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Speaker 2: Story number one.

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Speaker 3: There's another major story that is happening and the media

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Speaker 3: How many different and this is an even bigger question.

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Speaker 3: President Trump announcing the sweeping trade agreement with the European

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Speaker 1: We're going to do the following The European Union is

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Speaker 1: I think that basically concludes the deal. I mean, those

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Speaker 1: And we have a great relationship now with NATO, which

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Speaker 3: Yet again, another massive promise the President kept in a

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Speaker 3: President saying he was going to bring back fairness to

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Speaker 3: And yet again the President putting America first as he promised.

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