Obama Shows Trump How to be Presidential

‘Trump has had nothing to say about the [Kenya] election. He's spent this week on vacation, tweeting about a senator who criticized him and complaining, yet again, about the "fake news" of every reputable news source in the country.

His presidency has become an international embarrassment, partly because of the cloud of Russian collusion, but largely because of Trump himself and the choices he makes: the trigger-finger tweeting that makes him seem more pubescent than presidential, the colossal ego he puts before the good of the country, the rambling and incoherent verbiage that makes some suspect something's not quite right.
[…]
It's a sad and telling state of affairs when a former president has more influence on an important American ally than a sitting one. It's not just that Trump hasn't said anything about the Kenyan elections, it's that any statement he made would likely be met with a collective shrug. He's not just widely reviled and disliked here -- he's mocked.

Obama remains respected at home and abroad, his name met with smiles and nods from many Kenyans and Americans alike. Say the name "Trump" and you'll get snickering and eye rolls.’

Obama shows Trump how to be presidential (opinion) - CNN

Sad, indeed.

0bama was always good at talking, really shitty at governing.
 
It's too bad Obama was not a leader in any sense of the word. Trump clearly is.
Meh..... the 2017 Economy belongs to Obama, Let's see how the Trump economy beginning in 2018 is doing.
Meh...the minute Trump was elected the economy took off, because business people knew jughead was gone!
Trump's propose tax cuts will tank the economy and cost the deficit 6 trillion dollars alone!
Nonsense. That's what you hope will happen.
 
It's too bad Obama was not a leader in any sense of the word. Trump clearly is.
Meh..... the 2017 Economy belongs to Obama, Let's see how the Trump economy beginning in 2018 is doing.
Meh...the minute Trump was elected the economy took off, because business people knew jughead was gone!
Trump's propose tax cuts will tank the economy and cost the deficit 6 trillion dollars alone!
Nonsense. That's what you hope will happen.
GOP president's and they're proposed tax cuts for wealthy has always ended in a ruined economy for the working poor and the middle class
 
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Obama is the president of the NewSSR.
Obama knows what the score is, and I don't think he is mentally well now. Even though he puts on a good game face. He and his incumbent were totally rejected by the American people, and now he will be witnessing his tragic legacy dismantled piece by piece.
 
‘Trump has had nothing to say about the [Kenya] election. He's spent this week on vacation, tweeting about a senator who criticized him and complaining, yet again, about the "fake news" of every reputable news source in the country.

His presidency has become an international embarrassment, partly because of the cloud of Russian collusion, but largely because of Trump himself and the choices he makes: the trigger-finger tweeting that makes him seem more pubescent than presidential, the colossal ego he puts before the good of the country, the rambling and incoherent verbiage that makes some suspect something's not quite right.
[…]
It's a sad and telling state of affairs when a former president has more influence on an important American ally than a sitting one. It's not just that Trump hasn't said anything about the Kenyan elections, it's that any statement he made would likely be met with a collective shrug. He's not just widely reviled and disliked here -- he's mocked.

Obama remains respected at home and abroad, his name met with smiles and nods from many Kenyans and Americans alike. Say the name "Trump" and you'll get snickering and eye rolls.’

Obama shows Trump how to be presidential (opinion) - CNN

Sad, indeed.

0bama was always good at talking, really shitty at governing.
How was Obama going to govern racists knuckle dragging voters known as red state white conservative voters?
 
‘Trump has had nothing to say about the [Kenya] election. He's spent this week on vacation, tweeting about a senator who criticized him and complaining, yet again, about the "fake news" of every reputable news source in the country.

His presidency has become an international embarrassment, partly because of the cloud of Russian collusion, but largely because of Trump himself and the choices he makes: the trigger-finger tweeting that makes him seem more pubescent than presidential, the colossal ego he puts before the good of the country, the rambling and incoherent verbiage that makes some suspect something's not quite right.
[…]
It's a sad and telling state of affairs when a former president has more influence on an important American ally than a sitting one. It's not just that Trump hasn't said anything about the Kenyan elections, it's that any statement he made would likely be met with a collective shrug. He's not just widely reviled and disliked here -- he's mocked.

