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It's the middle of the United States loves hamburgers, not hamburgers,

hamburgers. Here's what happened. It's the middle of a government shutdown, to the

presidents of the United States, hosted the Clemson Tigers, the national champion Clemson Tigers

at the White House in, I'm trying to remember the name of this room. I've actually been in this

room, I know, name dropping a little bit, I've actually been in this room. President Trump is standing in front of a giant portrait of Abraham Lincoln that hangs on the wall

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