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Because we've now been talking about:   
Because we've now been talking about:   
- High-skilled immigration and its downsides   
* High-skilled immigration and its downsides   
- Distrust of the media   
* Distrust of the media   
- Distrust of tech companies   
* Distrust of tech companies   
- Distrust of the intelligence community   
* Distrust of the intelligence community   


And President Trump embodies a lot of these particular elements.   
And President Trump embodies a lot of these particular elements.   
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Those three issues are as follows:   
Those three issues are as follows:   


1. **Trade**  
1. '''Trade'''  
   - Do you believe that trade is a rising tide that raises all boats?   
   * Do you believe that trade is a rising tide that raises all boats?   
   - It clearly is not.   
   * It clearly is not.   
   - That doesn't mean it doesn’t provide a net benefit, but it’s certainly not the case that nobody gets hurt and everybody's made better off.   
   * That doesn't mean it doesn’t provide a net benefit, but it’s certainly not the case that nobody gets hurt and everybody's made better off.   
   - The representations on trade made by economists were patently false.   
   * The representations on trade made by economists were patently false.   
   - As Paul Krugman has said, it's basically a scam by the elites.   
   * As Paul Krugman has said, it's basically a scam by the elites.   


2. **Immigration**  
2. '''Immigration'''  
   - If you believe that immigrants are simply the best of us   
   * If you believe that immigrants are simply the best of us   
   - They work harder, they’re smarter   
   * They work harder, they’re smarter   
   - They cause no problems and no disruptions   
   * They cause no problems and no disruptions   
   - That is patently absurd.   
   * That is patently absurd.   
   - It doesn't mean that immigration isn't good, but the representation being made is completely childlike.   
   * It doesn't mean that immigration isn't good, but the representation being made is completely childlike.   


3. **Terror & Islam**  
3. '''Terror & Islam'''  
   - If you claim that there is absolutely no connection between terror and Islam   
   * If you claim that there is absolutely no connection between terror and Islam   
   - When you have mass murders and people shouting "Allahu Akbar" at the end   
   * When you have mass murders and people shouting "Allahu Akbar" at the end   
   - People know that you're lying.   
   * People know that you're lying.   


And this is part of the problem.   
And this is part of the problem.   
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The only two other groups that have practiced suicide bombing in the modern era have been:   
The only two other groups that have practiced suicide bombing in the modern era have been:   


- The Tamils in Sri Lanka   
* The Tamils in Sri Lanka   
- The Kurds in Turkey (if I'm not mistaken—I could be wrong).   
* The Kurds in Turkey (if I'm not mistaken—I could be wrong).   


So in these situations—when the population can clearly see that the:   
So in these situations—when the population can clearly see that the:   


- News media   
* News media   
- Political parties   
* Political parties   


Are not representing things accurately—I think that made people crazy.   
Are not representing things accurately—I think that made people crazy.   
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They're not all the same in terms of:   
They're not all the same in terms of:   
- The qualities that they bring to the table   
* The qualities that they bring to the table   
- The culture that they're bringing across our borders   
* The culture that they're bringing across our borders   


All of that is true.   
All of that is true.   
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So when it comes to trade, for example, you have people like President Trump saying:   
So when it comes to trade, for example, you have people like President Trump saying:   


- Trade is not only a net benefit with downsides— 
* Trade is not only a net benefit with downsides, but rather that trade itself is a net loss.   
- But rather that trade itself is a net loss.   
* Trade wars are easy to win and good.   
- Trade wars are easy to win and good.   


Or when he says that immigration itself is:   
Or when he says that immigration itself is:   


- Of no benefit.   
* Of no benefit.   
- That he wants to curb not just illegal immigration—but all immigration.   
* That he wants to curb not just illegal immigration—but all immigration.   
- And that he doesn’t really want more people coming into the country.   
* And that he doesn’t really want more people coming into the country.   
- He’s pretty anti-immigration, generally speaking.   
* He’s pretty anti-immigration, generally speaking.   


Or when he says—with regard to Islam—  
Or when he says—with regard to Islam—that the solution is ''Let’s just ban all Muslims from entering the country,'' as opposed to:  


- That the solution is: 
* There are problems within Islam that have to be dealt with within Islam.   
  - "Let’s just ban all Muslims from entering the country." 
* And we have to vet people coming in with a certain level of strictness.   
 
As opposed to: 
 
- There are problems within Islam that have to be dealt with within Islam.   
- And we have to vet people coming in with a certain level of strictness.   


Eventually, he comes around to that position.   
Eventually, he comes around to that position.   
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