Obama remains respected at home and abroad, his name met with smiles and nods from many Kenyans and Americans alike. Say the name "Trump" and you'll get snickering and eye rolls.’

Obama shows Trump how to be presidential (opinion) - CNN

Sad, indeed.


obama gave Iran 150 billion dollars, they allowed North Korea to get the bomb and become more aggressive, they allowed isis to grow into a world wide threat.....yeah, there is nothing about being President that obama should pass on....
 
‘Trump has had nothing to say about the [Kenya] election. He's spent this week on vacation, tweeting about a senator who criticized him and complaining, yet again, about the "fake news" of every reputable news source in the country.

His presidency has become an international embarrassment, partly because of the cloud of Russian collusion, but largely because of Trump himself and the choices he makes: the trigger-finger tweeting that makes him seem more pubescent than presidential, the colossal ego he puts before the good of the country, the rambling and incoherent verbiage that makes some suspect something's not quite right.
[…]
It's a sad and telling state of affairs when a former president has more influence on an important American ally than a sitting one. It's not just that Trump hasn't said anything about the Kenyan elections, it's that any statement he made would likely be met with a collective shrug. He's not just widely reviled and disliked here -- he's mocked.

Obama remains respected at home and abroad, his name met with smiles and nods from many Kenyans and Americans alike. Say the name "Trump" and you'll get snickering and eye rolls.’

Obama shows Trump how to be presidential (opinion) - CNN

Sad, indeed.


obama gave Iran 150 billion dollars, they allowed North Korea to get the bomb and become more aggressive, they allowed isis to grow into a world wide threat.....yeah, there is nothing about being President that obama should pass on....
North Korea got the bomb under the GW Bush's 8 years in power
(CNN)Here is a look at North Korea's nuclear capabilities and the history of its weapons program.

1985
North Korea signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
1993
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
demands that inspectors be given access to two nuclear waste storage sites. In response, North Korea threatens to quit the NPT but eventually opts to continue participating in the treaty.
1994
North Korea and the United States sign an agreement. Among other stipulations, North Korea pledges to freeze and eventually dismantle its old, graphite-moderated nuclear reactors in exchange for international aid to build two new light-water nuclear reactors.


