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Ben, this was obviously a Republican position as well. You know, just we're going to have a hard line on human rights and democracy. And in fact, The entire Republican position in terms of, and globalists, Clinton too, was, hey, let's embrace China and we will lean them towards democracy. That obviously didn't happen.

They did build a vibrant economy and took 400, 500 million people out of poverty into a middle class. But here we're seeing something different. You know, I've spent a lot of time in the region, maybe four or five trips in the last couple of years. Last couple of times I was there, women doing business, dancing, music, and now there's alcohol in the kingdom in some select locations.

They did build a vibrant economy and took 400, 500 million people out of poverty into a middle class. But here we're seeing something different. You know, I've spent a lot of time in the region, maybe four or five trips in the last couple of years. Last couple of times I was there, women doing business, dancing, music, and now there's alcohol in the kingdom in some select locations.

There's a casino coming to UAE. We're actually seeing maybe this strategy of less judgment, more engagement, actually result in more modernization. So what's your take on this?

There's a casino coming to UAE. We're actually seeing maybe this strategy of less judgment, more engagement, actually result in more modernization. So what's your take on this?

opposite of isolation if they're doing projects, you know, in the Trump family and the plane.

opposite of isolation if they're doing projects, you know, in the Trump family and the plane.

Two questions for you, Ben, rapid fire. Abraham Accords was brought up. Will the Saudis sign it? Will MBS sign it? And Trump sort of alluded, hey, they're going to do it in their own time. What's holding it up in your mind? And if and when they do sign it, what impact would it have on the region? Then number two, your thoughts on this Qatar plane kerfluffle and the media sort of obsessing over it.

Two questions for you, Ben, rapid fire. Abraham Accords was brought up. Will the Saudis sign it? Will MBS sign it? And Trump sort of alluded, hey, they're going to do it in their own time. What's holding it up in your mind? And if and when they do sign it, what impact would it have on the region? Then number two, your thoughts on this Qatar plane kerfluffle and the media sort of obsessing over it.

Are they over indexing on it?

Are they over indexing on it?

An unnecessary distraction.

An unnecessary distraction.

And the appearance of impropriety amongst half the country who doesn't like him, and he's now tipping into almost as unpopular as his first term, they're just going to weaponize that in the midterms, and it's going to scuttle the important agenda, Doge. And this is one of the things that I'm actually afraid of.

And the appearance of impropriety amongst half the country who doesn't like him, and he's now tipping into almost as unpopular as his first term, they're just going to weaponize that in the midterms, and it's going to scuttle the important agenda, Doge. And this is one of the things that I'm actually afraid of.

What if he loses the midterms and then we start impeachment three, four, and five, and investigation three, four, and five, and now we're back to lawfare and insanity, which nobody wants to be in. Let's talk about another win. It was a pretty great week, objectively, for Trump. On Sunday, Treasury Secretary Besant announced a trade deal with China in Geneva.

What if he loses the midterms and then we start impeachment three, four, and five, and investigation three, four, and five, and now we're back to lawfare and insanity, which nobody wants to be in. Let's talk about another win. It was a pretty great week, objectively, for Trump. On Sunday, Treasury Secretary Besant announced a trade deal with China in Geneva.

The details were basically, here we go, another pause. Tariffs will go down from 145% to 30%. Maybe that's manageable. China's cutting their tariffs for the U.S. from 125% to 10%. And they're going to end this de minimis rule, also known as the garbage fashion rule, Ti Mu, Sheen, all that kind of stuff, when they drop shift new stuff. That's under, I think the number's 800 or so.

The details were basically, here we go, another pause. Tariffs will go down from 145% to 30%. Maybe that's manageable. China's cutting their tariffs for the U.S. from 125% to 10%. And they're going to end this de minimis rule, also known as the garbage fashion rule, Ti Mu, Sheen, all that kind of stuff, when they drop shift new stuff. That's under, I think the number's 800 or so.

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