“American Country Peasants” – China SLAMS Trump’s Tariff War In BRUTAL Attack On U.S.
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China lashes out at the U.S. in response to J.D. Vance's claim that China borrows from peasants to buy their goods. Chinese official calls the claim "shameful" and says peasants in the United States will suffer from the trade war.
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So let me give you some love letter here from China, Tom, and I want to get your reaction
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on this one here. China lashes out, says peasants in the United States will suffer
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from the trade war. Rob, I think you got a clip on this. If you want to prepare this here,
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is this the one? Go ahead, Rob, play this clip.
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I'm not eating Chinese food for six months. That's my boy. He called me a peasant. I'm not going to
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take a chopstick. Can you play the last five seconds one more time? Just play the last five
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That's what I'm, bro, that's fighting words. Let me read this to you. Let me read this to you.
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Okay, so here we go. Xia Baolong, great name, director of Chinese Hong Kong and Macau Affairs
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Office, criticized U.S. terrorists as extremely shameless, stating, let those peasants in the
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United States wail in front of 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, which is what we just
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watched, in response to J.D. Vance's claim that the U.S. borrows from Chinese peasants to buy their
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goods. Xia addressed the national security education. They called the U.S. the biggest
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sinister manipulator undermining human rights, freedom, the rule of law, prosperity and stability
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in Hong Kong, and a bully. He warned, the U.S. isn't after our tariffs, but our very survival.
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The Chinese people do not cause trouble, nor are they afraid of trouble. Pressure, threats,
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and blackmail are not the right way to deal with China. Alleging U.S. suppression of Hong Kong will
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eventually backfire on itself. Chinese foreign minister spokesperson Lin Jian previously criticized
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Vance saying, to hear words that lack knowledge and respect like those uttered by vice president
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is both surprising and kind of lamentable. Tom, your thoughts on this?
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Well, first of all, here's what China is doing. Our VP spoke, so Xi is never going to talk to our VP.
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Xi sends this guy out. Xi Baolong, director of China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs office.
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What? It's like the director of China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs office. Hardly the vice president of
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China. So they're sending out a lower level guy to go make a comment because China is very symbolic.
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They're very symbolic with what they say. And so they're like, OK, you're number two guy wants to
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talk a little trash. Then we're going to talk a little trash behind the scenes. They have currency
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problems behind the scenes. They're still tearing down apartment buildings that they overbuilt
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behind the scenes. They are still about to have to deal with changing the demand from their largest
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customer in the known galaxy, us. And so it doesn't mean that this is easy and it doesn't mean that
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they're not a force to be reckoned with. But this guy, he's just out talking trash because J.D. Vance
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said peasants. So this guy is going to say peasants. But let me tell you what's going on here, which is
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the one part that we have to be careful with because they know what they have that we're having a hard
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time with. Remember when we were talking yesterday, the fact that Trump wanted Greenland.
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Why? Because the beach is beautiful? Because we're all going to be going tanning there?
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No. Or because they have minerals? Trump wanted who else? Ukraine to come to the table. And Putin
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kind of hurt the speed because Putin's not working that quickly on the negotiation. And why did he
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want a negotiation deal with Ukraine? Because they offer what? Minerals that we need. Two of them
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were the ones to get the minerals, right? So watch this here. Trump's tariffs, gamble put to test
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as China chokes off critical mineral supplies. Chokes off. So we need it. Nope, you're not going
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to get it. Rob, is that the clip? Okay, play this clip, Rob. This is very interesting to see what's
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going on. Because the longer it takes, guys, can you, can you, if you're going to talk, guys, over
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there on the left, if you can, you guys can go to the cigar lounge. We can hear you. If China
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uses this as a leverage, Putin, Russia, Ukraine, Greenland doesn't happen, a lot of business
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owners are going to be calling Trump saying, hey, what are we going to do about this? Rob,
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In Vietnam, they brought the pomp and circumstance to welcome Xi Jinping. And two communist leaders
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walked the red carpet so Beijing could portray itself as a benevolent source of regional stability.
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China will insist on joining hands rather than throwing punches, tearing down walls instead of
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building barriers, connecting instead of decoupling. Xi's Southeast Asia tour was pre-planned,
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but he's using it to confront the U.S. for what Beijing calls an irresponsible trade war
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and recent sanctions on Hong Kong, China's top official there said today.
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The repeated attempts of the U.S. to contain and suppress...
