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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 KAM six forty handle here on a Tuesday morning,

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<v Speaker 1>November the twelfth, and the Democrats are still reeling in

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<v Speaker 1>trying to figure out what the hell happened because it

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't a close win. Joe Biden won by a hair

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty twenty, Donald Trump won by a full head

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<v Speaker 1>of hair. Certainly not his head of hair, but a

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<v Speaker 1>full head of hair. There is no issue of the

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<v Speaker 1>Trump win. It was substantial. Was it a landslide it

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<v Speaker 1>was not. Was it a squeaker it was not. I

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<v Speaker 1>think the word substantial works here now. He has promised

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<v Speaker 1>to do a lot of things day one. A matter

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<v Speaker 1>of fact, a lot of presidents do. He hundreds of

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<v Speaker 1>promises during the campaign, including dozens of Day one a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of Day one stuff. At the top of the list,

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<v Speaker 1>closing the US border with Mexico, so mass deportations, increased

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<v Speaker 1>oil and gas production, retribution against political opponents. Those three

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<v Speaker 1>are the ones that are most likely to happen on

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<v Speaker 1>Day one. Certainly the border, I mean, there is no

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<v Speaker 1>issue about the border. And that's probably the I think

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<v Speaker 1>the most important thing to him as a matter of fact,

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<v Speaker 1>it was. And there were interviews where he said the

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<v Speaker 1>border is the most important part of his philosophy, dealing

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<v Speaker 1>with the border. And that's interesting because his advisor said, no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 1>the economy, and he said to his advisors, let me

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<v Speaker 1>tell you, I won on the border, and the border

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<v Speaker 1>is as important as the economy. Well, you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>guy succeeds, and his advisors telling him what to do

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<v Speaker 1>didn't work. So that is what he has promised. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of his proposals are going to hit California

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<v Speaker 1>you very hard. Why Well, because Trump hates California. And

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<v Speaker 1>if you're on the wrong end of Donald Trump and

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<v Speaker 1>he has any kind of power, he's going to hit

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<v Speaker 1>and hit hard. He tells you that you hit me,

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<v Speaker 1>I hit you back twice as hard. You don't vote

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<v Speaker 1>for me, I'm going to go right back at you.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't support me, I'm going back at you. You

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<v Speaker 1>go against me, I'm going back at you hard. And

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<v Speaker 1>that is what's happening to California. Matter of fact, salt

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<v Speaker 1>in which during Trump's first administration he pulled back the

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<v Speaker 1>he pulled back the amount of money we could deduct

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<v Speaker 1>for our property taxes, which used to be one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>percent down to ten percent. And that's because California has

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of wealthy people, and because our pricing of

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<v Speaker 1>our housing is so expensive. And the other thing is

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<v Speaker 1>because California is wealthy people, far more than Arkansas or Alabama.

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<v Speaker 1>Deducting state income tax used to be one hundred percent

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<v Speaker 1>off your Feds and the federal income tax, and he

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<v Speaker 1>changed that, where again it's only ten percent. It's over

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<v Speaker 1>ten thousand dollars. Oh it is Sorry, it was ten

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<v Speaker 1>thousand dollars each one, not ten percent. So Donald Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>President elect Trump has repeatedly promised to launch the biggest

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<v Speaker 1>deportation campaign in American history. Is that going to happen? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>let's start talking some practicality. I'm sure he's going to

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<v Speaker 1>make a move to do that. And here again, California

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be hit the hardest if in fact,

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<v Speaker 1>that happens. Why is that? And this comes from the

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<v Speaker 1>La Times. These figures. To expel every undocumented immigrant, every

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<v Speaker 1>illegal immigrant, would deprive California more than seven percent of

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<v Speaker 1>the workforce, potentially cripple agriculture and construction, divide families, disrupt communities,

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<v Speaker 1>According to the La Times, Now I'm going to bring

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<v Speaker 1>something here. You know, everybody he had harangues Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>for this or a lot of people in California. Look,

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to destroy our economy. Look it is going

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<v Speaker 1>to cripple agriculture. Look at our workforce, look at construction. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>what are we doing advocating violating the law in the

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<v Speaker 1>first place? Is California's position is that we want illegal aliens,

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<v Speaker 1>we want a violation of the law, because we do

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<v Speaker 1>well with a violation of the law. And there's some

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<v Speaker 1>realities here. How many people who are here legally are

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<v Speaker 1>okay with picking strawberries? Not many. So there are two

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<v Speaker 1>points here. Number one, Yes, it would cripple our economy.

