Josh Turek
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Yeah, I think people think about this as oil being affected, but... There's helium, which is needed for semiconductor manufacturing and MRI machines.
Qatar produces 35% of the world's helium.
Key ingredients for fertilizer like ammonia, urea, sulfur, and phosphates.
You have liquid natural gas.
Aluminum production in Qatar is down.
Dow told its customers it would be increasing the price of plastic, John.
Yeah, there are ways the U.S.
might be insulated.
We have a lot.
We have a lot of natural gas.
And more helium than Qatar.
But the possibility of a global recession will not spare us.
I think this was it.
I think this was like a world historic mistake, John.
I'm really worried about it.
Okay.
Yeah.
Well, first, born with my disability, born with a condition called spina bifida due to my father's exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam.
So I had my first surgery at one day old.
I had 21 surgeries before I was 12, almost all of which took place at Shriners Hospital in Minnesota, because it's the only way that my family could afford it.