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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Bill Handle on demand from KFI AM

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<v Speaker 1>six forty.

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<v Speaker 2>KFI AM six forty Bill Handle here and the morning crew.

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<v Speaker 1>Boy.

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<v Speaker 2>What a day to day Monday, January twentieth, Martin Luther

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<v Speaker 2>King Day, which is not getting as much attention as

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<v Speaker 2>it should. We would probably be talking a lot about

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<v Speaker 2>Martin Luther King and his legacy because the inauguration is

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<v Speaker 2>today and we are inaugurating the most unusual president in

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<v Speaker 2>the history of this country, an outlier among outliers. It's

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<v Speaker 2>just extraordinary what this man has been able to do.

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<v Speaker 1>The only president we've ever.

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<v Speaker 2>Had to confect, a convicted felon, who's been indicted, who

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<v Speaker 2>has paid big money for defamation, known as a womanizer,

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<v Speaker 2>and yet was elected both in a popular vote as

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<v Speaker 2>well as in the electoral college, so there is no

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<v Speaker 2>issue as to his election. So he gets worn in

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<v Speaker 2>at noon today. It's going to be televised course by

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<v Speaker 2>all the networks. Probably local stations will cover it. Certainly

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to be online. We're going to be seeing

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<v Speaker 2>on I don't know how many platforms, and what he

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<v Speaker 2>plans to do is an immediate shock and awe blitz

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<v Speaker 2>of orders and actions begin dramatically changing the course of

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<v Speaker 2>this country big time, and he's going to succeed because

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<v Speaker 2>he is president. First of all, the ceremony has moved indoors.

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<v Speaker 1>Because it is so cold out there.

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<v Speaker 2>Last time it was moved indoors was during I think

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<v Speaker 2>Reagan's second inaugural. It was seven degrees. This time around,

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<v Speaker 2>it's what twenty degrees? Do I have that right? Interesting

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<v Speaker 2>point by the way, that the people who want to

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<v Speaker 2>buy Greenland are the same people that want to move

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<v Speaker 2>the inauguration indoors because it's too cold.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, Now.

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<v Speaker 2>He is going to do some extraordinary things. He may

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<v Speaker 2>sign as many as one hundred orders. Some are saying

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<v Speaker 2>fifty executive orders, some are saying two hundred.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's going to be the big ones that we

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<v Speaker 1>know is going to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>A new crackdown on illegal immigration we're already talking about

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<v Speaker 2>where they're already talking about deportations and raids happening starting today.

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<v Speaker 2>Terrorists on trading partners, and pardoning of his supporters of

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<v Speaker 2>the January sixth insurrection. We know those three are going

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<v Speaker 2>to happen. The rest we're assuming undoing what Biden has

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<v Speaker 2>done in terms of fossil fuels. In terms of the environment,

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<v Speaker 2>he's not a big fan of environmental controls. He's seventy eight,

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<v Speaker 2>will be the oldest president history to be inaugurated. Biden

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<v Speaker 2>was only five months younger, so they were both pretty old.

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<v Speaker 2>He's the second president to reclaim the White House after

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<v Speaker 2>being defeated for reelection. Grover Cleveland in the eighteen hundreds

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<v Speaker 2>was the first. Biden is going to be there at

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<v Speaker 2>the inaugural. They are back to the tea where the

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<v Speaker 2>new president goes to tea at the White House before

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<v Speaker 2>the inauguration. Usually it's the first lady who handles the tea.

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<v Speaker 2>Now Trump would not do that when Biden was electioned.

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<v Speaker 2>Now we're back to normal, and the list of people

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<v Speaker 2>who are coming just fascinating to the inauguration.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got the three richest people in the world.

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<v Speaker 2>You've got the tech people, Zuckerberg, you have Elon Musk,

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<v Speaker 2>tech business executives, former presidents, all of them are going

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<v Speaker 2>to be there. Assortment of performers, uh, including what Carrie Underwood?

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<v Speaker 1>Do I have that right?