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<v Speaker 1>And two, what are we doing advocating the immigration of

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<v Speaker 1>illegal migrants? So that was sort of up in the air,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think both sides have a problem here or

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<v Speaker 1>looking at obstacles. Also, there is a practical problem. Eleven

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<v Speaker 1>million people. I'm going to start mass deportations the same day. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we know they're going to be deportations. He has promised

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<v Speaker 1>the most sweeping deportations in the history of the United States,

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<v Speaker 1>some of the big ones during Reagan, with some big ones,

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<v Speaker 1>Obama were when numbers were very high deportations. But we're

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<v Speaker 1>talking about mass deportations programs. We go back to the

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<v Speaker 1>fifties with Dwight Eisenhower and that was a big one.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it was over two million deportations. Two million

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<v Speaker 1>people were deported who were here illegally. And just to

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<v Speaker 1>give you a quick lesson in political correctness, the official

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<v Speaker 1>government name of that program like app Operation Desert Storm,

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<v Speaker 1>Operation Desert Shield, you know those where we have these

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<v Speaker 1>names that the government comes up with the official name

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<v Speaker 1>of that deportation programs, Operation wetback. It's a different time,

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<v Speaker 1>It's a different place, isn't it. What's going to happen

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<v Speaker 1>day one? A lot of promises are being made by

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<v Speaker 1>President to be President elect Donald Trump. One of them

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<v Speaker 1>being probably the most important one in terms for him

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<v Speaker 1>is immigration boom, going to shut down the borders and

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to deport eleven million people day one. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, obviously that's impractical, but he intends to do

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<v Speaker 1>as much as he can. And there may be a

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<v Speaker 1>debate in the new administration over how fast how sweeping.

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<v Speaker 1>Tom Homan, who is the forming former acting director of

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<v Speaker 1>ICE under Trump and now the new Czar of the

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<v Speaker 1>Border said in a sixty minute interview last week, it's

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<v Speaker 1>not going to be a mass sweep of neighborhoods. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not going to be building concentration camps. And I think

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<v Speaker 1>he'd have a hard time doing anything like that because

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<v Speaker 1>polls show most of us want tougher enforcement of immigration.

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<v Speaker 1>We're okay with that. I'm okay with that, but not

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<v Speaker 1>indiscriminate deportation, especially if they divide families, which happened the

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<v Speaker 1>first time around and was a political disaster for the

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<v Speaker 1>Trump administration. On the environmental side, he has plans and

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<v Speaker 1>he has said this. He has said at many rallies

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<v Speaker 1>Drill Baby, Drill, doesn't believe in climate change. He has

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<v Speaker 1>called it a hoax. Has never walked back from that.

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<v Speaker 1>He has plans, and he has the power to roll

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<v Speaker 1>back a lot of the environmental gains if you look

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<v Speaker 1>at them as gains. Day one, he's expected to open

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<v Speaker 1>more federal lands and offshore waters to oil and gas drilling.

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<v Speaker 1>Oil companies are thrilled with that one. He's also probably

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<v Speaker 1>going to ease restriction on the oil industries emissions of methane.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a big plus for them, and Joe Biden had

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<v Speaker 1>a pause on increasing with petroleum gas exports. He basically

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<v Speaker 1>put a moratorium on increasing the liquid petroleum gas exports,

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<v Speaker 1>and Trump's going to reverse that probably day one. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>looking at EV's, a lot of it has to do

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<v Speaker 1>with the fact that evs are promoted by Democrats. And

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if Trump really believes evs are terrible.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, But there's no issues going to roll

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<v Speaker 1>back Biden's efforts to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles,

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<v Speaker 1>repeal federal subsidies for solar, wind, renewable energy park programs.

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<v Speaker 1>He just doesn't like them. He's an oil and gas guy. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>when you talk about alternative energy, guess where the heart

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<v Speaker 1>of alternative energy is. Why it's California. And so he's

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<v Speaker 1>not particularly happy with California, right, And there is no

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<v Speaker 1>way that to California is going to be fossil fuel

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<v Speaker 1>neutral by twenty thirty five, as Gavin Newsom has indicated,

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<v Speaker 1>there's no chance without federal money. Just can't happen. Later on,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to do a story about how we can't

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<v Speaker 1>do this without nukes, and I'll explain why. So you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to see permits slowing down for new offshore wind

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<v Speaker 1>energy project. Now this is I don't know if this

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<v Speaker 1>is a fact other than maybe it's a coincidental time wise.