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But let me read this to you. China halted exports of rare minerals, critical for weapons,
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electric vehicles, and electronics in retaliation to Trump's 145% tariff. So let me give you an idea
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what we're going through. We have SLS next week at Mar-a-Lago. We have an event that's coming up
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next week at Mar-a-Lago. We purchased a million dollars worth of merch that's coming in, and we
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have it coming in from all over the place, but one of the shipments coming from there. It's at the port,
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it's waiting there saying, hey, if you want it, you're going to have to pay another $250,000
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in tariffs. Not me. This is the fee. So a lot of people are currently experiencing this small
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little pain. How many of you guys are experiencing it yourself and your business? Can you raise your
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hand if you've had anything happening with tariffs in the last two weeks? Raise your hand if you can.
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Okay. Fantastic. Watch this. It says, in rare minerals for weapons, electric vehicles, electronics,
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and retaliation to Trump's 145% tariffs impacting U.S. manufacturing and the Flint supply chains,
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National Economic Council Director Kevin Hessett said rare earths are part of lots of the economy.
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The rare earth limits are being studied very carefully, and they're concerning,
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and we're thinking about all the options right now. China producing 60% and processing 90% of global
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critical minerals imposed export controls on seven rare earth minerals, stopping the magnet
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shipments on April 4th. The ban spares finished products, potentially undermining Trump's tariffs
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while U.S. industries face production delays. Josh Baller, CEO of U.S. Rare Earth, predicted.
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I'm betting it affects a lot of the auto manufacturers fairly quickly. Anybody who's
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doing their assembly manufacturing here, there will be a knockdown effect. Tom, thoughts on this?
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Remember, I think we all remember, what did Zelensky and Trump supposedly come to a verbal
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agreement before the famous fight in the Oval Office? It was a ceasefire and minerals deal with
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Ukraine. And then they came in there and, you know, Zelensky made a couple of snide comments,
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back with the media, and then he and Vance went at it. Remember that?
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So Trump, so this is one of the things where you have to remember, our president is showing
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leadership here. He was trying to get out in front of this. He knew China was going to play this card.
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And he's trying to get out in front of it and saying, hey, we're giving all this money to Ukraine.
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They've got rare earth minerals. You know, it's like they say, PayPal now accepts Bitcoin.
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United States now accepts rare earth minerals. You know, pay us in that, right? Pay us back in
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that. And then Greenland, he's talking about, look, you're not thrilled with the Dutch, perfectly
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thrilled with the Dutch. And China's been trying to get what? Mineral drilling rights in Greenland.
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And by the way, Greenland only has 54,000 people, which is basically a sold out, you know,
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baseball game at larger stadiums. That's it. And so Trump has been trying to get out in front of
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these things because he knows the chess game he's going to, he's going to play. And I think people
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need to, hey, it's in a pinch right now and he's still got to negotiate it. But this is playing out
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in front of our very eyes. Let me ask you, finding out that he was right. Does this hurt Ilan though?
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Does this hurt Ilan? Does this? I think so. Okay. So how long can he go with this pain?
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What do you think? Because to me, we don't know the answer. It's not like you're talking
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to the guy every day. Can you text him, find out how long he can go? What I'm saying is purely
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speculate. How long can he go? Can he go a month? Can he go two months? Can he go three months? Can
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he go six months? There is a time. How long can he go? Because he's also got great relationship
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with China. Ilan does a lot of business with those guys on the other end. So if this is affecting,
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so he's kind of in the middle where I got my business dealings I'm doing and we need these
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minerals. Where do we go get them from? Ukraine's not moving fast enough. They flipped. There are so
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many moving parts. The toughest thing about negotiation is when you're in the middle of a deal
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and like we were going through this at the tail end of selling our business, there was handful of
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things moving at the same time and it was not fun. And at any point, the deal was about to fall through
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at any point. I'll never ever any point for the last, would you say eight weeks? Yes. The level of
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anxiety and angst when by the when the money hit the account and we closed, we were in a room and when
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the announcement was made, you remember Moral's reaction? Yeah. You remember your reaction? Yeah. You
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remember the entire room what it was like? It was as if weight was lifted. Now that's a small little
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business compared to a government as big as we are. They have 20 things going on right now that one
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doesn't work out affects this one. Panama Canal, China, CK, Hutchinson, Minerals, Deals. We need these
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chips. NVIDIA prices are going up. So he's kind of in the middle trying to negotiate all this stuff.
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I don't know. I don't know how this is going to end up. I do know if you voted for this and we're
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pushing it and we're challenging them. Do I think China is going to be willing to, you know, go through
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more pain than us? Do I think China can be a bigger asshole and care about their people? Like, who do you
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think cares more about voters? Americans or Chinese? Not even close. Do they even vote?