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<v Speaker 2>And boy is she getting nailed on social media for

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<v Speaker 2>that one? Oh my goodness, it doesn't stop. Check Instagram

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<v Speaker 2>and talk about her.

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<v Speaker 2>And some very right wing, some straight out members of

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<v Speaker 2>you know mainstream, the mainstream politicians and the press. But

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of really conservative, right wing politicians, and I

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<v Speaker 2>mean people who are straight out racists, uh, straight out

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<v Speaker 2>anti immigration and you know, for example, one of them

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<v Speaker 2>in France, Eric Zimoor, has been convicted of inciting racial hatred.

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<v Speaker 1>He's coming.

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<v Speaker 2>He wrote a couple of best sellers denouncing France uh

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<v Speaker 2>as in a decline of a country that has Christian

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<v Speaker 2>roots undermined by Muslim immigran and their descendants.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, really crazy stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>He ran for president and got seven percent of the

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<v Speaker 2>vote in France. They got a German guy who is

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<v Speaker 2>head of the Alternative for Germany AfD, classified as right

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<v Speaker 2>ring we'ring extremists by the German government. He's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be there, the super conservative English contingent.

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<v Speaker 1>It's going to be fascinating.

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<v Speaker 2>Also, you've got Mike Vice president, Mike Pence. What Trump

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<v Speaker 2>is doing is he's following protocol and.

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<v Speaker 1>Doing what is traditional.

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<v Speaker 2>All the sitting presidents or the presidents are still alive,

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<v Speaker 2>former presidents, former vice presidents, Mike Pence.

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<v Speaker 1>And so it's not that he's.

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<v Speaker 2>Making the crazy people exclusive members of his inauguration swearing

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<v Speaker 2>in or guests.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just it's fascinating what they're going to do. Boy,

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<v Speaker 1>what a day? What day? Actually, what a week?

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<v Speaker 2>First of all, we have a Martin Luther King Day

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<v Speaker 2>that we're not going to spend enough time on because

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<v Speaker 2>it's also inauguration day of the forty seventh President of

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<v Speaker 2>the United States, Donald Trump, who was also the forty

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<v Speaker 2>fifth president of the United States. And this is only

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<v Speaker 2>the second time that there has been a president who

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<v Speaker 2>ran lost and then ran again.

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<v Speaker 1>And the swearing inn begins.

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<v Speaker 2>At noon traditionally it is now at noon inside the

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<v Speaker 2>Capitol Rotunda because the outside it's too cold. Two hundred

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<v Speaker 2>thousand people were supposed to be there, and now we're

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<v Speaker 2>inside the rotunda, which is a large room. But amy

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<v Speaker 2>do we even know how many people are going to

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<v Speaker 2>be inside the rotunda?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it being reported? It's hundreds, that's it. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't I don't remember the exact number, but it's but

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<v Speaker 1>it's not it's not even a thousand, wow, all right.

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<v Speaker 2>And the reason it's inside is that they had to

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<v Speaker 2>chane plans because of the cold, and that was announced

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<v Speaker 2>by President Trump. The parade has also been canceled, the

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<v Speaker 2>traditional parade, and so guests are going to be invited

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<v Speaker 2>to view those inaugural proceedings at the Capitol One Arena,

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<v Speaker 2>and the President said he would join them. After the

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<v Speaker 2>ceremony and after swearing in, he gives the inauguration speech.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't know how long it is.

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<v Speaker 2>He tends to go off script a lot, so be

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<v Speaker 2>prepared for some fun stuff. Usually it's a very very

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<v Speaker 2>concise and well, not so much concise, but following the

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<v Speaker 2>script on teleprompter.

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<v Speaker 1>Now he goes off the longest inauguration speech.

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<v Speaker 2>A little bit of history here, William Henry Harrison two hours,

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<v Speaker 2>two hours. Can you imagine standing out there in the

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<v Speaker 2>cold for two hours?

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<v Speaker 1>Washington?

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<v Speaker 2>George Washington, one hundred and thirty five words, Thank you,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm president, you're not. Let's go to work. That was

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<v Speaker 2>happened two months, by the way, after the inauguration. It

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<v Speaker 2>was almost spontaneous. It was part of a parade. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>here's a quick.

