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of things, but they're staying ahead of us. Which we don't believe. We think they're allowing it to happen or at least they're not trying hard enough to stop it. Here's what I think. I don't think we should throw this in the category of just one more thing we're talking to China about. It's not trade policy. It's not even military stuff. It's not UN stuff. We should close the embassy until they f…
← Previous segment →u've never seen. So whatever is the current value of TikTok, you know, the entire TikTok, if they take the American piece and they put it out to bid, the Democrat billionaires and the Republican billionaires are going to have to basically break the piggy bank because neither side is going to be willing to let the other have that much control of the American mind, right?
There's literally — there probably would be no asset in the United States besides X that would be that valuable because it'd be valuable for profits but way more valuable for controlling the country. So I think there could be the biggest bidding war we've ever seen. Like crazy bidding war. So TikTok could probably monetize this in a way that nobody's ever seen. And one of the ways that a Trump dealmaker could make this palatable is to say that out loud. Say, hey, TikTok, you do understand that there's going to be a bidding war like you've never seen in your life, right? You're going to make a lot of money if you sell the American part. And you'll never have a better chance. I mean, this would be like an amazing opportunity.
So my guess is that it will get sold to an American entity and probably somebody that Trump likes.
Disney meanwhile has decided to get rid of the trans storyline in one of their children's movies. Is that even real? Did those words just come out of my mouth? Yep. So there's an animated show — is it a movie or just a show? It's called "Win or Lose," an animated show. So maybe it's a TV show about a co-ed middle school softball team. And there's some trans character in there. They decided to remove it. This is what Disney said about it: "When it comes to animated content for a younger audience, we recognize that many parents would prefer to discuss certain subjects with their children on their own terms and timeline."
That's kind of perfect. Thank you, Disney. So now Disney has paid Trump $15 million through their ownership of ABC News and George Stephanopoulos. And now they've de-woked at least some of their content. I'd expect more. If you make a statement like this, you're going to have to apply it to your other properties. So I think this is a big step. But I like how well they said it. So whoever was in charge of crafting the statement for Disney, good job. Yeah, yeah. They're not saying their own opinion. They're saying we recognize that many parents — not all — would prefer to discuss certain things on their own terms and timeline. That's as perfect as you can say that. I'm actually impressed just at the skill that went into the statement. It's a lot of skill.
Meanwhile, there's the Washington University in St. Louis is reporting a study where they put something like a pacemaker device on people who were depressed. Except instead of being a pacemaker for your heart, it would zap your vagus nerve in the neck. And what they found is if you stimulate the vagus nerve just right, it can eliminate depression symptoms. Now they did this with people who had tried a whole bunch of other things and got no relief. So they knew these were not easy cases. These were hard cases. And they got a great response.
But so on one hand, I'm really happy for anybody who has this problem in their life because maybe they have another future treatment if it all gets approved. But yeah, it's for severe treatment-resistant depression. I mean, that's got to be the worst thing you could possibly imagine. And so this might help them with it.
But I would like to make the following observation. If you put a mechanical device in my body and it changes me from being depressed into not depressed, that's a personality change. And it's a personality change driven by hardware. So am I a cyborg? Because if you can change my most fundamental personality, which is I'm depressed all the time and I only have depressed thoughts and depressed actions, to hey, I'm having a good day, that's more than just fixing a medical problem. That's a whole different personality. I mean, you're changing people from Karen to non-caring. That's a personality change. And I'm in favor of it because I don't think the people in this situation should suffer one second longer. So if you can help them, please do.
But I think it's just an observation. It's not — I'm not complaining one bit. But it's a complete personality change. So to me that's kind of a cyborg. You're no longer what you were when you were organic. You're something new that's a combination of hardware and skin. We are kind of cool. No, I hate it at all. A biological machine. That's right.
All right, ladies and gentlemen. I feel like I missed a few stories today. There's been so much going on lately. Was there any s
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tory that you wanted me to talk about? I feel like I'm done with drones until something new happens. You're all okay with that, right? Feels like yeah. Naval had some great quotes that I posted. It's better if he just read them in his own words. I decided not to talk about them. So the stock market's up, right? Oh, I think I didn't complete my thought. So normally when the economy is strong enou…
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