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Speaking of golden era, Ivanka just tweeted with that phrase, the golden era, talking about potential for North Korea. And did you all watch the president visiting North Korea? I'll tell ya, no other president is gonna be fun. I think I'm probably only going to do these Periscopes as long as Trump is president because I can't imagine trying to do this in a world with a traditional president. Ther…

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All right. Did you see that the new press secretary Stephanie Grisham apparently got bruised in what was called an all-out brawl with North Korean security? I guess because when the president was there she was trying to clear a path for the United States media to get a good video. And I guess North Korean officials or security were in the way so she went in hard.

So she goes in hard, apparently gets roughed up, and still comes out smiling. And what I read, I read this story on I think CNN first, and I'm thinking, oh my god, she is such a keeper. Can you think of anybody who would be more perfect for the press secretary for Trump than somebody who would actually get into a physical brawl with North Koreans over making sure that the president's trip was productive?

Because part of making that trip productive is getting a good picture, wouldn't you agree? I mean the whole trip is really about the picture. It has been. It's about the personal relationship. But in terms of how the public sees it, it's about the picture.

And here was this new press secretary saying to herself, oh my god we're not going to get the picture. What do you do if you're the new press secretary and it's literally nuclear war on the line? I mean not so much at the moment but that's the general context. And she's got to get something done to get some people out of the way to get the picture.

What did she do? Apparently she starts moving people out of the way and apparently she got pretty scrappy about it. Anyway I didn't know anything about Stephanie Grisham and I guess I still don't except she's definitely a fighter. She's got the fighter spirit. So I love that.

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All right. Let me see by your comments, should we be calling the coming era the Golden Age or a golden era? I would like your opinion. Do they sound the same to you? Golden Age or golden era? Which do you like better? I'm watching your comments now. Age. Era. Era. Era. Era. Age. Era looks like era is winning now. Age is catching up a little bit. Era. Age. Age. Age. Age. Okay now it looks like may…

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