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<v Speaker 1>One about George Washington.

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<v Speaker 2>Here it is that I just want to throw in

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<v Speaker 2>the mix a little historical bit about George Washington. And

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<v Speaker 2>that is we know more about George Washington today historians

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<v Speaker 2>than the people knew about George Washington when he was

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<v Speaker 2>president and he led the Continental Army.

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<v Speaker 1>How is that possible?

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<v Speaker 2>Because he was a master of compartmentalization that various people

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<v Speaker 2>only know bits and pieces, And he kept just extraordinary records.

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<v Speaker 2>Every letter he wrote there was a copy. He kept

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<v Speaker 2>archives of his presidency. He knew who he was, so

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<v Speaker 2>history has an abundance of facts about him that you

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<v Speaker 2>didn't have unless you were looking at the entire process.

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<v Speaker 1>Franklin Roosevelt did the same.

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<v Speaker 2>Thing by the way he compartmentalized and didn't let one

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<v Speaker 1>Just, yeah, a little bit of history I wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>Now a little bit more. After the ceremony, he is

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<v Speaker 2>going to head to the Oval Office and he'll begin

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<v Speaker 2>signing his executive orders. At least fifty some are saying

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<v Speaker 2>at least one hundred. Some are saying, and we're talking

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<v Speaker 2>to people inside. These are not just pundits on the outside.

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<v Speaker 1>Some at least two hundred.

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<v Speaker 2>He has said that he will sign until his hand

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<v Speaker 2>is broken. Now, what are the important ones he is

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<v Speaker 2>going to sign? Immigration is probably the top of the list.

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<v Speaker 2>He ran on immigration as one of his primary platforms.

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<v Speaker 2>Does he really believe going to get Greenland or the

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<v Speaker 2>Panama Canal or Canada is going to become the fifty

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think so.

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<v Speaker 2>Does he really believe that immigration is a top priority

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<v Speaker 2>and he wants to deport the illegal.

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<v Speaker 1>Migrants here in this country?

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, that is part of his basic belief system.

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<v Speaker 1>That is real.

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<v Speaker 2>As far as Donald Trump is concerned undoing executive orders

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<v Speaker 2>that Biden put into place, that is important.

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<v Speaker 1>He will undo those, no question about it.

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<v Speaker 2>He is certainly going to change economic policy in this country,

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<v Speaker 2>the tariffs. Is he going to put tariffs on our partners, Canada, Mexico,

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<v Speaker 2>more tariffs on China?

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<v Speaker 1>Don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I know he believes in tariffs again as part of

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<v Speaker 2>of his basic belief system.

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<v Speaker 1>How far he's going to go, we don't know. At

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<v Speaker 1>this point. There will be some.

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<v Speaker 2>Government overhaul that is going to happen because he truly

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<v Speaker 2>believes that the government is broken. He has said the

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<v Speaker 2>Democratic Party is broken, it is in disarray, it is

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<v Speaker 2>a failure.

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<v Speaker 1>He is absolutely right.

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<v Speaker 2>Democrats are floundering trying to figure out what the hell happened.

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<v Speaker 2>Super angry at Biden for running when he should not

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<v Speaker 2>have run. Super angry at Biden for the hubris that

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<v Speaker 2>Biden has. Just a few days ago he said he

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<v Speaker 2>could have won against Trump if he stayed in give

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<v Speaker 2>me a break. Super Angry at Harris because she wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>separate herself out from Biden on the issues that Biden

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<v Speaker 2>had such a low low approval rating. And who is

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<v Speaker 2>now the leader of the party. No one has any idea.

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<v Speaker 2>When Trump wasn't president, he was the leader of the party.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is going to become a Trump country, not

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<v Speaker 2>merely a Trump presidency, the other thing really quickly. And

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<v Speaker 2>here's an interesting sideline. He is coming in as a

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<v Speaker 2>lame duck president. Usually presidents, virtually all presidents who have

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<v Speaker 2>two terms.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the first term where all the action is.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the first term where what presidents stand for is

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<v Speaker 2>past and that policy is put into place. The second term,

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<v Speaker 2>he's already lane duck and people pay less attention to him.