2002
January 29 - US President George W. Bush labels North Korea, Iran and Iraq an "axis of evil" in his State of the Union address. "By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger," he says.
October - The Bush Administration reveals that North Korea has admitted operating a secret nuclear weapons program in violation of the 1994 agreement.
2003
January 10 -
North Korea withdraws from the NPT.
February - The United States confirms North Korea has reactivated a five-megawatt nuclear reactor at its Yongbyon facility, capable of producing plutonium for weapons.
April - Declares it has nuclear weapons.
2005
North Korea tentatively agrees to give up its entire nuclear program, including weapons. In exchange, the United States, China, Japan, Russia and South Korea say they will provide energy assistance to North Korea, as well as promote economic cooperation.
2006
July -
After North Korea test fires long range missiles, the UN Security Council passes a resolution demanding that North Korea suspend the program.
October - North Korea claims to have successfully tested its first nuclear weapon. The test prompts the UN Security Council to impose a broad array of sanctions.
2007
February 13 -
North Korea agrees to close its main nuclear reactor in exchange for an aid package worth $400 million.
September 30 - At six-party talks in Beijing, North Korea signs an agreement stating it will begin disabling its nuclear weapons facilities.
December 31 - North Korea misses the deadline to disable its weapons facilities by the end of the year.
2008
June 27 -
North Korea destroys a water cooling tower at the Yongbyon nuclear facility.
October 11 - North Korea is removed from the US list of states that sponsor terrorism.
December - Six-party talks are held in Beijing. The talks break down over North Korea's refusal to allow international inspectors unfettered access to suspected nuclear sites.
2009
May 25 -
North Korea announces it has conducted its second nuclear test.
June 12 - The UN Security Council condemns the nuclear test and imposes new sanctions.
2010
November 20 -
A Stanford University professor publishes a report that North Korea has a new nuclear enrichment facility.
2011
October 24-25 -
US officials meet with a North Korean delegation in Geneva, Switzerland, in an effort to restart the six-party nuclear arms talks that broke down in 2008.
2012
February 29 -
The State Department announces that North Korea has agreed to a moratorium on long-range missile launches and nuclear activity at the nation's major nuclear facility in exchange for food aid.
May 24 - A spokesman for South Korea's Defense Ministry says that based on analysis of commercial satellite images at North Korea's nuclear test site, North Korea appears ready to carry out a nuclear test at any time.
2013
January 24 -
North Korea's National Defense Commission says it will continue nuclear testing and long-range rocket launches in defiance of the United States. The tests and launches will feed into an "upcoming all-out action" targeting the United States, "the sworn enemy of the Korean people," the commission says.
February 12 - Conducts third nuclear test. This is the first nuclear test carried out under Kim Jong Un. Three weeks later, the United Nations orders additional sanctions in protest.
2014
March 30-31 -
North Korea warns that it is prepping another nuclear test. The following day, the hostility escalates when the country fires hundreds of shells across the sea border with South Korea. In response, South Korea fires about 300 shells into North Korean waters and sends fighter jets to the border.
2015
May 6 -
In an exclusive interview with CNN, the deputy director of a North Korean think tank says the country has the missile capability to strike mainland United States and would do so if the United States "forced their hand."
May 20 - North Korea says that it has the ability to miniaturize nuclear weapons, a key step toward building nuclear missiles. A US National Security Council spokesman responds that the United States does not think the North Koreans have that capability.
December 12 - North Korea state media says the country has added the hydrogen bomb to its arsenal.
2016
January 6-7 -
North Korea says it has successfully conducted a hydrogen bomb test. A day after the alleged test, White House spokesman Josh Earnest says that the United States has not verified that the test was successful.
March 9 - North Korea announces that it has miniature nuclear warheads that can fit on ballistic missiles.
September 9 - North Korea claims to have detonated a nuclear warhead. According to South Korea's Meteorological Administration, the blast is estimated to have the explosive power of 10 kilotons.
2017
January 1 -
In a televised address, Kim claims that North Korea could soon test an intercontinental ballistic missile.
January 8 - During an interview on "Meet the Press," Defense Secretary Ash Carter says that the military will shoot down any North Korean missile fired at the United States or any of its allies.
January 12 - A US defense official tells CNN that the military has deployed sea-based radar equipment to track long-range missile launches by North Korea.
July 4 - North Korea claims it has conducted its first successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, that can "reach anywhere in the world."
July 25 - North Korea threatens a nuclear strike on "the heart of the US" if it attempts to remove Kim as Supreme Leader, according to Pyongyang's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
August 7 - North Korea accuses the United States of "trying to drive the situation of the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war" after the UN Security Council unanimously adopts new sanctions in response to Pyongyang's long-range ballistic missile tests last month.
August 9 - North Korea's military is "examining the operational plan" to strike areas around the US territory of Guam with medium-to-long-range strategic ballistic missiles, state-run news agency KCNA says. The North Korea comments are published one day after President Donald Trump warns Pyongyang that if it continues to threaten the United States, it would face "fire and fury like the world has never seen."
September 3, 2017 - North Korea carries out its sixth test of a nuclear weapon, causing a 6.3 magnitude seismic event, as measured by the United States Geological Survey. Pyongyang claims the device is a hydrogen bomb that could be mounted on an intercontinental missile. A nuclear weapons monitoring group describes the weapon as up to eight times stronger than the bomb dropped in Hiroshima in 1945. In response to the test, Trump tweets that North Korea continues to be "very hostile and dangerous to the United States." He goes on the criticize South Korea, claiming that the country is engaging in "talk of appeasement" with its neighbor to the north. He also says that North Korea is "an embarrassment to China," claiming Beijing is having little success reining in the Kim regime.
 
‘Trump has had nothing to say about the [Kenya] election. He's spent this week on vacation, tweeting about a senator who criticized him and complaining, yet again, about the "fake news" of every reputable news source in the country.

His presidency has become an international embarrassment, partly because of the cloud of Russian collusion, but largely because of Trump himself and the choices he makes: the trigger-finger tweeting that makes him seem more pubescent than presidential, the colossal ego he puts before the good of the country, the rambling and incoherent verbiage that makes some suspect something's not quite right.
[…]
It's a sad and telling state of affairs when a former president has more influence on an important American ally than a sitting one. It's not just that Trump hasn't said anything about the Kenyan elections, it's that any statement he made would likely be met with a collective shrug. He's not just widely reviled and disliked here -- he's mocked.