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What politician cares more about voters? Do they vote in China? That's the joke. The joke part is
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what? Chinese people look at their voters as what? Listen, you have nothing to say. Relax. Yeah.
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This is China. You're going to do whatever we tell you to do. In U.S., you've got midterms around the
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corner. So there's a lot of stuff that's going on here. Adam, your thoughts? Yeah. I'm actually in favor of
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what Trump is doing with China. I don't. I like the concept. I like the idea. I like the mission.
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I don't like the game plan. He could have gone this, gone about this so much clearer and better
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and prepared everybody. So I'll make an analogy. Born and raised in Miami. You've experienced hurricane
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season now for a few years now. A hurricane just doesn't pop up in Miami. You're like, it's hurricane
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season. Brace for impact. You know, it's going to happen in the next six months. And then when a
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hurricane happens, you have like a week or two to prepare off the coast of Africa. You're like,
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all right, cool. We got this. Get the shutters. Get the wife. Get the kids. Get everything out of
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there. Trump showed up like a freaking tornado. Boom. Tariffs. Everyone's like, what the fuck is going
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on here? And nobody, business owners had no time to react. 30 days. So markets can move pretty
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quickly to respond. But businesses are going to take 60, 90, 120 days to even realize what the hell
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is going on here. So in my opinion, I voted for Trump. I support him taking on what he's doing
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with China. The concept is a little reckless in my opinion. It's almost like, if I could give one
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more analogy, we had freaking the Democrats drunk at the wheel, DUI, drunk on power and big spending.
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They're making our boys, girls. They're chopping things off. Everyone's gay. Everyone's going big
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spending. We're like, dude, we need a freaking safe driver. You know, what's it called when you,
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uh, DD designated driver. Clearly I need one with my Ubers designated drivers. Trump's like,
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listen, I got this. I don't drink. I don't smoke. I don't even have tattoos. He shows up. He puts on
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Dale Earnhardt hat. He's flicking off everybody. He's just speeding down the race, reckless driving.
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You're like, bro, you were just supposed to be chill. You're just going a little too fast right now.
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Pump the brakes. Let's think this. I say no. No, I say he puts it in fifth gear. He keeps doing
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exactly what the hell he's doing. This is what we voted for. He's the only, he's the, he's three
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months in and everybody's acting on the left. Like it's the end of the world. Remember, remember
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World War three, North Korea, Russia. It's all BS. I said this. Everybody needs to calm the hell down.
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Let's not forget who China is guys. They are our enemy. I hate hearing the word adversary. That's the
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same watered down for the enemy. The amount of crap that they do to us as a nation. And let's not
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forget COVID you still, we still to this day, even the CIA Radcliffe has to say it's most likely it
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came from the, that's how powerful these people are that we still can't say the words. It came from
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China. It came from Wuhan at a lab that we started with fricking Fauci who got a preemptive pardon.
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I think, Pat, stayed the course. They are our enemy. And you mentioned the chess game. Who's
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going to, who's going to break first? Who's going to get the checkmate? I think he has to say, yes,
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we're going to suffer. But at the end of the day, they are our enemy. You hear that fricking
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pal, what up? I don't know what the hell his name was talking shit and calling us peasants,
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regardless of the situation. That's what they think of us. It's going to be a fight. And me as an
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American, I don't have this, I don't have a company where I'm losing that money and all that
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stuff, but who, what other tactic has worked throughout the years? Nothing. And they're going to win
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their GDP is going to pass us in 10 years. Let me tell you, I don't think anybody is
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disagreeing with that idea. Everybody wants to see this happen. But there's also an element
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of, are these executives, his executives that he's known for 10 years, is his executive team
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people that he's worked with for 10 years? No. How long has he had? Months? Weeks? Not even.
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Years? So guess what happens when you have that? So if you run with a group of people that you've
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been running for 10 years, guess what you know? Everything. No one's talking to each other. It's
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just signals. Yeah. You got it? Boom. Good, good, good. Yep, yep. So part of it is also here where,
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you know, I don't know. I trust what the vision is. But on the back end, who's dropping the ball
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on the Ukraine negotiation deal? Who's dropping the ball on the Panama stuff? Who's dropped? This is a
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very good plan if it's executed, but the leadership team's only been working to get it for two or three
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months. You can say all you want. You put a brand spanking new company together with 10 C-suite
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executives from 10 different companies. Guys, make it work. It takes a minute. So I'm a little bit
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watching to see who I can rely on. Because think, this is what I'm thinking if I'm the president.
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I'm sitting, I'm sizing everybody up. I'm like, okay, is that guy really going to get the job done
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that I need to get done right now? Or is he trying to run for office for 2028? Is that guy really going
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to do whatever we need right now to get the job done? Or is he trying to fight for another job?