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<v Speaker 1>He's coming in as a lame duck president.

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<v Speaker 2>However, I think this is going to be a second

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<v Speaker 2>term far far different than any other second term that

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<v Speaker 1>He's already broken historical facts. I mean, the guys of Felon.

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<v Speaker 2>He's been indicted, he has been hit with defamation suits,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean just all over the place. And by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>if people know about that, it's not like the secret.

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<v Speaker 2>But his supporters don't care because they are so fanatic.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the other thing I haven't seen is the fanaticism

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<v Speaker 2>He's going to sign quote a blizzard of executive orders

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<v Speaker 2>on day one, as in today, and you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>the anti immigration, illegal immigration move that he's going to

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<v Speaker 2>also going, well, the increased oil and gas drilling. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>he believes in that. He doesn't believe in environmental issues.

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<v Speaker 2>never come back from that. And you look at the fires,

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<v Speaker 2>and of course, pardons of the January sixth rioters. So

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<v Speaker 2>a few things he believes to his hard and soul,

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<v Speaker 1>And as far as the pardons go.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the things about President Trump is as he

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<v Speaker 2>Look at the cabinet nominees.

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<v Speaker 1>Wait till you see the under secretary, Wait.

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<v Speaker 2>Till you see the administrators of various agencies. They are

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<v Speaker 2>all going to be Donald Trump loyalists. Now you have presidents,

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<v Speaker 2>most presidents that choose people to run the United States

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<v Speaker 2>government who aren't political, have no idea or voted the

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<v Speaker 2>other way, or Republicans that a democratic president keeps around

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<v Speaker 2>just because of sheer competence. It's not going to be

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<v Speaker 2>the case with President Trump. Now, what are these executive orders? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>executive orders are official documents that are issued unilaterally by

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<v Speaker 2>the president. He does it on his own, basically no oversight,

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<v Speaker 2>and these shape policy and they actually manage how the

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<v Speaker 1>Not mentioned in the US Constitution.

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<v Speaker 2>No statute gives the president the power to issue them,

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<v Speaker 2>but it is widely accepted that the president's issuing of

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<v Speaker 2>If you look at history throughout this country, presidents become

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<v Speaker 2>you're supposed to have three branches of government checks and balances,

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<v Speaker 2>the executive, the judiciary, and the legislative. The judiciary, well,

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<v Speaker 2>it's probably the most even though it's biased. It has

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<v Speaker 2>the power to overturn a president's actions.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'll explain why.

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<v Speaker 2>The legislation, Congress, the Senate, the Republicans are his.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not simple. He tells them what to do, they

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<v Speaker 2>Mike Johnson, who is the Speaker, said, the job of

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<v Speaker 2>Congress is to pass what the president wants, not create laws,

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<v Speaker 2>not go against the presidency when the Congress thinks is appropriate.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no such thing as going against this president.

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<v Speaker 2>It's probably the strongest that a president has ever been legislatively.

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<v Speaker 2>So we really have two branches of government won the presidency,

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<v Speaker 1>So what's going to happen today?

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<v Speaker 2>As we know, there will be a blizzard described as

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<v Speaker 1>You'll see the president signed these.

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<v Speaker 2>Executive orders, increased oil and gas drilling, the mass deportations.

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<v Speaker 2>We've heard of, the pardons of the January six rioters. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>what are executive orders exactly? Well, they're official issued unilaterally

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<v Speaker 2>by the president, and that literally shapes policy and manages

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<v Speaker 2>how the federal government operates. Now, where will the executive

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<v Speaker 2>orders come from? Well, not from the US Constitution. No

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<v Speaker 2>statute gives the president the power to issue them. But

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<v Speaker 2>executive orders are considered an inherent power of the presidency. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>they have the force and effective law as long as

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<v Speaker 2>the actions fall under the authority granted to the president,

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<v Speaker 2>either an Article two.

