in that sense, the news conference gave us the insight

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<v Speaker 1>that is necessary for the American people to have when

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<v Speaker 1>evaluating Donald Trump in this moment. What is it that

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump is thinking about thirty four days before he

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<v Speaker 1>takes office, before he raises his hand and swears that

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<v Speaker 1>is he thinking about war? Is he thinking about peace? Prosperity.

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<v Speaker 1>Now he's thinking about retribution.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing this not because I want to. I'm doing

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<v Speaker 2>this because I feel I have an obligation to.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to be.

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<v Speaker 2>Bringing one against the people in Iowa. Their newspaper which

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<v Speaker 2>had a very very good polster who got me right

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<v Speaker 2>all the time, and then just before the election she

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<v Speaker 2>said I was going to lose by three or four points.

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<v Speaker 2>That it became the biggest story all over the world.

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<v Speaker 1>He is thinking about the Des Moines Register and it's

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<v Speaker 1>Polster and Seltzer who conducted a poll that was wildly

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<v Speaker 1>off in the days leading up to the election. Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump is going to sue. And because he has trained

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<v Speaker 1>the Washington media, the national media, the corporate media, the

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<v Speaker 1>giant media of Walt Disney and Bezos and Comcast to

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<v Speaker 1>bend at the knee, he expects the much smaller Des

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<v Speaker 1>Moines Register to do exactly the same. So he is

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<v Speaker 1>preparing a lawsuit. And here's the thing. Donald Trump has

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<v Speaker 1>been impeached twice, He's been convicted of thirty four felony counts.

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<v Speaker 1>He has survived two assassination attempts. Donald Trump has never

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<v Speaker 1>bended the knee. So when he is surrounded by people

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<v Speaker 1>that do. It feeds an awful contempt towards them by

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump that makes their predicament much worse. So. In

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<v Speaker 1>the case of Justin Trudeau, who came Tomorrow Lago as

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<v Speaker 1>a capetulant, his government is falling. Weeks later, Joe and Mika,

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<v Speaker 1>they came Tomorrow Lago as a capitulant couple, and their

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<v Speaker 1>show its ratings, da've cretered. Everybody who has sold out

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<v Speaker 1>by capitulating has paid a price because what they've sold

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<v Speaker 1>out isn't their dignity though they did that. It's the

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<v Speaker 1>trust and the connection that exists between them and their constituency,

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<v Speaker 1>Their integrity, and their credibility all washed away in a

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<v Speaker 1>second of weakness and capitulation to Donald Trump, the crocodile

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<v Speaker 1>behind the podium, the ringmaster directing it all, and all

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<v Speaker 1>it is is a show. And for a while at least,

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump is riding high. What he understands is this

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<v Speaker 1>time in America, he's being recognized by the richest, by

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<v Speaker 1>the most powerful, at long last, through Trump's eyes for

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<v Speaker 1>what he is, well and truly okay, And they come

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<v Speaker 1>to bow Sergey Brand networth one hundred and sixty four

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<v Speaker 1>billion on his knee. Donald Trump will roll over them

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<v Speaker 1>until he meets the resistance that he cannot roll over,

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<v Speaker 1>and that will be an awakened American public who will

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<v Speaker 1>come to understand that make America Great Again was a

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<v Speaker 1>hollow promise, empty words. And the chaos and the higher

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<v Speaker 1>prices and the instability and the global conflict and everything

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<v Speaker 1>that is to come, including the abuses of police power,

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<v Speaker 1>the surveillance, the retribution, the prosecutions, the wire taps, the

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<v Speaker 1>American people will have to stop it. Donald Trump looks

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<v Speaker 1>at the world standing on top of the hill, and

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<v Speaker 1>what he sees is what he can't help but talk about.

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<v Speaker 1>When he sees the press, he gets the entertained, and

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<v Speaker 1>he knows who the lion tamer is because he loves

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<v Speaker 1>looking at that guy in the mirror. Trump won't be

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<v Speaker 1>able to kill the free media. He's just able to

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<v Speaker 1>make the corporate media bent and bow and scrape and

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<v Speaker 1>dance and do what it is that he wants them

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<v Speaker 1>to do because he has the power. And mostly these

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<v Speaker 1>organizations are controlled by billionaires and are controlled by the

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<v Speaker 1>richest people in the world who are part of the

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<v Speaker 1>small club that stands to either get richer or be

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<v Speaker 1>left behind. Everybody gets rich. If you're as rich as

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<v Speaker 1>Sergey Brinn around Donald Trump to the next level of riches,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe Sergei could be worth five hundred billion or even

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<v Speaker 1>six hundred billion, close enough to Elon as he becomes

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<v Speaker 1>the Earth's first trillion dollar man. All you have have

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<v Speaker 1>to do is stay in line. When it comes to politics,

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<v Speaker 1>the leader decides what is right, what is up, what

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<v Speaker 1>is down, what is read, what is blue? Whatever anybody

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<v Speaker 1>wishes to call that, it is not democracy, and whatever

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<v Speaker 1>anybody wishes to call the circus and more a lago

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<v Speaker 1>where the client capitulated and came press probe Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>with nonsecuiturs and nonsense and trivialities. Just don't call it

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<v Speaker 1>a news conference, because that's not what it was. It's

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<v Speaker 1>steerter for the masses, bread and circuses. Seven days a week,

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<v Speaker 1>thirty four days to go. And the writing is on

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<v Speaker 1>the wall. The most powerful president in American history is

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<v Speaker 1>coming to town, and he's pissed off, and his heart

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<v Speaker 1>is filled with retribution and revenge. And for every person

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<v Speaker 1>who bends the knee in front of him, all they do,

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<v Speaker 1>he's make him more aggressive. They worsen their individual position,

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<v Speaker 1>they lose their dignity, they break the trust, they get steamrolled,

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<v Speaker 1>and Trump gets bigger and meaner. But somewhere out there

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<v Speaker 1>there is a line, and when he crosses it, well,

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<v Speaker 1>a tough people will be standing there facing back. That

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<v Speaker 1>day will come, but it ain't tomorrow, and it ain't

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<v Speaker 1>in the first one hundred days of what's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be the abuse presidency of our nightmares. Get ready, bending

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<v Speaker 1>at the knee is the wrong thing to do, and

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<v Speaker 1>we'll find out soon enough, just like our grandparents did

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<v Speaker 1>that the price of appeasement is very high. As a philosophy,

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<v Speaker 1>it makes sense the person who feeds the crocodile may

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<v Speaker 1>be the last eating. But the problem is they do

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<v Speaker 1>get eaten. This is the warning. I'm Steve Schmidt. This

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