Obama remains respected at home and abroad, his name met with smiles and nods from many Kenyans and Americans alike. Say the name "Trump" and you'll get snickering and eye rolls.’

Obama shows Trump how to be presidential (opinion) - CNN

Sad, indeed.


obama gave Iran 150 billion dollars, they allowed North Korea to get the bomb and become more aggressive, they allowed isis to grow into a world wide threat.....yeah, there is nothing about being President that obama should pass on....

Donald Trump: Iran gets to keep $150 billion even if U.S. rejects nuclear deal
Donald Trump: Iran gets to keep $150 billion even if U.S. rejects nuclear deal

Whether Congress approves it or not, Iran will still reap all the financial benefits of the nuclear deal, Donald Trump said on NBC’s Meet the Press Aug. 16.

When asked by host Chuck Todd how he would work with the Iran deal if he becomes president, Trump, running for the Republican nomination, said he would be "tough" on the contract, but it would be hard given all the money Iran would already have acquired as a result of the deal.

"The problem is by the time I got in there, they will have already received the $150 billion," Trump said. "Do you know if the deal gets rejected they still get the money? Which is something I found out a week ago. I couldn't believe it. If the deal gets rejected, they still get all of this money. Iran is going to be unbelievably powerful and unbelievably rich."

Does Iran actually get $150 billion from this deal? And if Congress rejects the deal, does Iran still get the money? Let’s take one question at a time.

The $150 billion

It’s true that Iran will reap significant economic benefits from the deal because many sanctions levied against Iran will be lifted as long as Iran complies with restrictions on its nuclear program. But it’s not like Iran will automatically receive a check or, as some critics have called it, a signing bonus.

"Will some considerable portion get transferred to Iran? Sure. But not all of it will automatically. That’s not how this works," said Michael Malloy, a law professor at University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law and an expert on economic sanctions.

First, the money already belongs to Iran; Iran just hasn’t been able to access it. The $150 billion figure, primarily thrown around by critics, typically refers to the dollar amounts of Iran’s foreign assets that could be unfrozen when sanctions are lifted. An example is money Iran has earned from selling oil but is held by a foreign bank.

There’s also the many billions of dollars Iran has lost in revenues and opportunity costs because the country has not been able to fully participate in the global marketplace, Malloy said.

But $150 billion is on the high end of estimates of the value of Iran’s foreign assets, which start as low as $25 billion, said Garbis Iradian, chief economist at the Institute of International Finance. Most experts we interviewed, including Iradian, peg the amount of unfrozen assets at about $100 billion, but no one is 100 percent sure of the amount.

You can probably get to $150 billion if you count up every possible type of money that sanctions have made difficult for Iran to access and use, said Richard Nephew, an expert on economic sanctions at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy.

Iran has financial obligations other than the sanctions, so even if all the sanctions are lifted, they won’t suddenly have all of these assets at their disposal. For example, Iran owes billions to China for infrastructure projects. Lower estimates take into account restrictions on the money other than the sanctions, Nephew said.

So even if the total assets are $150 billion, it’s unlikely that that much will actually be available to Iran when sanctions are lifted.

The Obama administration has said that after Iran pays its outstanding financial obligations, it will have about $56 billion at its disposal.

What if Congress rejects the deal?

While the exact amount of Iran’s unlocked sanctions is less precise than Trump describes, experts told us that Trump’s broader point is largely correct: Even if Congress does not approve lifting the United States’ sanctions, Iran will likely be able to get a good chunk of the money it currently cannot access.

This is because other countries and international bodies, including the European Union and the United Nations, could decide to stop enforcing their own sanctions against Iran anyway.

Iradian estimated that Iran would be able to access $40 billion of its currently inaccessible assets in that scenario, and the Iranian economy could get an even bigger boost if European companies decided to invest heavily in Iran.

The United Nations, for one, has already passed a resolution to provide Iran with the funds withheld under the sanctions if Iran meets its end of the bargain, noted George Perkovich, an expert on nuclear strategy and vice president of studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Of course, Iran wouldn’t be able to access all of its assets in this scenario because much of them are tied up in the United States’ sanctions.