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<v Speaker 1>In the way it's discerned, the way it's interpreted.

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<v Speaker 2>It is out of Article too comes these presidential rights.

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<v Speaker 1>It's before Roe Evade Wade was overturned.

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<v Speaker 2>Roe v. Wade was not based on anything in the Constitution.

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<v Speaker 2>The right to privacy doesn't exist in the Constitution.

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<v Speaker 2>right to privacy emanates the p number of rights that

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<v Speaker 2>come from the Constitution. They exist somewhere. It's like ectoplasm.

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<v Speaker 2>They flow out of the Constitution somehow, Well.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't.

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<v Speaker 2>In reality, they don't, And the Conservatives have said that,

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<v Speaker 2>and I agree with the conservatives. You look, as it

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<v Speaker 2>is the Constitution a living document that changes according to

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<v Speaker 2>the Constitution on what's called all four corners? The document itself?

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<v Speaker 2>All right, So Congress can give the president the power,

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<v Speaker 2>but it really doesn't.

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<v Speaker 1>And they're used to direct.

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<v Speaker 2>Usually a federal official or an administrative agency, to go

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<v Speaker 1>One of them, for example, by Joe Biden.

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<v Speaker 2>He had an executive order directing HHS Health and Human

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<v Speaker 1>Overturning Roe v. Wade.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, he had tried to overturn the overturn

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<v Speaker 1>Now, how many executive orders have been issued.

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<v Speaker 2>William Henry Harrison, who died a month after office, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>John Adams, James Madison, James win.

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<v Speaker 2>Wrote one Franklin Roosevelt three thousand, seven hundred and twenty

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<v Speaker 2>one executive Orders. But that was history when Franklin came

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<v Speaker 2>into office. When FDR came into office, this country was dying.

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<v Speaker 2>The depression was hitting us so hard. And what he

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<v Speaker 2>Court was very conservative. They hated his programs and overturned them.

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<v Speaker 2>And then he was just issue another order, going in

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, the court's conservative. It is horrible.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, let me tell you, by the time FDR was

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<v Speaker 2>And then it started a liberal court. And then it

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<v Speaker 1>And now we have a very.

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<v Speaker 2>Conservative court because President Trump had three opportunities to select

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<v Speaker 2>a Supreme Court justice, nominated Supreme Court justices, and he

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<v Speaker 2>chose conservative ones. Hey, welcome to the United States. Welcome

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<v Speaker 2>to the Constitution. You had no problem when it was

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<v Speaker 2>a liberal court. You love that.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, three justices were gone.

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<v Speaker 2>He nominated the Republicans controlled, and he gets his nominations confirmed.

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<v Speaker 2>That's America. President Biden issued some fun one. Oh, by

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<v Speaker 2>the way, Roosevelt Executive Order of the Japanese Internment in

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<v Speaker 2>the camps of World War Two? How about that Harry

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<v Speaker 2>Truman banning segregation in the US military, Lyndon Johnson establishing

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<v Speaker 2>the Warren Commission. After the assassination of JFK. So Joe

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<v Speaker 2>Biden rejoined the Parish Climate of Court, restored the option

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<v Speaker 2>review of federal marijuana law, and then banning oil and

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<v Speaker 2>us out again. Now, does it differ from a law, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>a laws passed by Congress. And can an executive order

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<v Speaker 2>One of two ways, Well, three ways. The president can

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<v Speaker 2>which if you have two thirds of Congress, it becomes law.

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<v Speaker 2>And then one of the big ones is any law

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<v Speaker 2>that's passed in this country that takes money, like building

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<v Speaker 2>a wall, Congress has to fund it. You can pass

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<v Speaker 2>have much impact. However, the president can take existing money

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<v Speaker 2>out of the budget and move it over. For example,

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<v Speaker 2>he did that in the military and moved money over

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<v Speaker 2>to build the wall.

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<v Speaker 1>Is the wall going to be built again? Who knows?

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<v Speaker 1>Who knows? All right?

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