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So would you have certified it? I'll ask you for the third point.

You wouldn't have certified it, to be clear.

You wouldn't have certified it, to be clear.

Let me continue my line of questioning, and then I'll give it to you. Because I want to hear J.D. 's, since he's here. I've heard yours many times. How many follow-ups are you going to have about January 6th?

Let me continue my line of questioning, and then I'll give it to you. Because I want to hear J.D. 's, since he's here. I've heard yours many times. How many follow-ups are you going to have about January 6th?

How much... A lot of this, if you design it in one way, has to go through Congress, which as we know is sclerotic and basically nothing can happen. And then the other path is for you guys to go ham a little bit and say, okay, what can we do with executive order? Have you had a chance to discuss, if you win, repositioning the focus as basically that?

How much... A lot of this, if you design it in one way, has to go through Congress, which as we know is sclerotic and basically nothing can happen. And then the other path is for you guys to go ham a little bit and say, okay, what can we do with executive order? Have you had a chance to discuss, if you win, repositioning the focus as basically that?

What is the totality of everything that we can do from the White House, from the Oval, and then getting all of these... And the other thing that we should talk about at some point is it's like an Avengers movie now at this point. You, Bobby Kennedy, Elon, Trump.

What is the totality of everything that we can do from the White House, from the Oval, and then getting all of these... And the other thing that we should talk about at some point is it's like an Avengers movie now at this point. You, Bobby Kennedy, Elon, Trump.

But the point is, have you had that discussion about, all right, folks, let's not wait for Congress and get a plan ready starting day one of all the stuff that can happen through EOs? Or how are you thinking about this?

But the point is, have you had that discussion about, all right, folks, let's not wait for Congress and get a plan ready starting day one of all the stuff that can happen through EOs? Or how are you thinking about this?

Why do you think that is, J.D.?

Why do you think that is, J.D.?

I have a follow-up question on that, JD, which is you were a venture capitalist for a period, and Lena Kahn has essentially taken M&A off the table. You well know that. We can't get those singles and doubles in the industry. It kind of freezes the industry.

I have a follow-up question on that, JD, which is you were a venture capitalist for a period, and Lena Kahn has essentially taken M&A off the table. You well know that. We can't get those singles and doubles in the industry. It kind of freezes the industry.

And we have a problem with returns, which then is creating a secondary order problem where we can't get LPs to put more money into funds because we're not getting those returns. What's the proper way to look at M&A? Because you want to break up big tech, from what I understand, and you have a major problem with big tech. You mentioned little tech. What's the proper M&A architecture to break

And we have a problem with returns, which then is creating a secondary order problem where we can't get LPs to put more money into funds because we're not getting those returns. What's the proper way to look at M&A? Because you want to break up big tech, from what I understand, and you have a major problem with big tech. You mentioned little tech. What's the proper M&A architecture to break

balance those two goals there.

balance those two goals there.

I think a good place for us to pivot would be the border. And just talking about this issue, more from first principles. When President Trump came on the podcast, we talked about, hey, maybe really talented people, we should recruit them to our country and give them green cards. But very quickly, your group walked that back a bit.