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<v Speaker 1>But Trump really became a strong opponent of wind energy

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<v Speaker 1>ever since Scotland built a wind farm that spoiled the

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<v Speaker 1>view from one of his golf courses. And now does

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<v Speaker 1>that change anything? Yeah, I don't know. I mean, is

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<v Speaker 1>that just an attack on Trump? I don't know, But

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<v Speaker 1>he looks at his property and this again according to

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<v Speaker 1>interviews done by the La Times. Take that with whatever

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<v Speaker 1>you want. Also, he talked about tariffs, and this is

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<v Speaker 1>where a president can act almost immediately and has full

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<v Speaker 1>power to do so. He said last month, to me,

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<v Speaker 1>the most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariffs. He

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<v Speaker 1>has proposed tariffs on at least ten percent of the

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<v Speaker 1>goods from every country, at least sixty percent, tariffs of

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<v Speaker 1>at least sixty percent on China, and as high as

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred percent on Mexico. Now there's a discussion about

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<v Speaker 1>that because here's what happens. Tariffs are basically taxes on imports,

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<v Speaker 1>and two things happen. They raise the prices because goods

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<v Speaker 1>become more expensive they raise the prices on what we buy,

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<v Speaker 1>and that pushes inflation. They also almost always prompt other

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<v Speaker 1>countries to retaliate by imposing their tariffs on our goods.

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<v Speaker 1>But China is already doing that. And this is where

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<v Speaker 1>President elect Trump is dead right. If we don't do that,

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<v Speaker 1>China is cleaning our clock on this stuff. And he's

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<v Speaker 1>the one that had the balls to say that's enough.

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<v Speaker 1>Other presidents didn't want to rattle that saper, and he says,

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<v Speaker 1>we're not going to have this anymore. And so is

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<v Speaker 1>there going to be a tariff war? Well, the reality

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<v Speaker 1>is is how do you undo a tariff war? Reciprocal?

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<v Speaker 1>That's it. You charge ten percent tariffs on our goods

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<v Speaker 1>going into your country and allow us to do it

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<v Speaker 1>freely and import or export our goods into your country,

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<v Speaker 1>and we will charge exactly the same the other way around.

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<v Speaker 1>China has been abusing that, even though it signed treaties

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<v Speaker 1>abusing that from day one. And then the retribution part.

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<v Speaker 1>Man he's threatened to prosecute Vice President Harris Adam Schiff

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<v Speaker 1>former US Representative Live Cheney. Here's one man that is

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<v Speaker 1>just woe. During his first term, he publicly demanded that

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<v Speaker 1>Attorney General William Barr arrest Biden, arrest former President Obama

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<v Speaker 1>and Hillary Clinton, who was Secretary of State at that time,

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<v Speaker 1>for what he claimed was a treasonous plot to spy

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<v Speaker 1>on his twenty sixteen campaign. That was treason and they

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<v Speaker 1>should be arrested. Barr just ignored it, didn't even discuss it,

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<v Speaker 1>just didn't pay attention. Now, he does have the power

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<v Speaker 1>to order the Justice Department to investigate. He absolutely does.

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<v Speaker 1>Even though there is a longstanding norm right where the

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<v Speaker 1>Justice Department is held at Bay there's a firewall between

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<v Speaker 1>the Justice Department and the White House. That's been the tradition.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't meddle. Well, he is going to meddle, and

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<v Speaker 1>he can meddle because that firewall is not protected by law.

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<v Speaker 1>It's simply been tradition, nothing more, nothing less. A lot

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<v Speaker 1>of presidents say, day one, what is going to happen? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>in reality, it's really not day one, because day one occasionally,

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<v Speaker 1>but it really is legitimately the first hundred days. That's

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<v Speaker 1>how presidencies are looked at, and the first one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>days has become an iconic time when a first term

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<v Speaker 1>president comes into office. By the way, just a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit of history where the one hundred day concept actually

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<v Speaker 1>between Napoleon Bonapartes returned to Paris from his exile on

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<v Speaker 1>of Waterloo, and that was one hundred days. So out

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<v Speaker 1>of that came sort of the concept of one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>days when you're dealing with a return. What happened King

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<v Speaker 1>Louis the eighteenth returns and anyway, so let me just

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<v Speaker 1>go on the first hundred days. In the US, it

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<v Speaker 1>a brilliant communicator on the radio. He would go, Hi,

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<v Speaker 1>We're just talking. Of course, it was a room set

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<v Speaker 1>his programs. Fifteen major pieces of legislation in the first

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred days, and we're talking about the Civilian Conservation Corps,

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<v Speaker 1>the Work Progress Administration, all of the programs just keep

