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problems. My problems are real. Are yours real? Of course they are. So but who has preferred problems? Like why does somebody else's problem is preferred because of some historical argument about people that are not me? You know I get that you can stitch it all together and make the argument, but people, lots of people have problems. Just that the fact that yours is demonstrably true, that doesn't…

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it's proven. So I guess the Trump administration is looking at them kind of carefully. So were they going to do something to them? So the development raises questions about political influence. So I guess they're just being looked at to see if they have any illegitimate things going on. I don't know.

I feel like there's a, ow. Sorry. Cat's just biting me like crazy. Which cat is this? Hold on a second. Which one are you? Oh god. There's two of them. I can't tell.

All right. So Conor McGregor, as you know, is trying to become president of Ireland, but I guess he's got a problem. They have this system that I don't understand that only certain people can nominate him. So it's not the public. So he can't become president unless he's nominated. And that would require some other politicians who are elected. Damn it. We have to take a walk. Take a walk.

All right. So I was looking at his rhetoric to see if he's got the persuasion game, and so far I'd say he does not. So let me give you an example of some of the things he says, which are true and they're well stated, but that they don't have the extra layer of the persuasion yet. And I'll give you some ideas what that would look like if he did.

So he says for example in these times this government has cost us our peace of mind, our security, our hope for the future and the general well-being of Irish citizens nationwide has decreased dramatically. Then he talks about incompetent failure of future generations and a little bit about being a master of martial arts etc.

So do you see what's missing? Those of you who have been with me long enough, you know all my persuasion tips. Compare to Donald Trump, you know the best in the game. And compare this rhetoric. I will give you the answer. Some of you already have it. It's not visual and it doesn't appeal to fear. Those two things are really important, especially if you repeat them. So compare build the wall and you know they're sending rapists and killers over like those things are really visual. As soon as you hear them, that would be Trump. As soon as you hear them, you know your hair catches on fire and you can't even talk to anybody else because it's just so provocative. And it's the visual and the fact that it goes to fear.

Then the other thing that Trump does is he connects with the ordinary person. Ramaswamy did a great job with the affordability thing. Just making a connection. Oh you finally understand the main thing. The main thing. Affordability. Okay. So I don't even know what your plan is, but you're the only one who understands the main thing. Like I'll start there. Maybe you do have an idea. I don't even know what would work, but at least I know that you understand the main thing.

So when Conor McGregor talks about the government costing us our peace of mind, that's just sort of generic. Our hope for the future, generic. The general well-being of the Irish citizens, generic. So too generic. It's well stated. So I mean he's good as a public speaker, but he needs to find that next layer, the layer where you see it when he's talking. Is he capable of doing that? Oh yeah. Oh yeah. He is completely capable of absorbing and conquering that level of persuasion. I'd be surprised if he doesn't.

Well, can you believe this? South Korean researchers have come up with this high-powered hydrogen-powered plasma torch that melts plastic so efficiently and quickly that they can just turn that plastic into more materials to make more plastic. So it'd be the most efficient, most incredible way you could ever recycle plastic. So our plastic problems can be solved. You don't even have to separate the plastic from the PET plastic and the other. You just put it all in the bin and burn it up.

So here's what I'm wondering. Have you noticed that there's a lot of these claims, not just in this domain, but all kinds of domains, a lot of claims that come out of South Korea. Now I get that South Korea has very robust tech atmosphere. But I'm starting to think that South Korea is better at publicity than they are at science. They're good at both, don't get me wrong. As far as I can tell, they're very good at science. But are they also even better possibly at publicizing stuff because I feel like I see a lot of South Korea stuff that I don't think I'll ever see in the market. Yeah. Does anybody else have that impression? You know maybe it's all 100% genuine maybe. But it looks like they're just really good at promoting, but also at least a little bit good at the science itself. But a little bit of overclaiming, I don't know, maybe.

So speaking of South Korea, the Hyundai story got funnier. So Hyundai built a factory in Georgia because one of the things that we like our foreign companies to do is make the jobs in our country instead of making jobs for people in South Korea. So you already

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heard that there were 450 foreign workers in the factory and they all got taken out by ICE or border, I guess ICE, and 450 of them. It was basically the whole factory I think. But what I assumed was that it was probably Hispanic workers would come across our southern border. It's funnier than that. 300 of them were actually South Korean nationals. So they moved the factory over here and then they…

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