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rganized person. I'm not really good at planning in my social life. In my business career I plan 40 years in advance. Actually, literally, I plan 40 years in advance for business, but for my personal life I plan about 10 minutes in advance. So I went to the grocery store yesterday saying to myself, looks like I'm going to be socially distancing on Thanksgiving. I better make sure I have some food…
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You want to talk about politics? It's a holiday, so we don't have to, but I feel like there's just so much going on that we sort of want to, right? So let's dig in.
So I believe that both Iran and China have congratulated Joe Biden. Now, does that scare you? We'll get to the Kraken and the Pennsylvania hearing and all that stuff. But here's an out-of-the-box thought. Could it be that Joe Biden is actually the perfect president for right now? It's possible. And here's the argument.
I've argued many times in the past that there's no such thing as a good president or a bad president. The only thing you have is a president who either fits the challenges as they surprisingly pop up or doesn't. Because one personality could be great for a peacetime, one could be great for a war, one could be great for a pandemic, one could be great for the economy. But you don't really get all of that in one person. So your best case scenario is that the person and the problems match up coincidentally at the same time.
Trump was perfect to goose the economy when it was already recovering. Perfect. I thought Obama was actually a good choice for an economy that was teetering on the edge and just needed some confidence. He did make you feel confident, most people anyway, not all of you.
So here is my thought. Could Iran make any kind of a deal with a President Trump? Think about it. Was that even a possibility? Was there any way that Iran, after being slapped for years by Trump, could Iran be bitch-slapped for years and then just say, you know, hey, I got an idea. How about we negotiate a peace? It's not really possible, is it?
But imagine Biden taking over, and we still don't know that that's going to happen. We'll talk about that a little bit. But imagine if he did, if everybody, if the consensus majority is right and he takes over, could Iran do a deal with Biden? Now, is Biden likely to immediately remove all the sanctions? Maybe. Maybe. But I feel as if just sort of keeping them on there a little while would be easy for Biden because doing nothing is easier than doing something. It would be hard for Biden to add sanctions. But maybe if he goes into office and they're already on, he can ride it a little while. And maybe, maybe Iran will say this is our out. Maybe they'll say this whole war thing wasn't working, the supporting terrorism wasn't working, and we just need an exit ramp.
Could Trump ever be that exit ramp? No, he was the perfect exit ramp for Kim Jong-un, wouldn't you say? I think Trump is actually the perfect exit ramp for that. I think Trump is the perfect exit ramp for Saudi Arabia to improve relations with Israel because the president, you know, he backed Saudi Arabia even when it was hard, right? So Trump backed Saudi Arabia when that was really hard to do. They owe him a favor. They owe him a favor, period. They owe him a favor. And so he would be maybe perfect for that. But it looks like that might happen anyway.
So could it be, I'm just trying to find the positivity here. You don't mind, do you? We'll be a little bit positive today because it's Thanksgiving. Why not?
So one possibility is that President Trump will have started all of the necessary elements toward peace, but it could be, it could be you need a finisher. Could
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Biden be the finisher? It's possible. It's not impossible. And if any of you are saying, Scott, don't be such a naive, gullible fool, as long as the leadership of Iran is in place they will only lie to you, they will never make peace. Maybe. Could be. But they're also in a nearly impossible situation, so that can make you flexible. Who knows? So I'm not going to predict that will happen, but I'll…
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