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Speaker 2: Joining us now for the next thirty minutes or so,

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Speaker 2: the perfect guest. Jim's out, the president of Apollo Global Management. Jim,

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Speaker 2: it's good to see you.

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Speaker 3: Good morning, Good morning as always.

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Speaker 2: Congratulations on the new time talk because someone's focused to

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Speaker 2: you for a number of months.

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Speaker 3: Thank you. It's been a long journey and I appreciate

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Speaker 2: Well, let's get straight into it. You've called it macro paralysis.

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Speaker 2: What is it now?

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Speaker 3: Well, it is. I mean I sit here this morning

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Speaker 3: to digest. But this administration was very clear during the

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Speaker 3: campaign what their objective was. They really wanted to revitalize

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Speaker 3: now the focus is on tariffs. They have been probably

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Speaker 3: signaling I know you have Secretary Lutnik on later on

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Speaker 3: this morning, but they've been signaling this was the dialogue.

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Speaker 3: This is obviously a long negotiation, but again, this was

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Speaker 3: part of the administration's agenda. This is what they wanted

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Speaker 3: the pain of the announcement is being felt this morning

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Speaker 3: And I think now as we think about the big

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Speaker 2: I can't think of many people outside of you and

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Speaker 3: Yeah? Listen, I've used that's the term macro paralysis, because

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Speaker 1: There's a lot to unpack there. I want to go

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Speaker 3: Sure, well, let's just go through two or three things

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Speaker 2: Jim, let's talk about Europe. There's been a major sentiment

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Speaker 2: This is the number one question in financial markets right now.

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Speaker 3: And it was a marketplace that the mag seven took

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Speaker 3: the market down. But again, this is a very very

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Speaker 3: about financial markets in the equity market, but these public

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Speaker 3: navigate this? And that's what gives us a great deal

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Speaker 3: of enthusiasm because what's going on for investors in private

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Speaker 2: Can we just finish that on data centers which has

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Speaker 2: been a major thing. Sure, not just in public markets.

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Speaker 3: We've certainly taken on much more as a debt provider

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Speaker 3: the conversation about dark fiber from ninety eight to ninety

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Speaker 3: Build it and they will come. Certainly, there are economics

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Speaker 3: capital has been created upfront to purchase the land, secure

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Speaker 3: that opportunity set. But to date we've been much more

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Speaker 3: that were raised last week by Joe Sai pretty legitimate

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Speaker 3: what the economics are.

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Speaker 1: Jim.

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Speaker 2: We could talk to you well, Monik, and I've got

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Speaker 2: a job to do, though we appreciate your time.

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Speaker 3: Always a driver, BUYE.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Jim. Jim's out to there, the president of

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Speaker 2: Apollo Global Management,