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<v Speaker 1>people working. Now, for those people that think FDR started

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<v Speaker 1>he kept millions of people alive, putting them to work, producing,

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<v Speaker 1>So that first hundred days was absolutely extraordinary, and by

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<v Speaker 1>far most of the programs that have been created in

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<v Speaker 1>the first hundred days were FDR. But what he inherited

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<v Speaker 1>very few other presidents have. You can argue that Barack

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<v Speaker 1>those first hundred days JFK eighty seven days into his presidency,

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<v Speaker 1>he ordered the Bay of Pigs invasion, which came very

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<v Speaker 1>close to destroying his presidency. The decision, the ordering of

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<v Speaker 1>the overthrow of the Castro government. The CIA set this

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<v Speaker 1>up really badly, I might add, and he was talked

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<v Speaker 1>it goes. It was a horrible decision. Gerald Ford, within

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<v Speaker 1>the first one hundred days pardon Richard Nixon. And that

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<v Speaker 1>was the reason, by the way, I voted against Gerald Ford,

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<v Speaker 1>and I thought that cost him his presidency. And he

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<v Speaker 1>election because of his pardoning of Richard Nixon. Today, it's

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<v Speaker 1>viewed as a very heroic act, saying, I know it's

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<v Speaker 1>Liz Cheney feels the same way she got slaughtered in

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<v Speaker 1>her view that President Trump should not be president. The

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<v Speaker 1>biggest day ones Ronald Reagan. Boy, did he start off

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<v Speaker 1>with a bang. Remember the Iranian had the hostages. US

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<v Speaker 1>diplomats were being held hostage. And he made it really

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<v Speaker 1>clear to Ian. To Iran, Jimmy Carter was useless by

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<v Speaker 1>Ronald Reagan, prior to his being sworn in, made it

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<v Speaker 1>very clear to Iran, you do not want to screw

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<v Speaker 1>with me. You do not. The minute I become president

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<v Speaker 1>and those hostages are still there, you're in for a

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<v Speaker 1>world of hurt. And they understood that he was not

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<v Speaker 1>screwing around. So as he's being sworn in to the presidency,

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<v Speaker 1>the plane is taking off from the Iranian from Tehran

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<v Speaker 1>Airport with the hostages aboard. What were the most laws

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<v Speaker 1>passed during the first hundred days, Franklin Roosevelt. He was

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<v Speaker 1>able to pass. When I talk about the fifteen major programs,

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<v Speaker 1>he was able to pass seventy six programs. George Bush

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<v Speaker 1>the least, George W. Bush seven, Harry Truman fifty five.

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<v Speaker 1>During his first hundred days. This is after he was

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<v Speaker 1>elected president, not from the time he assumed the presidency

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<v Speaker 1>after the death of FDR. The foreign countries visited just

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<v Speaker 1>a little aside the most Barack Obama, the fewest, Dwight

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<v Speaker 1>Eisenheighers Eisenhower, JFK Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Donald Trump. All

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<v Speaker 1>are tied at zero. So are you going to see

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump? Probably he's going to visit a foreign country.

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<v Speaker 1>And then approval ratings, that gets really interesting. The highest

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<v Speaker 1>approval rating the first hundred days John F. Kennedy with

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<v Speaker 1>AD three. The lowest approval rating of any president during

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<v Speaker 1>the first hundred days Donald Trump between forty and forty

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<v Speaker 1>five percent. So, and I don't know why you even

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<v Speaker 1>deal with approval ratings. You've got four years of a presidency.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not England. We do not have a parliamentary

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<v Speaker 1>government where the government can fall any minute and a

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<v Speaker 1>new government has to be instituted. We'll see. And the

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<v Speaker 1>big question is not only does it matter the first

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<v Speaker 1>hundred days, but what's going to happen the first day

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<v Speaker 1>day one? Does the president have a little table there

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<v Speaker 1>where he starts signing directives literally after his hand goes

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<v Speaker 1>on the Bible and goes up in the year. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>let me tell you, let's talk a little bit about nukes. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a big fan of nukes, not just nuclear weapons

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<v Speaker 1>that could blow at cities, but civilian nuclear power, power plants,

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<v Speaker 1>and it has there's been a history there for a

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<v Speaker 1>real long time. I mean literally ever since the atomic

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<v Speaker 1>bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs. And that

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<v Speaker 1>was the peaceful use of atomic power. I mean it

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<v Speaker 1>started literally right there. This was the future. This was

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<v Speaker 1>the future. And so we started building an atomic willing

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<v Speaker 1>reactors to create power. They are not weapons grade. The

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<v Speaker 1>way it works is power grade uranium is much much

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<v Speaker 1>less powerful or developed, if you will. The purity is

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<v Speaker 1>far less than weapons grade. So it's very different. And

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<v Speaker 1>so nuclear power started to be used in power plants

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<v Speaker 1>and ships, et cetera. And so we now have a

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<v Speaker 1>history and around the world a history of nukes. Very

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<v Speaker 1>big on nukes. It was growing like crazy, and then

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<v Speaker 1>what ended up happening, Churno Will happened shut everything down.