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Is that guy really doing this? Or that's what I'm thinking. Why? I haven't worked with you for a long
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time. I don't need to ask that about Tom. Tom and I have been in business together for nearly,
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we've known each other for almost 20 years. We've been in business together for a while.
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But I, but I don't know this camp. So I don't know if this camp is executing this chaotic plan
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accordingly at the level of urgency you need. I don't know. I don't know.
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Boy, because it's technically, he's in again. This is the startup. If you think about it,
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everybody's brand new. It's a very new executive team. It's a very new executive team. And you
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don't know everyone's motives. You don't. You don't yet know everyone's motives. This is a very
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heavy duty negotiation going on all at the same time. Some of it needs to close. Like when you have
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20 pending deals that are open, you come to your executives and you're like, hey, you had four of
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them. When are you closing this thing? You said this going to get done. Why is this taking three
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weeks longer? Your deadline was March 1st. What the hell are we doing? Let's go. Hey, you have four
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projects. All four have been completed. Guys, why is this guy getting everything done? You're not done
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yet. You slowing your things down is hurting the other big things that we're working on. I can't go
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do this if you haven't finished up this project. What the hell are we waiting for? Do we need to find
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somebody else to do this over you? I think that's maybe what's going on because if it's not matching
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publicly, you have to show what? That you're united. And then think about it. A lot of the
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guys that you have on your team are also business owners. So guess what business owners are looking
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at? Some of the policies that we're coming up with is doing what? It's hurting the business. So
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they're kind of like, are they policies first or their business first? Are they America first? Are
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they their business? They're on network? What? This is very, very, uh, uh, this is very complex. We can
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sit here and talk about a podcast and a YouTube and Hey, let me tell you, let me tell you, this is
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they're running the biggest corporation in the world with 10 brand new executives who have never worked
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together before. Go ahead. Run this biggest corporation. It's challenging. So I don't know what's
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going to be happening, but a part of me is kind of anticipating some deals, closing up, close the loop on a
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couple of these deals. We're being told, I'm pretty optimistic. The BlackRock deal is going to get done
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with Panama Canal. Stop saying that close the damn deal. I'm pretty deal. The Ukraine Putin thing's going
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to get done. Freaking fly over to Russia already. Let's get some of this stuff done. That's my concern.
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Adam, you have one thing to say. Yeah. Yeah. Um, I fully agree as, as someone that runs a business and
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understands sales, you have 20 deals in the pipeline. Oh, that, yeah, that deal folded. That didn't come
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through. Oh man, what happened with that client? Boom, boom, boom. Next thing you know, 20 deals, you have 10 deals.
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10 didn't close. You're like, we better close these right here. What's going on with Iran with
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the nuclear missile deal? What's going on? I'm going to end the war in Russia before I even get,
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it's still going on. Putin's still bombing Ukrainians. Gaza, we're going to get all the
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hostages back. Nah, they didn't really do that. Inflation, where are we at with that? So like,
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I fully understand where Vinny's at. This is what we voted for. I want this. I love that about Vinny,
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but also we need to have like a measured sort of sense of understanding. Like we can't just
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be in the back seat with a reckless driver and be like, this is the driver, bro. It's like, well,
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tell him to fucking pull over and like, let's buckle up some seatbelts for a second,
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guys. So I love Vinny. I love like, that's what America is. Like John Wayne over here,
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like a cowboy, but like, you know, that horse ain't running.
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My question is, is it three months to panic right now at three months? You asked a very good
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question. Who has more time? Clearly China. Trump, we have got 16 months until the next
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midterm. What's the thing they said in Afghanistan when we were there for 20 years? It's like,
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you guys have all the watches we have all the time. China don't give a shit. They'll starve
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their people. They'll put people in camps. They are starving their people.
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You know, so we unfortunately have what's called empathy and care and approval ratings. And Trump's
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going to have to answer to somebody. And my biggest fear, if this doesn't work, you're going to start
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to see his team of rivals be like, I told Trump not to do this. You're fired. It could get ugly if
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he doesn't start getting some W's. Yeah. That's why I think we need to know who's not doing the work.
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Like, like if, if one of the 10 executives or two of them are kind of not moving urgently,
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that story needs to leak to the public. Like we need to know what's going on because if you don't,
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everybody's going to be blaming him. What's going on right now? Who's not executing some of these
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deals? Again, I don't know the full details, but what's going on here. I just think some of them
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need to close the loop where you have more leverage to negotiate. And a lot of these things are tied to
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