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Trump **JUST** Filed Epstein Lawsuit | Major PROBLEMS

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Well, it's official. As promised, Donald

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Trump has filed a lawsuit against the

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Wall Street Journal, which is honestly

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quite remarkable speed. The complaint

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was filed in Miami District Court. A

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copy of the complaint is not yet

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available. Donald Trump is filing a

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lawsuit for liel, which is basically the

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written form of slander, meaning that a

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publication published something that was

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untrue.

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The best defense to the Wall Street

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Journal for this is going to be the

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truth. If the Wall Street Journal can

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say this is where we got the

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information, here is a copy of it. Now

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the burden shifts to Donald Trump to

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prove that that information is false or

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somehow fabricated, which could be

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difficult given that a liel lawsuit

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would not automatically pierce the

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journalistic privilege of where the

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information came from. see the

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information or documentation that the

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Wall Street Journal has probably has to

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be enough to withstand this type of

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lawsuit given that the Wall Street

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Journal was clearly threatened by Donald

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Trump that he was going to sue. And

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publications know the best defense to a

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liel lawsuit or slander lawsuit if you

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speak it on radio or TV is the truth. If

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you talk about the truth or you opine

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about the truth, you have the first

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amendment right to do that. If you

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actually have documentation that came

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from a Maxwell related source or an

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Epstein source or something that shows

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this is your signature, then it's going

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to be difficult for Donald Trump to

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prove that that information was false.

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But that's going to be what this case is

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about. And again, piercing that that

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sort of journalistic privilege of where

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the the items or the book or the copies

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came from is going to be the hardest

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part. Given that this is not a criminal

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case and it's a civil case, it's likely

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the source of where that truth came from

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will never be revealed. Keep in mind

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that Donald Trump is a public figure.

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So, this raises the standard that uh the

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uh Donald Trump and the Trump

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administration has to overcome when it

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comes to suing the Wall Street Journal.

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When somebody is a public figure, not

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only does does essentially Donald Trump

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have to prove that the information was

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false, but they have to prove that the

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Wall Street Journal acted with actual

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malice or reckless disregard for the

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truth. So, it's actually more than just

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a burden that the Wall Street Journal

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knew the information was false. The Wall

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Street Journal could be of the point of

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view that says, "Hey, we got this from a

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source. This could be true." Or what

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Donald Trump is saying could be true,

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but here's the information that was

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leaked to us and we're just sharing it

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with the public so the public can make

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their determination.

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This is going to be a very high burden

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because obviously Donald Trump is a

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public figure. Even myself as a YouTuber

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can be considered a public figure. So

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it's it's much harder for a public

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figure to defend against defamation or

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slander or liel because you put yourself

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out into the public and you open

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yourself up to criticism. And so

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therefore, thanks to New York Times v.

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Sullivan, the standards against uh uh

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the essentially plaintiff are very very

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high. So Donald Trump, the plaintiff

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here, has very very high standards to

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overcome this. Uh, and this now

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obviously breaking news. The other

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elements that are going to have to be

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proven are that the Wall Street Journal

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must essentially be proven. It must be

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proven that the Wall Street Journal knew

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it was false, not that the Wall Street

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Journal simply shared something. So the

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Wall Street Journal in this piece would

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have to say, "Hey, we verified this as

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true." We'll look at this in just a

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moment. uh and uh it would have to be

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proven that there was actual malice or

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reckless disregard for the truth. Simply

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Donald Trump saying, "Hey, that's that's

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fake news." is not enough because then

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anybody who's going to have a hit piece

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written about them could simply say,

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"Hey, that's fake news. Oh, I guess we

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can't publish it." Doesn't work that

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way. And take a look at the wording

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here. I'm sure this article was very

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well worded on purpose. Take a look at

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this. Uh, Maxwell was preparing a

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special gift to mark the occasion. She

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turned to Epstein's friends and family.

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One of them was Donald Trump. Maxwell

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collected letters from Trump and dozens

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of Epstein's other associates for a

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birthday album according to documents

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reviewed by the Wall Street Journal.

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Those documents are going to end up

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coming up. Maybe they were a leak from

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the government, which might make it

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easier to pierce that sort of

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journalistic privilege, or they came

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from a private source. But they say here

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that pages from a leatherbound album

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assembled before Epstein was first

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arrested are among the documents

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examined by uh by Justice Department

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officials who investigated Epstein and

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Maxwell. According to people who have

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reviewed the pages, it's unclear if

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these are part of the president's recent

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review. The Epstein files blah blah blah

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or you know Donald Trump is refusing to

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release these. Take a look at this. The

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letter bearing Trump's name which was

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reviewed by the journal is body like the

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others talking about the breast and the

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signature of uh signature by the pubic

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hair. Uh take a look at this. Donald

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Trump denied writing the letter. See

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they are telling you that Donald Trump

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saying it's fake. So this is not the

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Wall Street Journal saying we're saying

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Trump is wrong. This is the Wall Street

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Journal saying hey we got a document

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showing a letter that had Trump's name

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on it. We're not telling you it's true.

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In fact we're telling you this is fake.

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I never wrote that. He told the Wall

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Street Journal he was preparing to sue.

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The Wall Street Journal is never saying

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that Donald Trump is wrong. The Justice

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Department didn't respond. This was a

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very carefully crafted article here

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among those who submitted letters, talk

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more about the letters. So, they talk

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about that these documents exist. They

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do talk about what the documents say.

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They say that Donald Trump says they're

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true. At no point does it seem like the

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Wall Street Journal is saying, "We have

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somehow verified that these are

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definitely true." They're simply saying,

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"Hey, there are letters and pictures out

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there that have Donald Trump's signature

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on it. At no point do they say it's

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definitely true." And so that's going to

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be really hard for Donald Trump to get

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by because they clearly, and this was in

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the article yesterday as well, they

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clearly say Donald Trump, look, we

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reported that we got this information.

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We're not saying it's definitely true.

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We're just saying we looked at documents

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that have Trump's name on it and Donald

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Trump says it's fake.

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That's going to be a really difficult

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case uh for Donald Trump to win. Oops,

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that looks funny. Uh oh. Well, we'll go

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access forever. But really, it it shows

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that the Wall Street Journal is not

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saying this is definitely true. Which

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makes it really difficult to say that

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the Wall Street Journal acted with

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reckless disregard for the truth. They

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showed, hey, we looked at some documents

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of some drawings with Trump's name on

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it. Trump says they're fake. Hey, by the

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way, Trump isn't releasing the Epstein

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files.

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well played probably Wall Street Journal

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for now, but even though the Wall Street

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Journal could legally be right, they're

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going to have a world of hurt from

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Donald Trump because when you mess with

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the president,

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>> why not advertise these things that you

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see how it goes.

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>> Congratulations, man. You have done so

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much. People love you. People look up to

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you.

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>> Kevin Praat there, financial analyst and

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YouTuber. Meet Kevin. Always great to

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get your take.

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