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And what is your sense about what these appearances were really about?

Were they driven by the feedback she was getting from her constituents?

Was it something else?

And not long after... Hi, everyone.

She announces that she's going to resign.

I have to ask, Robert, isn't the fact that Green stepped down over this dust-up a sign that Trump is actually stronger politically than we may be thinking?

I mean, I think a lot of people might see this incident as him winning.

He still, at the end of the day, had the political weight to drive one of his critics out of political office.

Robert, I want to end by asking if you get the sense that Trump is actually listening, perhaps, to the concerns that are being raised by voters and by people like Marjorie Taylor Greene.

He's just kicked off this new domestic tour, the purpose of which is to go around the country and talk about issues of affordability.

And that does feel like an acknowledgement in some sense that he knows he has a problem here.

Well, Robert, thank you so much for your time.

We'll be right back.

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