"There would be some crumbling of the sanctions wall, but that does not on its own free up the entire $100 billion," Malloy said, adding that the United States controls much of the petroleum market, which is important to Iran’s economy.

At the end of the day, the discussion entails a lot of speculation, but nearly every expert said there’s a reasonable likelihood that other countries would choose to stop enforcing sanctions no matter what the United States decides to do.

It’s worth noting that it will be difficult for Congress to maintain the sanctions because there would have to be enough votes to survive a presidential veto.

Our ruling

Trump said of Iran that "if the (nuclear) deal gets rejected, they still get" $150 billion.

Experts told us that even if Congress rejected the nuclear deal -- thus maintaining current U.S. sanctions -- other countries could stop enforcing their own sanctions anyway. As a result, Iran would be able to access at least some of its assets that have been frozen under international sanctions. However, experts said it’s highly unlikely that this would amount to $150 billion, the maximum estimate of how much Iran could benefit by the lifting of all international sanctions without regard to Iran’s outstanding financial obligations. Without United States participation, the best estimate we could find was $40 billion.

Trump’s claim is partially accurate but cherry-picks the high end of estimates for the unfrozen assets. We rate Trump’s claim Half True.




 
‘Trump has had nothing to say about the [Kenya] election. He's spent this week on vacation, tweeting about a senator who criticized him and complaining, yet again, about the "fake news" of every reputable news source in the country.

His presidency has become an international embarrassment, partly because of the cloud of Russian collusion, but largely because of Trump himself and the choices he makes: the trigger-finger tweeting that makes him seem more pubescent than presidential, the colossal ego he puts before the good of the country, the rambling and incoherent verbiage that makes some suspect something's not quite right.
[…]
It's a sad and telling state of affairs when a former president has more influence on an important American ally than a sitting one. It's not just that Trump hasn't said anything about the Kenyan elections, it's that any statement he made would likely be met with a collective shrug. He's not just widely reviled and disliked here -- he's mocked.

Obama remains respected at home and abroad, his name met with smiles and nods from many Kenyans and Americans alike. Say the name "Trump" and you'll get snickering and eye rolls.’

Obama shows Trump how to be presidential (opinion) - CNN

Sad, indeed.

0bama was always good at talking, really shitty at governing.
How was Obama going to govern racists knuckle dragging voters known as red state white conservative voters?

He couldn't govern anything. All he could do was talk and fuck shit up.
 
‘Trump has had nothing to say about the [Kenya] election. He's spent this week on vacation, tweeting about a senator who criticized him and complaining, yet again, about the "fake news" of every reputable news source in the country.

His presidency has become an international embarrassment, partly because of the cloud of Russian collusion, but largely because of Trump himself and the choices he makes: the trigger-finger tweeting that makes him seem more pubescent than presidential, the colossal ego he puts before the good of the country, the rambling and incoherent verbiage that makes some suspect something's not quite right.
[…]
It's a sad and telling state of affairs when a former president has more influence on an important American ally than a sitting one. It's not just that Trump hasn't said anything about the Kenyan elections, it's that any statement he made would likely be met with a collective shrug. He's not just widely reviled and disliked here -- he's mocked.

Obama remains respected at home and abroad, his name met with smiles and nods from many Kenyans and Americans alike. Say the name "Trump" and you'll get snickering and eye rolls.’

Obama shows Trump how to be presidential (opinion) - CNN

Sad, indeed.

0bama was always good at talking, really shitty at governing.
How was Obama going to govern racists knuckle dragging voters known as red state white conservative voters?

He couldn't govern anything. All he could do was talk and fuck shit up.
Meh......Obama was a much better president than Trump is turning out be........IMPEACH THAT ORANGE MOTHER FUCKER!!!!

Trump and the GOP will prove once again that they can't GOVERN.
 
‘Trump has had nothing to say about the [Kenya] election. He's spent this week on vacation, tweeting about a senator who criticized him and complaining, yet again, about the "fake news" of every reputable news source in the country.

