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Good morning and welcome to the Independent Republic of Mike Graham right here on Talk TV.

It is the place to be, the home of common sense, the place for the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

And I have to tell you that every now and again because sometimes people forget.

Because when you go elsewhere and you see the kind of rubbish that they pump out, you begin to wonder what exactly is going on out there.

I mean, I was listening to what can only be described as the state broadcaster. We try not to say the words BBC here anymore. This

morning, you could not have concealed their glee anymore than they could when they were talking

about Donald Trump and the Trump derangement syndrome that some people referred to because the BBC

definitely, definitely suffer from it.

Lots of people out there on social media are absolutely sure that Donald Trump is definitely guilty. We're going to be talking about it on this show, but not from that perspective.

We're going to be talking about it from the perspective of why people are so permanently screwed up

about one individual who actually was elected president of the United States of America

may well be elected again. Lots of people, the Ramona's mostly, are absolutely sure that he's guilty

and that he's going to jail. They don't like the fact that, of course, even if he does go to

jail, he can still be the president while in jail, which I think would be hilarious. But there we are.

That's just me and my sense of humor. Peter Whittle has joined us this morning. I'd have delighted to say. He hasn't been here for a while,

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