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case by the way. But here's my general warning. I always tell you that when you hear a number without a percentage it's propaganda. And when you hear a percentage without the raw number it's propaganda. And when you hear any number and not the larger context to which it belongs, yes, propaganda. Now it's good propaganda. I think it's good propaganda because he's trying to get the country to pay mo…

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t Trump to succeed because it would be easier to just put up the wall that you already own than it would be to procure it and then start building it. Do you believe that? Here's why I don't believe it. It's too on the nose. Too on the nose. Really? Do we really think that Biden would try to sell the wall that even Biden was trying to put up right before the changeover? Now I do believe that there will be some dirty tricks relative to the changeover which would not be that unusual but probably low-level dirty tricks. There's something wrong with this story. And here's what's wrong. I would need somebody who's involved with selling it to explain what's going on. So I will just put out this possible explanation. It's possible that there's a reason that some of the wall components needed to be sold. For example maybe they were stored in a way that deformed them so they were too hard to put up. Maybe they rusted. Maybe there's something else. Maybe they have a source that they think is just a better wall. So it's not that they're saving money but they think they can procure a better wall than the one that we had. So I feel like there's something else to the story. But do you get the same feeling when you read it that it's just too perfect? You know what a perfect story. Biden hates the wall until he's president and then he builds some. And the moment that Trump is going to be president again he sells off the parts. It's a little too perfect. I don't know. I'm not buying it. I'm not saying it's false. I'm not calling it fake. I'm saying that with the information I have, nope, I'm not accepting that on face value.

Here's another little more of fake news. So unusual. Wales is reporting that Trump's team is looking into significantly reducing, merging or even eliminating top bank regula

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tors. Says the Wall Street Journal. So they're talking about doing things with the FDIC and the Department of Government. Oh yeah the FDIC. So the FDIC is what ensures customers' accounts and most of us feel that that's a necessary, very valuable thing. But the news is telling us that Trump's DOGE people might want to get rid of those departments. Is that real news or fake news? Let's see if you g…

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