His presidency has become an international embarrassment, partly because of the cloud of Russian collusion, but largely because of Trump himself and the choices he makes: the trigger-finger tweeting that makes him seem more pubescent than presidential, the colossal ego he puts before the good of the country, the rambling and incoherent verbiage that makes some suspect something's not quite right.
[…]
It's a sad and telling state of affairs when a former president has more influence on an important American ally than a sitting one. It's not just that Trump hasn't said anything about the Kenyan elections, it's that any statement he made would likely be met with a collective shrug. He's not just widely reviled and disliked here -- he's mocked.

Obama remains respected at home and abroad, his name met with smiles and nods from many Kenyans and Americans alike. Say the name "Trump" and you'll get snickering and eye rolls.’

Obama shows Trump how to be presidential (opinion) - CNN

Sad, indeed.

0bama was always good at talking, really shitty at governing.
How was Obama going to govern racists knuckle dragging voters known as red state white conservative voters?

He couldn't govern anything. All he could do was talk and fuck shit up.
Meh......Obama was a much better president than Trump is turning out be........IMPEACH THAT ORANGE MOTHER FUCKER!!!!

Trump and the GOP will prove once again that they can't GOVERN.

0bama fucked up everything he touched, and lied his ass off. He's by far and away the worst POTUS ever.
 
‘Trump has had nothing to say about the [Kenya] election. He's spent this week on vacation, tweeting about a senator who criticized him and complaining, yet again, about the "fake news" of every reputable news source in the country.

His presidency has become an international embarrassment, partly because of the cloud of Russian collusion, but largely because of Trump himself and the choices he makes: the trigger-finger tweeting that makes him seem more pubescent than presidential, the colossal ego he puts before the good of the country, the rambling and incoherent verbiage that makes some suspect something's not quite right.
[…]
It's a sad and telling state of affairs when a former president has more influence on an important American ally than a sitting one. It's not just that Trump hasn't said anything about the Kenyan elections, it's that any statement he made would likely be met with a collective shrug. He's not just widely reviled and disliked here -- he's mocked.

Obama remains respected at home and abroad, his name met with smiles and nods from many Kenyans and Americans alike. Say the name "Trump" and you'll get snickering and eye rolls.’

Obama shows Trump how to be presidential (opinion) - CNN

Sad, indeed.

0bama was always good at talking, really shitty at governing.
How was Obama going to govern racists knuckle dragging voters known as red state white conservative voters?

He couldn't govern anything. All he could do was talk and fuck shit up.
Meh......Obama was a much better president than Trump is turning out be........IMPEACH THAT ORANGE MOTHER FUCKER!!!!

Trump and the GOP will prove once again that they can't GOVERN.

0bama fucked up everything he touched, and lied his ass off. He's by far and away the worst POTUS ever.
Oh shut up! Can you find links to backup the lies you are spewing. Besides, Trump will prove to be worst than Bush.
 
0bama was always good at talking, really shitty at governing.
How was Obama going to govern racists knuckle dragging voters known as red state white conservative voters?

He couldn't govern anything. All he could do was talk and fuck shit up.
Meh......Obama was a much better president than Trump is turning out be........IMPEACH THAT ORANGE MOTHER FUCKER!!!!

Trump and the GOP will prove once again that they can't GOVERN.

0bama fucked up everything he touched, and lied his ass off. He's by far and away the worst POTUS ever.
Oh shut up! Can you find links to backup the lies you are spewing. Besides, Trump will prove to be worst than Bush.

Yeah, dozens of threads right here in this forum since 0bama first stunk up the White House.
 
How was Obama going to govern racists knuckle dragging voters known as red state white conservative voters?

He couldn't govern anything. All he could do was talk and fuck shit up.
Meh......Obama was a much better president than Trump is turning out be........IMPEACH THAT ORANGE MOTHER FUCKER!!!!

Trump and the GOP will prove once again that they can't GOVERN.

0bama fucked up everything he touched, and lied his ass off. He's by far and away the worst POTUS ever.
Oh shut up! Can you find links to backup the lies you are spewing. Besides, Trump will prove to be worst than Bush.

Yeah, dozens of threads right here in this forum since 0bama first stunk up the White House.
Again, can you provide links and sources to back up your LIES!!! If you can't then SHUT THE FUCK UP......YOU GOD DAMNED KNUCKLE DRAGGING NEANDERTHAL.
 

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