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<v Speaker 1>And then and then three Mile Island it was moving.

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<v Speaker 1>I had Three Mile Island happened in one of the

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<v Speaker 1>units A three mile island had a partial meltdown, shut

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<v Speaker 1>down everything. Okay, then we start coming back and people

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<v Speaker 1>realize that nuke power is pretty important stuff. Fukushima happened,

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<v Speaker 1>shut down everything. Now it's coming back, and here's why

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<v Speaker 1>it's coming back. One, you can't be one hundred percent safe.

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<v Speaker 1>You can be ninety nine point nine nine nine percent safe.

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<v Speaker 1>The problem is when that point zero zero zero one happens,

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<v Speaker 1>all hell breaks loose and the fallout, if you will,

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<v Speaker 1>is pretty extraordinary, and we are not going to make

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<v Speaker 1>it in terms of the climate change issue, which I

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<v Speaker 1>already think we've hit critical mass and we're over the edge.

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<v Speaker 1>But in terms of making us not relying on fossil fuels,

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<v Speaker 1>which of course is all the damage out there, We're

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<v Speaker 1>not going to make it without nuclear power just isn't

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<v Speaker 1>on a split on this. Used to be everybody was

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<v Speaker 1>against dukes and then realized, Okay, maybe that's the only

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<v Speaker 1>answer is using nuclear energy. So I have always been

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<v Speaker 1>a fan of nuclear energy, especially going to what is

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<v Speaker 1>it the Mount Diabolou plant down in San Clementy, because

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, I think that's already been shut down.

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<v Speaker 1>That's been decommissioned, if I'm not mistaken, And power plants

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<v Speaker 1>are being decommissioned one after another. So now here's what

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<v Speaker 1>happened last year. There are a bunch of CEOs meeting

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<v Speaker 1>so much need that frankly, some models they're gonna need

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<v Speaker 1>as much power as a large city. Well, they head

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<v Speaker 1>of Constellation Energy was there, and this guy and Constellation

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<v Speaker 1>Energy produces about a fifth of US nuclear power, and

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<v Speaker 1>his name is Joe Domingaz, and he says, wow, boy,

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<v Speaker 1>of awakening about how much power is actually going to

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<v Speaker 1>be available. So he goes back to Baltimore and thinks,

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<v Speaker 1>what if his company restarted the undamaged reactor at three

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<v Speaker 1>Mile Island, which has been shut down. Let's restart, not build,

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<v Speaker 1>restart those that are being decommissioned. And that's exactly what

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<v Speaker 1>is going on now' This was in Pennsylvania. And it's

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<v Speaker 1>no small deal. I mean, they're gonna spend one point

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<v Speaker 1>according to regulations. So now are they going to put

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<v Speaker 1>point six billion dollars on the guess that the energy

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be sold at a profit, particularly since

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<v Speaker 1>energy is cheaper now outside of the nuclear industry, Alternative

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<v Speaker 1>energy is cheaper. Coal fired plants are cheaper than nuclear energy.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know what the deal was cut. It was

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<v Speaker 1>Microsoft cut a deal with Constellation to supply all of

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<v Speaker 1>its power for twenty years at a price more so

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<v Speaker 1>than electrical power or than a gas powered plant or

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<v Speaker 1>alternative energy. And by the way, price wasn't a big

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<v Speaker 1>deal here. Microsoft really didn't care about price. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit, but that wasn't the negotiating point. You

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<v Speaker 1>know what the negotiating factor was here getting the power.

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<v Speaker 1>Because it looks like there's no other way that that

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<v Speaker 1>it needs a city's worth of power, and there is

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<v Speaker 1>no way at this point to connect the grid and

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<v Speaker 1>make it all happen without nuclear power plants because there

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<v Speaker 1>it's already connected. So the bottom line for Microsoft is

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<v Speaker 1>we need this more than negotiating the price of power.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, they're not gonna get raped. But it's interesting

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<v Speaker 1>deal that prices number three or number four in importance,

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